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Beta-mounted Ryan Young earned top honors in San Ysidro, New
Mexico, beating Jonny Andersson by nine points. .
Mark Manniko balanced his Fantic to two third overall finishes. He's
currently third in the po int standings.
Andersson came back on Sunday in Co lorado and had no problems taking
the victory over Saturday's w inner Young, 42.8-66.6.
AMA/NATC National Championship Observed
Trials Series: Rounds 3-4
Young, Andersson
sto'rm the Rockies
By Mark Kariya/Dirt Rider
SAN YSIDRO, NM , APR. 23/CANON CITY, CO, APR. 24
There's a pattern developing h ere, and
should it contin ue, the AMA/ NATC National Observed Trials Series Ch ampion
will be determined by a hair-splitting margin at most.
. As happened the weekend
before in Texas, Cosmopolitan
Motors' Ryan Young topped
fi Id
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the re on atur ay with. Jonny
;\ndersson and Mark Man~~ko takIng the p lace and show positions, respectively, Sunday saw And~rsson
get s~ronger every. loo p . Simply
crushing everyone with his last loop
score of four. No one else had a loop .
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. New Mexico
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Chuck Sutton and the New Mexico
Trials Association hosted ro u nd
three of the series at a site about 40
miles north of Albuquerque. The
event consisted of three loops, each
comprised of 15 sections characterized by big, steep climbs u p sheer
rock walls.
A
ndersso n took 'h is '88 Ho~da
RTl.:250andpostedascore
.ofl4aft~r
the first loop, a tally ~hat 87 Fanu~
303-mounte~ Manmko matched:
Young remained a mere three points
behind.
Young turned the tables on loo p
two, however, his seven-point score
giving him the lead over Andersson
whose I I was an improvement over
loop one also but not enough to
match the Pennsylvanian. .
y
t Tyhe finaHI !oolpobelonged entireedl
- 0 oung. IS 0 P score compar
' to Andersson's, 13.20, reflec ted that,
and last year's number two jumped
into the series points lead once again.
Generally , the riders agreed that
New Mexico had put on a good trial
and agreed with top Canadian Steve
Fracy when he said, " It was the best
one so far. They did a really good
job and (provided) a good variety,
too, for what they have."
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