Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

----------------------- (Above) John Lampkin took his first World round with the Wagner Cup w in. (A bov e right) Defending World Champ Eddy Lejeune finished third . (Ri ght) Gilles Burgat was two po ints off Lampkin's pace for second. z World Observed Trials Championship: Round 5 . AMA/NATC Observed Trials Series: Round 3 Lam pkin tops Wagner Cup By Len Weed MUENSTE R, T X, AP R. 16-17 The m agic Lampkin name was on top again a t th e top of Texas. N o , it wasn't Marti n . I t was John , the 20-year-old nep hew of the tw o-time world ch am p ion a n d the son of 14 Art h ur La m p kin . winner of th e Sco ttish Si x Da ys a nd th ree Sco tt T ime Trials . J o h n La mp kin , ni n th in th e world last year, leap-fro gged fro m eight h to a fifth -p lace points 'tie with T hierry Michaud whi le giving Fantic their first '83 series victory. The Nort h T exas Trials Association p icked the Red R iver Mo torcycle Park as th e si te of this year 's event. T he park is pa rt o f th e 5000-acre H arr is ca tt le ranch . Dave Seeley, o ne of the o rga nize rs of the NTTA in 1970, served as clerk of th e co u rse. Mult i- tim e NTTA preside nt To m Ba tch el o r assis ted . R ich Keen a nd Kent Moore were the tr ial s mar sh al s. L.E. Ford supervised th e section o fficia ls. T he co m binat io n nationa l/world eve n t , s u p po rte d by Dirt Rider Magazin e a nd Hi -P oint, drew 11 9 Na tio na l ent ries a n d 19 o verseas visitors. Ni ne ty-fo ur rid ers co m peted in the fo u r su p po rt classes o n Sa tu rday. Su nday 's nati ona l cha mpions h ip class attracted 25 riders. Eig ht o f them cho se to a lso en ter th e Wagn er C up . America ns got th eir fir st look a t the n ew Merlin bikes ridde n bv former Spa nish cha m pion Ma nuel So ler a nd Ga bi no Ren al es. H ow ever , fo rmer Fre nch cha m p io n and Wagn er C u p wi n ner Cha rles Co u tard did not co me over wit h th e new Fren ch JCM si ngleshocker. Andre u Cod ina, th e wor ld's best bicycle rrial er , flew ove r with Ton i Gorgo t from Spai n. Codina , 18, is n o w co nce n tra ti n g o n m o tor ized tria ls. Both Gorgo t a nd Co d ina were o n prototype 330cc Montesas with p rima ry kickst arting and cra d le-tvp . frames that are sla ted for '84 pro. ,D d ucuon . rl~ T he- NTTA laid o u t a l O-m il« co u rse, two laps o f 21 sect io ns, to test the world 's best. Specta tors were a ble to dri ve within 300 ya rd s of two th irds of th e sect io ns . ~T he Mu scu la r Dystroph y Associa tio n , Budwei ser , a n d the Dalla~ Ti mes H eral d h el p ed publi ci ze th e tr ia l. Al l p ro ceed s went to MD A; Att endan ce wa s es timated a t 1500. Sec tio n 17 p ro ved to be th e winner fo r Lam pkin. H e scored a one a nd a three wh ere a lmos t everyo ne else Iived. A slip pery .h illcl im b dropped th l; riders into a n asce n di ng rut with a n a bru p t 90-degree turn up a th ree-foot bank . Most riders were u nable to even a tte m p t th e turn a nd had to mot or stra ig h t by to th e to p o f th e h ill . ' Bern ie Sch reiber (SWM) tri ed "a different line. H e th rott led u p on th e narro w bank to th e right of th e rut , th en pi vot ed a nd leaped ab out seven feet to th e o ppos ite ba nk . H e fell sho rt, h is bike fli pped , and th e rear sprocket clob bered h is elbo w. Edd y Lejeune sco red th e first thr ee after watching hi s brother, J ean Mar ie, a tte m p t to dup licat e Sch rei ber 's line. Eddy then chose to stay down in the a

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