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INTERVIEW OF THE WEEK: PEKKA VEHKONEN
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Pekka Vehkonen wasn’t the most famous Grand Prix racer ever. In fact, he wasn’t even the best motocross racer to come out of Finland (that honor belongs to Heikki Mikkola).
However, Vehkonen had a prosperous career as a factory Yamaha and Cagiva racer. Pekka won the FIM World title in , seven GPs, along with 12 FIM GPs. Not only that, but the fast Finn finished second place four consecutive times in the class.
MXA’s European correspondent, Massimo Zanzani, attended the annual Transborgaro event in Italy. He ran into Vehkonen and sat down with the ex-champ to talk about racing in the s.
By Massimo Zanzani
Vehkonen (2) finished sixth in the s division at the Transborgaro race in Italy.
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Jeff Matiasevich (1) led a Team USA sweep of the event. However, “Chicken” doesn’t have a World title to his credit like Mr. Vehkonen.
How did you get involved in motocross? My uncle Kalevi Vehkonen was a very good G