Dick DeBolt was re-elected to his second term

Dick DeBolt was re-elected to his second term in which a number of landmark accomplishments were made. Mid-Michigan Trials Club was admitted at the first meeting of the year. Early in the year a trials school and trials was conducted by Montesa works rider Rob Edwards. Traveling the same route was Lane Levitt whom we would see again at the two day. Rob took first place in the trials with Lane taking second. Later on in the summer, Mick Andrews made a visit to the Flint area and conducted a school. This was shortly after his crash which cost him a shoulder separation and kept him from riding.

About mid-summer Bob Hopkins got feet-up on a factory Bultaco of his own. He was the first rider in M.O.T.A. to earn the honor of being sponsored.

In September, M.O.T.A. became an incorporated body. The Association can now own property and the legal positions of its members are now protected.

The work of preparing the National Two-Day was by mid-summer a reality and Dick started drinking Maalox rather than Stroh’s! When the Two-Day arrived in September, there were license plates representing New York, Pennsylvania, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, California, and Minnesota as well as many states in-between. The top riders from the various sections of the U.S. Agreed that it was a fine trials and well worth the trip to Michigan.

The Two-Day was also the debut of our second sponsored rider in the person of Mike Konners who took first place in the lightweight class on a Penton.

The M.O.T.A. business year was rounded out with final approval of the medal designed by Clyde Foles.

The annual awards banquet was again held at Shores Hall. The well-deserved awards were given out, and among those being given was the Trencherman Award given for a fantastic third consecutive year win in the race to the buffet table.