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They are never too small HO l.LIST ER , CA L. , DEC. 8 A deli ght ful fami ly type o uting was p roduced by Dick Trott o f the San J ose P.l.T .S. wit h 15 families co mpet ing a t th eir An nua l Ch ristmas Club T rials on th e co urse at Holl ist er Hills. T he loop was n ot im possi b le ' and th e sectio ns we re a rea l cha lle nge bu t sti ll not Ex pert type. Scoring was u nder the Rocky Mt. Associatio n sy st em w it h a gro up of four going to gether a nd sco ring eac h othe r. Mu ch b anter a nd fu n p oking by all mad e th e tria l a m em o rial a ffa ir Every o ne go t into th e ac t, kids . o ld timers. a nd some top Novice " A " class. ' Rich Cooper led a ll th e e ntries w it h an e x cell ent score o f 6 7, with Jex Baxatrum second an d Dic k Dwy er th ird with 70 a nd 71 p o int efforts . . Hard lu ck prize has to go to Dir k Troll . He b roke his h andlebars an d did an en do, Quote Dick, "Th ey w ere han gin g in m y h and." Fu tu re pl an s arc b ein g fo rm u la ted wit h th e differen t P.I. T .S. cl u bs t o cr~ a t e m ore overall club participatio n, wlt ~ . d ua l a nd tria ngul ar tria ls m ee t s. Individua l class winner s as a team will be deter m in ed a n d ' also th e u su al standa rd scoring a n d tro phies fo r each class w ill be p rese nted to a ppeal to th e ind ividua l ~o ntestan t. Perpetual c ups or placques Will go to th e wi nni ng cl u bs in eac h cl as s a nd a lso fo r th e overa ll ch a m p io ns h ip . • Pittman makes itnine By W. H. Spe nce r OAKDALE, CAL. , DEC. 8 J ohn Pittm an mad e it n ine stra izh t wins d ownin g all co mers in fhe 2 ~0 Jun ior main. A charge fro m BIll Wheat almos t co st Pittm an h is first d ef eat since Se p te m be r . Sh ort ly afte r t he h alfw ay p oin t Wh eal m ad e a mo ve a nd go t by th e Bultaco rider fo r two la ps, but w h en Pitt man sa w th e w hite fro m starter J err y Carr , h e mo t ored aro u nd fo r the win . St eve Hall wo r k ed his way to the front ranks in the Open No vice m ai n o n ly to lo se the wh o le thing in try in g t o la p a slo wer ri d er, giving th e win to Rich ar d Smith w it h Dave Wal ker ta king th e second spo t. Th e eve n t was do wn in numbers easily e xpl a in ed wh at with th e fa med Donna Hall Black Plat e p art y th e night b efore. Lo ts of troops w ere n' t in much condit ion to d o any ra cing.. • . Resu lt s in Re sul ts Se ction. Utah Number One. Preston Gerber . . event . A tri al sc h o o l was ta ugh t b y Bernie Sch rei ber a n d An d re Plouffe o n Sa turday, an d th en th e trial even t was hel d on Su nday . l~e eve.n t co n. ist ed o f fo ur lo o ps , 12 s sections lai d out In a canyon next to the Kern R iver, a nd no tim e lim it. Th e se~ ti o ns were varied. with log s, ro ck eli-nbs, wet c ree k beds, lo os e o ff cam b er zig-zag climbs, wet grass, rocks, an d steep ro cky cl im bs an d dro p -off's. Th e trap s we re la id o ut o n Sa tu rd ay in dry we at her, b u t o verni gh t rai n a nd Sunday's weath er m ad e th em m u ch m or e , di ff i cul t. Bernie Schreiber co m me n t ed to t he Course Ma rsh al that t he Ex p ert s ect ions wer e of International T rial caliber. Because o f th e weather, rai n a nd fog, no ch ec kers were posted . T he rid ers ro de in gro ups and scored each othe r so in effect th ere were a t least three experienced checkers at eac h section. • Results in Results Sect io n . Utah Number One By Terry Newfarmer HUNTSYI L LE , UTAH , DEC. 6 24 Prest o n Gerber, a 3 7-y car-old co nst ruct io n worker fro m Lch i, was nam ed all-aro und champ io n rider o f Ut ah an d AMA Dis trict 26 , at th e Sportsma n Rid er s ' Asso cia tio n banq ue t . _ ' Gerber won h is cham pionshi p o ver a 22- r a ce seaso n of c ross-co untry, m o t o cro ss. fla t tra ck a n d hill climb even ts. Long regarded as o ne of Ut ah 's bes t in d esert a nd trac k racing. G erber turned his atten tio n to th e other sports w ith sta rt ling resu lt s, su ch as when h e turn ed in o n e o f the best runs o n Widowmaker Hill. Ask ed hi s sec ret to success , h e sai d, "Prep are yo ur b ike a n d ride a Bultaco , I n ' th e season c atego ry cham pionsh ips , th e S RA aw a rd ed the fi!'t p o s thum o u s c h am pionship in its his tory to Craig Welc h, win n er o f th e Op en class in moto cro ss. Welch was killed in an airp la n e accident la te in the seas on. .• Com p le te a wa rd s in R es u lts S ec tion . tt LE.R.A. Trial int eresting 11 section co urse nes tled in th e ca nyons o f the Holli ster Hills Park . Leadi ng all con testan ts, Den nis Schrieter "A", scored a 32. T he Henry brothers Etric , 18 , a nd Keith 14 fought it out for the o verall secon d ~ith li.it1e bro ther e k ing o ut a 42 to 43 vict ory . Th e sec tions, most ly on h illsid es in lo o se dirt , o ver a lo t o f b ru sh , were very d iffic u lt. Se ct ion th ree w as very to ugh w ith a sh o rt uphill , a ro un d an oak tree , th en a sha rp righ t an d thro ugh a V-sh aped tr ee tr u n k f oll owed b y a sharp o ff-ca m ber do w n h ill. Six rid er s we re all th at co u ld eve n m a ke it through th e t ree trunk. Sect ion 10 also p ro ved rough, wit h a very steep uph ill a nd three o f f-ca m b er tu rns w ith o nly o n e cl ean in this section all day. This type o f club trials is gai ning momen tu m h ere in Nort he rn California w it h m o r e being planned in th e near fu tu re. L.E . R.A . pl an s to h ave o ne a t le ast every six wee ks. • Resu lts HOLLIST ER H IL LS PK. , CAL.. DEC. 15 Lo ck heed Employees Recrea tio n Association members Hary Kn iss and Mac .. McConn laid o ut an . CLAS S "A": 1. De n n is Scnrt e t er 3 2 C LA S S " s oo : 1. E ric He nry, 43', 2 ' F ra n k ' Vest , 6 2 . 3 . S ill Somme rs , 74 . CLAS S "C": 1. Ke ith He n ry , 4 2 . 2. S h a w n McConn , 72. 3 . S ill S in ks on , 79 . POW D ER PU F F : 1. Bess e Kn iss 92 JRS : 1. Fritz Buee e, 8 1. " Longcor scores on Hangtown circuit By Doug Murphy PLYMO UTH, CAL .. DE C . 8 Dav<: Longco r domin ated th e taking first in minute mo t os. (Bul) co m pletely 250 Exp erts b y bo th of th e 20 His neare st co m- pet itor, Mar k Gibso n (Bu ll, w as a good b eh ind Lo ngcor a ll the wa y, wit h Do n W a ll er (Bu l) h o ld ing a close th ird . Riding a very smoo th Bul taco to th e overall win in t h e 125 class w as Da rr ell Sh ritl y . Darr el to o k a seco nd be hind Phil Crane (Hon ) in the first m o to , bu t st o rmed b ac k to a vic tory in the latte r mo to , Cr~ne re.ceived th e sec o nd place m ,;,ney wit h Brian J odry (Pen) fin ish ing th ird . In th e O pen Ex pe rt s, Casey Vail (Mail made it lo ok like there wasn ' t a ro ug h section on th e en tire tr ack . He took firs t in both o f the motos w ith Bry a n Poulas (CZ) an d Cloyse Holl and (H u s) rounding up se cond a nd th ird pla ces respectively. Todav 's race was th e fir st race run on t h e ' tr ad i tio na l Hangtown circ u it since Ju!' e. • di~ ta nc e