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a Montesa in almost a decade. ] t was', as the English say, a "fairy tale ride" - a win the first time out on a new brand. Lane was warming up for next month's Scottish Six Days, which he will ride on a Montesa. It will be his first ride in Scotland since 1975. Wife Debbie, who won a First Class award over fhere in 1978, was also planning on ridmg the Six Days, but then discovered she was expecting. The Leavitt's first born, no doubt, will be bionically dab proof. The day's loop took the trialsters all the way over beyond the motocross pits and flat track to tackle a pile of telephone poles stacked on a hillside. Rumor has it that one motocrosser, eyeballing the section, tried it on an XR75 and made it through. Someone thought they saw four time U.S. Champion Marland Whaley watching the action from the pits, but he was home prepping for a motocross race at Carlsbad the following day. Since returning from his world trials effort in March, Marland has been racing CMC with an eye toward joining the National motocross circuit in ]981. He does plan to defend his national trials title, however, provided he gets a release from the English ACU license he picked up at the beginning of the year. Meanwhile, back at the French Trial, last year's ATA Champion, Andre Plouffe, who a month earlier had come out second best in a battle between his fourwheeler and a flash flood, was second best again, four points behind Leavitt in the Expert class. Lane missed the final section on each of the three loops_ That oversight added a quick 30 points to his tally. Plouffe, also known as Andy Puff, edged ali Thordarson by a single point. ali's third gave him the nod over Scott Head. Head, a winner at his last ATA trial, had early shock problems and never really got rolling. Anthony Dilabio, just a couple of points behind Leavitt and Plouffe on the first lap, finished futh. In sixth was Bruce Davis, the ATA's 1979 recipient of the Jim Wilson Youth Award. Bruce edged ATA president Matt Pritchard by two points. In Amateur action Michael Lauxen topped Dave Wilson by three points. Lauxen needs two more good rides to become a 14-year-old ATA Expert. Mark Oldar edged Clive Hannon on cleans for third Amateur. The Senior A tussle saw Fradette, aboard a Beamish Suzuki, top Gil Smith by 12 points. Lou Gleason was the handy winner in the Senior B class. A big disappointment was the meager Novice/Beginner turnout. Just seven Beginners and three Novices picked up ]TA finisher pins. Butch Myers had things his own way by a nine point margin over Joe Minor for Beginner honors while Keith KJafs topped Chris McHugh by six in the Novice class. By finishing, Bob Schrater earned the First Time Beginner honors. • J. C~ PIllJlJdX: C4JaJt) SANCTIONED 00 0") .....c .... M 0.. < 3rd. 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