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NCHASE BELL #235
ot one to worry about
the uncontrollable or superstition, Jessy Nelson comes screaming into the 2016 season dawning a
new number, the bold #13.
The traditionally unlucky number does not phase the blazing fast Troy Lee Designs pilot as he runs
it with pride. Never one to complain or worry without it’s due, Nelson makes the best of virtually every situation he is dealt. Since making the leap to professional competition, it has been an amazingly impres- Csive road. Nelson immediately began banging bars with the best
in the business, chalking himself up
as one of the many 250 class heavy
weights ready to leave with the title
ChaseBellis putting himself on the radar belt. In an edgy move, the crew
certainly one from the very beginning. Bell decided last minute that Nelson was
to look out kept it up down in Florida ready for the big leagues and would
for! The Bell beginning RCSX with a pair be competing in the entire 2012
has been of podium heat race finishes. outdoor tour. Known early on for his
great starting ability, Nelson’s deci- sion to leap into the big leagues has
competition’s neck
finish up with a respectable lately fourth in 250 A Pro Sport and
paid off in dividends earning him the
son. Jessy continued to fight and
comer ready to make his
mix it up with the elite 250 riders
permanent mark
in the
for the next several seasons, finally
amateur record books. Bell stealing a moto win in Indiana at the
ringing the Chase went on to eventually
stamping himself as yet second overall in the packed
Rookie of the Year in his entry sea-
another fired up, up
and
250 All-Star class. Chase’s top ten streak continued in Texas, proving to have a great deal of consistency as well as raw
blew it up at the 2015 Mill speed. Bell’s recent Loretta
Ironman National. The Templeton,
Creek Spring Classic finishing
Lynn qualifying efforts have went very smoothly as well locking himself into regional action and setting up nice for
the big dance in Hurricane
California native is always impres-
on the podium in three of his
sive on the bike, possessing one of
four classes, his fourth still a
the most fluid and speedy styles in
solid fourth place nonetheless.
the 250 game right now. With the
Bell left Alabama with titles in
right ingredients and a touch of luck
the 250 A and 450 A classes
Mills this summer.
(which he thinks will come from the traditionally unlucky number) Nel- son has the markings to be every bit of a title threat in 2016.
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