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.... - '" :: . > :::< Pfutzenreuter (Bul) and Rich Thorwaldson (Suz). The first loop was a fast 45-miler which took about 50 minutes to complete. It had one short dry lake and a lot of open boon-docks but was not a power course. It was a matter of who would ride the flat desert as fast as he could go and J.N. did just that, imishing in the pits with a good Lead over Martino and third pfutzenreuter. The second loop was a very fast 40-mile go with a very steep, rocky downhill, a seven mile dry Lake, a lot of fast ilTe roads and, of course, lots of rocks and dust. After catching his breath, Roberts commented, "Man, I went down that steep, rocky downhill with no clutch. Some ride! I hit every rock on the hill; and those dry lakes were something else. 1 was flat out, laid out on the tank." In addition to his overall win, his second in two weeks, J.N. was given a special award by the Master Links for also being a class winner using a silencer. Following Martino was third place Pfutzenreuter on his 250 Bul which had finished with a: flat front tire. Phil Bowers muscled his 250 Yamaha to fourth ahead of Dick Breker (BuI). Jack Knebel brought his Greeves in for first 500 Jr. with Tom Clodt second. Jeff Wright (Ric) took the class win for the 125 Experts despite a destroyed rear tire and wheel. Lloyd Joines, who took the ilTst 250 Jr. honors on his Husky, remarked at the finish Line that "this was something else. I came over this one hill in the second loop and this gal was standing there nude. I didn't know what to think - out-.a-sigh t" A very fast Greg Hawks was the first 100 rider to take the checkered to win the Expert class followed very closely by Randy Milligan, Jim Summers and Larry Roeseler, all riding HarLey Bajas. First Junior in was Mike Porter (Hod) followed by the blue Rickman of Ward Wessela. The Novices were started 15 minutes after the rest of the pack. It first ~ w Z w -' u > u By Dick Wright KRAMER CORNERS, CAL., May 2, 1971 .- J.N. Roberts topped the field of 77 5 riders and. came to take the checkers one minute ahead of Whitey Martino today in the Maste,r Links M.C.'s Hare & Hound. Both rode Huskies. The day was almost perfect; a little breeze to blow tPe dust away and 70-degree- temperatures. The big field of Juniors and Experts lined up and waited for the banner to drop. The territory to the smoke bomb was fast, almost a downhill grade with some bushes and a few small ditches. The iust man to the bomb was Martino followed by Roberts, Larry J.N. Roberts rode a silenced machine to another overall desert win. appeared that overall was Bill Smart (Mai) first in for the 500 class. It was reported Monday morning, however, that Brent WaUingsford, consistent winner of the 125 Novice class, took the overall Novice honors for the third consecutive time. Brent, who will be moving up into the Junior ranks very soon, rides a Yamaha AT-I. Soon after, Loren Davis, Jr., brought his red Bultaco in to take ilTst 250 Novice and mentioned, "That was a good race. The rocky downhill had me bugged, though. 1 couldn't slow my bike down and that girl out there really caught me by surprise; she was something else." Mark Wright took second 500 Novice on a Husky and had to rush off to the truck with a badly cu t arm. A couple of the never-say dies that experienced trouble were Rich ThorwaIdson, Tom Poteet and Gene Moffit. For Rich, the troubles kept -. The first Novice blasts past the smoke bomb