Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

J.N. Wows Montanans By Al Hauff BILLINGS, MONT. Aug. 24- Under big cloudless skies the BUlings M.C. sponsored South Eastern Montana's first motocross. The star of the day's show was J.N. Roberts of Sun Valley, Cal. rldlng his 405 Husky. J.N. daZzled everyone with his daring downhill leaps and 30 mph wheelies through the water-hole.Roberts is currently in the Big Sky Country doing stuntwork for the uP-coming movie "Little Big Man". His only competition came from Larry Lees and Dick Beattie. J.N. won all three open class motos. The 250 class provided the competition for the day, with the first three placers each winning one of the three motos. After three hard fought races, Dave Martin was the best finisher. Dave didn't waste any tricks staying ahead of Everett Glenn and Arney Brey as they were close on IUs heels all nay. '////////////////////////////////. ~~~~~~~~~ crIJlIIIIlJlin'AI/((Jl!/lnl By Maur••n L.e ~~~~ bles when you're new at It, get a hold of one of the pamphlets published in England by Dunlop or Avon. They are excellent and by reading one through you can stop yourself from doing something dumbkoff like replacing the tire on the rim from !he wrong side and struggling for ages trying to get the thing to fit. "It came off, why !he heck won't it go back on?" If YO~ hear loud screem~ noises '////////////////////////////////~ from the Post Offices In Inglewood and La Puente you can blame the DIrt DIgWe are happy to hear that the Desert nation bear with us a bit more. Ultragers. Processions of weary mailmen Phantoms had such a good turn-out lightweights could be having a scramble are trudging out to Sam Crooks and Jim Sunday, and especially that the big bores at another location Increasing that diviPeterson's Iiomes with entries for torsion by a few more riders too. Up North showed up. Over seventy of theml When rlganv1lle and right now some classes was the last time you saw that many big this Is aiready done you don't ride are fll1ed. Jim had over 200 big bore bikes? It proves that all that neat mascrambles unless you ~an handle a 200cc entries by the second day and as for Sam chlnery is still in operating condition on-up scooter and It used to be that way •••well ••.he's hip deep in lightweights, and not just moldering away in some cobaround here until the industry started isn't eating or sleeping and has quit the webby corner somewhere and it also selling the trail bikes. Until you were club at least fifty times in the last few proves that the big bike riders will still good enough to handle a full sl ze motordays! All kidding asiqe, it will be another ride scrambles, If the track Is to their cycle, you didn't race luv and those bIg one this year and as usual there wIl1 liking. were the days when there ....:ere masses be many disappointed riders who won't As food for thought, we wonder what of big bores running and spectators payget In. Every year It's interesting to see would happen If a club on a trial basis ing to see them run. We know the sport who really tries and gets the drop on the threw a scrambles limiting engine dis~ has changed and we've all had to change others for that coveted starting position placement to bikes over 200cc's? By with it but some of the changes haven't in the front row. This year the Red Dots eliminating the ultrallghtweights more been for the better, and the strangulation really got with It and racked uP a bunch time for the larger lightweights and the of the big bikes is one change we could of great starting positions with their have done without. big bores would be gained, and one readated postmark and for the single rider, son the big bores don't show uP more Is If you are new to the world of messing it's Checker Ron Sloan who's our Disbecause they've flat had It with posters around with bikes, there's a time coming trict President who did it. They'll have advertising their races start at noon. when you're going to have to face UP to their usual groovy program this year Half the time they are lucky If they get on something we all hate: changing a tire. full of little jabs and barbs and just wait the track by three-thirty! Before our The first time you run into it is usually 'til you see the sponsor of some or the editor starts getting hordes of nasty when you have an experience to put into Greeves riders! If you don't understand letters from tlddler riders screaming in your bench racing and story department. it when you read It, ask us and we'll anguish that we'd think of such discrimiSo, as a little tip on how to avoid trouexplain! J.N. Roberts, In Monuna for m~YI. work lIl.olocrossed his Husky 10 !hi dazzl.m.nt 0; the local rac. fans. The 125s were somewhat at a dlsadvantage. If they weren'Uull on the pipe they just could not make the steep hills. The disadvantage did not prove too great for Jim Ross Tom Glenn or Jeff McCoy as they Plac~ first sec~nd and third respectively: ' , (Results on page 16) (Continued from Page 11) on his Husky. Pete, having his first ride as a "A" competitor, won !he class fair and square from the big boys. The hardest fought battles occurred In the 125 and Open classes with Warren Spencer and John Henry giving their normal nose to taU performances for all three heats of !he 125 class. In the Open fray Frank Myers and Preston Gerber continued a dlng dong scrap from last month that left a steady Ken Guio smUing In the middle with a second place trophy. Ken,and his son Cotton, Gulo came down from Big Piney, Wyoming and took home second places in the Open and 250 A classes respectively. These Guios are tremendous competitors but that can be expected because of the fact that they herd all the livestock on their ranch the year around wlfh a Greeves dirt bike. Tom Gould entered his first race on his Suzuki 90 and won the 100 class. Twelve year old Ed Crosby SuPplemented big brother Cal's third in the 250 A with a third In the 100 race. Finally, one very rotund "spectator" who had entered his bike in the races just to get a better view of the action fell off and was run over. Since he was only bruised and has pulled the "spectator" stunt before all the club members heaved a sigh of relief and began planning the next motocross event. The Draper course was fairly evenly divided between straights and rugged sand, river bottom and hills. Motocross is a success in Utah and the young riders are getting a lot of tralnlng which pleases all of us. (Results on page 16) CYCLE IIEWS WEST (VIA 2M CLASS MAiU Get Cycle News West &I Cycle News last 1 Year for $I 2 Years for $16 o o $7.50 1 year D $12 for 2 years D o o Via lsI class mail for ODe year 518. Via Air lIall for ODe Yeu 526. o o NAME _ nis is a new SUbscriptiOD This is a renewal I eDclose check or IDODey order please bill me laltr ADDRESS _ CITY STATE. 0 0 _ -:- ZIP_ _ l _ 10 postal ,......tlons we 1ftI'll IUIv. tip eades on ,11 ,ulIlCflpr;onsl MAIL TO: BOX'" LOIIG BEACH. CALIF. . .1 PLEAS£ ALLOW THREE WEEKS FOR NEW SUBSCRIPTIONS TO START.

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