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Cycle News 1971 07 20

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BUGS VS." KEL .... '" ~. > "3 .... ~ w Z W. ..J U >U Jim Rice, hardly a roadracing specialist, kept in close contention for the begun raining hard as Brelsford poured on to the drag strip weU over 80 miles an hour. He hydroplaned on a puddle and slid off the course. A clump of dirt sent him sprawling through the air and he came to rest inches from the guard rail. He was shaken but fortunately suffered only a hand injury. John Green, a privateer from Carmichael, Calif., won the second running of the new Novice·J unior Lightweight class on a Yamaha. The lead went first to Rudy Galindo of Santa Fe Springs, Calif., then Jimmy Chen. Mike Lane who started from the back row after falling in his heat, moved ahead and soon had several seconds on the pack. Green slipped past Chen and Galindo and, with eight laps to go, found himself in the lead after Lane broke. Chen and Galindo were wire to each other and fought so hard that Green's lead had aU but vanished by the time they cr~ssed the finish line, Galindo barely in second. Daytona and Loudon Novice winner Howard Lynngaard finished fifth. t-itl!lle·a·sil!lh·el!r!l,ni!lisi!l!h·edltlt!le~n~ Stu Nichols of Edmondson, Wash., 'lost a gas cap at the start and collided with Scott Brelsford on the Iltst tum. Hot half-mile Novice Scott Brelsford decided to try roadracing for the first time on Jim' Odorn's TD·2. just to see what it was like. Surprise, surprise. Both riders were unhurt but both Yarnahas were destroyed by fire. (Results on page 24) Winner Kef Carruthen looks over his shoulder at Cal Rayborn during Saturday's lightweight race. Gary Nixon was silent for a while, after his Triumph broke. IIDISTRICT 38" SCOTT KING ACCRA·ADELANTO 200 Miler Montesa 2nd 250cc 5th Overall Ridden by Armond Caprio and Tom Newgent July 3,1971 Scott King No. 1 District 38 Open Class 360 Montesa _E '.0. lOX 151- 7500 fL CAJOII IOUlEYAIID LA _SA, CAUFOllIIIA .2041 714/465-1327 ~ IAl.IIIIIIEll CATALOG $1.00 • SPEED EQUIPMENT. ACCESSORIES • MX CLOTHING • SHOP TOOLS . I "'.t r,,:.

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