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... ::.J ..0 E ::.J U ::.J Q «or«. Fr iendly competitors Bernie Sch reiber (left) and Marland Whaley (righ tl riding for Bultaco and Montesa. respectively, have dominated the 1974 AT A season, finish ing one-two in the Expert standings. Right now, they're psyching each other out in that second trap. 8th A nnu a l Enr, i. . mus t be Del Webb's M INT 400 po s'm.rlr.fKI belor. March 16 -19,1975 ' Rac ing Headquarters March 1sl to ,.c.j ~. 're. jackets lind bottl. -:- Oes~t Race Mint Hotel. P.O. 80. 2'60 La s Vegas , Nev. 89101 Drawing for sta rt ing po sitio ns Dee.l .1974 MINT Hotel. ....,- - - - - - - - - - - - - Las Vegas.Nev. Wnt e now for official rules. ""'""ss, Moment of t ruth in trap two: Martin Belai r (Ieftl chose the left approach w it h muscle over the rocks; Marland Whaley (rightl took the double·l ift ro ute to the right over the roots: Both made it work. _ reg ulations. and entry form 011 WEBB' S 0" MIRT STATt HOTEL AND CASINO • LAS VEGAS ' NEVAD A _ _ I IP _ PROP(lfTY or .. DEL [ WEllS CO Il PORATI ~ SU,SI DIARy Whaley takes ATATrials; Keith Pagel dazzles By Dick Vasquez 15180R RA YMER STREET VAN NUYS, CA L I FORNIA 91405 BA RO NA IND IA:\' RESER VAT ION . CAL.. NOV . 24 OK. AI , r~mMhd rhf! r.tnk(sl MId dr. color(s) I _nt, plus "nv ~ ~ rm ~jng S (or I»ying by Crt!dir c.,d). PlNU ship my stuff N t.srnr W3y for tnt! HoIid6yr . I'll pay th~ ~ on th is tmd. 0 100 0 150 0 1J 5 0 )0 0 0 350 0 350 '1). J4 V. rnehl Ml1.15 -. D VamaialVZ D e Z a lba O B. 1UaI O Ho•• EkiN,.. & SuultiTII _ $24.15 ... Showcolor dloict by Wfiti,, - ' '' cw ""2 tn bol : D R'" O_ itl' O B_ O Vllow 0 '' N. me O V..tnf %·tIlmGnap.S I.I . ... O G-n-It lIn",iftl Kit . U.s• • . 0 0 ,.... sa- Add rns City _ State o ~ terCh.rge 0 IH"k AmerM::.rd No. Zip _ El(pires-== = = BAKER RESEARCH & ~SPEClAUZES IN EOJIPMENT FORTHEIOIDA E1SIM:JlE ! .*.* * * *Seasons G reetngs >I: to our customers & friends ~'fAdnginr. 14 90 Fay ette St. EI Cajon, CA 92020 714 4 49·6 712 • BURAK BYE·PRODUCTS ._10 _ .. .................... MoetMr Aekr- Or ~ ... ........ 1oI_._r.r..._Hook . _ . l .21 ... --.... _. --- "-_"of MOQIlIII.cusTIUiS -.-.. ..- - , . '-.~ . ....... w_ ..... 12 ..-... .................. '02 _ _ .......... o....N.CA t'll'IZ. The final ATA points meet of 1974 was won by Marland Whaley (Man) who is on a very hot winning streak. Bernie Schreiber (Bul) was second and Marti n Bela ir [Mo n] third . "like Griffitts ("Ion) clea ned the enti re fou rt h loop an d in the p ro cess passed George Sm ith (Hon) for fou rt h place. T he hosl club, Bogw heeicrs of Sa n Diego . lai d o ut so me excep tional sectio ns lik e section two wh ich co nsisted o f a down hill ent ry . do wn a la rge ro ck a nd th e n on to "Th e-Mom ern-of-Truth. " At this po int th e rid er s were fa ce d wit h two o ptio ns - both ba d! They could go up a stai rcas e o n th e right a nd th en up ano th er staircase on th e le f t wh ich wa s bo unded o n o ne side w it h la rge tr ees and a large b oul der on the o the r side . Mar tin Belair was one of the mo re success ful ri d er s using thi s line wh ich req uired a lot of th rottl e an d muscle po we r. '[be seco nd lin e was via a "l ift-up " on the lef t. fo llo wed by ano th er " lif't-up " over a large boulder on the righ t. Whaley . Griffitt s and Lersc h were quite effective usi ng this line, This was a mo st p ic turesq ue large oak tr e es. a u tu m n section co lo red leaves. filtered sunligh r, bea utif ul w eath er. e tc ., e tc. Co nseq ue ntly, thi s beca me quite a ga the ring p la c e wi th m a n y riders leisu rel y e xc h a n~i ng pointers (psyc h ing eac h o the r OUl) p rior to rid ing the sectio n . ' Th e A mat eu r Division was won by Dan Sivadge (Ilul) wh o was rea lly-"On " and easi lv o utdis ta nced th e rest o f th e field . Ro'n Doster (Bu l) fin ish ed secon d fo llow ed hy Malt Prit ch ard o n a Kawa saki. Rich Hansen ( ~ ( o n) edged o u t Lyn n Barnes (Suz) and Paul Williams (Bul) fo r fo urth place. ~ Iike Felter (~Io n) fin ished strong and narrowly won the Novice Divis io n by o ne poin t o ver 12-year-old Keith Pagel (~ Io n) in the big :-iovice field . It ha ggl es the mi nd to sec su ch a young