Description: Yes we combine shipping for multiple purchases.Add multiple items to your cart and the combined shipping total will automatically be calculated. 1958 George Pena Wins Riverside Grand Prix - 2-Page Vintage Motorcycle Article Original, vintage magazine articlePage Size: Approx 8" x 11" (21 cm x 28 cm) (pages are front and back)Condition: Good George Pena braked hard and leaned thestreamlined Norton Manx into the high-banked South turn. He was leading BudParriott’s Triumph by only a few lengths.No time to turn around for a look, but heknew that Parriott was hard on his fiber-glass tail. Parriott held off on his brakesuntil the last possible moment, then droppedfrom 120 mph plus and roared past the al-most horizontal Norton diving far down intothe turn. Out of the long, sweeping bendand past the pits Parriott's gleaming blackand chrome motorcycle led the silver Nor-ton. then the streamliner bit into the windand passed the unfaired Triumph inches be-fore the start-finish line.Thus ended a motorcycle contest the likesof which is seldom seen in the UnitedStates—Grand Prix motorcycles manned byexcellent riders battling for position on aspecially-built road racing course.The occasion was the opening of the newRiverside International Motor Raceway, amuch-ballyhooed 3% mile asphalt-paved,turn-studded course intended by its promot-ers to be the cradle of American GrandPrix racing. The motorcycles were sand-wiched into the program by the sports carminded officials, but they provided the28.000 fans with some unanticipated thrills.The first shock was the start. In trueEuropean style the riders pushed their ma-chines off the starting grid, then, bouncingonto the saddle and dumping the clutch atthe same time, they started the engines andtore of! down the course. One advantageof this kind of start is that the bikes arewell spread out going into the first turn(Continued on page 42)The Riverside Grand Prix brought out someinteresting machinery. Here is Gene Wisesizing up the south turn on his beautifullyfaired 250 cc Maico.Four champions pose behind the 350 cc 7RAJS Boy racer. Left to right, Pedro Rodri-guez, 1955 Mexican 500 cc Champion, 1957National Scrambles Champion Bud Ekins,Marcel Meunier, 1950 Belgian Moto-crossChampion in this country to try his hand un-der Ekins’ tutelage at American racing, andRicardo Rodriguez, 1956 Unrestricted Motor-cycle Champion of Mexico. Ricardo, brotherof Pedro, drove his Porsche RS Spyder ex-pertly to win the 1500 cc Modified Featurerace against the toughest West Coast sportscar competition shortly after this picture wastaken. Pretty good when you consider Ricardois only 15 years old! 11208-5712-04
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