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(Above) Marvelous Marland dabbed up his win streak to eight in a row by
taking the seventti and eighth rounds in AMAINATC competition. (Right) .Bob
Nickelsen, Team Honda'sTrials Manager, swept the Senior class chempion-:
ship for the year . (Belowl Second overall in the series was Bultaco 's Bernie
Schreiber.
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AMA/NATC
Trials
round eight ~
Whaley dabs
least
By .Jake Ruoff
TULSA , OK , OCT. 8
Marland Whaley again proved
too much for t he 75 rider field,
, .win ning his seventh straight event
in the AMA /NATC National
18
. Championship ser ies. Marland didn't
get his new short-stroke Honda in
Tulsa 'Until early Saturday morning
after it was held up at customs in
California. He had ridden his practice
bike in Colorado the previous Sunday
and sure missed his short stroker.
Bernie Schreiber was close behind
Marland all day and finally finished
with a total of 16 penalty points. five
behind Marland's 11. A disastrous five
in section 17 proved to be the
difference between second and first for
Bernie.
Don Sweet (30), Lane Leavitt (32)
and Tom McKinnery III (37) finished
in the top five places. Bob Hopkins
(45). Mark Eggar (46) . Bill Burgener
(48),Jack Stites (48) and Terry Cheney
(49) rounded out the top 10.
The six-mile loop contained
challenging sections which were
ridden two times by each national
rider. Sections 14 and 19 were the two
hardest sections .for the competitors.
Section 14 was cleaned on ly three
times a ll day long ; once each by DOl
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Sweet. Bo b Hopkins and Martin
Belai r. Section 19 had on ly one clean ,
Marland Whaley.
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Wiltz Wagoner was the victor in di e.
Senior class and John Miller won the
Support class .
Mike McCa'be did an excellent job
putting together the event , which was
enjoyed by all.
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