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I Mo'ru esa clai med t he m a n ufa cture r 's team trophy a s R arhm ell (2 nd) , Ka rlsson (7 th) and Ed wa rds (8 th) top pled th e British Bultaco tea m of Mart in Lampkin , Dave Thorpe (6 t h) and Syd Lam pkin (20 t h). . . 259 riders started ; on ly 189 finished as the wet , co ld weather and a fast tim e sch e dule took its toll . The starters inclu ded 4i for eig n riders from 11 'o u nt ri~s with Swed en sending -14 ontestant s. Fren ch champion Charles ourard did not attend . H e has been ampered by recu rring problems with wris t inj ured a t last year's event. ourard was also facin g a French lationa l sched ule d for th e day afte r he co ncl usion of th e Sco tt ish . Thor e vertson , last yea r's highest for eign ini sh er eve r wit h a t hird , a lso cra tc he d . ', W ha ley clea ned t he well-p u blicized our sub -secti ons of Edra m uc ky with h ree other riders . In the past eig h t 'ea rs o n ly six cl eans ha d b ee n eco rded . Sc hrei be r clea ned the four ubs of anot her crowd pleaser . the aggan Locks sect ion , Dutch rider Ma rt in Bu u ron (Man) oa k a lo ng trip for a sho rt ride. Ten mi les out his Cora bu rst into flam es upon res ta rti ng afte r a .sectio n cras h that ca used a gas ta nk pu nc tu re . La m pkin's seco nd win m ade it fou r for th e La m pkin fa mi ly. Broth er s Syd won in 1966 'a nd Arthu r, with two Br itish mo tocross cha m p ionships and current leader of the Brit ish sidecar iria ls championship series , won in 1965 . 'Schreiber and W ha ley did America proud with their firs t Six Days rid es. Th e eve n t . wh ich test s mach ine reliab ilit y , ph ysical endu ran ce, m aint e na n ce skills a nd dete rmi nation as well as observed sec tio n skills, is not easi ly conquered . Win ner La m pk in rode 10 observed tria ls before his first victory . W ith plac ings of 11th a nd 13t h th e America ns are off to a great start. (T op ) Marland Whaley ascending a Ben Nevis section, The mountain, , tallest in Great Britain, measures less than 5000 feet. IAbove) Walter Luft s KTM prototype, He 's also working on a 320 that wasn 't ready for Scatl.and, It features externally adjustable air /oi l forks. (Below) The only British bike entered. Th is 250 Triumph weighs less than 200 pounds. Results 1. M artin Lampkin 27 tauu. 2. Malcolm Rathmell 58 (Mon). 3. Nigel Birkett 60 lSuzl. 4. M ick Andrews 62 tv arnl. 5. Rob Shephe rd 64 (Henl. 6. Dave Thorpe 80 lBul). 7. Ult Karlsson 80 (Mo nl. 8. Rob Edw ards 84 (M on). 9. Norm Shepherd 93 (Bull . 10. Joh n W allman 93 IBuli . 11. Bernie Schreiber 98 IBull. 12. Jo hn Reynolds 102 (Ossl. 13, Marland W haley 102 (Han) 14. Yrjo Vesterinen 103 (Bull . 15. Richie Sunt er 106 (Mon). 16. Nick .Jetfnes 111 fHonl. 17. John Hemrngway 111 IBun. 18. Manuel Soler 1181Bull. 19. Chris Milner 121 IBull. 20 . Syd Lampk in 1221Bu ll. 9