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Cycle News 1974 07 30

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C 0: ' UJ :t 0UJ :t ,. 111 Z C( .J <: M ike Bell blasted his way to dominat io n of the CMC Saddl eback 125 Pro race Ju ly 2 1. Mike Bell battles to two-out-of-three CMC wins lost a night ra ce in four weeks, and today at Saddlehack Park he w on hi s secon d Overall in his las t three a tt em p ts. T oda y 's win wasn't e as y . Alth ough Bell held the fir st mot o lead t o the end, T ommy Croft ( Fra) was ma king a tremendous burs t through the p a c k from a b o u t 1 2th to ch allenge in second only t o have his freshly ported Honda engi ne start to lose com pressio n, forcing him to retire. That left Bob Marino (Ha n) , wh o turned Pro thi s week. to ta ke second over Dave Ca rlson. Ca rls on had gearbo x troubles in the next rou nd. It left h im in six th fo r first Overall. Meanwhile, Marino pl a y ed a tu g-o f-war ga m e with Don Bongiorno and Dave Er opkin , bot h o n Hondas, a nd wound up fo ur t h for third Overa ll ; his firs t trip t o the CMC Sunday pa y By Alan Shepherd O RAN G E, CAL.,JULY 21 Co nsisten cy is the story wi th Mike Bell, a determined yo ung race r from Lakewo od, California. In December of last year h e said op e n ly th at he wanted to he t he CMC No. One th is season. lie now holds th at posi tion by more than 250 p oi nts, and he 's tear in g apart t he CMC 125 Pro class in Ma rty Smit h 's a bsenc e. Bell hasn ' t window. Pr ice s at the Track: Practice & Oualifylng . . . Fri. $ 2 General Admission . . . . Sat. $ 4 Race Day Ge ner al Admission . $ 7 $2 Paddoc k Grandstand . . . . . . . . . $ 2 TOTAl$1 7 Ava ilab le at all TIcketr on Out lets or use coupon below. Super Tickets THREE DAYIGENERAl ADMISSION, PADDOCK AND GRANDSTAND All FOR$12.00 OR RACE DAYTICKETS $6,00 INADVANCE - - -- - - -- - - ------ -- -- - - -- -- -- -- Kawasak i SuperB i ke International (Money Order or Cer tifie d Check ) for the follOWing : _ _ _ __ Super Tic ke ts at $ 12.00 _ _ _ _ _ Race Day General Ad m issio ns at $6.00 Na me _ MAil TO: Trippe Co x As soc iat e s Inc .. PO BOX 2078. Addr e s s Zip Monter ey, Ca lif. 93940 (408) 373-1811 I encl ose $ _ Results in t he Re sul ts Section. .J .J UJ ell 0- s C( u I- - - - --- UJ .zs: ~ S _=_.:...:.J Z " lIa, ha, I' m fas ter t han vou arc !" Ron Pierce looks ba ck a t the rapid ly fading co rnpc t it io n as his hran d new Harl ey 250 water pum per carries h im to a run aw ay Afl\ 1 Riversid e 250 GI' class win J uly 2 I. ~RX- E C R (2 13 -3 2 0 -9 2 6 0) HELMETS 15

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