NICHELSEN MASTERS
SCTA TRIALS
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By Ron Szilagyi
SADDLEBACK PARK, IRVINE,
CALIF., Sept. 13, 1970 - Every
imaginable type of crossing was thrown
into 20 traps of the S.C.T.A.'s trials.
Each trap featured a super obstacle in
addition to being tight and demanding
and powdery. The Amateurs, Experts
and Masters all covered the same twenty
sections three times each. The traps
were neatly located off the roads
crisscrossing the park to form a five-mile
circle.
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Trials is very demanding of a
motorcycle but even more so of the
rider. It is not a little old lady trail bike
sport, but even so 125 riders flocked to
the cloud covered event. The wind blew
and the temperature .was shirt sleeve.
They saw Bob Nichelson, Bultaco
mounted Master, lose only 16 points to
win the Master's class. Bob Grove with
22 points just barely beat Rich Bledsoe
who accumulated 24. In the Expert
class, Vic Conaway won with 33 points.
Again second and third were close: Dale
Ranta lost 42 while Tim Hickox lost 43.
(Results on page 24)
