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Winner Bernie Schreiber enters a downhill section. Marland W haley had mechanical troubles but st ill f inished third. "Bu-rnin' Bernie" blasts ATA E Trial De Espana , By Brian George ORANGE. CA, DEC . 10 Sunday brought heat to Southern California for the first time all week , and Bultaco's "Bu rnin' Bernie" Schreiber cooked up a fivepoint victory in the ATA's ninth annual EI Trial De Espana, held in the back hills and gullies of Saddleback Pa rk . Bel -Ray-sponsored 'La ne Leavitt showed up. after a 8 Montesa was having carburetor problems and the acceleration was very poor , which was signified by a loss of eight points and only five cleans. Leavitt picked up two marks. as did layoff from motorcycle riding 10 "get back into shape for next season ," and Greg Lersch . and Burke dropped 11. captured second overall ahead of a The third loop clinched the top mechanically malfunctioning Montesa morning score for Schreiber. who mounted Marland Whaley. dropped one more for a total of three . Three eight -section loops were run Leavitt held on 10 second in the for all classes in the morning . and , running with a seven after dabbing after the first round Sch reiber and only once also . W haley turned in the Wha ley were locked into a tie for t he lOp score for the loop with a zero, but lead. Each dropped two marks . but he sti ll trai led as th e Experts headed Schreiber had one more clean than into the afternoon E-xhibition sections. Whaley . Anothe r tie . for third . put For the Expert Exhibition . the ATA Leavitt against David Burke at four set up four world -championship caliber dabs apiece. sections for each rider to run four Loop two scattered both Whaley times. In these sections Bernie and Bu rke from _ their ties. While Schreiber dropped 32 points and still Schreiber zeroed , the. loop• . W.h.al~:S • ••• tOj)\< . tOp. score ,: which justifies their toughness . Lane Leavitt put his boot - down one more time than Schreiber and wrapped up second when Whaley took a tot a l of 41 despite a transmission that kept popping out of gear. Lea vitt was very pleased with the Exhibition sections. and commented. "these are just like the world championships . only without the mud :" Section one started everyone out right . or more so wrong. with a quick run up a near vertical wall of bush dotted sandstone to a 180 0 at thetop , then right back down into some soft sand . Here another 180 0 had 10 be negotiated. which led up a steep rain gully 10 the exit. Nobody cleaned this one on their first try . The second sect ion was another torture . It started on th e top ridge of a bank. dropped straight down 10 the left. and led into a sandy right turn before heading back up at an angle . At the lOp ~as, a nother 180 0 back down, but a la rge rain rut in the middle caught most everyone's front, tire the first lime around . Then the rough st uff began . A short straight after the rain rut shot the riders straight up . then they had to come back down the side of it in a gully. At the bott om there was an unclea na ble right up a steep, slick rock face th a t ended many zeros before t he exit the top . Sections three and four were alan deep , winding gullies, with thr exiting up a steep bank and fou entering down right beside. The day's top Am ateu r awa rd wen to Bu lta co-moun ted Bru ce Davis. wh went on to ride the Exhibition 100 Bru ce p ut up a good fight with tb rough terrain. but it was a bit I rough for him to clean anything. After the ' sections were closed raffle was held for a 350cc Bultac Sherpa T . along with many othe donated prizes , and nume rou trophies were presented . • Results EXPERT: 1. Bernie Sch reiber; 2. lane leevin; 3 Marland Whaley; 4. Bill Burgener ; 5. Mark Eggar ; Greg Lersch; 7. David Burke; 8. Greg Byers; 9. Du Feland ; 10. Anthony Dilabio. AMATEUR : 1. Bruce Davis: 2. Steve Graham; 3 George Avery: 4 . Jay Peak e; 5. Terry Baker . . NOVICE: 1. Kevin M orris; 2. Tim Weis ; 3. Denn ' Boone; 4. Wayne Mallard; 5. J on Miller . SR A : 1. Bob Nickelsen; 2. B. Bernard; 3. Ron Busch SR B: 1. Keith Ktef s: 2. Glenn Byers; 3. Wayne Emge BEG: 1. Joe Grencius; 2. Michael Ryan; 3. Miller . WOMEN : 1. Ann Mennell ; 2. Irene Leusee: 3. Shit' Fish. KIDS A: 1. Erik Soderquist; 2. Mike Parsons: 3 Darrell Hall. KIDS B: 1. Robert Burggraf ; 2. Craig Poncefet; 3 John Marshall . TRAIL: 1. Mi ke J ulion; 2. Mork Bumbaum ; 3. Satterfield. PftESS & INDUSTRY: 1. Mi ke lloyte .