Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

~ r.:I :t: r.:I ~ U PEOPLE-PLACES-THINGS TESTIMONIAL PLANNED FOR MERT LAWWlLL THREE CYLINDER TURN ON A welcome sight at the Booneville NatlOll&1 Speed Week event tb1s year was Bud Hare on his Trlumph motorcycle. Bud. wbo bad competed IIWlY times at Bonn8ril1e. was noted for IIl&IIY lnnofttlOIlS and his wi111Dcness 110 experiment with equ1pment. When Bud arrived with his partner. Jeff GoUCb, he bad one tb1nlr In mind- 110 turn In the fastest time on his three cyl1Dcler Triumpb motorcycle. With only OIle motorcycle, Bud _nt out 011 the salt and accompUshed just exactlY what be had lntended. When the meet ended on Saturday, be held the fastest time for a three cyllnder at 1611.331 mUesperbour. Cons1derlnC that this was the first three cyllnder enctne Bud and Jeff bad built, they wU1 be back, no doubt next year 110 ra1se the record they DOW hold. The RicbmOlld Ramblers M.C.lsplanntng a testlmontal banquet for Mert Lawwtll 110 celebrate bts recent vlclIOry on becoming NatlOll&1 Ill. They bope 110 get some of the other clubs 110 come together and belp with expenses and plans. HOweYer. If there are DO other clubs that want 110 help, the RlcbmOlld Ramblers expect 110 go ahead on their I• own. A 25 year annIversay get together for the old timers (Nov. 15) was discussed at a Thursday nlgbt meeting as another program 110 be beld by the club. The Richmond Ramblers' M.C. also has a "Hurt Fund" set aside for its members that ride. If someone Is' burt wbile riding and Is off a week or more be receives $125. U.s. CYCLE DEALERS ON EUROPEAN TOUR - TORSTEN HAlLMAN SELLS A NEW TRELLEBORG TIRE MAUGER TO RIDE AT FAIRGROUNDS LOS ANGELES. CALIF. oct. 23 - '!be world's most "aullOmated" motorcycle racer, Inn Mauger of Manchester. EUClaDd, two-time World Speedway Racing Champion, has arrived In Southern California and wU1 ride In an eXhibition race at the Orance County Fairgrounds track on OCtober 31st. Mauger, a New Zealander whose name is prODOunCed "major", 15 a 30 year old professional racer that has become the closest th1ng 110 a "prorrammed" and tu1lY aullOmated motorcycle raclnC macblne in the hisllOry of speedway racIll&' both here and abroad. "During the past season Mauger has maintained about a 11.74 point average per race meet." el\Platned motorcycle race promoter Ha1'ry Oxley. "and considering 12 points Is a perfect night for a rider, Mauger's average is about as close 110 perfect you can come and stul be human.u Accompanytng Mauger wU1 be Barry Briggs, a fellow New Zealander and four-times a World Cbamplon b1mseU, who also races on the speedway circuit in Great Britain. Mauger rides for Belle Vue. wbile Briggs races under theSwlndon banner. - ASCOT DRAWS LOADED FIELDS It's steeplechase time at Ascot Park Friday ntgbt, Oct. 24, as the 1969 motorcycle ractne season nears Its conclusion. OnlY three more steeplechase meets remain, plus the 20-lap California CbamplOIlship flat-track race 011 Saturday eventne. Nov. 1. All the races wU1 draw "loaded" fields now that the Natlooal Championship circuit bas cOIlcluded and Ascot is about the only place the cycle rlders can pick lIP a buck. So, Friday's field wU1 be worthy of more than just a reeuJar card. Sidp Van Leeu-n of Hollywood and Dust,y CoPpqe of Burbank are perbaps the lIOp threats among the regulars at the 183rd and VermOIlt Avenue course. Gene Romero of San Luis ObiSPO, wbo ttnisbed secOlld 110 Mert Lawwtll In the U.S. point standings this year. ttrures 110 be a potent force. other threats Include DIlJas Baker, RalPb Wbtte, Torrance; Keith Mubburn, Santa Susana; Dave Aldana, Santa ADa; Tom Rockwood, Gardena; Jack StmmOllS. Carson; and Jim Odom. ora.nee; ~~ .timichrome I, e . '.., /$II11eS SIll :;t., ~ l: ,: 51 III cIlr_ II • 1I0My CI •• S ""Jell as .....y OIIPETITIOII Tube 1St CHEMICALS c.. $U 704 . . .h'"lton A.... 10..,.' F~lIs 10 • .1 'lbe Swedish tyre facliory "Trel1eborg" has come out with a new MollOcross tire, whicb already is used bY IIl&IIY top mollOcross stars In Europe. It's a new and mucb wider tire. which was espec1ally destrned for rough condltlons, such as mud or sand. The size r1 the latest Trelleborg product 15 4.50 x lS". Bengt Aberg. the 19611 worldcbamplOIl In the 500cc claas, used tbts rear tire SOUTHERN OREGON HILLCLIMB JACI

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