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Cycle News 1979 12 19

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.•r; ~ E IAbove) Curt Comer placed second on the day; had the lowest exhibition score.ISelow) Fourth-place Scott Head is chased downhill by his bike. came out on top with 39 points. Schreiber was just two dabs behind, while Whaley scored 46. That settled the top three overall positions, with Schreiber's total of 53 winning over Whaley's 72 and .comer's 77. -Fourth went to Scott Head (BuI) with 97 points, and Andre Plouffe (Bul) took fifth with 98. Mark Eggar, whose score up to the point had him headed for a top five placing, dropped out midway through the exhibition with a broken woodruff key. In Amateur action, Mark Olda~ aQd Reed Evans tied at 37. Oldar took the victory with 14 cleans over Evans' seven. Rick McCabe was third. Gil Smith and Art Webster also deadlocked in the Senior A class. Smith was listed first, although they appeared to have just about identical scores. Wayne Mallard won the Novice class by two points over Brad Nelson while Louis Gleason took the Senior B victory over Dean Hambrick. _ New to the El Trial de Espana was a Sidecar class, where the victory went to the Harnmid/Jacoby team and second was taken by the Footitt/Moorefield duo. Wayne Scott topped the Beginner class by a two-point margin over Gary Fortney. Paul Schrater and David Moon scored wins in the Kids Band Enduro classes, respectively. Len Weed received a trophy suitably-sized for pouring shots of liquor as a result of his win in the Press/ Industry class. If anyone else had entered, they'd have gotten second place with little trouble. • Results EX: ,. Bernie Schreiber 53 IBul}; 2. Marland Wholey n IMon); 3. Curt Comer n IMon); 4. Scott Hood 97 IBul}; 5. Andre Plouffe 9B IBul}; 6. Bill Burgener 102 IBul}; 7. Matt Pritchard 105 IBul}; 8. Dan Suffin 106 IBul}; 9. Oli Thordorson 107 (Mon); 10. Bruce Davis 122. . AM: 1. Mark Otdar; 2. Reed EIIOnS; 3. Rick McCabe. NOV: ,. Wayne Mallard; 2. Brad Nelson; 3. Bob Watllon. BEG: 1. Weyne Scott; 2. Gary Fortney; 3. James Oltole. SR A: 1. Gil Smith; 2. Art W_..; 3. Harold Rich. SR B: ,. Louis Gleeson; 2. Deen Hambrick; 3. Bob Soltys. KIDS B: 1. PouI Schr..... ENDURO; 1. David Moon. PRESS: 1. Lon Weed. SIDECAR: 1. HammidiJocoby; 2. FootittIMoorofiold; 3. BernardlSchatt... 7

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