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IAbove) Martin Lampkin rode his 348 with the new higher ground clearance frame minus the bottom frame tubes. IRightl Rob Shephei'd won his first three major rides after signing with Honda. currentlyleads the British championship series. IBelow) Bernie Schreiber riding a white water sect ion short ly before it was closed as " unrideable." Lampkin wins Scottish Six Days Trial Schreiber and Whaley finish 11th and 13th By J. R. Alexander FT. WILLIAM , SCOTLAND, MAY 2·7 Martin Lampkin put his best foot forward rign from the start to claim his second consecutiv Six Days victory. The two-time World Champio went to ground just twice on the opening da 8 to open a six -po int bulge that swelled to 31 marks by sundown Saturday. Sundown is used figuratively, for continuous rain harassed the contestants during the final two days of t he event . Lampkin dropped 27 points while runner·up Malcolm Ra th mell, current world point leader. totalled 58. America 's two entrants. Marland Whaley. national champion for the past two years , and Bernie Schreiber, currently fifth in world standings, made impressive debuts in the British classic which dates back to 1909. Schreiber. 18, won the top newcomer awa rd, finishing I !th, and tied for low score on Thursday. Whaley, also 18, finished fo ur marks behind his Southern California adversary. taking 13t h place. Wha ley won the seco nd best newcomer award and tied for best daily score on Wed nesda y and Friday. T he two rid ers' p laci ngs were the best ever by Am erica ns. Bot h finished ahead of cu rrent wor ld champion Yrjo Vesterinen of Finland . who was 14t h. T he cha m p is not a particu lar fan of the Scottish classic whic h is t raditionally dominated by northern English riders . Schreiber, who was tied for second after Monday , suffered through a traumatic Tuesday. dropping 45 points on observation and tim penalties. Mud in his engine baulke all attempts to fire up and then late caused erratic power during the fina six sections of the day, saddling hi with a series of fives and threes. Earlie in the year the Bulraco rider ha similar problems while battling for th win in the French world round. Swede Vlf Karlsson finished I marks ahead of Bernie, taking seven t place and the top foreigner awar John Wallman of Austria was t second highest foreigner, finishi 10th. The firs t six positions went t northern Englishmen. Miek Andrew going for a record sixth win, he! second until Thursday and finally ha to settle for fourth. This was only. t third time Andrews has fai led to rna the top th ree in t he past 15 yea Suzuki-mounted N igel Bir kett lost 0 on a tie with Ra t hrn ell for seco place by t he m a rgi n of a two- poi pena lty assessed for a lea king gas ta at the pos t eve nt tec hnica l inspecti o Rob Shepherd, cu rrent lead er in t British championship series , slipped fift h after a disastero us l Svpoi Friday. Shepherd continues to pref t he older . lo ng -srroke prototy Honda .