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hotter than h e shou ld h ave and- b acked it righ t d own o n th e grou nd. The shu ffle allowed Slac k to come fro m third to first and hol d th e top spot w ith Ru sty Davis ge tting by Brian Peco re fo r third. Bailey return ed read y fo r be ar in th e 360 an d led it wire to wire with Rick Delacy foll owin g. Dave Fari a held o n to third over John T avis (Han) an d Chris Paulson (Ka w). The 100 Sportsman cl ass com bine d Juniors and N ovices with o ve r-d O A. J. Parks winnin g the Novice and Joe Cunnington takin g fir st Junior fo r th e Hodaka Way d istributors. Bro th er Bob took first 12 5 Junior. Florida co nver tee Don Martin fin all y turned the win tri ck in the 250 Novice over Mike Bettencourt and Bob Howle, whil e Camm Johnson won yet an ot her 250 J un ior, this time over Emory Gr ay. Resu lts in Resu lts Section. Wasatch Trials Association's scenic meeting ground By Dorde Woodruff A LPINE , lIT. , SE PT. 12 The North Fo rk of American Fork Can yon is tucke d high in to the lon g bu t narr ow Wasatch Ran ge behind massive Box eld er Peak. Trial s Asso cia tio n people cam p in th e n arr o w gorge above Tibbi e Fork Reservoir and place sections in the sligh tly wider canyon be low. Mor e sec tions are -up to eight miles above wh ere th e canyon widens in to Mineral Basin below the u pper tram term in al of Sn owbird ski resorL The area 's Uin ta Na t io nal Forest was one of the more repressive divisi ons of _th at .agency in Utah when the ten tative Travel Plan based on Nixon 's E.O. 11644 came out last fall. But WfA has a successful rel ationship with them. No other off-road biking is permitted in the are a. TIRED OF BRAND XWITH THE SEIZURES? TIRED OF STUCK RINGS AND WORN PARTS? TIRED OF LOSING RACES? T r ials compe tit io ns in Utah began four years ago. When tr ail riders Ken Croch eron, Larry Riddle and - Tracy J o rgen son read Sammy Miller 's bo o k "Trials " th e go t h ooked. T hen th e Salt -y Lake !lIC, primaril y in terested in road rid ing . bu t which also promo tes a va rie ty of compe ti ti o ns, pu t o n a trials. Ken, Larry and Tracy decided th a t if th e SLlIlC cou ld d o it , th ey could. n u .n. .n.n.u.n.M.n. nen.u.n.M.u.M• ••••nen.n• •enen.Uett...M .....M ett.M Ted Davidson , AMA Pro. Jr. with top po int standing - Yamaha 750 - 2 years racinq with same cy linders and still standard bore with never a hint of a seizure! Brian Eriksen , gas and ·Bonneville '76, 350 Yamaha "'8~' - broke '75 record by 21 m.p.h! Used same machine with gas and "'8~{( ' in fuel class, broke old fuel record by 1 m.p.h. Five outboard wo rld records at Minnesota A.P.B.A. Nationals. Win by finishing ' w ith "'8~", the Quality Lubricant ! WTA is ec o logy-m in ded. Se c tions are pl aced t o minimiz e damage. The opportunity t o co mp ete in American F a rk Canyon is highl y valued becau se of th e n atural obstac les availab le and the scenic beauty. The terrain di cta tes the sections, which don't have to be close ly marked to co nfi ne the r ide r as in more open places. This meeting is more difficult than most, especiall y for novices, more like European tri als. Riders started at 10:30 in the morning, did not finish until 6:30 in the ev ening. They cam e from Ely , Nevada (usua lly also from Las Vegas) ; Ogden, Park City and Lo gan, Utah, as well as Salt Lake and th at hotbed of trials riders, th e sm all towns in U tah County a t th e foot of American Fork Can yon. No one , kn ows wh y there are so m an y riders th ere. They .ten d to be o ld d esert riders an d fo rmer lIlXers. Novices m ost ly rode the same sections as the other classes, bu t Amateu rs had more difficult paths on the same sections, Experts more so. 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