Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

------------------------------ - - - - -- - - - - - -- - CMC Ascot: Bell again! WI NERSWEA By A lan Shepherd GA RDENA,CAL.•J ULY 3 1 Well, no surpri se, but to night in OIC mo tocross Mike Bell (Hon) took o n eight foes and wound up sweepi ng anot her 125 Pro race to continue his incred ible win streak. Tim Lunde (Hon) tried to keep pace but had mid -pack starts in the final two motos and five laps are not th e longest time in t he world to work up . Dave Pessy (Fra) also tried but just couldn't make things click. If all goes we ll th is week. Mike Bell will be going for h is No. 12 nigh t win in a row right here at Ascot. If he makes it, it'll be another record in his most incredib le st rea k. - CMC Irwindale: More Mike Bell By Alan Shepherd Marty S m ith came horne a nd won CMC' s Saddleback race August 4 . 250 JRS D IV I: 1. Chris Johnso n (Ha n) . 2 . John Wood ( Hon). 3. James H u rl e y (CZ) . 250 JRS DIV I I : 1. Chris Napolitano (CZ). 2 . Jerry Lowell (CZ) . 3. Rocky Delligatte ( Han) . 500 JRS : 1. Danny M illard (Mai) . 2 . Frank sc mc cc t (Mai ) . 3 . Pat Grattan (CZ). POWDER PUFF : Nancy Payne (Han). 2. Sue -Fish (Ho d) . 3. Cina Barkey (Yam). 125 I N T : 1. Bruce Slingerland (Ha n) . 2 . Bob Welch ( Han). 3 . Tony d e 1 Sota (Yam) . .1 250 INT : 1. Steve Tafoya ( H an). 2. Mike Follmer ( M a i) . 3 . David Potts (CZ) . 500 INT : 1 . Ca lvin Weber (Mail. ~. Thomas Fowler rcz i . 3 . Bart Taylor (Hus). 125 PROS: 1. Mike Bell (Han) . 2 : Dave Pessy (Fra) . 3 . Don Bongiorno ( Hon) . 250 PROS: 1 . Jeff Vidic (Mai). 2. Dave Pessy (OSS). . . Brad Morrison (Sui) . 3 500 PROS : 1. Joe Johnston (Mai) . 2. Luke Messer (Mai) . 3. Bill Rubly' (CZ) . IRWINDALE, CAL.. AUG. 2 And still Mike Bell wins. Th at was the major story tonight at Irwindale Raceway before more than 2000 fans . But, it was tough, to o, i Don Bo ng o rno (Hon), who has yet to win a Cl\IC Pro Overall, put his thumb in the dike in the first moto and eeked out a two-foot victory over Bell. But the hole got bigger in the next two and Bell came rushing through for two wins and brought the Overall triumph w ith them . Here's how his records stand : I I straight night wins, 10 straight days and night ace s. and six straight here at Irwindale. After Bongiorno had troubie in the second moto, Dave Pessy (Fra) moved in to contend, but he, too, couldn't hold off charge r Bell and ended up second Overall . The mo t ocross track will be sh ut down this Friday n igh t due to the biggie drag mee t , b u t CMC will be back in two weeks on A ugus t 16. _ Results M IN I EX : 1. D oug N i col (H on ). 2. Joe T ucci (Hon) . 3. V in c e V an H oo k (Y am) . M I NI JR S D IV I : 1. Mark Leos ( H On). 2 . Jim Hall (Ya m ). 3. Louie Garcia (HOn ) . ~INI JRS QIV II : 1. Mike Jo hns ( Y a m ) . 2 . Fra nk Koga ( Y a m ) . 3 . Jimmy Simmo ns (Hon ) . 100 JRS D IV I: 1. Steve Nestle (H Od ). 2 . Noel Leos (Yam) . 3 . D ere k V a u g h n (Yam) . 100 JRS DI V II: 1. Louis Fernandez (HOd). 2. Dave Bau (SUZ) . 3 . Scott Stringer (SUZ) . 125 JRS O I V I ; 1. Ed die Cla rk ( HOn) . 2 . Jay Rivera (Han). 3 . Mitch Maxwell ( Hon). 125 JRS DIV II : 1. ,Rob Zamora (Han). 2. Rick Fiore ( HOn) . 3. Mike B ush (Han) . 125 JRS D IV 111: 1. B ruc e AShmore (Ha n) . 2 . J i m Lowe (Han) . 3. Scott Bell (Han) . 125 JRS DIV IV: 1. Steve Cross ( HOn) . 2 . Gary Jakob (Suzl. 3. BOb JOhnston ( Han). Mike Bell likes winning. Bell gets beat (at last) By Alan Shepherd ORANGE, CAL. . AUG . 4 National I25cc Motocross Champion Mart y Smith returned to his home stomping grounds today a t Saddleback Park and almost go t stomped int o submission by a Iistfull of determined giaru -killcrs, Heading the list was, of course, Number Two in America, Bruce ~IcDougal and CMC Number One c urr e n t lv the honest SoC.1 rider, Mike Bell. . McDougal surged to t he lead after a back-and-forth bat t le with Bell on the first lap, and started pulling awa y for eig ht laps, Then, sudden ly his factory Ho nda lu n ch ed a piston and Bell , still second . took over. But it was only briefly. He had been ho lding off S mit h fo r seve n lap s, h ut fin all y Marty got h y and wen t on to win. In the second, Bell again jumped to the lead down the hill and hel d it for more t han a lap. Tben Ti m Lu nde (lio n) got by followed tightly by Smith in thi rd, Tommy Croft (Fru) fourth, and l\IcDougal. Fo r eight la ps the five we re never more t han 50 yards apar t. Bu t th e fastest amongst t hem ' vas Smith. who weaved his way through and finally took over fo r the win, Lunde. second in this one, claimed second Overall when Bell slipped back to fifth in the fin al for third OA, snap p ing his 10 event "in streak. "I just couldn 't get started," sighed Smith. "I'm used to longer motos a nd it took me about six or seven laps before I could really get going." He a lso carried a great deal of praise for Bell. "Hey, he is good. lie has really gotten fast since I saw him last. • Results Mini : 1. Todd Peterson (Han): 2 . Doug Nicol (Han); 3. Eri c Coff in (Han). 100 Jr : 1. Bob Winters (Vam) . 125 J r Diy I : 1. Ray Miller (HOn); 2. Greg Rader ZHOn); 3. M ark. Brooks (Hon) . 125 Jr Dlv II: 1. Jerry Raymer (HOn): 2. Rod Miller ( Han); 3 . Tad Decker (Han). 125 J r Div III: 1. N ick Morita (HOn); 2. Ro nnie Rin den (HOn) ; 3 . Mark Elder (Ha n). 250 Jr Div I : 1. Paul Vogelsang (CZ); 2. Britt H o lt z ,( H o n ) : 3. Ron Thompson (Ma il. 250 J r Div II: 1. Mark Van Camp (Mon); 2. Fra nk Bua ( Y a m ) ; 3 . Ange l Hammond (Ha n ) . 50 0 J r: 1. Rory H oll ad a y (Mai) : 2. Mike Statons ( Bul) : 3 . G regory Sexton (Mai) . 125 I nt : 1. C lark Jones (Kaw): 2 . Mark Popel ( Y a m ) : 3 . Bob Welch (Han) . 25 0 I n t Di v I : 1. RO b Rayme r (Ma i} ; 2 . M ike R uby ( M a i ) : 3 . To m Burgess (Yam ) . 250 In t Diy I I : 1. Dana S la t e r (Yam); 2. Tim Wyant (Mai): 3 . Gor don Newman (Bul) . sao f nt r 1. Ben De l Cam po )Yam) ; 2. Gary Martini (HUs); 3 . Lynn Mattox ( Hus). 125 Pro : 1. Marty Smith ( H On ) ; 2 . T im Lun de (Han): 3 . Mike Bell (Han) . 250 Pro : 1. J on Derhammer (Yam) : 2 . R ichard G ra fton (HUs); 3. M ar k ROdman (Yam) . 500 Pro : 1. Luke Messer (Mai) ; 2 . Bill RUbly ( CZ); 3 . Bob Stem (CZ) . Rolf 500 Int. Tibblin, Class (lst Mickey place) , 250 Quade, Mitch Support Class Mayes, A.C. 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