Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Vohland, Eaton, £IIis top the field at Marysville By M ad ame Mabee MAR YSVILLE. CA. NO V. 17 Kawasaki rider Tyson Voh la nd pulled o u t th e overall win with a 1-2 sco re to wi n th e 125cc Pro class in mo tocross ac tion at Marysvill e. In the firs t rno to Vohla nd pull ed the h ol esh ot o n his 1986 KX 125. Ya m a ha - m ounted Bader Manneh a n d Rod ney H arriger , o n h is 1985 Kaw asak i, followed closely. H arr iger passed Manneh on the secon d la p , bu t by the n Vo hl a nd h ad a good lead . H arriger ga ve ch ase a nd ca ugh t up. but co uld n ' t ge t arou nd Vohland , a nd th e order was set for the finish. In th e seco nd mot a , H arr iger go t o ut first a nd led unt il Manneh took ove r o n the thi rd lap . Vohl and go t a bad sta rt a n d had to work hi s wa v through the pack . H arriger fell o il the fifth lap, a llow ing Steve Oster and Voh land 10 ge t by him. Voh la nd tried to reel in Mann eh , but didn ' t have eno ugh ti me. Manneh took th e checkered 10 win , wi th Voh la nd seco nd, whi le Ha rr iger passed Oster for thi rd. Manneh fin ished 3-1 for second overall , an d Harr iger 2-3 for th ird. In th e first 250cc Pro mot a , H arriger, o n hi s 1985 250 Kawa sak i, grabbed th e hol esh ot and had a co mmandin g lead , wh ile Kell y Andri s, Eri c Ea to n, Da ve Co u pe , Voh land and J im Ellis had a race of their own going. By the fourth lap, Voh la nd had managed to get arou nd th e crowd and set hi s sigh ts on Ha rr ig er. After a five-week layo ff, H arr iger ran o u t of steam a nd Voh la nd passed h im on th e last lap to wi n the first mo to. Second rno to ac tion took a co mplete turn aro u nd , as Ea to n got his Ya ma ha out first a nd thi s time, it was Andris, Coupe, Vohland a nd Harriger, a ll bau lin g 10 get o u t in front. Co u pe passed Andris o n th e second lap, a nd by that time Eaton was nowhere in sig ht. Vo h la nd a nd Ha rriger mov ed u p and the bat rle was o n , b u t Co upe never let o rr. Voh land had to set tle fo r thi rd with Harri ger ta kin g fourth p lace. . Ellis didn ' t ha ve an y luck in the 250cc class , bu t the Open Pro class was a d ifferen t story. He wo n th e overa ll wit h a I-I fin is h. Eaton got the ho lesh ot , bu t a fter th e th ird lap, had mech an ica l problems, an d Ell is took ove r and led to the checkers. Alle n Berl u ti and Pete Fegley diced back a nd forth ; Fegl ey took second a nd Ber lu ri fin ished th ird. O pen Pro moto number two saw Ellis out front with Berlut i a nd Ro n La Po int baul in g for seco nd. Berlu ti went do wn , a nd Jim Fish , on a new Maico , took o ver th ird. La Po int held o n to seco nd a ll the wa y to the fini sh, g iving hi m the o vera ll with a 3-2 score; Fisk fini sh ed third overa ll wi th a 4-3 tall y. G reg Terhei rner had a n im pressive win in th e l 25cc Intermediate class wi th a I-I sco re. Res ults 60: 1. Tim Keen ey (Honl: 2. Beau Judge (Kaw): 3. Cas ey J oh nson (Kaw ). 80 BEG : 1. J an Opperman (Kaw) ; 2. Van M or gan IKa w ); 3 . Brian Pes ter (Kaw) . BOJ R: 1. Brett Hamil to n (Kawl; 2. Don Pant anida (Honl; 3 . J ason Johnson (Kawl. 80 EX: 1. Tall on Vo h land IKaw); 2 . Steve Lams on (Kaw ). 125 BEG: 1. Robert A ust in (Kaw); 2. J ohn Star k (Kaw ); 3 . Curt Han es (Kaw) . 125 JR : 1. Scon Stanley (Kaw); 2. Chr is Rant s (Han I; 3. Mickey Cren shaw (Kaw l. 1 25 1 NT: 1. Greg Tirk eimer (Kaw!; 2. Bill Pearson (Suz!; 3 . Craig M ar kon (Kaw) . 12 5 PRO: 1. Tyson Voh rand (Kaw) ; 2. Bader Man· neh (Yam ); 3. Rodn ey Harriger (Ka w) . 25 0 BEG : 1. Don Taffen (Kaw) ; 2. Roben Aust in (Suz); 3 . Jon De iag ries (Yam ). 2 50 JR : 1. Robert Kn iesa l (Hon); 2. Chr is Ranta (Kaw l; 3 . Graham M itl er (Yam ). 250 INT; 1. Manhew Gibb (Kaw ); 2. Greg Shea - . ..1 1..... t 'I' " han (Su zl; 3 . M ick ey O' Shaug hnessey (Kew) . 25 0 PRO: 1. Er ic Eaton (Yam); 2. Tyson Vohland (Ka w) ; 3 . Rodn ey Harr iger (Kaw) . OPEN BEG : 1. M ike Har ris on (Hon ); 2. Andy Shaff er (Hon); 3 . Crai g Burt (Hon) . OPEN JR : 1. Glen n W alsh (Hon); 2 . Sta n Hemqe r (Yam); 3. Lore n St ew ard (Ha n). O PEN INT: 1. Rober t Ston e (Hen); 2. Andy Wa r nock (Hon !; 3 . Greg Sheehan (Suz!. OPEN PRO: 1. J im Ell i s (Vam! ; 2. Ro n La Poin t (Vaml; 3. J im Fi sh (M -SI. VETS J R: 1. J im Gall iha r (Hon); 2. Bob M ila no (Hus); 3. Jeri McClint on (Hon ). VETS INT: 1. Dan Jensen (Kaw) ; 2 . Greg Sheehan (Kaw ). VETS EX: 1. St eve Ferroni (Yam ); 2. Wes Broby (Honl; 3 . Rick Sch illi ng (Kaw ). OT J R: 1. Bob Martin (Hon); 2 . Bob J ackson (Suz); 3. Kay Mann (M-Sl. a T INT: 1. Harold Nae ll (M ai); 2. Dennis W are (Vam); 3 . Jess Gallo (Honl . a T EX: 1. Dick Ma nn (M -S); 2. Rick Shill ing (Ka w ~ 3 . J im McClin to n (Yam). "" ---------------------~'"'----\ w I~ R ~ a:: w ~ ~ > CD o o ~ r e, LC') 00 0') ...... ...... ...... .... V .0 Hicks, Zahrf win big at Sunrise MX E V u V By Terry Rezek Cl ADELANTO , CA, NOV. 17 T he weather m a y ha ve been co ld , but th e racing was h o t a t Adelanto today. In Pro ac tio n, Ken n y Zahrt a nd Eddie Hicks were th e class act with wins in the 125 a nd 250cc classes, resp ectivel y. Ro bby H a m mo nd pou nded the Pee Wees aga in a nd a lso wo n the 60cc Under 8 class. The ove ra ll 60cc win ner was Int ermed ia te J eff Wi lloh, wh o easily wo n both rnot o s, T he blow in g san d ca used a hang up o f the gate at th e sta rt o f moto o ne of P ro racing and force d the race 10 be red -fla gged a nd restarted, bu t the result was the same: Kenny Zah rt was leading on h is 250 AXO H onda , Ka wa sa ki-mo u nt ed J o hn Ray was second o n an O pe n bike, a nd America n H onda 125 rider Mo use McCo v wa s in third. McCo v's a rch -riva l, Eddie Hi cks. was in ' a n extremely tight fou rt h . Ra y a p pea red 10 have broken a sho ck in lap three a nd retired , moving Ti m Hanna up 10 the lead of the Open class. Zah rt d isappeared in the direction of the fini sh line and the checkered. That left McCoy and H icks to en terta in the crowd . McCo y had a bit of a lead at midrace, but H icks began n ibb lin g away at tha t. Two laps fro m th e end, H icks took th e lead , bill McCoy got it back 200 yards lat er. In the middle o f th e last lap , Hi cks fou nd an extra few rpm in h is eng ine and ou t-power ed l\lcCo y to take the lead fo r th e fin al lime a nd the win . McCo y gal ' the hol esh ot in mot a IWO, H anna was next , then H icks. Zahrt was back in the pack somewh ere. l\IcCoy a nd H icks were o u t for blood and th eirs was th e race 10 wat ch. H icks too k th e lead a t the sta n of lap lWO, a nd that was th e race. H e put a ni ce margin between h im self and McCo y and went on for the win - in the 125cc class. Zahrt fought h is wa y up to seco nd overa ll by the midd le o f th e race, but was not ab le to close on Hicks. Tha t did n 't matter ahrt ha d the 250cc class wi n in sin ce Z h is lea the rs, Back in th e O pen class, Ra v had fixed hi s shock between rnot os a nd swept to th e second rnot o win. Dane Wigington followed Ray in second p lace and took seco nd overall in the O pen class . Th e Vets a nd the O pe n Beg in ners rode toget her, bu t tha t did n 't ha m pe r Zahrt , wh o was lon g go ne at the sta n and 1l101 0red directlv 10 the win in bo th mo tos , Expert \ ret Mark Hell er a nd In term ed ia te Vet Ro bert T ippi t had a maj or figh t in bo th more s. T ippit took a pair of firsts to win the In termed ia te class, wh il e H ell er was seco nd beh ind Zahrt. Greg Faust had a seco nd a nd a first in the Open Beg in ner class to ge t first o verdl\. All th e Int ermedi ates ran IOgether a nd th e 125s kind of got lost in lhe crowd. Ch ris Rod zinski sW!lp pt-d first a nd seco nd wi th Er!

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