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HOPETOWN, CALIF., Nov. 7·8, 1970
- The 12th Annual Dirt Diggers Grand
Prix and International Motocross lived
up to its reputation. A thousand riders
and nearly 20,000 spectators took part
in the classic event known as Hopetown.
The event took two days - the
lightweights on Saturday, he.avies and
sidehacks on Sunday. Everything was
filled - the pits, the waterhole, the
concessions, the roster, etc. - but good
spiri ts prevailed during the long
weekend and the throngs flourished.
The Diggers had a couple of
problems, though. The insurance fltople
decided at the last minute that the bikes
couldn't navigate the "Old Town", so
lots of chain-link fencing had to be
re-routed. Sunday, the dust was nasty as
could be in some spots. And, of course,
a handful of those ubiquitous "bad
apples" proceeded to give the whole
Dirt Digger M.C. a bad name as they
became obsessed with power and
behaved in rather irrational fashion.
Still, the track and skies were in
superb condition Saturday, thanks to
the previous night's rain, so let's see
what happened:
100 AM/EXPERT
. Jeff Wright got off beautifully and
kept on going until his Rickman
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