On The Pegs January 2018 - Volume 3 - Issue 1 | Page 132

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class will be a better grada-
tion for those riders looking
to graduate from the Sports-
man class to the Advanced
class. As there is a consider-
able increase in skill require-
ment between the two, the
SPA class riders will ride half
their day with the hardest
Sportsman sections as laid
out, with the other half being
the easiest Advanced sec-
tions, and will give them a
chance to truly test their skill
level.
Round 1 of Trial Inc’s 2018
season was special for a
couple different reasons.
First off, it marked the re-
turn of trials competition
to the Dayton Dirt Riders
club. Comprised of about 50
acres, this area has housed
motorcycle events since the
mid-1970’s and used to host
TI in the years around 1975.
Even today, Dayton Dirt
Riders is mostly an enduro
club, with its members riding
every Wednesday, Saturday,
and Sunday, year-round.
Trial Inc member Steve Berry
has been involved with this
venue for 40 years, learning
trials from one of its former
owners, Russ Driver, for
which this year’s trials event
was aptly named the Russ
Driver Memorial Ride, at least
the 3rd of its kind. Russ was
a former toolmaker and trials
hobbyist, and was a mentor