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Local hotline cont'd.
Lane Leavitt and Bultaco
win Seattle National.
Trials Championship
Dylan Neihart on h is way to a win in the 250 Am ateur class.
to Rubly in mota two, Tamietti just
could n ot get by.
The Maico Men, Bill Rub ly and Luke
Messer, dominated the 500 Pro class
with three wild motos. Messer wo uld
win the first half of the mo to s and
Rubly win the last half. Rub ly had the
better end of the deal and took the
overall victory.
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(So what else is new?)
B y n ow you ar e a ll t o o
famil ia r with the trials ex pe rts of
the gian t manufacturer s. Th ey have
spen t countless dollars in th e
advertising of th e ir tr ials victories.
All though Bultaco do esn't have the
bud get to compare with these giant
manufacture rs, we've ~C;I kn own
t o wi,! a few ·'rials even ts ou rselves.
Last year Lan e Leav itt wo n the
ve ry f irst U n ited S ta t e s
Championship (and along the way
w as selected by t he public as
Mo t or c ycl ist Magazine's " Tr ials
Ride r o f the y ear"). It was no
a c c id e n t th at La n e won th e
ch am pion shi p, because at that same
t ime oth er ride rs wer e winning the
Spa n ish Champio nsh ip. the French
C h a m p io ns h i p , the F innish
Ch amp ionshi p , the I r ish
Champ ions h i p , th e Sw i s s
C h a m p i o ns h ip , the Eng lish
Cham p i o nsh ip, the A .T . A .
Ch amp ionsh ip, and th;;; INorld
Cha mpionsh ip! As a matter of fac t ,
!h~ e U:l~V ~ ·5heipa T has won
more major t rials even ts than all
oth e r brands co m bine d !
Bultaco unde rst ands tri als riding
and a lt hough we co ns ta n t ly
im pr o ve d ou r tria ls bikes. the
secre ts th at the othe r co mpanies are
tr yin g t o un c ov er have been
prod uct io n features o n t he Sh e rpa
T for ma ny years.
When you pu rchase a 250 o r 350
Sherpa T, y ou know that you h ave
the bike th at is capable of winning.
..anythin g...anywhe re...anytime.
BU LT ACO INTERNATION AL LTD.
P.O. Box 62547 , V irginia Beach, VA 23462
Mike TIdwell did it again with
three firsts and a th ird .
Novice no longer
By Elaine Jones
CO R.'J~~ A, CAL ., JUNE II
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I Two 125 cc Novices get cre dit this
week for putting on one of the
best races of the evening. Terry
McCree ry riding ou t of C H
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Motorcycles of Riverside and David
Jenkins spo nsored by Dad, who is
Jenkins Hot Shoes, showed the st uff
that Amateurs are made of as they took
it down to the wire in the half- mile go.
David got off on top with Terry in
hot pursuit. Jenkins started building a
lead that looked as if it would hold bu t
on lap fou r McCreery took a chance and
it paid off and the lead was his and with
it the win . Eddie Drake was in for the
third. Eddie fared better on the TT
which is more to his liking as it was
again David Jenkins who had the
bridesmaid honors.
John Allison had the fans on their
feet with some trick riding in the Open
Expert TT. In the Semi John had bike
problems and got off in last . But by lap
four he was ru n ning first .
The half-mile 750cc Expert class
looked like it was shaping up to be quite
a d uel between J ohn and Scott Smith,
Scott had wo n the Semi, bu t when it
was time for th e Main Sco tt was still in
the pits. Denny Aguirre tried to hold up
his end but he o nly had a 350cc. He did
man age to ge t by once bu t the lead was
short lived as John to o k over once again
for the win.
Mike the Machine Tidwell rode four
classes plus o ne for fun and went home
with th ree firsts and one th ird . lIe wo n
the 125cc and 250cc Amateur/Expert
TT and th e 250 cc Expert half-mile, with
his biggest challenge co ming fro m
Gordie Kidd on the half-mile go .
Mike 's on ly defeat came in the Open
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