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Dwaine Walters (left) holds a slight edge on Keith Adams in the f inal. Both riders cleaned the course; but Walters had the edge on t ime. Jack Stites (n ear est to camera ) and David Pyle vie for space on the j u nker. The t w o were riding for th ird place. Stites took the honor. Stadium Trials Walters rolls in Daytona By Gary Van Voorhis DA YTONA BEACH. FL, MAR. 3 " 1t was a lot of fun ," said Dwaine Walters after his win in the second edi tio n of stadium trials at Daytona. This year the even t .u n der wen t a complete change of forma t a n d both th e riders a nd fans came up wi n ners a t the C hain Drive d sp~nsore even~, The rno to-tria ls style format 34 wher e we race each other ov er an id enti ca l side-by-side co urse m ak es things ver y interesting, " co ntin ued Waller s. " It sui ts m y sty le o f r id ing beca use I lik e to a ttack th e secti ons a nd th a t puts pressure o n th e o ther r ide r because we a re racing t he clock as well as tr ying 10 pUI in a cl ean ri d e a nd not lose a ny points that wa y." Waller s. ri di ng fo r th e U.S. Italj et im p o rter. m et SW M sponsored Keith Ad am s in th e fin al. Th e even t began with ten rider s -- five of th e lap ten na ti onally -- g oing through a series of eli mi na tio n rounds narrowing th e fie ld d own to th e fin al tw o . T he co urse, in Dayt on a Internatio na l Speed way 's infi eld, co n ta ined some 20 m an-made o bstaclesi ncludin g ra mps, a j u n ker ca r. tw o see-saw style o bstacles, a 45-degree ra m p up th e side o f a tra nsport tru ck a n d p lenty of o ther th ings guarant eed to produce so me spectacu la r riding. Waller s edged away from Adams in the final, c1eaningever~·thing in sight., Ad ams was also clea n in g each obstacle, but was tr ailing behind a nd co u ld n' t cl ose th e gap. It ca me down 10 th e fin al tw o secrion s. Both rider s made it through th e " Bu n n y H o p " sectio n -- wh ere th e ri de r co mes to an a lmos t co mplete sto p a nd "hops" hi s bik e o ver a bar si x in ch es off th e ground . T ha t left th e " W heelie" section . For Wallers. it was a br eeze. Ad ams. however. touch ed his wheel d own before th e end of the section losing tw o points. It didn ' t m atter, Waller s had th e edge o n lim e. ''I' m n o t sure if i t was th e pressure of rid ing head-to -head or so me th ing else," sai d Ada ms , "bUI m y a rms beg a n to tighten lip a nd I co u ldn't co nc en tra te a s much as I wo u ld ha ve li ked in th e fi nal. It wa s q u ite differe nt. I d id enjoy riding it. " Adams . who is a schoo lteacher by p ro fessio n , ea rned h is bert h in the fina l by defea tin g Fa n ric's J ack St i les i n a ru n -o ff after th e tw o h ad ca rded id entical scores in th eir respective sem is. •