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Steve Fracy swept the PNTA N ine
Mile Falls Tr ials even t .
DAV 2
NOV: 1. D. Halstead (Yam) 13123; 2. F. Thompson (Fan) 13122; 3. A. Yeates (Yam) 15125; 4. B.
Huff (ltj) 15123; 5. J . Bridges (VamI21121 .
INT: 1. M . Lewis (Yam) 67.6 /9; 2. K. Macomber
9Vam) 82 /6; 3. D. Porter (Fan) 84 /5; 4. D. Salzman
(Fanl94/4; 5. G. Becker (Yam) 9512.
SPTM N: 1. M . Remington (Vam) 60 /13; 2. B.
Wyan (Iti) 6617; 3. J. Allen (Bet) 68 /8.
SR: 1. B. deGaris (Betl 65 /5; 2. J . Redman (Bel)
82/ 4; 3. G. Lawver (Fan) 88 /3; 4. B. Christensen
(VamI12211.
SUP: 1. B. Eckstein (Fan) 79 /8; 2. R. Schw enke
(Yam) 8712; 3. D. Fracy (Betl B9/2; 4. Nimmo (Bel)
91 /4; 5. D. Snipes (Bet) 96 /3 .
CHAMP; 1. S. Fracy (Fen) 41125; 2. S. Bakgaard
(Vam)49 124; 3. T. Nordin 69 /15; 4 . D. Rinkes (Fan)
84 /13; 5. B. Skreen (Bell 85 /9.
Canadians shine at
Ohio Vintage Trials
By C.A. Francy
TORONTO, OH, APR. 23-24
American riders may have dominated th e Can-Am Vintage Trial s
held near Toronto, but a handful of
Canadian rid ers shined in the Vintage cla sses. The two day event,
which was sponso red by the Ohio
Va lley BSA Owners Club, drew
riders from as far away as Missouri
to compete in the trial which was
a part of the Eastern Vintage Trials
Championship Series.
"We may have been outnumbered,
but not outridden," said Canadian
rider/organizer Dave Gibson in
explaining his team's performance.
The standout rider of the Canadian team was Robert Allerellie, who
rode a meticulously prepared BSA
441 to victory in the Vintage Lightweight Expert class. Gibson put th e
icing on the cake in backing up
teammate Bob Smith with a second
place in the Vintage Heavyweight
class. Smith was riding a 500cc
" G ru m p h " (T ri u m p h engined
Greeves) whi le Gibson contested the
event - with his AJS model 18CS.
American David Leavitt tied Smith
for first in the class with his Dick
Mann-built Gold Star BSA.
The trial featured I I demanding
sections laid out over the rugged
terrain of eastern Ohio. Each section
was designed with three routes
through the section. The routes
took into account the skills and
capabilities of both rider and
machine w ith the hardest routes
being for " modern " vintage bikes
a nd least difficult ro utes being for
riders of rigid fra med models.
Prior to starting the event the 47
riders , who were on mo torcycles
ranging from a 1939 BSA to a 1976
Montessa, were introduced to several
of the motorcycli ng personalities in
attendance, including long-time
Cycle News .co nt ributor Lee Cowie,
Sta n jakubaszek, organizer of the
Eastern Vintage Trials Champion-
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