Kawasaki-mounted Tyson Vohland of California topped all comers during MTGP Ultracross action, held in Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
Yamaha rider Doug Dubach collected 23 points to finish second, only
two points off Vohland's winning tally of 26 points.
Mickey Thompson's Off-Road Championship
Gran Prix Series: Round 7
Vohland victorious
at L.A. UItracross
By Jim Smith
Photos by Beverly Gossman
LOS ANGELES, CA, JULY 25
Kawasaki rider Tyson Vohland, from
Sacramento, California, captured top
honors inside the Los Angeles Memorial
Coliseum after beating Yamaha rider Doug
Dubach and Honda-mounted
Jon Nelson at the MTGP
Ultracross. Vohland spon.
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sored by AraI Helmets, Scott
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USA and Hi-Point, collected 25
points, edging Dubach's 23-point
tally.
Tonight's 250cc Ultracross consisted of two heats, 16 riders each,
with the top 10 finishers of each
qualifying for the main. The fastest
qualifying times went to Vohland on
his Team Green Kawasaki, Dubach,
Jeff Matiasevich on a Kawasaki, and
SCOll Burnworth riding a Honda.
These riders were awarded points
toward the Uhracross Series
Championship.
In heat one the riders lined up on
the half-mile-type turn, running the
course in the opposite direction as
the cars, ATVs, buggies, trucks,
wheelbarrows, etc. Shaun Wooten
got through the first run ahead of
everybody else, followed by Hondamo~nted.GarySemics, V~hland and
Mauasevlch. Marty Smith worked
his way up through the traffic, and
by the third lap it was Wooten,
Vohland, Smith and Matiasevich,
with Semics dropping to fifth. It was
fairly close, with the second through
fifth positions changing every lap.
The finish was Wooten, Matiasevich,
Smith, Vohland and Semics.
Heat two Was a real thriller,
especially for those in the crowd who
liad never seen a motocross before.
Dubach quickly got the lead in the
first half of. lap one, but the real
crowd pleaser in this race was
Burnworth, as he chewed his way
back from a bad start to capture
second place. These races were, for
the sake of the program, kept short,
so it was doubly impressive to see
that. much passing gomg on. No one
