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DA YTONA WRAPUP
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DESERT DRAGS
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BUILD A HACK
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EUROPE TOUR
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WEEKEND RESULTS
J.N. & MAX
TAKE MI·NT
By Sharon Clayton
LAS VEGAS, NEV., Mar. 21, 1971 - In
spite of a painful injury, desert star J.N.
Roberts and his teammate Max Switzer
broke the two-year winning streak of
Mike Patrick and Phil Bowers to capture
the Mint 400 for Husqvama. A ,mere 20
bikes of the 94 starters finished the'race
that began at 9 a.m. and lasted until
8:45 p.m.
Winner
Roberts
took the lead at the start and held it all
the way. J.N. 's team mate Max Switzer
was not turning laps as fast as J.N. but
~e was going fast enough to hold the
lead which Roberts developed. J,N.
broke down once in the first lap with an
electrical problem and went over the
bars once, resulting in painful but not
serious injuries. His winning time was
9:54:05.
The course was reported to be
extremely rough after the first check all
the way. to the end. As desert goes this
course was quite flat with the billowing
powder for which the Mint is justly
famous. There was no relief after the
powder because the trail led into the
foothills which were paved with
shock-breaking rocks.
The race started off with a kind of
excitement that makes racers wish they
had another business. A collision
between Jerry Sauter and Don
Bohannon delayed Sauter about an hour
(Please turn to page 7)
Bruce Brown films motocross action for his super motorcy.cle flick
"On Any Sunday" which is reviewed on page 5 of this issue. Ron
Bishop on his Kawasaki gets the jump off the line on Tom Muto's
Husky, but it didn't last long. Tom finished 4th, Ron didn't. More
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on Page 7;
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