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- x... , • 0 a. ~ fo:I :t: fo:I -.1 to) >. to) I , -r -r x... :Ii) ~ <> ~ ~ SlttJae down to afford tractlN to the rear wheel, Spanish Trlall Champloa Pedro PI deIIonstrates the lIalIteu Coda. a trlall .uchlae he helped desll". PI was here from S.C.T." memberl waled IlId le.a al Pedro PI sets up to croll a stream Itre. with Ilipper)', the Montela factol)' to offer Inltructloa to S.C.T.A. members. wei boulders. PI proved his champlOdllllp meltle by scortne elehl polntl better than the closI elt Californian In the Uttlerock trlall. Sfory and photos by G.b. Barton Saturday afmrnoon tile group gathered consisted of dropping down a rocky wall Pedro Visited a S.C.T.A. event at around for a little personal1nstruction LrM'LEROCK, CAL., July 5, 6,1969Saddleback Park last year and made a and across a stream bed and then a very A Y1slt by Pedro Pi, Spanlsb Trlals by Pedro. A break was taken attsr two dlfflcult ride up the stream bed over lot of new friends. Pedro works 10 !be large, wet and slippery rocks. MostrldCllampioo, be1Ped to make a very sucresearch dePartment d. Montesa 10 Spain bours for a snack and some 100se conversation. Pedro speaks very liWe Engers were dropping fives 10 !be section cessfUl Trlals, July 5th aDd 6th 10 the and is me d. the cbief designers d. the lisb but witll the assistance of Fred and desert communlt;v of Littlerock. locreaslngly popular Montesa 247 Cola. but tIlen Pedro entered and held on for a Fernando Bela.1r and Modesto· Sole as one mark loss. Sectt'on 12 bad the riders well as unlversal sign 1aDguage commoving down the fast movlng, rockfWed munlcation was made possible. stream and then required !bem to make Sunday morning !be crowd grew as a right turn, and climb out of the water spectators and competitors ga!bered for and up a gully full of 2 and 3 foot blgh tile day's ride. Two loops were laid out boulders. Agaln three's and five's were tile preVious day with seven sections for belog accumulated by all till Pedro rode through, agaln dabbing once. Pedro's lap the Amateurs and eigbt very difficult scores for !be day were 9 marks tile first traps for tile Mastsr/Experts. Tbree lap, 7 tile second trip around and aclean laps were required around !be course. sweeP for the entire tblrd lap. Closest After the rider's meeting and tropby rider to Pedro's 16 marks was S.C.T.A. presentation the riders assembled to be President Bob Grove who lost 24 points. sent off 10 three rider groups at one Pedro's ride impressed all those who mloute lotervals. were able to watch bim. San DlegoTrials Some very good water hazards were Riders Prexy John Walters was nexfin included in the day's ride but probably line witll 37 points. tile two best were M/E sections 10 and First time Expert Gary Lane 'put in a 12 and Amateur traps 2 and 4. Section 10 very good performance on bis Montesa Cola, dropping 65 points, but Cotton rider Bill Batzloff wasn't far behind with 77 and another first time Expert, Bob Riggs rode a Hodaka to tblrd place with 82• ' Anotller outstanding performance was turned In by Larry Frakes 10 the Amateur class. Larry rode bis Greeves Anglian • YAMAHA DEALER· through the 21 sections and dropped only 4 polots. Fred Haas and JobnScbulzalso SCRAMBLER MOTORCYCLES rode well losing only 9 and 10 palots 1101 W. Burbaak Blvd. Burbank, Calif. respectively• 149-5907 or 14W731 Ex. #7 10 tbe Ultra-lightweights, Hank Kerlin dropped 21 aboard b1s Hodaka. Following close beblnd were Al Fox(Sachs) and Joe Goodson (Hodaka) witll 26 and 28 marks against. The all new 1969 Webco CItIIoI Dee Dee Earl ran away witll !be is the most comprehrtnsiw "' the lftOtort}'Cle attnsoria women's class losing only 26 points, 10 Industry. 92 pqtS. hvndtcds less than second place T1na Brewer. 01 iUustrJllons, of the mosl .,nled motOfl:yclr lCeessorin Steve Figueredo took tile sub-14 year Iftll hi'" PtrlOfmtnee old class riding a Honda and dropping 16. tomponelltl. Also includn Martin Belair came In second on b1s intonnatJOll of Inteml to.1 motorcyde tftttlusiists. Hodaka losing 18 palots•. ......1 ... Pedro will be back witll bis famlly in Barcelona by time tbls appears 10 print, W.BCO INC. but we In California slocerely hope that 211 _ IlET • IDa. _ be will be able to return to b1s 'family' here next year • (Results on page 20) ~ ., 12 PAII-•• CATII _- ~