Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

._._._._._.~_._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . In the second mota , Mike Tripes (D .G.) was first off the lin e, with brother Marty in hot pursuit. Marty got the lead away from Mik e o nly to lose it when he went down in fron t of the Suzuki Tower. Mike led the mota for three more laps but was p assed by Broc Glover who opened up a good lead and kept putting space between himself and the second place rider. At the end of the race, the winners were Glover, Marty Tripes and Mike Bell. . Val Tamietti [Mai ], Luke Messer (Mai ) and Greg Robertson (Ossa) dominated both motos of the 5 00 Pro class. • Results in Results Section. McDougal debuts at Ascot MX By Mike Klinger GA R DE NA , CAL., AUG. 5 Former Yam aha Inte rna tional rider Bruce McD ougal made his raci ng debut at Ascot Park and won the 125 Pro division handily. Oh boy, this is one heck of a way to pick up a little pocket money, but MX'n at Ascot su re beats babysitting. Ask any woman racer. "Rocket" Rex Staten directs start traffic at CMC Carlsbad. CMC MX at Carlsbad By Patti Trotter CARLSBAD, CA L. , A UG . 8 Two hundred sixteen wired, read y for action riders sho wed up to ride Carlsbad CMC today. Whi le standing at thestarting gate, not rea lly believing th ere were 30 125 Pro riders who we re cho mp ing on t heir J ofa's an d giving each other the "eye," there were th ree foreigners from Ohio bragging they could blow the doors off these SoCal boys and that we don't even know what WFO means. Our CMC riders showed 'em what it's all about. When the gate dropped, 30 dial-it-on ra cers went for the bucks. Jeff Jennings (Suz ) and John Tessitore were reall y going for it, Jennings led almost the entire mota with Tessitore right on his tail until J eff's bike seized, giving Tessitore the win. In mota two Bruce McDougal (T &M) and Warren Reid (FMF) were the stars. Reid was reall y gassin' it, but Bruce just had that little extra. 250 Pro riders lined up with some of the best ri ders around, including Marty Tripes and the " Rocke t" himself. Staten (H·D) grabbed the holeshot bu t had lo ts of co mpany as h e wicked it o n . As file race ~ot going Rex and Marty Tripes (D.G .) got way out in fron t of th e o th ers. Scott Mo ntgo mery (San Diego Suz u ki) an d Val Tam ietti (Mai) had a h o t di ce goi ng until T ami th re w a ch ain an d DNF'd. Fo u rth pl ace wa s ta ken over by Broc Glo ver (D. G.) who charged up on Montgomery, o ver taking him for third. At the end ' of t he malo, Re x lo aded his bike in to his van and headed fo r h o me. It seems th e rear motor mounts shattered and th e vibration broke the eng ine case. Rex and a lo t of o th er 500 Pro ri de rs we re sche du led to ride a Na ti o nal in Kentu cky to day , but the race had b een cancelled. A new/old face appeared in the 125 Pro class, Mike Bell , who is now racing and fully sponsored by .DC Perf ormance. Bell led the first mo ta b ut threw a chain and "trany" and retired for the evening. Bruce McDougal (Ha n) then led to the mota win followed by Gregg Toyama (lio n) and Jim Do mann (Ha n) . Mota two was conquered by the super fast Mark Tyer (Ha n ). Ro ger Smith (Ha n) was second and McDougal's third place finish gave him the overall money. Mike Bell (Hus) returned to the 250 Pro class and won both motos with hardly any competition. Aaron Bassett (Hus) an d J eff Browning (Mai) chased Mr. Bell but finished two-three. In m o t a two, Jim Lowe (Han) tried desperately to overcome Bell but settled for second as Bassett trailed for third. Sue Fish (Y am) b lew away the other 20 wo men racers to finish-on to p in t he wome ns nati o nal division. • 'lights On Enduro' By Larry Langley LU CERNE VALLEY, CA L., AU G . 7 200 hardy District 37 ' enduro riders showed up to try Pasadena M/C's "Lights On" night enduro. Pits and course were located in the same vicin ity as the Dustmakers Hare Scrambles o n Sunday, which led to a strange mixture of desert racers and enduro riders in the area. Th e desert racers were fascinated by all the timekeeping paraphernalia of the enduro riders and the enduro riders were somewhat awe d by the high speeds attained by' the racers on Sunday. Four riders per minute left on their journey into darkness (it wasn 't quite that foreboding) at 9 :01 p.m. Saturday night. Beams of lights from each bike . knifed through the moonlit nigh t illuminating their way. Some riders showed up with rather elaborate lighting with quartz bulbs and sealbearns the ho t setup. Others opted for stock 25 watt !igh ts which seemed p re tty d im to the more exotic co mpared equi pment. After the so mewhat slow speeds o f the night port ion of t he Green horn , Pasadena M/ G promised a fas ter cou rse this time ar o u nd. It was fas te r but no t overly ch alle nging for th e A riders. B riders thought th e sp eed ave rage s were fas t enough, C riders just trie d to fi ish intact. n Rid in g at nigh t is a co mp le te ly differ en t ex perience. Most ri ders were unprepared fo r it and su bse qu en tly spent a lo t of ti me looking for rib bo n . It was the re , sp ars e at tim es bu t enough t o . fo llow the co urse. Later riders h ad m ore problems than early riders as some of

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