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IN THE WIND
American Tallon Vohland (Kaw) scored
the overaJl win at the World Championship 250cc Motocross round in Kester,
Belgium, August 18. Vohland finished
second in both motos, while a first-place
finish in the first moto and a fourth in
the second gave defending champ Stefan Everts (Hon) second overall. The
series points leader going into the event,
Belgian Marnique Bervoets (Suz),
crashed twice in the first moto, earning
just four points, but came back and won
the second moto in front of his come
crowd. Despite winning the second
moto, Bervoets saw Everts take over the
series lead, 355-347, with just one round
left in the series, in Switzerland, September 1. Vohland is third in the series
with 335 points.
Matt Hines (Suz) won the eighth round
of the NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle
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Paul Pinsonnault (Hon) and Lou Gerencer (H-D) won the 540 and 800cc
classes, respectively, in round seven of
the AMA National Hillclimb Series in
Manson, Massachusetts, on August 18.
Pinsonnault topped David Watson
(Hon) and Michael Templeton (Hon)
while Gerencer held off Willie Price (HD) and Mickey Dent (H-D).
Spud Walters (Hon) turned in a 2-2
moto tally to win the overall in the
AMA Western Sound of Thunder Four-
or the first time since 1982, the
U.S. World Trophy team scored a
podium finish at the International
Six-Day Enduro when the team, made
up of defending anonal Enduro
Champion Ty Davis (Kaw), ational
Reliability Enduro Champion Rodney
Smith (Suz), five-time National
Enduro Champion Randy Hawkins
(Suz), former enduro champ Steve
Hatch (Suz), Chris Smith (Hon) and
multi-time Hare Scrambles and Cross
Country Champion Scott Summers
(Hon), landed third place at the 71st
ISDE in Hameenlinna, Finland,
August 12-17.
It was a battle to the finish for the
top five positions, involving teams
from Finland, Italy, Sweden, the
Czech Republic and the United States,
with the host-country team Finland
emerging as victor. it was the country's first-ever win in ISDE competition, and also was the first time the
event was held there. The defending champions from Italy finished second, followed
by the United States the Czech Republic and France. In all, 14 countries fielded World
Trophy teams.
The United States didn't fare as well in the Junior World division, finishing seventh
out of 10 teams. Finland was again the winner, followed by Sweden, Italy, France and
the Czech Republic. The U.s. Junior World team was made up of Brian Storrie (Kaw),
Mike Lafferty (KTM), Don Knapp (KTM) and William Hamilton (Hus), a last-minute
replacement for Darryll Conner, who was injured while practicing at home only a few
weeks before the event. Hamilton did not finish the event after breaking his foot on
day two.
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For the first time ever a team from the United States won the highly competitive
Club Team division. Guy Cooper, Fred Hoess and John Nielsen, of the Daytona Dirt
Riders, took top honors, defeating 42 other teams.
The overall individual winner was KTM rider Giovanni Sala of Italy, who also won
the 175cc class (for motorcycles 175cc and larger). Husqvarna-mounted riders topped
the remaining three classes: Finland's Petteri Silvan won the 12Scc class; Sweden's
Anders Eriksson topped the 400cc Four-Stroke class, and Finland's Kari Tiainen aced
the 500cc Four-Stroke class.
Finishing second overall to Sala was Great Britain's Paul Edmondson (G-G), followed by Silvan, Davis and Finnish rider Jani Laaksonen (Hon). Frenchman Stephane
Peterhansel (yam), last year's overall individual winner, took ninth.
This year's "Top American" honors - based on total evaluation points over the
entire six days - went to Kawasaki I