Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

~~ Coast Mota Cycle CMC Ascot . By Alan She pherd ® GARDENA, CAL. , SEPT. II With less than a month left or the Ascot calendar for CMC motocross, and school back into session, the turnout dwindled tonight, but the racing was still tight. Mike Bell and Joe Johnston gave a show in the 125-250 combined Pro event with Joe on the 250cc Oss a winning out against Bell on the I25cc Honda. All three motos were identical. Brad Morrison, on a 250cc Bultaco, would jump to the lead with Bell in hot pursuit. Then Johnston would car een through the pack, take over third and close quickl y. Bell would then find a way around Morrison, skip to the lead and Johnston would then fo llow suit by picking off second. It remained that way for two or th ree laps, then Joe wo uld creep up and suddenly pounce on Bell, slipping by and going on to a narrow victory . In the separate scoring, however, each rider swept his respective class . And for Bell it was rather inspiring. A week ago Sunday, he crashed at Saddleback and was promptly smacked by Bruce McDougal. His righ t arm ached, but he continued to ride out the event. Then, last week, he again got off hard right at Ascot and when he went to the doctor he found he h ad a partial fracture in the shoulder. He was told not to race for three weeks. He rested for the remainder of the week. but was back again tonight and looking like his old self . . . and winning his 18th in the last 21 CMC night meetings. Don Bongirorno (Han) picked up the runnerup spot in the I25s but was never in co n ten tio n. Morrison, meanwhile, who did have a chance, had to settle for second 250. It was again a three-rider dice fo r the Motocross - Desert 23 34 New port BIIod.• Costa Mesa. CA 92627 714·645·8008 250~400 MOTO-X MACHINES SALES·SERVICE-PARTS Horizons Unlimited 22726 Ventura Blvd. Woodland Hill s, CA 91364 213-340-2191 Is it MX or desert, anyway? New and D efinitely Dinerent! For 2 stroke and Jim Weinert, 1974 AMA National Motocross Open Class champion, has pre-entered S.C.O.R.E.'s "AC-Delco World Championships" off-road race to be held September 28-29 at Riverside Raceway in Riverside, California. Jim was the first American to win a Trans-AM'A motocross th is season against the dominating Europeans. 500le 4 str oke. lorqu~ ~ nester Spark Plugs Put the Spark where the action is 1'.'10 '11 t o r q u e, M ore RPM , Oe l.n".,y longer lI .,ed . A de\erl exce- t hoi!> ,aced one TORQUE M A S TE R in . BlJ ltoic o 2 ~ O In elCceu of 30 0 0 m,le, .nd ,WI gO in g sh o n g . A Kdwauk i 500 (3 ) hoi" l o u r eCl B350 m i l ~ ;"~~~ ~l~~ ~lrf~~rJ9i~~~;W~~25T ~~L~e~r~.~I~:'V:~ S 500cc Pro win with the regulars. Luke Messer (Mai) collected the victory but he did it by winning only one mota while second place Bill Rubly (CZ) h ad taken two. In the second moto, while running right near th e front , Rubly sp un out and had to spend half a lap attem p ti ng to refire the bike. It gave Messer the ace in that one and ad ded t o his p air of seconds it meant the Overall. Rubly then won the final mota , as h e had the first, and because of it ca me up Joe J o hnsto n (ass) came f ro m beh ind in all three 125-250 comb ined motos t o win. c ur 0 1 2 0 \1.arh w ll h o ne TO RQUE MA ST ER . 0<11. Inc l u de d In pa Ckag.e . S t at e make .nd mode' o f b ike, second on points , b arely ee king out Curtis Lessel (Mai). Of part icular note was the Minis . Doug Nicol (Ha n) , a Mini Ex per t, h as won j ust about every meeting this season at Asco t. Tonight , however, Russ Eide (Han), a Mini Junior, alm ost thrash ed him. It was the first time this reporter has seen Eide, hut it probably won 't be the last; the y o ungst er re all y had the t rack wired in his fir-it outing. Resul ts in the Resul ts Se ction. $5 .75 each. $10.50 lor 2 , $5 .00 each f o r 3 or more. PPO a nyw here In the U .S . TORQUE MASTER PRODUCTS 1 14 .... .. .. fl .. . " <;10_1. [ I ~u n dn, (" A q n?~ 11 1 ] \ ) " •• 1 7') Mike Bell won aga in at CMC Ascot . a II 1IJ :r 0. 1IJ :r l/l Z

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