Barring a total disaster Dougie Lampkin will take the 2002 FIM world trials championship on Sunday at Twin Ring Montegi, Japan, bringing the Silsden international's tally to six world outdoor titles.

Dougie only has to score six points to make it six in a row following his nine victories this season, four second places and a fourth in Italy.

Not bad going for the 26-six-year-old who declares his other interests as golf and mountain biking.

Add six indoor world titles, British titles, plus his 1993 European championship success, double Scottish Six Days title and double Trials des Nations championships with Britain and you can see why he is held in such high esteem in Bradford.

Lampkin's next goal will be to break Spaniard Jordi Tarres's record of seven world titles in a row.

Ninth or better will win him his sixth title in Japan next weekend, no matter what fellow Honda Montesa rider Takahisa Fujinami does on home ground.

Graham Jarvis turned the screw on Lampkin on Sunday, however, at sun-blitzed Lustleigh in mid-Devon at the penultimate round of the Colin Appleyard ACU 2002 solo trials championship.

His victory closed the points gap to a mere three, but Lampkin is more or less assured of his sixth title, unless he drops below third place in the final round at Rochdale on October 7.

In the event of a tie then the rider with the most victories takes the title, and beyond that the greatest number of second places.

If Jarvis wins Rochdale and Lampkin is second both will be exactly level on points

Lampkin stalled his Radson Montesa engine on the last section on the second of three laps and on the final circuit ran back on the penultimate section, incurring a second maximum penalty score.

Jarvis could not match the unpenalised first lap achieved by Lampkin but the Summerbridge rider did not fail any sections at all.

Henry Moorhouse also put in his best-ever championship ride to take fourth place.

Overshadowed in the Devon woods, Guiseley's Edward McIntosh did what many have predicted this year, he won his first Expert championship event beating leaders James Lampkin and Dan Hemingway, grabbing points that hoisted him into the top five overall.

James Dabill took the youth class from Chris Curtis and Tom Sagar but Dane Sherwin was only two marks away from a podium youth finish on his 250cc Beta.

Elland quad ace Ricky Tordoff raced his 250cc Honda machine to third place overall at fast and furious Castleside circuit in County Durham on Sunday where the seventh round of the NETT Quad championship took place.

Bradford quadder Bob Atkinson was eighth overall riding his 350cc Yamaha machine.

Nathan Wrigglesworth stayed on home ground at Eldroth on Sunday to win the Kathleen Cockshott trophy trial from Phil Disney and John Hillam. Chris Stobb won the Youth Class B from Zac Sherwin and Chris Killams. Top Clubman was Andy Krinks, who rode the entire 14-section course without penalties.