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OC") 00 0') (Left) Bernie Schreiber ended the ...son with two wins. (Right) Scott Hud rode to second in Michigan. AMAINATC National Championship Observed Trials Series: Round 7 Schreiber tops Michigan National By Keren OeRita PORT HURON, MI, SEPT. 5 SWM's Bernie Schreiber posted his fourth National win in four starts with an easy victory in the Michigan Ontario Trials 12 Association-organized seventh round of the series. Schreiber, with a score of 40.4 marks lost, easily outdistanced the 55 of Montesa's Scott Head. Showing steady concentration, Schreiber cleaned the first 10 sections of the opening 23·mile, 20-section loop. Schreiber finally lost two in section II and wound up with a 15 for loop one, the only sub-20 mark round of the day. The loop was ridden twice. . Head turned in the second-best score of the day, a 25 on loop one. He had flown in from California and had arrived at 6:50 a.m. on the morning of the event, but seemed little the worse for wear after the flight. Montesa's Stan Bakgaard was the only rider besides Schreiber to post scores of under 50 for both loops and his 58 earned him third. However, a costly error in his first attempt of sec· tion 19 may have cost him second place or at least a tie for it. Clerk of the course Gary Wi Ikerson was given permission by the NATC to use split sections. This means a section could be divided in certain places, with the Championship class riding parts of the section on one line and the Support classes riding it on another. bypassing the difficult Championship line. ections II and 19 were split. Bakgaard. not noticing the Championship line in 19, walked the section and rode it the wrong way, carding a five. He orrected his mistake on his next lap and easily cleaned the section. But that five wa' the difference eparating him from a second-place tie. A Montesa rider nailed down fourth place as well, with Don ,,'eet recO\'ering from a tough first lap. While section II cramped Schreiber's style. it was the showcase for Sweet's smooth, classic riding. He dropped a one on his first ride for the best score of the day in that section. On his second ride, Sweet discovered the gas was turned off on his bike after enter· ing the section. He pulled in the clutch, flipped on the gas, revved up the engine, and finished the section with a two. SWM's Keith Adams had been conspicuously absent in Pennsylvania and was again missing from the starters. It was learned he is suffering from a severe case of tendonitis in one wrist and will miss the last round as well. Because of this, Adams will not finish in the top 10 fonhe year fonhe first time since 1980. The long loop. set up by MOTA took riders up and down several steep hills, and featured a particularly nasty mudhole along the way that swal· lowed up the unwary rider. Most riders were extremely hard-pressed to keep up a good lap time with most using four of their six allotted hours just to finish the first lap. Very few riders finished without time penalties, and some houred out. Arriving at section 19 on his first lap, Sportsman Greg Bolt, of N~ York, was walking the section and looking a bit dejected because he felt he was having a bad day. The checker said, "Don't worry, there's a lot of trial left." Greg's reply was, "Yeah, there's too much trial left'" He finished fifth for the 'day, so he must have pulled it together somewhere along the way. Fantic-mounted Freddy Steele can· tinued his winning ways in the Sportsman class with an 11.2-mark VICtory over local favorite Bob Roosen, on an SWM, Third place went to Canadian Steve Fracy on the only Cota 200 in the event. High School class points leader Vance Walker was looking for a win to wrap up the title, but he had a tough day on his SWM, finishing fourth, Mike West took his Fantic to victory in the class and he posted the low lap score for the day of all Sup' port class riders - a 27. Second place went to Fantic rider Dean Dorcas. West's win brings the championship of the High School clas down to the very last event and a tight race between Walker and West, who is the defend· ing champion. enior rider Dale Malasek outrode Bob Kirkegaard by J 2.8 points to win his class while Super Senior rider Don Wilcox used his long legs to push himself to a 7.8-point margin over second-place finisher, Carl Peters. R.sults CHAMPIONSHIP: 1. Bernie Schreiber (SWMI 40.4; 2. Scolt Heed (Mon) 53; 3. Sian Bakgurd IMonl 58; 4. Don 5 _ (Mon) 61; 5. Cun Comer (FenI83.2; 6. ~ Slil.. IMon) 66; 7. 5 _ MeNeat (Fen) 87; 8. Kip Webb (Mon) 91; 9. 8red Skreen (Mon) 97.8; 10. Mike Ko....r (Monll04.8. SPORTSMAN: 1. Freddie Sleele (Fen); 2. Roben RooMn (SWMI; 3. Sle.. Frecy (Mon); 4. Greg Krist (SWMI; 5. Greg 8011 (SWM). SR: 1. Dele Meleeek (SWM); 2. 80b Kirk_rd (SWMI; 3. Wi'" Wegner (SWM); 4. 8ill DeGeri. (Mont 5. Bob c.p;..rem (SWM). SUPER SR: 1. Oon Wilcoil(SWM); 2. Cerl Pe'er. (Bul); 3. Glenn McNeel (Fen); 4. An Websler (SWM); 5. J.v Ko.enough (Fen. HIGH SCHOOL: ,. Mike West (Fen); 2. De.n Dor· ee. (Fen); 3. fly.n Young IMon); 4. De.n W.lker (SWM); 5. 8red HOWIlrd (Fenl. AMAINATC National Championship Observed Trials: Round 8 Win, title to Schreiber in Illinois By Karen OeRita MT. OLIVE, IL, SEPT. 5 A perfect five National wins in five starts broughl SWM's Bernie Schreiber his second con· secutive Nalional Championship. The victory makes 10 wins in the last 10 starts for America's former World Champion, and 14 wins in his last 18 starts in the National Series. Schreiber's three lap scores of2-5-8 were enough to hold oU a late charge by Fantic's Curt Comer, who carded. laps of 16-6·4 to take second place. Comer, who cleaned his last lap to the final two sections, dropped two each there. On his arrival at the fin· ish, the Fantic team gave a great cheer for Comer's tremendous effort. Teammate Dwaine Walters finished third. Momesa team riders Stan Bakgaard and jack Stites tied for fifth behind SCOtt Head. Bakgaard won out on cleans over Stites. This slide to sixth for the day knocked Stites out of the top five for the year for the first time ince 1978. Meanwhile, Don Sweet just couldn't quite get the handle on the sections and finished seventh. His two wins plus a third, fourth and sev· enth, gave him second overall for the Series behind Schreiber. SWM riders rounded out the top 10 with Jerry Carrerts eighth, Morgan Kavanaugh nimh and Dave Pyle 10th. Extreme heat rrtade the day uncom· fortable for riders and spectators alike. The six-mile loop, ridden three times, did provide rrtany open areas for the riders to get on the throttle and create . a small breeze for themselves, The 15 sections along the loop offered h ge logs, vertical climbs and very ticht turns. Section nine was out in' 'he open on a slag pile. Every time the wind gusted, it created dusty condi· tions so bad several riders were gi"en re-rides as their vision was lOlAlly obscured while they were riding .the section, In the closely contested High School class, the first lap saw Vance WaJJc.er post a six-point lead over Mike West. A disastrous second lap of 2+ for Walker knocked him out of the nm· ning as West carded a super six. Third laps of 15 and 14, respectively, did not alter the outcome and Mike West and his Fantic had their second consecutive High School Championship. It was Freddy Steele once again atop the Sportsman class, with Bob Roosen again in second place. Steele's three wins in the last three events show he will be a rider to watch as he moves into the Championship class in 1984. He tied West's low lap score of six on one loop. In the Senior class, Dale Malasek made it back-to-back wins, besting Bob Capistrant by a 57·point margin. Bob Kirkegaard finished a close third, two points behind. The Super Seniors waged a close battle for the win, with Don Wilcox once again on top with Glenn McNeal finishing a close second. At the awards banquet, held at the Mid·State M.C. clubhouse, a delicous fried chicken dinner was enjoye

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