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Gary Sailors (14) leads Jeremy McGrath (12). Paul Vlach (16). Tyson IVohland (2) and Dennis Erickson (58) at the start of the main. Mickey Thompson Off-Road Championship Gran Prix Series: Round 6 - Vohlands pound Pas'adena Ultracross By Ken Faught PASADENA, CA, MAY 6 Sacramento, California's Tyson and Tallon Vohland proved to be the ones to beat in the 250cc Ultracross at the. Pasadena Rose Bowl. The brothers finished 1-2 in the main Series points leader Jim Holley (1) finished the main fifth. while points runner-up Brian Manley crashed and took 10th at the finish. . Tyson Vohland (2) led his brother Tall,on across the finish line to pick up his third consecutive Ultracross victory. event in front of nearly 45,000 spectators and the win moved , . I Tys~n closer to ~nan Man ~y, who s second, 10 the senes points standings. The Ulrracross format is rather unique. First the riders run in timed qualfiers to determine their starting position in one of two heat races. Once the riders transfer to a heat race they are placed in one of 12, twoman rows. The start is inverted with the faster riders starting in the rear d th I 'd I di IT an e sower n e~s ea ng 0 up fronL Then h ' nders who place the . h' h high en.oug I~ t en eat race the fmal where ff' I advance mtoed An MTEG they are .. agam mver~ . 0 loa draws a number out of a b?x, and wh~tever ~umber th«:y draw IS where th~ mvemng s~ts With the h~t-ra~e WI';1ners. Addmonal champIOnship pomts are awarded for every opponent a rider passes on his way to the' ch~ered.fIag in both ~he heat an~ malO. This way of seonng makes It possible for a rider who fin.ishes in the. back. of the pack to gal~ more senes pomts than the event Winner, During the timed qualifiers Team Green Kawasaki/MS Racing/Pro Circuit/DBP/PRO-TEC/Sudco/ Bell/Smith-sponsord Manley stopped the clocks with a 28.429 second lap. Jamie Munson was second with a 28.934, narrowly topping Tyson VoWand by .06~ seconds. When the flIst heat race rolled around, Cagiva's Mike Young came from the third row to top Manley . after a race-.long battle. Y?ung gated sec?nd behmd Bub~a Enckson, ~ut q.ulckly shot p~st his fellow CaglVa nder on the first lap for ~e lead. Manley,whostartedmtheslXt~row, also charged hard and found himself in~o third place on '!It; third lap. With thr~ laps .remammg Manley worked hl~ way. mto th~ runner~up slot after displacmg Jamie Morabito. Unfortunately for Manley time ran . ou t and Young t00 k the wm. T yson VoWand netted third ahead of Terry Fower an d J eremy MeG ra. I th Series point leader Jim Holley collected the gold in the second heat race of the night. The YarnahalPJII Accurate Racing/O'Neal/lOO%/Dirt Bike Magazine/Scon/Arai-sponsored rider came from the second row to lead Suzuki-mounted Chris Young the whole distance. Craig Davis Tallon VoWand and Munson rounded out the top five. As the 18 riders lined up for the main event, Gary Sailors and Tim McClintock were on row one with Erickson and Paul Vlach sitting right behind them on row two. McGrath and Munson occupied row three with Tyson Vohland and Fowler holding down row four.