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,-.---,,_ _ - .... - , - ~ ._ ~ - ... .. - .. , . - ... .. ~ ,.. ~''' 1 way back into the tOP 10 for SWM. Martin Lampkin, the man who achieved the hat-trick in the late 70's. fin ished 10th and together with winner Gorgot and second best newco me r Luis Gallach. won the Best Manufacturers T ea m award for Montesa , While most of th e interest in th e Scottish centered around those in co nt entio n for an outright win , th ere was a private bailie going on between the six riders from the North Ameri ca n continent which consi sted o f o ne Am erican and five Canadians. The so le Am er ican entry in this yea r's trial-or ra th er th e so le rider. since la st yea r's winner. Bernie Schreiber. fa il ed to make an appearance du e to a troublesome knee injury-was David Pyle mounted on a SWM 280. David works for th e American SWM importer at Mesa , Arizona. and this year's trial wa s his first visit. Keen to sh ow hi s talent even before the first section. Dave gave a dern onstation of his abilities in th e Fort William West End car park to a n appreciative audienc e at weigh-in on Sunday-.He performed pivots off walls , front wheel wheeli es, bunny hops, etc. with consu m m a te ease. In th e first sections h e was still pretty goo d, finishing midwa y through th e First Cl ass a wards on 410 marks lost. Best o f th e Canadi an s wa s Stanley Bakgaard, the former Canadian Champi on wh o m ad e a prol onged visit to Eng la nd an d Europe ea rl ier last year. Sta n ley mad e a lo t o f friends during hi s 1982 visi t, and as well as an o pportu nity to visi t th em aga in. h e took in th e SSDT . With a rea lly good rid e. he ga ined a Specia l First Cl ass awa rd with 3 12 marks lost . which . for a fi rst tim e ef fo rt, was a n exce lle nt week's work. Sai d Sta n ley. just a fter co m p leting th e lon gest moor crossing o f th e week , " It ge ts boring aft er 15 mil es. Everybod y else co m p la ins a bou t h ow hard it is a n d h ow tired th ey are." Bill Sparkes was making hi s seco n d visit to th e tri al , rid ing S\\' M wh il e Sta n ley took a Montesa 349 a ro u nd. Bill , a ca rpe nter from Van couver . fin ishe d with one o f th e earl y First Class awa rds on 330 marks lost, and once a ga in reck oned it wa s a su per b week. A friend and travelin g partner o f Stanley was Peter Willie. Like Stanley, Peter bought his bike in England, but chose a Yamaha 250 which he to o k to a First Cl ass towards th e end o f th e a wa rds list. H e too h ad a trouble-fr ee week. As th e so n o f C a n ada 's SWM importer. it was n' t a ny surp rise that BobClarke rod e a 280 in th e Scottish. An electricia n by trade, Bob won a Second Cl ass awa rd . with just a punctureon Friday to fix during the week. One rid er who did ha ve a few p ro blems during th e week , but still manraged to fin ish OK . was Neil Cart er. < Neil rode a Fant ic 240 an d h ad a few problems sorti ng o u t th e time sch ed "u les and kn ow ing how to work hi s -delay times. The net result was quite la lot lost o n time. but with a Seco nd Cl ass a wa rd to take back to hi s Ontal rio home. h e vow ed h e would be ba ck I-aga in a no the r year. Th e Stateside cha llen gers made [ma n y fri ends in Scotland and did rm uch to add to th e trul y intern a tio na l atmosphere o f th e event . They will al ways be welcomed back. • Results 1. Ton i Gorgol (M o n • Spa in ) 94 ; 2. Tnierry f Michaud (SW M - Fran ce ) 101 ; 3 . Eddy Lej eune (Hon · Belg ium) 11 1; 4 . Jon n Lam pkin (san . Br itai n) 130; 5 . Yrjo Ves,eri nen (Bul . Fin land) 13 5; 6. Steve Saunders fArm - Br it ai n) 137; 7. Phi lippe Serla t ier (Ita · Franc e) 13 8; 8 . Jonn Reynolds (Sui · Britai nl 145; 9 . Bernard Cordonnier ISW M - Bel gium) 14 7; 10. M art i n Lam pkin (Mon • Britain ) 148 ; 11. Fred Micheud ISWM - Frence) 158; 12. Nigel Birkett (Yaml - Brita in ) 163; 13 . Gab i no Renales (Mer · Spain ) 165; 14 . LUIS Gall l ch (M on - Spa in ) 17 4; 15. Cnarles Cou t.rd fJCM - France) 177. ,. ... . . . . -_ ... ... _.. -------- --- ---- -- -- - ------- ----- --- - -- ----- - . - OSM AM STEVE WISE THANKS FOR PUTTI G US ON TOP. ANOTHER BELL WINNER: ANOTHER BELL WINNER: DAVEEMDE ALEX JORGENSEN 1ST PLACE ROAD RACE FORMULA 2 MID OHIO RACEWAY LEXINGTON, OH, SUNDAY, MAY22 1ST PLACE NATIONAL SHORT TRACK SANTA CLARA FAIRGROUNDS SAN JOSE. CA, SATURDAY, MAY21 The Winning Une see the new line of 1983 Bell Helmet s a t your dealer today. . .. 5 / 22/83 E. St. Louis. IL AMA WRANGLER 1 25cc NATL. MX CHAMPIONSHIP JEFF WARD Kawasaki on DUNLOP K690A Co ng ratulat ion s J eff. Your perfect 1 - 1 ride o n your MIKE McAN DREWS tuned KX1 2 5 gives you sole possession of the points lead in t he 125cc cl .... Thanks for doin ' it on DUNLOP. More cycles ride on Dunlop than any other tire·ntheworlcl. ~ ,DUN.LQ P The Logical Choice 33