Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

• ra geCounty Slnry by Terry Pratt Pictures bY DeDDis Green ORANGm CO. IlIlT'L RACEWAY, CAL., Qct. 5~ 1.969J - Ron Pierce, serea:med his Ylmlalla past Don Emde in. tbe cl0sing laps of tbe 250 to Oeen GP .90 to win tbe AFM meet at Orange C ~ Illternational Race~. Emde led most of tbe Wl'y w1tb Pierce drafting along inbts.slJPstream.,A tbree~ battle for first.place was. precl\ld.ed when JDdy Nicholas' was s1de11ned in tbe tlrst ball of tile l'3£e. ~~~:fiii The w1nn1ng ummer-GillbranseJI Ilac.k: tea.,m se.ts uP to lap Richards and Rice in thefr firs.t outing on tIleir first. bac.k:<. aheadl of' Roland Pagan and Steve Me Laughlin was. tlf.tll. on tbe 350 American Eagle. Steve! s raclng day was cut short after a ~ tl:re uringpnct1ce burned his GP Ya.maIia to a crisp. Apparently a severed. fue1line sllci:ed' tbe. rear tire and tile ensning crash sparlled tba blaze. Steve. ltOt uP and ran to the bike" but tbe flames beat him tbere and the Yamaha was coasumed. bY'tlre. Don Gingerel11 and Gary Scott fQllowed. The firS-t l7~ bike across. tbe line was the Bttdgestooe riddenbyGeorp.M11le£. Right. behind. him came..Tt:m Rockwood whll was tile 1%5 vietor Oil a Yamaha. When tile 2lro Opea Jr. GP race ltOt tile cbsder, tbe first. tbree were. Yamaha 25.0 ridars. Scott.Autrey, Kel1Y'~ and 01£1: Bre!wer f1ntsIled abeBd (J/. itde. K1Iler on a 35.ll Suzuki and DJc:k' MartfD on a NOrton. Wade aDdl Dtcl£ were, clasS' Riders hit tile S8dd1es at the. smt o! tbe Open. PrQduc.t1oo race. Here's where all lfIose. wind spr1ntl5 you did in' blgJl sdIool wou1d.~at!.. Flnisb1olLbeb1nd. the out and out GP machines (J/. PieI:ce and Emda were the muscle. bikes aC George. Kerker'~ Rolluld Pagan, and Mike WOZn1ako Ge.oqe and Mike 'Welte on Nurtxlns' and it. W8S' a '1'1!1'umpli. !or Roland. Wozniak lbst a foot peg and bad to e1tber rest h1s foot on the shifter or let it. dange 0IIl tbe breeze. In tile produdlolll race. Kerker was in tull command after d1spaI:ch1ng tbe.cballenge of BUl Ma.nley on his BSA Rocket Three. Wozniak brougIl.t his NOrlnnhome ey Cieorp. K'erli:er fOr C1OQ.Ve. WIdeJ: BUl Manley. Ke1:1W' beJd Ids Nonla.. on tor wins fD boI:h tile GP- and Praduc:t1on. Open clll.sses. After all the rubber and fiber g)a.ss parts; are rep1ac«1 aDd everytting elsa 58 odNa sled. stra1ibtene The Q,.2.00 GP Jr. bad Chuck Van Breeman 111 wtnner on Ids 2QOcc SiIZIIIdBob BllrkeJ: aDd RQ&'tI' Wood were nut. C!ieo~ Miller won his 175: c:IlIas. tor tbe second tt:me. tbai dlQ' on a Br1dpsD:lDe. 1ZS Honda. ~ a class: wiD andi sevtmth overall' In Tony Nicosia. As e ~ Hummel' and BIll Branson walli:ed c4l with tile SJde Hadt race. The surprfl;e 1IILS. tbai Doug BfDcJ!a mrs H-D ~ thrtsbe.d!lI1. race and ~ CPd cIo1ng it. Doug is dd1nC. 1I1tb all8Y ~ DDW' 8DdI ~haps rdc' Gl'aySOll will b.r:1n& coatilmed ~ to tbe. rt&. Ozzlie. Auer and Bob Bender were. th1rdl ovenJl. and flrst. Ii! with tIIeJr K&wasaIdl Thrtle' Rick: Richard and! Greg, B1c.e w.ez:e f~ averaJl wh1clI. is cr'ldflaNe CQDs1deJ::1n( this _ lIIeir ffrst I'llCllJ aDd t:bIo" ~ DPY have a ata.I! di Ies& tIian ~ exper"'a::e. ~ts on.pace 21) s es DURSLEY, ENGLAND. oct. 5. 1969 Gary Ea1ley w.on flv,e out of' six races he entered at the Durs1ey Trophy Scrambles; Sunday'. Gary placed. second 10 the onlY' event he didn't win. He fell' of!, dropping to last and then rode like a whirlwind 19 catch everyone b tbe leader. 125 riders were entered and Balley stole tbe shOW' with his style and stra.!gJl.ta~wheelles. Gary was,awarded tbe club trophy fOr tOP rider of tbe day~He tookfour other trapb1es. He was flr15t.1n the ,mJlmlted class:, secondin tbe 5 les all-comers race, fk5tin the Elq>ert and Invtted Riders, and also got a trophy for fastest ride of. tbe daT. Balley beat tbe English riders on a borrowed 250Cc Greeves Griffon. His own macbfnes are on their way !lack'to tbe U.S. for the. Inter..Am series. The Ja;nky Compton, Cal. native has one more weekend of c.ompetition in F.:ngIand before he returns to tbe land. of :ound door knobs. Saturday he will. ride 10 an lTV race which will be ·broadcast. nat10nalIY on British TV. SUDdaY he has been. invited to particiPate 10 a trials. LTACO OniyB Steve's Bultaco da~s a week Mon. & Frj. 9-9 olhers 9-6 7iD Van Nuys 81~e!. - Van N.u~s. Cal. Open 6 (2t3.1 11l1l-63& USED PARTS ALL MAKES 40% TO 60% OFF ,. YAMARA. DEALE.R '" . SCRAMBLE.R MOTORCYCLES laD 1. 'II. 8urbAnk Bhe!. Burbank. Calif. 84!t·~!tOT "" 84~~73a ell. 7 fe.ple ar, Desert FIxes M.e. Eta .eaa SCrambl s - Stptembe~ 28.1969 U.5-25Occ Am./Ex, Clan, 1l1125cc ( OVERALU C - 5acllS Areal s lea -IIC YOI Dea er Complete Parts &. Accessoriu ~6U N RoumU4 alvei.. Temp" City (2131 2""7504 The Spanlsll tore~1.e of a 1101131 sacbs' new 196.9 En.duros •. K-1QO and K-12.5.GS. are succ.essors to the famous Boondo.ck.er K-ao.GS" which won th greatest nur:nb.er 0 natLanail even s I n the T967'-68 season" Whether :roar t)ag, ijs ral I I n9.. rac.1 n9". or ge.neral fun. c.heck out the. new 69 Sachs at your d aler. "

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