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Former World Champion Bernie Schreiber. riding a Fantic. finished third
in Pennsylvania. behind Anderso n and Rya n Young .
With his latest win in Pennsylvania. Jonny Anderson has topped the
last three Eastern rounds of the ' National Tr ials Series.
AMA//NATC National Observed Trials Series:
Round 7
Anderson nails
Penn win
By Boyd Reynolds
BODIN E, PA, JUNE 20
Like a game of musical ch airs, lonny
Anderson led the Anderson, Ryan Young
and Bernie Sch reiber trio on h is Hon da with
a 5/4 to a to tal n ine score to win the seventh
.
.
and last of th e eastern ro unds
of the AMA/ NAT C Nati onal
Series.
Following a double win for .
Young in Massach usetts a nd New
Yor k th e week p r io r, h e a n d
Schreiber en tered th e event wit h a 79
point tie, with Anderson trai li ng
closely. You ng dropped six extra
poi nts to trail Anderson and keep a
three dab edge o n Schreiber, who
totaled 18 for the day.
It was hot and sticky wit h h igh
air pollution, as the " Ripcords"
parachute team dr opped into .the
ride rs ci rcle d uri ng the openi ng
ceremo nies. T his had to be a recor d
as 145 riders p repared to go twice at
17 sections around a four-m ile loop
in five and a half hour s of riding
in front of nearl y 1500 spectators.
By the new AMAINATC rules,
cler k of the cou rse Kevin O 'Shea had
programmed
ra the r easy day by
mo st standards. He put in o nly one
a
impossible section - a loose sla te
steep climb. that was conquered by
only th ree riders, which kept scores
even tigh ter. Two sections were for
the Championship class o nly.
T he site, a cam pground pavilion
area surrounded by parking field was
nestled in th e ru gged hills of north
central Pennsylvan ia. T he sectio nswere bu t a short hi ke, but in th e heat,
it was a rea l swea t in ducer for the
foot climbers. Once in u nder the trees
it was idea l conditions for viewi ng.
T here was no doubt that th e crowd
had a perso na lity contest between the
past master, Schreiber, and the local
boy , You ng.
R iding a Honda and sponsored by
Mid-South H o nda of Clarksvi lle,
Tennessee, Anderson has been steady
in his quest L r the cham p io nship ,
o
tra iling along behind Schreiber and
Young. It was quite evident that he
would surface on th e top soo n, but
wh at makes the con test is whether
he can remain at the top to build
a score to ma intain a lead in the
series. With only two events remaining, they are close enough that
anything is possible, but he will have
to work to to p the you ng Pennsylvanian that says he " wants to be
Natio na l C hampion ". Anderso n
com es from a motorcycling family
in Gothe nberg, Swede n where 'his
dad was a n active com petitor an d
bike designe r. H e was th e 1985
Swedish Trial s Ch am p ion a nd the
No rdic (Sweden, Finland, Denmark,
and Norway) Champion in 1986. H e
moved to th is co un try and no w li ves
in T ennessee, and although he's had
a slo w sta rt due to a wrist o pera tion,
h e sta n ds 18th i n th e Worl d
sta ndi ngs.
Schrei ber returned after two years
'o f livin g in France and immediately
sho t to the top in the NATC sta nding. H e is th e on ly American to ever
becom e a World Tria ls Champion
as well as havin g been a th ree-time
NATC Champi on .
The Pennsylvania trial s riders did
a good job in pl annin ~, not on ly in
the tri al s sections but 111 th e genera l
promoti on. All th e officiia ls and
observers wore bri gh t orange official
T-shirts and carried wh ist les to
signal th e start of a rider . There was
little di spute with the scores and the
fin al results were avai lable almost
immediately u po n the riders finish . 2
The loca l Bod in e chu rch grou p put
o n a n 'a ll -yo u -ca n -ea t ha m a n d 1
turkey dinner, and th ere were sta nds [
with food and dri nks available at
different loca tio ns. T he Lyconmming chap ter of the American Red
Cross and radio-controlled firs t aid
people at every section, and the )
Na tional Guard supplied trucks,
water tanks etc.
The Su pport class riders proceeded
the Cham pi o nship class through th e
sectio ns and Yam aha-mounted William Garb rieh won o n a 5/ 14 to a
total 19 score win. J eff Kingsford o n
a Beta followed with 25 points and
Kenny LeDu c with 27 on another
Yam aha. Kevin Manniko was High
Sch ool champ o n a Fantic wit h a
sup ur b 28 score, so me 32 points
ahead of h is nearest class competi tor.
In the Seniors, it was Ga ry Sam psel
o n a Yamaha with 30 points and the
Super Senior went to Bill DeG aris )
o n a Beta with 65. New York tri als
orga nizer and Veteran class rider I
earl Peters ga thered in 83 points
figurin g that was good eno ug h to
W lll the Veterans class.
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Results
l.Jonny An derson (Han); 2. Ryan Young (Beta ); (
3. Bern ie Schre iber (Fan); 4 . Jack Stites (Yam); 5. ;)
Andy Suam (Betal; 6. Don Sweet (MontI; 7. Ron
Comma (Beta); B. Mart