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Cycle News 1985 10 16

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lead over Yamaha/Ma lco lm Smi th / Dunlo p -sponsored Fish . O n ly spli t seconds separa ted th e two through OUI th e moto , and Gonza les wo n . T he second mal o was a repeat performance, despi te a broken foo t suffered by Gonzales in th e 250cc Pro class. Fish had a n important rol e in the crash that led 10 Gonza les brea king her fool. A blown en g ine in practice threatened 10 put Fish OUI of th e 250cc Pro cla ss. BUI Fish wa s offered th e loan of a bi ke, and quickly swapped suspension components from her bike 10 th e loa ner. Fish set th e firstmo to hol esh o t and put in a strong ride for several la p s, keeping Go n zales in second. BUI wha t might have been in inten se ra ce look a tu rn when Fish's borrowed 250 choked . Go nzal es attempted 10 p ass but cl ipped th e ai li ng Yam ah a and bail ed , inj uring h er fool. G onzales j u m pe d up 10 tak e the win , whi le Fish fough t to start h er fuel-spe win g YZ fo r a l mos t two lap s. With carburetor problems sorted OUl, Fish again took the h ol esh ot in th e secon d 250cc Pro m o to and ro de off LO fin ish firsI, wit h Gonza les second to cl inc h the C ha mpio ns h ip. A rookie to th e 125cc Pro class, 14year-old Tara H arrison from Ren ton, Washing lOn (Hi -Poi n t.z Bellevue Kawa sak i), co mpeted o n a KX80 and fin ish ed a n im p ressi ve and co nsistan t th ird. An xious 10SWilChloa 125, H arrison was o p timistic a bo u t mo vin g up ; bUI as ked a bOU I i t, her father said " No t until 1987," Fourth p lace in th e 125cc Pro class w a s h ot l y-contest ed w ith pi n kleather ed S hery l Fedo ro w fi n all y ahead ; she look th ird in the overa ll championship. T he lunch break p ro ved u n iq ue; bathing su its a bo u nded in th e wa rm weath er, an d racers co u ld be fo und doing anyth ing fro m lending injuries 10 welding wr en ch es 10 ca tch ing sleep in lounge chairs. Li cen se p la tes from severa l slates cou ld be fo und a nd so me British accen ts co u ld be h ea rd co mi ng from o ne pit, wh ich ha d th e hard- luck story o f the week end. Vicky J ackso n tra veled from England to pUI o n a g rea t sh ow for fourt h in th e firsl 125cc Pro mala , bUI a crash earl y in the seco nd m a la en ded wi th a ch i n inj ury and a n a m bu la nce tr ip, Aft er th e women had shown th em how iI'Sdone, a specia l " P it Too tsie " race wa s held 10 g ive the mech an ics a nd supporters a chanc e 10 show off. The 25 " Too tsies" were d i vid ed into tw o races, Ken Zahrt led th e scra m ble for the Ex pe rt wi n rid in g for w ife ahrt. Ni ck y Pound, rid in g for T ina Z G al e Webb, wo n th e Sportsmen 's race. In seco nd p lace, afte r workin g hi s wa y th rough a field of m ixed bike sizes. was 80cc rider Terry Swa nson, riding for T a ra H arrison. i-< iU ...0 o ... u o M~~~~~r!8~~~n~ORLD Results CHA M PIONSHIP: 1. M ercedes Gonza les (Kaw ); 2. Sue Fish (Yaml; 3. Sheryl Federow (Hon); 4 . U sa Peter son (Hon ); 5. Bon nie Warch (Yam ). 125 PRO: 1. Mercedes Gonzale s (Kaw ); 2. Su e Fish (Yaml ; 3. Tara Harrison (Kaw) ; 4. Sheryl Fedorow (Hon); 5. Debbie M athews (Suz). 250 PRO: 1. M ercedes Gonzales (Kaw) ; 2. Sue Fish (Yam); 3. Sheryl Fedorow (Hon); 4 . Lisa Peter son (Ho n); 5 . Bonnie Warch (Yam) . 250 INT: 1. Brenda Kaye Connor; 2. Debbie Hop kins; 3. Hope Broselow. 250 NOV: 1. Sh ir lyn Smit h; 2. Sharon Brown. 250 BEG: 1. Suanne Downey; 2.Julie Putnam; 3. Lori Hedst rom; 4. Lisa Bonacart i; 5. Su e Sinman. 12 5 NOV: 1. Mindy Sm it h; 2. Thea Gavin; 3. M indy Bru ndage; 4 . Da na Eva nso n; 5. Sh er ry Fogerty. 125 BEG: 1. Apr il Hallm ark ; 2. Den ise Thom as; 3. Tina lahrt; 4 . Laura Wareck e; 5. Ang ie Sell ers. 80 BEG: 1. Kath y Jo Ehrp ; 2. Sh eila Moret z; 3.J oy Am es. VET MSTR: 1. Kitt y M ayf ield (Suzl ; 2. Jer i M cClin ton (Hon); 3. Den ise DeVin es (Suz); 4. Gale W ebb (Hon).VET SPTSMN : 1. Barba ra Perry; 2. Susan Bren nan; 3. Kav M ann ; 4 . Bonn ie Colli ns; 5, M im i Sell y. PIT TOOTSIE EX: 1. Ken Zahrt; 2. Danny Ban homen; 3. Dave M Hler; 4 . M ike Fedor ow; 5, Craig Hofmeis ter , PIT TooTSIE VET: 1. C. Barney; 2. Bob Cronkit e. PIT TOOTSIE SPTSMN : 1. Nicky Pound; 2. Terry Swanson; 3. Charl ie Brown; 4 . But ch Smit h; 5. John Gilbe n . via satellite Quad Racer Superstar eGeAryRsYunDdEayNn~gOhNt ** v ;v e* * , It comes to you [• from 10 to 11 p.m, • _II. ~~~~ 'O~ \:~ \~~c,~~l'-~:~~'~~;:~~\~:~\t'o~~ {'o. : and Tuner ** TERRY VARNER ** I .:.:. :EIEI.~ 1.. .:.11: :1 .::1: : Topics r ange from street bikes to dirt bikes to s upercross, motacross and drag ra cin g. World -wide ra ce resul ts wit h Warren Reid and Dr . Ca rver's Sports Medicine featu re. Ca ll in a n d ta lk with a ll t he top personaliti es , a nd be a pa rt of mot orcycl e world. !f!~ 1-(800) 228-5249 or (714) 661-1962 . llj :::: : :;:: : 33

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