1958 Triumph Roger White Charles Hockie Big Bear - 2-Page Vintage Motorcycle Ad

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1958 Triumph Roger White Charles Hockie Big Bear - 2-Page Vintage Motorcycle Ad
Original, vintage magazine advertisement
Size: Approx. 9" x 12" (22.5 cm x 30 cm) each page
Condition: Good
TRIUMPH SWEEPS BIG BEAR RUN
In Unprecedented Victory - Triumph Riders Take 8 out of First 10 Places
Roger White, 23-year-old carpenter
of Norwalk, California, on his win-
ning Triumph TR6. White won the
world's biggest race, the Big Bear
Run in January, which started in the
Mojave Desert of Southern California
and ended high in the San Bernardino
Mountains, 150 miles from the start.
The Big Bear Run, the most spectacular cross-country
motorcycle event in the U.S.A., if not the world, this year
saw 851 riders match skill and machines for the coveted
1st place honors. This mid-winter race — an annual affair
— is dramatic proof of the growing popularity of the sport.
All brands of motorcycles, both foreign and domestic, en-
tered this grueling and dramatic event.
Triumph riders swept into the lead right from the start.
In a matter of minutes Triumph had complete command of
the race. Starting from Southern California’s famed Mojave
Desert, the race progressed over 150 miles of sand, sage,
ice, snow and winter mud ending in the rugged San Ber-
nardino Mountains.
Charles Hockie on a TR-6 led at the quarter distance
mark, gave way to Bud Ekins also mounted on a TR-6.
Ekins, then in the lead, took a spill on a patch of ice and
Roger White surged into the lead, an advantage he held
right up to the finish line.
Only race in the world where
851 entries can start abreast.
Here riders blast off the start-
ing line.
ROGER WHITE ON TR-6
DEFEATS 850 OTHERS -
133 FINISH OUT OF
851 STARTERS
RESULTS
1st
Roger White . .
. . . Triumph
2nd
Charles Hockie . .
. . . Triumph
3rd
Buck Smith . . .
. . . Triumph
4th
Bud Ekins . . .
. . . Triumph
5th
CalBottum . . .
. . . Triumph
6th
Gene Hirst . . .
. . . Matchless
7th
Joe Roberts. . .
. . . Triumph
8th
Charles Cripps . .
.... Norton
9th
Red Ludford . . .
. . . Triumph
10th
Marsh Meredith .
. . . Triumph
165 cc CLASS
1st Johnny Smith .... Triumph Terrier
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