Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

and lost additional points which were add ed in with th eir marks to the day's results. • Results NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP: 1. B. Schreiber (SWMI21 .8; 2. C. Comer (M on) 3 1; 3. J . Stites (Fan) 34; 4. D. Walters (Ita) 36.8; 5. S. Mc Neal (Fan) 39; 6. D. Sw eet (M on) 44 .6; 7. S. Backgaard (Mon) 53.8; 8. K. Adam s (SWM) 54.4; 9. M . Kavanaugh (8ul) 55; 10. K. Webb (Bul) 62. SPORTSMAN: 1. N. Mantzoris (Fan); 2. M. Reed (Mon) ; 3. D. Hess (SWM); 4. R. Commo (Mon) ; 5. R. Farmer (Mon) ; 6. C. Belvoir (Bul); 7. G. Bolt (Mon); 8 . T. O'Rourke (Bul); 9 . K. Cullen (Bul); 10. S. Oehrle (SWM) . HIGH SCHOOL: 1.M. West (Fan); 2. D. Thomas (Mon); 3. V. Walker (SWM); 4. F. Steele (Fan); 5. R. Young (Mon) ; 6. D. Dorcas (Bul); 7. A . Saum (SWM); 8. G. Howard (SWMI; 9. D. Wright (Mon); 10. N. Collins (SWM). SR: 1. G. Bodin (SWM); 2. B. Mylerberg (Bul); 3. Wiltz Wagner (Bul); 4. K. Maracak (Bul); 5. R. Saum (SWM). SUPER SR: 1. D. Wilcox (SWM); 2. B. Thompson (Bul); 3. T. Cullen (Bul). Jack Stites hada 3-2 w eek end with st ro ng rides. A.A/NATC Observed Trials Championship Series: Round 6 Schreib.er· cleans 'a nother By Boyd Reynolds WRENTHAM, MA, AUG. 29 Bernie Schreiber pulled off a Carbon copy of his ' National win the previous day to lead all competitors in the King Philip Bernie Schreiber took wins in both National Championship rounds to give him five wins in the series and a lock on the AMA/NATC title. A.A/NATC Observed Trials Championship Series: Round 5 Schreiber sails in Rhode Island National' By Boyd Reynolds WEST GREENWICH, RI, AUG. 28 SWM's Bernie Schreiber, with a healthy 10 mark margin over his closest competition, closed the door on the rest of the entry 20 as the National Championship Observed Trials Series circuit swung into its eastern tour and the final four rounds of the '82 season. Dropping six points on the first loop, 14 on loop two and 1.8 points for overtime; former National and World Champion Schreiber's 21.8 . score headed up a nationwide and Canadian contingent of riders that gathered at the Stepping Stone Stables to test their skill in the Central Cycle Club's boulders, mud and sand sections. Defending National Champion Curt Comer led the rest of the group in the Championship class with a 31 score. Comer rides a Montesa, Jack Stites.slid into third with a 34 on his Fantic to put the Florida Tryals Shope on the honor roll, just ahead of Californian Dwaine Walters, who logged a 36.8, riding an Italjet. Alabamian Steve McNeal, on a Fantic, followed with 39, a good jump ahead of Montesa mounted New Yorker Don Sweet. Sweet, who is pretty much retired from the circuit except for eastern events, now runs the family oil business and a part time trials shop. He was for 'man y seasons the most popular contender on the scene as a continual runner-up to five-time' National Champion Marland Whaley. Sections one through three posed little problem for most of the riders as they got warmed up to the terrain. Sweet logged a five on section one to set him off the pace a bit, but by the time he and the rest of the riders got to sections four .a n d five, they were well warmed up and making few mistakes. The promoters of the contest made a few mistakes, however, in their. failure to draw spectator routes on their course map or give each spectator a pedometer so as to follow an instruction sheet calculated in tenths of a mile. As a result, spectators were milling all over, trying to find sections. Section six was close by the rocky stream bed that made up the preceding double section and offered a twisting . hillclimb. Schreiber, Comer, Walters, Adams and Stites all got cleans here. Kavanaugh started a parade of riders with a two-point loss, the average here for the New England Trials Association riders. Defending Series champ Curt Comer finds the going rough. Rocks in the Rhode Island sections are small, the average is two to three- . feet in diameter with an occasional larger one. They are strewn up the hillsides like some huge giant dropped a string of marbles and then the lush woodland covered them with moss and surrounded them with mud and water. The area is basically a lowland with sandy soil. , Schreiber said, " It was pretty tough. Some places on the trail route were tougher than the sections. " The route from section to section was almost entirely in the woods with no road, so riders had to really hustle to make two loops in five hours plus an hour of grace. After a swing to the east to sections seven through 13, some real point stealers from even the most seasoned ' competitors, it was back to the ridge area and several Championship class only sections. Section 14 was a tortuous slimy rock climb up a stream bed and then a run down the hill out of the section and into section 15. That offered a similar rocky climb up into the foundation of an ancient mill over the granite blocks that once comprised a sluiceway. Schreiber cleaned section 15, while Morgan Kavanaugh took a real header for a five. Sweet, Comer, Mike Komer and Walters also cleaned it and moved on to two nasty rocky hillclimbs that made up sections 16 and 17. These carried the riders up into the parking lots of an abandoned, overgrown State Park's camping area, then down a fireroad to the nearly impossible section 18. This section has been used before in champ events and is a real heartbreaker and point grabber. "It was a fine event," said Stites. "I had to hurry a bit to finis h." Mos t of the riders went into their grace period Trail Riders organized National round on Sunday. Schreiber now heads back to Europe and the final World Championship rounds where he is currently second in the point standings. Fantic's Jack Stites continued his strong riding by placing second overall to Schreiber and his SWM. Stites followed the winner's 20.6 mark score with a 34. Montesa mounted Don Sweet followed in third with a 36, leading fourth place finisher Dwaine Walters and his Italjet by one point. Ken Adams, a SWM rider who contested the event wearing sneakers, rounded out the top five with a 38. The promoting club, well known in New England for their enduros, had nearly half the sections in the event located within easy walking distance from the start area. The balance were located a good distance away. Sections one and 22, the first and last sections, were the most interest ing to view and unlike most round five sections, they required more intricate rider skill -- the kind which wows the crowd. .Section one was a corkscrew winding up and down a small boulder mound three times. It had two steep, near vertical rock face climbs with an immediate 90-degree turn atop the first one. Then it was a leap off a rock crag to do an about face and gas it up again. Schreiber was the first rider to arrive at the Championship class only section and immediately put together a clean ride so the rest of the entrants knew what to shoot for. Walters and Stan Bakgaard cleaned it also - the only other riders to do so. Results • CHAMPIONSHIP: 1. B. Schreiber (SWM) 20 .6; 2. J. Stites (Fan) 34 ; 3 . Di Sw eet (M on) 36; 4. D. Wal· ters(I TA) 37; 5. K. Adams(SWM) 38; 6. Kavanaugh (Bul) 49; 7. C. Comer (Mon) 5 1; 8. Backgaard(Mon) .52 .4; 9. S. McNea l (Fan) 52.6; 10. M . laRouche (Mon) 53. SPORTSMAN: 1. R. Roosen (SWM) 40 ; 2. K. Cullen (Bul) 44 ; 3. C Belvoir (Bul)44; 4. R. Commo (MonI47; 5. F. Richard (Fan) 51 0; 6. B. Cheney 52; 7. R, Toole (SWMI 52; 8. M . Womer (Man) 52); 9. T. O'Rourke (Bul) 84; 10. F. Greenawalt (SWM) 55 . HIGH SCHOOL: 1. V. Walker (SWM) 34; 2. D. Thomas (Man) 36; 3. R. Young (Mon) 4 1. SR: 1. G. Bodine (SWM) 38; 2. Mylerberg (Bul) 44; 3. Wa gner (Bul) 44 .

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