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DAYTONA '83 _ f r Curt Comer scales the second of three ramps in a tough section. Comer placed fifth overall. I I I ~, / ", I I • I ." /. , , , / I ." 1 i j J '. ; / ; J I f f ! Dwaine Walters pivots on an inc li ned ramp. Wa lters has won the event three consecutive years at Daytona . Wayne Ga lvin chooses a landing point while cleaning a wrecked car. Galvin finished in fourth position, ' Stadium Trials " T h is type of tria ls is defin itel y better for the spectators, " continued Walters, T his wa s a po int we ll ta ken. as a la rger tha n usu al crowd ga thered for the even t. T he new fo rm at req u ired eac h rider to co m pe te fou r ti mes o n the co u rse, gi vi ng th ose in a tte ndance seve ra l chances to cas t a n eye up on thei r favo rite co m pe ti to r. Fell o w T ea m Fa ntic rider Steve McN eil fin ish ed in seco n d. " T h is was bett er th an last yea r's since it was more like a regu lar tria ls," said McN ei L T he co urse co ns isted o f a large va riet y of ma n -m ad e o bstacles . incl ud in g a wreck ed car. a n eigh t-foot d iameter p lastic ba ll a nd vario us sizes o f ramps a nd barrel s, . T he section whi ch ga ve most riders prob lems was a series o f three sha rply a ngled tria ng u lar structures , whi ch were p os i tion ed j us t aft er a wat er y sectio n , Many riders were una bl e to Walters climbs to Da~tona win By Tom Kolnowski DAYT ONA BEAC H , FL, MA R . 9 " I would like this form of the sport to get bigger," said Fantic mounted Dwaine Walters after "win n in g his third Daytona Stadium Moto-Trials in as many years. This 30 ed itio n o f the Ch a in Drivel Florida Trials Association prom ated even t was made m ore - ----,..-. I accessi ble to specta to rs as it wa s held in fro nt of th e gra ndstands a lo ng th e Speed way's front straightaway. clean th is sec tion since traction on, th e slick ra m ps was mi n imal. A section co nsisti ng of racin g slic ks a n d ba rrel s proved d iffi cult a lso, Dw ain e Walter s a n d C u rt Com er co m pe ted side by side in th eir fir st a tte m p t a t th e co urse, a nd both su ffered the sa me malad y-simultan eous chai n d era ilm en t. Walters was a ble to ge t u n derway quickl y, los in g o n ly a few seco n ds . wh ile Come r struggled a wh ile lo nger. Near ly a ll of the ride rs liked th e co urse a n d th e format o f th is even t. " I part icu larl y like the cha lle nge o f tw o peo p le co m pe ting side by side o n a n o bstacle," sa id th ird p lace fini sh er Dave P yle, Spec ta tors o n hand seemed to agree wi th th is. as ent h us ias m ran high , • Results 1. Dwain e W alters (Fanl 86 .3: 2. Steve M cNe il (Fan l 99.0; 3 . Oav e Pyle (SW M I 102,8 ; 4 , Wa yn e Galvin (Bu l) 108.6; 5. Curt Com er (Fanl 111 .4; 6. M ik e W est (Fan) 130 .5; 7 , Gar ry Oam e (M on ) 17J.4 .