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00 00 0') . ........ .... V ..0 o ..... u o Scott Tyler (90) and Brad Bolton (84) lead series 'c ham p Jim Holley (2 8 ) and eve nt w inner Denny Stephenson (34) at the start of the heat race . . . . Tallon Vohland (71) f lies by Jeremy McGrath on his way to th ird in the main, but a controversial disqualification of second-place f inisher Holley for organizing a boycott moved Vohland to second . Mickey Thompson Off-Road Championship Gran Prix: Final round Stephenson wins;' title to Holley in Vegas . By Ken Faught LAS VEGAS, NV , OCT.I Team G reen Kawasaki's Denny Stephenson andYamah a' s J im Holley were the two big winners at the Sam Boyd Silver Bowl in Las Vegas. Stephenson picked up the win in both th e h ea t ยท ra ce and the main, as Holley captured th e , h . hi des ni se~Ies c: amp~ ~ns ip espite being disqualified, . 22 In the timed qualifier s, Tallon Vohland proved to be fast er than o lde r brother T yson with Stephenso n als o ea rn ing extra points for third. ' Fift een riders lined up in eig h t rows for th e sta rt o f th e seven lap hea t race. Craig Davis, wh o sta rted o n row one w i th Br ad .Bo lt o n , gra bbed the ear ly lead. bu t bobbled o ff the first jump, handing th e lead to Bolton. Before th e co m p letio n of lap o ne, Sco tt T yler moved up from th e third row to ta ke th e lea d. Aft er the sh u ffling Holley was second over Ste p he nso n , Jerem y McG ra th and Dav is. On th e seco nd lap bo th Holley a nd Stephe nson bo th shot around Ty ler ' a nd p u lle d away . H oll ey led for less tha n a lap before the Yamaha Motor Corp./O'NeallAccu rat e Container/ 100%/ Ar ai / Scou/Pla su cwerks/Di rt Bike Maga zin e-spo nsored rider lost h is front en d in a slippery ri ght-ha n d tum an d we nt down. u p front Stephenson now held a sma ll lead over T yler a nd McGrath. Tallon Vohland closed in on the top three and tri ed to hold T yson at bay. The last few laps saw an incredib le cha in of events. Bo th the Vohlands managed to get around the fas t moving McGrath a nd T yler . Wh ile br eak ing into th e top three, T yson managed to work his way aro u nd T allon a nd 'set hi s sights on Stephen son. The final lap saw T yson m ake a mad dash tow ards th e front . a nd tak e . one stab a t Stephenson's lead. Ste' p henso n held o ff T yson for th e win with Tallon finishing a di stant th ird. Before th e m ain, a ll of the rider s gathered togeth er and decided that they would n ot ride un less MTEG mad e some cha nges. " We wa nt ed some banners p laced arou nd th e wh oop sectio n for th e m ain event," sai d Holley. " In th e heat races Tyson Voh la nd an d TalIon (Vo h la nd) were cu tt ing it (the track ) a lo ng with a few o the r guys they (th e rid ers) sai d. They pu t th e banners th ere a nd we got to ri de. It was a fair race. " ' .