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(Above) Bill Burgener grimaces. (Right) Toni Gorgot (top) and Danilo Galeazzi were 4-5 . did make it over the hum p had to traverse a rockpile to the next tum, a hard left over rocks the sizeof TV sets. Schreiber had the crowd pumped as he had a one pointer going to the rock face, but he was unable to con quer. the gran ite and took a f ive. There were mostly fives and a few threes (Lejeune ha d one of the threes) until Spaniard Toni Gorgot (Mon ) put in a superb ride for a one. Section three featured more 'stream work combined with sharp tu rn s and hard climbs. Section four, laid out on the side of a sheer cliff, was dubbed "0 1' Rock Face," and claimed its share of points with a near-im possi ble ' climb following a tum at the base. Possibly the most difficu lt section of the trial was number 12, ti tled "Otis Elevator " : Sheer roc k walls , to be negotiated both up and down. The first clean there was, tu rned in by Schreiber on the second loo p. ' An o ther section that turned o u t threes and fives by th e bus hel basket was 17. Laid out in a massive rockpi le, the section call ed for riders to ma ke a hard right, climb hard on top of big boulders, tu m left on top of more big chunks of stone,' before a traver se led to a left and then an offcamber right, still going over those bike trap ping pieces of granite. Lejeune made a deliberate, thoughtful a ttempt that was good for a three on ,his first ride through. The day before, . while he was checking ou t the section, Lejeune was heard to say, " Ca nada was too easy, but th isl The Americans are crazy." T he first loop was where Leje une' did all the damage, turn ing in the day's low score of 33 points. Schreibe r was 13 back at 146, with Gorgo t, John Lamp kin (CCM) and Burgat . all knotted at 147. The next loop was Burgat' s turn to get hot, and he turned in a 137. That moved him into second after Lejeune went 139 and Schreiber lost an additional point over the first loop for a 47. Lejeune continued his hot pace on the final loo p for a 41, and a 113point total. With the win Lejeune tied Schreiber 's 1980 record of six wins in a single season. Burgat's final tour of 45 points assured him of second. He no w has 99 points in the standings, but on ly a slim mathema tical chance of repeating his title. Schreiber had a 42 on the last loop for third. Afterw ards, he said, " I think the trial was a little harder than I expected it to be, but it was a good trial." . .. . . . . , . . -, '" Gorgot turned in a good ride for 144points and fourth overall. Beh ind him, Italian Danilo Galeazzi (SWM) finished fifth with 156. Lampkin, riding the H iro-engined Armstrong CCM, and Thierry Michaud (SWM), the runner-up in Canada , tied at 160 points. Lampkin too k sixth by virtue of more cleans. Eighth went to veteran Yrjo Vesterinen (Bul), just one point in front of American l tal-jet rider Scott Head. Head picked up another two Championship points in his first full season of international competition. " I always want to get those points," said Scott, adding, " It was a hard trial and I feel good finishing in the top 10. Placerville, where I live , is an hour .and half away from here , so I know a lot of the fans and want to do well." Rounding out the top 10 was Fantic rider Jaime Su bira with 182 points. Nation al C ham pion~hip It was no contest in the National class, with Sch reiber nearly 20 points ahead of the rest of the pack after the first loop. By National standards the trial was extremely difficult, with the riders tackling the same sections as the World Championship contenders. Curt Comer (Mon) was Schreiber's closest competitor after the first loo p with 68 points, bu t he DNF and the battle over second developed into a real dogfight. Kavanaugh was several points back of the leaders after the first loop with 77., but pulled h imself up with 65and 70-point tours for a final score of 212. That was a scant one point bett er than the performance of Kipp Webb (Bul), who went 72-68-73 for a 213 total. Fifth and sixt h went to a pair of SWM riders, Bill Sparks and Matt Pritchard, with respective scores of 215 and ~19. Jack Stites propelled a 200cc Fantic to seventh with a 229. Dave Pyle, Steve'McNeal, Stan Bak- _ . . Bernie Schreiber was third in the World class. tops in the National. gaard and Bobby Micket rounded out the top 10. . Unofficiall y the AMA/NATC points standings should find Kavanaugh leading with S tites second and Schreiber third. Saturday The day before the World/National competi tion featu red action in the High School, Sportsman, Senior and Super Senior clas ses. Riders rode the same loop and 14 of th e 18 sections, but mos t of the sections were laid out differently. Sportsman rider Dan Dixon (Bul ) turned in the best overa ll score of the day, a 124, to win his class. Dixon was 10.6 points up on Mark Webster (SWM) , who fin ished another four points ahead of Clyde Belvoir (Bul), Tom Young and Paul Webster rounded out the top five Sportsmen. Second best score on the day , a 125.4, wen t to H igh School class winner Vance Walker (SWM). He was well in front of his nearest competitor, Brian Qualls (SWM). Colorado's Guy Bodin (SWM) had the third best score of the day en route to winning the Senior class with a 131.4. Fellow Coloradan Wiltz Wagner(Bul), for whom the trial is named, was 15 points back for second. In third was SWM rider Ted Landsberg. Don Wilcox (SWM) came all the way from Wisconsin to win the Super Senior class, finishing 12 points ahead of California's Gil Smith. Unlike the 'World round, the Sat.urda y schedule consisted of five hours plus an hour's grace. Most riders had to hustle to make the finish , and more than a few were excluded for finishing out 'of their hour. Results WORLD: r. Eddy Lejeune (Hon) 113; 2. Gilles Burgat (Fan) 129; 3. Bern ie Schreiber (SWM) 135 ; 4. Antonio Gorgot (Mon) 144; 5. Danilo Galeaui (SWM) 15B; B. John Lempkin (CCM)160; 7. ThierrY M ichaud (SMW) 1BO 8. Yrjo Vesterinen (Bul) 171 ; ; 9. Scott Head (hj)172; 10. Ja ime Subira (Fan) 182; 11 . Uif Karlson (Mon) 183 ; 12. Charles Coutard (Bul) 18B. _ • WORLD OBSERVED TRIALS CHAMPIONSHIP POINT STANDINGS: 1. Eddy .Leieune (124); 2. Bernie Schreiber (108) ; 3. Gilles Burgat (99); 4. Toni Gorgot (5B); 5. Thierry Michaud (3B); B. Danilo GalellZi (27); 7. (TIE) Charles Goutard/Ulf Karlson (24); 9. John Lempkin (23); 10. Jaime Subira (1B). NATIONAL: 1. Bernie Schreiber (SWMI135; 2. Morgan Kavanaugh (Bul) 212; 3. Kip Webb (Bul) 213; 4 . Bill Sparks (SMW) 215; 5. Man Pritchard (SWM) 219; B. Jack Stites (FIIn) 225; '7 . Dave Pyle (SWM) 229; 8. Steve McNea l (Dan) 230; 9. Stan Barkgaard (Mon) 234; 10. Bobby Micket (Bul) 235. SPORTSMAN : 1. Dan Dixon (Bul) 124; 2. Mark Webster (SWM) 134.B; 3. Clive Belvoir (Bul) 138 .4; , 4. Tom Young (Mon) 138 .B; 5. Paul Webster (SWM) 142.2; B. Nils Manuoras (Fan) 14B.B; 7. Peter Wille (Yam) 149.8; 8. Ted Feland (Bul)151 .8; 9. Bob Clark (SWM) 153 .2; 10. Howard Galbreath (SWM) 157 .2. HIGH SCHOOL: 1. Vance Walker (SWM) 125 .4; 2. Brian Qualls (SWM) 170.4; 3. Dean Doreas (Bul) 180; 4. Ted Cullen (Bul) 191 .2. SR: 1. Guy Bodin (SWM) 131 .4; 2. Wiltz Wagner (Bul) 14B.8; 3. Ted Gansberller (SWM) 14B.2; 4. KEn Marecak (Bul)1B1 .4; 5. Bill De Garis (Mon) 1B5; B. carl Peters (Bul)1B5.4; 7. John HUISman (Mon) 1B7.2; 8. Gary Conred (Mon) 171.8; 9. Chuck Withrow (SWM) 172; 10. Glenn McNeal (Fen) 172 .2. , SUPER SR: 1. Don Wilcox (SWM) 184 .8; 2. Gil Smith (Bul) 172 .8; 3. Bill Thompeon (Ylm) 179.8; 4. Bill Devey (Bul) 184.8; 5. Art Water ISWM) 191 .6. 15