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Half the Time of the I.S.D.T. i!j, '" 0N .... '" g' > ::;: '" ~ w Z W ..J U > U .. .- .. " Aw kw ard , this." _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ..._ VOTE at Escape Country Eighteen sections fo r all fo ur classes made for very heavy tr affic with some tw enty minute waits. The Masters Class saw Rich Bledsoc . drop 84 poin ts for th e win ove r sec ond place Mark Egga r a t 94 . Third went to Bob Nickelsen with a loss o f 10 3. The Experts rode 15 se ctions thre e times but th ey h ad it a bit harder as winner Martin Bel air lost 2.33 points per section for a 105 total. Marl and Whaley with 120 was second over Jack Armstron g a t 127. The Amateurs had the roughest day bu t sin ce all classes were required to at 2.6 p oints lo st per sections. Not ride it J. second time, they found wa ist many clean s but a lot of th rees and high water in some areas o f th e section . fives. Harry Lumsden had the win with Man y riders went through on the wrong 93 points over sec ond place Ralp h sid e and ended up with their bikes Dodson at 96. Third was Marvcn up sid e down trying to shake the water Russell, 105. Fred Ares took top honors ou t. in th e Novices at 42, with Ted l.aBlanc There ·was one other section that second at 53. Don Williams also had 53 , gr abbed a lot o f fives . A s teep twen ty but with fewer cleans. foot drop-off was followed by a ninety In the ki ds class, Duncan Patterson d eg ree off-camber tum , another ninety won with a loss of 22. Jeff Ward was to the right, facing into a fifteen foot second on a Honda a t 3 6. Dann y Har ris wall of slick d irt. I didn't hear of had 38 for th ird. anyone cleaning it and only a few Claudia Harris took the win in the managed to get to the top . J doub t if Womens Class with a loss of 62 ov er the Course Marshall rode th is section second place Be tty R awlings at 67, before the even t. Chery I Tohey was third a t 100 po in ts General com ments : Too dan gerou s, to o difficult, too much waiting.... do wn. By J ohn Adco x ESCAPE COUNTRY , CAL ., May 7 , 1972 .,. Th e Valley Observed Trial s Enth usiasts staged on e o f the tough est eve n ts so far th is year. Man y o f th e h igh sc o res resulted fr om th e deep water a nd mu d sec tio n s. T h e VO TE layout crew saw so m e wate r and I thin k it went to their heads. One section sk irted the edge o f a grassy pond and was only IS yards long, Not a bad section fo r most on th e firs t lo op, Making time in the wet. motoc ross st v te. Ron Boh n wo n th e trophy fo r best in d ivid u al performa nce w ith a te st score o f 116 3. ~l a lc o l m Smith lo st a n a xle nut during S aturday's sp ecial tests . Res o urce ful ~ I alco lm use d a pair o f vise grip s as a substitu te n u t , b ut h e h ad los t to o mu ch tim e . li e los t no t on lv th e ind ivid ual troph y' b ut h is go ld as ' well. !\la lcolm fin ishe d o n a silve r. Th ere we re only ei gh t go ld medals awarded. Besid es J e ff an d J ac k Pen to n, Dave Mungen ast a nd R on Bohn , golds were wo n b v Billv Uh l o f Boi se, Idah o (Puc), Tom ' Pe n to n (Pe n) , J a ke Fish er (lI us) an d Bu ck Walsw orth (a ss) . The re we re tw o n ovel e n tran ts in th is ye ar' s co n test. Fo rm e r Al\IA re fere e Tom Cla rk e n te re d tw o R ok ons. T hey are still in . the deve lopmcn t stage and ne ith er fini sh ed , but o ne held a go ld th ro ug h Friday ' s t ough goi n g. Jeff Smith , British mo toc ro ss star fo r man y yea rs en te re d a Bomb ard ier a nd fin ish ed wi th a ve ry cred itab le silver. The ru n n in g of th is year's Be rksh ire w as jus t abo u t pe rfe ct. ~ l an y rid e rs com me n ted th at the course marking w as superb. S crutl n eer in g wa s ta ken mu ch m or e seriously tha n in p revious years, and one o ld b ird wi th a busted win g found himself tai led un mercif'ullv through th e woods as h e tried to rind ~ spot to light and repa ir h is chi c ks' sc o oters. Eor tunatelv th ev we re ab le to su rvive wi th Oll t help : . AI Eame s announc ed thai ne xt vea r he plans to hold the Berkshire in ' th e fall. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Penguins in SLO By Ken Hy la nd S AN L UIS OBISPO, CAL. , ~ l ay 7 , 19 7 2 _ When th e Cal Po ly Pe ng ui ns h old o ne of thei r semi-an nual English T rials , everv rid er in the co untv trie s to m ak e the scene. . X in e N ovic e and three Ex pert traps we re set in a dry creek bed o n c am p us . Each of the mo re than thi rt y c o n tes tan ts. took three cracks at the Xovice setups, then the Exp er ts ma de three trips th ro ugh their obstacles to separate their score s. A m azingtv, the ~50 X o v-ic cs set the low es t scores. Marr in Earn st (Yam) ac cumulated only II points and Alan Griswald [ Bul} was o nl y one poin t beh ind wi th a total of 12. As th e usu al winne rs , th e 125 Novices d id all right too. Paul Eams t (Yam ) was first with 19 p o in ts , with J erry Er ickson (Ya m) fo llowing with 26 points . T he Experts gave the real sh ow of the d ay . T hey glid ed thro ugh the Novice trap s but w eren 't ab le to fare as well wi th their o wn . Bo b Pete rso n ( Bul) received ~8 poin ts to le ad the class. John Nve m a d e it all look easy on his specia l 125 S ar ace n bu t fini shed wi th :>5 p oints.