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The ~e was tight in the Lightweight Expert class. Here, Jeff Wright holds the advantage over Larry Pfutzenreuter.
By Dick Wright
EL MIRAGE, CAL., Aug. 14, 1971
The course laid out by the Dirt Diggers
was about six miles around, and
generally called, "Fast, Rough and
Rocky", with an uphill, a downhill, and
a mile long fire road.
The flJ'St race of the day was the
l00cc Novice going off at 8 :00 Lm. and
they had the best deal of the day. The
course was not chopped up as yet and it
was stiD cool. Neil Christman, who is
fast becoming the big name in this class,
picked up another win on his fast
Hodaka. Jesf Fries was second, on a
HodaIr.a, fonowed across the line by
Gary Charteq, on a Suzulr.i
At 9 sharp the combined 125ยท250cc
Novices went off and there were a lot of
them, as always. The big gun was young
Doug Winchell, on a Bultaco, up from
the trail bike class and really doing his
thing. Second went to Dan Daily on a
fast Ossa; third was Ron Parton on a
C.Z. We missed the first 125 in the dust
but second went to the up and coming,
Kenny Young on a Yamaha tuned by
IW dad, McKay, late Saturday night by
flashlight.
The Open Novice went off with a
bang and a pile of dust. Recently, this
c1ass has had to contend with the hot
lloyd Joines took his Husky to second in the 250 Am/Ex. race. He capitolized on Jeff Wright's mechanical problems in doing
Doug Winchell gets l\1s'BlIhai!o 'ai/borne enVoate to winning the 250 Novice da...
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