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,. . , ~ degree. Lampkin need ed a miracle to win the title . there was no doubting the determination of the British pair. as before a crowd of 600 gathered at the first section. t hey showed they wert' far from fin ished. . In co ntrast. Vesterinen was almost cas ua l in his approach. kn owing that the pr essure was fir m ly upon his o ppo nents . By th e e nd o f th e fir st la p of 16 sec tion s of mud . roc ks a nd strea ms th at wen' ei t her t'asy o r near -impossibl e . Whale v sha re d th e lead with Ra rhrn cll on 19 ~arks. Next best was Karlsson o n 20 . Vesr erin e n with 21 . Ma rt in Lampkin with 2i a nd Bernie Sch reib er o n 29 . Most of th e damage was do ne on th e th ird sec t ion. where onl y Bult aco ace Co utard had gon.. clean. while some iO-other rid ers failed . Spaniards Manuel Soler ( Bu lt ac o) a nd Miguel Cirera ( Mo ruesa) ca rne near with o nes. whil e Rathmell foot ed for three . Vest erinen underlined the folly of t h e ' im possib le' sccrio ns, ha nd in g his card to m a rsha ls o n th ree occasions to ask for fives , without even m ak ing a n attempt to rid,'. Lampkin kept goin g . .but go t th .. sa m e result . sco ri ng five o n e ac h of his t hr ee visits to t hc seco nd a nd sevent h TUCSON 52000 na ornCIA:. rulS t - lOll HUS":' . t A 01C amEl D:"lT .U....-x:·DeOID. 30 .... I"!OT'OOO!S ~a: ....._- - - - - - - - - - - ADDlUS ' _ C:T! . STATt ' _ Nll>IUll_ _ Cl.-\S, !'OTOIlCTCU; _ SPONSOR ' _ !'WCI Au. CH tcu OR !'l0KE'l OllDt1lS '''lABU TO ! " • HOTOCJIoss . tNC . SDal AYrt.ICATIcm S \ltTll 520 nI ~DtTJ.Y nt TO: to],' tAS'T tLLIJtOlS TUCSON, .u.IZenu 85714 FOR MOl'.!: Ul1OIU1A'nOM CAU. , ( '0 2}1" ' · 8 "~ ( 6Dl)8 U -Q1 9fj Under 12 Free DAl-KR. IURCD tvDtllC:-!'!l . • U'l/tJ. tlUm.Iltt 10. u:E1VIltC APPLl CA OlIS III tI 11An,.· ocr . n . sec tio ns . Yam aha dev el opm ent rider Mick Andrews' unhappy season ended .o n a not her pa inful note . Midway th rough th e first la p he p iled th e 320cc Yamaha into a tr ee , m omcntarilv knock ing him self ou t. He co m p leted th~ lap, but the n quit wit h a king -sized heada ch e. When seco nd lap scores Wert' tota lled . Whalev was still there in th e lead with Rath~ell - and nobody was more surprised than th e blond American. ' '' \ thought I was doing pretty badly" he confessed . after find ing a tiny 20m m factory-bu ilt carb was the an s~er to the pulling prob lems of the short -stroke motor. Shepherd m ea nwhile m ade am me nds fo r an expensive first lap . a nd shot u p from tenth to fo u rth , close behind Vesterinen, with a second lap to ta l of 20 - easi ly th e bes t by any rid er . ~ Bu t time was running out fast , ~ nd tho ugh th e news th a t the fou rth lap had been axed was a welc ome rel ief to scores of rapidl y tiring bodies - t he b,ulk of t he entry had just 40 mi nu tes left to complete t he trial - and that a fter the first two la ps had tak en Over - five ho u rs. .Wha ley, braving t he mou ntain drizzle in only a tee-sh irt , changed to a warmer trials jacket , a nd then went like " a scared chicken" to avoid ex clusion , and rushed through the final sections to finish 21 m in u tes into his final hour. That rush cost him the lead he ha d held for two thirds distance - but there were scores of others who skimped on o bse rva tio n to avoid the chop. Not least was Coutard. He was never in the hunt , but after stopping to mend a las t lap punct ure . had only 12 min utes in hand at th e fini sh. • City . State, Zip --------------------~ What's happening? CALENDAR T/~'1lU Results ~.M. Siul S h oe $4 5 .00 Le Jeune IMonl 102.6; 9. N. Birken ISuzl 103.4; 10. Fulvia Adamoli IMon) 106 .4. World Trials Championsh ip · Final Point St and ings: t . Yrjo Vesterinen-Finatd {Bull , 07; 2. Ulf KerlssonSweden (Ma n) 101; 3. Malcol m Rathmell -GB (Mon) 100; 4. Martin Lampk in-GB IBull 98; 5. Rob Shepherd - GB (Honl 68; 6. Charles Coutard-France (Bull 63; t . Bernie Schreiber-USA IBull 53; 8. Manuel Soler -Spain 1 ull 30; 9, Nigel 8irken-GB lSuzl 26; 10. John 8 Reynolds·GB 1 si 20/Marland Whaley·USA (Honl 20; 00 12. J ean-Marie Le.Jeune-Belgiu rn l M on) 19; 13. M ick Andrews-GB (Yaml 13: 14. 80 Nilsson-Swede n 1 00si 12:.15. Don Sweet USA IMo nl II ; 16. Rob EdwardsGB (Mon l 10/Dave Thorp e·GB IBu ll 101 M ike GrittitsUSA IMo nl 10; 19. Mark Eggar-USA (Han) 6; 20. Lane Leavin -USA (Bull 4/Jean·Luc Colson-Belg ium (M an) 4; 22 There Even sen-Sweden (Bul) 2fTime Ryysy-FinkJnd (Bul) 2J Fulvia Adamoli·ltaly (Mon) 2; 25. Alan LampkinGB IBull1. rc_ 'H/../:' T he Tef l o n S u p e r S m o o t h Cab le 1. U/I Karlson IM onl 82; 2. Malcolm Rathmell lMon l 83.2; 3. Rob Shepherd IHanI 83.6; 4. Marland Whaley IHool 89.1; 5. Martin Lampkin IBuli 90.9; 6. V,io Vesterinen CBu/l91.1 ; 7. Bern ie Schreiber CBull99.5; 8. _ S II,) P 51 .OU ' · $11IIt 5-1 .0 0 S''' C~ Boo hl '50.00 o to J 3 L> wuf tu A ll 0 ' Icee:. p h, e:. C . U. D . &. POS1 JQ e * 8 .1n k e P, p e 1 * Se .. t s , P , lll tU 1 S . a Mo t or cv ct e c c ve rc. Dtsc e . ac es . w ne c tv, H\. O~ . s o. o c c ers & 1l1 0H~ A l so eve rythIng for spee dw.lY 17 141 7 3 5 ·0 5 4 0 M AE L V ENTS.. Rt . 2 , B o . 75B R53 0 B ed f o . d MH Way. Corona. C A 9 1720 - ., -- -- . ..... The Finest Synthetic Lubricants TC 2-Cycle Lube Moped Oil _ FC 4-Cycle Lube Snake Lube re LUBRICANTS, INC. P.O. 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