Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

..,-------: .. Diei Swea., .aies " T'ree ,. A Da, A' Alle'aa'o ~ ADELANTO, CAL. Sept. 28, 1969 - Blue sII:les gave WIlY to baZe and dust atAde1r..J anto as tile ReddtDgs pUt 011 wllat coaJd ~ oaJy be called a ba1r-of-tbe-dog TT ~ SUDday, after mob session tIley bad U a weekaco. :.. U it badn't been for tile ScIIame1 U fam11y who bad about ten entries, all 011 Mootesas witll tile exception of ODe, tbere wouldn't lave beeo as IIIlUIY classes. Moollesa doesn't make a mint, so 5 year old Duke Scbame1 bad to settle for KIngo-Lawn. Rlcbard Sweaney made It a big day and started b1s onslaught In tile 100cc race. Tbe 100 class Nov1ces J'lUI witll tIleAmateurs and Experts. Kirk Redding 011 a Kawasa.lr1 gave Sweaney, also on aKawasa.Ir1, a good go of It In tile first moto, Jead1Dg unttl tile last lap wbeD Dick sneaked by blm. Dick won tile second and tblrd molDs witll Kirk In close pursuit and JobD Gallarza, tile first Novice, brtnglng up tblrd. Tbe Hodaka used to be omn1present In tbls class but tIlere was onlY one entered today. Kawasa.lr1 seems to have taken over since tIIey came out witll tIIelr 1969 model. CI) ~ tt-e Swu., 1_. A. Rlcbard (') u.d thr.. Ka.asakll at 0" rea III st plac. IrOo plll••• KIrk (') Roddlne put ell lIIe .... 10 1110 100cc rac. but couldn'l Ilop Dick. C. Glen Brua_ wal 1110 Opea clas. wla_ on a Bullaeo. Gary Scbame1 woo tile first 250 NovIce molD way out In frOllt. In tile second moto Lee Clampitt was rtght on Gary's rear wheel and flna11Y caugbt blm, just 011 tile wrong side of tile flnlsh lIne. 1bat must have depressed Lee as Gary won tile tblrd moto eas1ly to take first, Lee second, and Ted Schamel tblrd, all 011 Montesas. Rlcbard Sweaney' ran a way with the trophy In tile 200 class, b1s second of tile day, and Don Preston 011 bls Ossa and Roy Grtmn 011 a Bultaco jockeyed for second and tblrd, witll Don comJng out ahead. Larry SOOemaket on a Yamaha, Karl WUson and Nell Winston ootll on Bultacos, played tollow tile leader In all three 250 Amateur-Expert motos, and finished In tbat order • It looked l1ke Karl Wl1BaI 1lOlIJd 1dD tile 350 class, but be tell and Sweaney look bome b1s tblrd first-place trophy of tile day witll Karl taklng second and Woody Sclamel on b1s Montesa comJng In tblrd. First and tblrd places In tile 500 and OPen class went to C. Glen Bnmson and Nell wtnslon, ootll on Bultacos whlch doesn't make a 500cc macblne, buttbat's tile IdDd of day It was. Sandy Armstrong on a Trlumpb broadslld to second. The blgbUgbt of tile day was tile mintbike race. A gruelllng ten lap event, It was on a new track espectally designed tor tile mW-bikes. David Lamb, seven years old. on an impressive KIng-OLawn (three horsepower ts not to be reckoned witll lIgbtly!) took an early lead sUdIng around tile first turn witll b1s lett toot firmly planted and bls lower jaw vigorouslY cbawtDg a wad of gum. Cbrts Redding, 8 years old, passed David but couldn't stay with It and tell comJng Into tile stralgbt. David just kept 011 going sUding and cbomplng, cbomptng and sUding - and was coof1dent enough of b1s wain to pull up to tile checkered flag and watt tor bls competitiOll. Shades of Eddie Mulder. (Results on page 17) Eddie Mulder Joins Regulars At Orange County Speedway By MIke CapaUte Pbotos bY Dennis Greene COSTA MESA, CAL. SePt. 26, 1969Back tor b1s second week of speedway tbls year, EddIe Mulder tonk bome tile top money In tile Handicap MaIn Event. Despite the move back to tile 30 yard lIne because of bls sbowlng last weelt, Mulder was able to move ahead of tile pack tor tile win. In a series of SemlMain events, tile winners of each were put Into a special scratch race witll R1ck WoodS leadlng Steve Bast across tile Una to Increase bls point lead aver Bast. In tile first qua11fy1ng semi, Larry Hetnselman shot out of tile bole like a creat bear and charged Into tile corner with Don Hawley rlgbt 011 bls rear wheel. Eddl. lIalder pro.... 110 I. 'atea'" on a Spe• •a, bib 100. Eddl• •on tllo SCratch Main. imichrome .. $IIlaes S-lIelIly SlmlcllrolllD II a hon., cr... 1 quick II a buna, OMPEnnON Tubol5¢ CHEMICALS C.. $2.9 C 704 WI'.'.e'a. Ave•• Iowa F,II s Iowa . , BRIDIESTOIE . ', Hetnselman maved out to gain a tour length'lead over Hawley wblle Don was bard pressed to bold Stu Morley back Into tile tblrd slot until tIIey received tile checkered flag. Steve Scott bad to be COlltent witll tourtll. In tile next Semi Sonny Nutter pulled Into the lead with John Carter dogging bls rear wheel close enougb to worry Nutter. John was close enougb to take advantage of any mistake tbat Sonny might make. Rlght'beb1nd John was MIke Konle. On tile last corner of the lastlap, Mike tried to move under John and bumPed Into Carter's macblne and knocked John ott 011 the ground but Carter's bike was booked to Koole's and JobD sat on tile ground and watched MIke drag bls macblne througb the corner be- The Scratch MaIn was tor tile best tour quaUtyers. The action started rlgbt off with Woods getting tile jump ott tile Una and taIdng a slim lead witll Nutter. Bast and Hetnselman a tlgbt pack rlgbt beblnd blm, In tact tIIey were sucb a tight pack tbat going Into tile second corner, all three of them went down. Tbls lett Woods tile whole track to blmseU before tile restart. Rick again got a fantastic bole soot and look the lead witll Sonny Nutter In second. ComJng out of tile second corner, WoodS got a little wide and bounced off tile wall but Nutter didn't take advantage of It and Rick recovered boldlng tile lead. Into tile next comer, Larry Helnselman got a Uttle over-exbuberant and dove In under Nutter a Uttle bard and bumPed Sonny enough to cause blm to go down as Steve Bast pulled Into tile second slot. All Bast could do tor tile remainder of tile race was to tollow WoodS around tile track bOPIng be would make a mistake. Rick wasn't taking any chances and played It cool to the tinlsh Une to take tile win ahead of Bast and Helnse1man. In the Handicap Main Event, B1ll Cody grabbed the lead with Jim Gresham.r1gbt on bls rear wheel and as Gresham made a cbarge to beat Cody Into tile corner, be was unable to hold it down and erasbed Into BID with ootll of tIIem driftlng out to tile wall witll tile macb1nes booked together and just as tIIey broke apart, ,;. YAMAHA DEALER'" SCRAMBLER MOTORCYCLES 1101 W. Burb ...k Blvd. BU'bo.k. Cllil. 849·5907 a, 845-1738 Ell.· 7 Penton - Hodaka Yamaha - BSA Husqvama Norton 1223 Av•• ' LaKa'. 11051 942~'24 ~ For III. 0 _ III JOur a.ar••1 Dealer So. Cal. 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Wblle tbls was haPpentore getting untangled to make it 011 Ing, Eddie Mulder and Stu Morley were across tile tinlsb Une. During tile melee, able to move under them and Eddie went Terry Graham was able to sUp by tor on to take tile win with Stu second and secOlld spot. Gresham tblrd. Next Friday, the Costa The tblrd Semi pitted Steve Bast, Mesa track will hold Its Champlonsblp against Eddie Mulder. Mulder got the race and tills will also decide who will jump on Bast out of tile bole and moved run against the riders comlng over from Into the lead with Steve rlgbt beblnd blm the continent. and ROIl MWer right In tIIere with them. (Results on page 17) Steve cbarged after Mulder and almost goofed by leaving a bole big enougb for MWer to get through. As tIIey went through tile corner, Steve was putting It to the stops trying to catch Eddie when be looked uP and tbere was Ron MWer JUSt about doing It to blm on tile 1naide. On tile next corner Steve held It low on tile Inside and wbile keePing Miller bebind blm, made it posstble to getabreast of Mulder and get a wbee1 under Eddie going Into tile next corner. Tbe flnlsh was Bast, Mulder, Miller and In tourtb spot, Dennts Gi1debouse. In tile tourtb Semi, RIck WoodS bad It all b1s own WIlY as Jobn Ftsbburn and MIke Bast WIlDt down Ieavlng an easy Sta llarlo, roods "Is f..•• ad¥lc• •d .ocb win for WoodS with JIm Gresllam taking Ilta·... tile secaad slot.

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