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Tallon Vohland (1 9 ) leads the start of the 500cc Pro class; Vohland won both the 500 and 125cc Pro classes. Steve Lamson (10 ) iNon the 250cc Pro class with a 2 -1 ta lly; Mike Healey (37 ) won the f irst moto. CMC/Dodge Truck Golden State Nationals: Round 3 Vohland, Lamson shine at Prairie City By Donn Maeda R AN CH O CO RDOVA, CA , JAN . 20-21 T allon Vohland and Steve Lamson dominated the Pro classes at the third round of th e 14th Annual CMC Golden S ta te Nationals held at Prairie City OHV P ark. Voh land topped both the 125 and 250cc Pro classes while . '. h L a mson earned l h e WIn In l e 250cc Pro class . 16 This weeke nd th e series headed to no rthern California , more th a n 500 m iles away from th e previous ro u nd in th e so u the rn portio n of th e state. Even so, more tha n 700 dedicated racers made th e long tre k 'to H angtown an d were trea ted to a specia lly prepared race track. R yan Pederso n ho lesh o t the fir st I25cc P ro m ot o, but Lamson qu ickl y wo r ke d p a st a n d in to th e lea d . Kawasa ki T eam Green ri der Vohland fo llowed La mson p ast Peders on an d began to p ressure th e Suzuki rid er . for firs t. Mea nwhile, KTM's Mik~ H ealey had work~d up fr?m a fair start a nd wa s tr ying to fmd a wa y around Pederso n . At th e halfway point, Lamson lost co ntrol i n a tu rn and parted co m p any with his bike. Voh land took over th e lead , and Lamson recovered in time to remo un t in fourth beh ind Pederson an d H eal ey. Voh land proceeded to o pen u p a co m fortable lead, a nd tak e th e checkere d flag ahead of Pederson, H eal ey an d Lamson. Pederson grabbed the hol esho t in rno to two ahead of Lamson, Craig Cancy a nd T yson Voh la nd. Tallon Voh land a nd H ea ley bo th su ffered mi d pack sta rts . L am son st u ffe d u nder Pederson in a turn an d ro de away from th e pack wh ile Tallon Vohland worked th rough traffic a nd took o ver third p lace behind broth er T yso n . H ea ley moved up to cha l- ยท lenge th e front- runners a fter he fell o n the fir st lap a nd remounted last. Tallon passed Tyson, w ho was riding w ith no cl ut ch lever, and tri ed to gai n g ro u n d on Lamson, who h ad p u lled out to a h uge lead . Healey o vertoo k Tyson Vo hland near the en d of th e rn o to , but ra n o ut of time before he co u ld pressure for seco nd place. La mson took an easy win over T a llon Vohla nd, Healev and Pederso n. Ta llo n Vo h lan d's (-2 scored the o verall win, whil e La m son 's 4- 1 beat out H ea ley's '3-3 for the ru nner -up po sition. Mike Fisher stole th e hol eshot in th e open ing 250cc Pro moto, but right o n h is tai l were L amson and But ch Smith. Whi le Fi sher and Lamson bega n to pu ll aw ay, Healey was wo r kin g up from a near las t p lac e sta rt. By lap fi ve, H eal ey h ad worked into th ird and set his sights o n th e leaders. H eal ey rai led past Fisher as the y began to la p slower riders and began to reel in Lamson. H ea ley a nd La mso n engaged in a heated d uel th at carried them well ahe ad of Fish er. H eal ey took th e lea d o ver an u phill j um p , but fell o n th e last lap , allowing La mson to scoot by. H eal ey remou nted in second a nd rode like a madman trying to repass Lamson. H ea ley took th e lead just before th e checkered flag , follo wed b y La mso n, Fi sh er a n d Dean Ma tson. Lamson timed the, ga te perfect ly in the seco nd moto, leading H ea ley, Lowell T homson and Fisher onto th e track. Lamson and H ea ley pulled away from the pa ck as they a rg ue d o ver th e lead, Fishe r ove rtook T homso n a nd tried to cho p away a t th e. fro m -ru n ne r's lead . O n la p seven . H eal ey swa p pe d ou t o n a n uph ill a nd went down h ard.; T h is left Lamso n a ll a lo ne up Iro n u to ta ke a n easy wi n ahead o f Fish er, T homson and Ma tson. ~ I saw H eal ey's sha dow swap o ut o n th e uph ill," stat ed La mson, " so i I j u st cru ised 10 th e fini sh ." H ea ley pu lled off th e track wi th , a n injured shou lde r. T he 500cc P ro ac tio n saw Marc Peters roa r o u t of the gate in th e fir st rnoro a head of. T all on Vohland, Heal ey and Bri an Wh eeler. Vohland a n d H ea ley q ui ckl y work ed p ast Peters and engaged in a dogfight th at carried them far ahead of th e pa ck. Hea ley forced his way past Vo hl a nd ; a n d held 0[[ th e H an g to wn local unt il the la st lap whe n hi s bi g KT M fo u led a spark pl ug. T he crowd , roa red as H eal ey' s bike sp u tte red to / a ha lt j ustin fro nt o f hom e fav orite , Voh land , wh o was cha rg ing hard. ' T h e two co llided a nd went down,( th en scrambled ' to get the ir bi kes, a p art. Hea ley was u p first b u t his bike fail ed to start, a nd Vohland took the win. Wheeler, who is ' visi ti ng from , England to p repare for the 500cc ' G Ps , took second a head of R o y Sche llengberger, H ea ley push ed h is f bi ke across th e line in sevent h p la ce. Cra ig Dav is holeshot th e second m oto ahead of Voh la nd, Peters, and Wh eel er. Vo hland wasted no time and tracto red into firs t, hopi ng to o pe n a lead o n H eal ey, who got a r 10th p lace start. H eal ey worked in to seco nd by lap three and set hi s sights: o n Vo h land . Hea ley sa iled p as u Voh land on a down hi ll jump a nd overtook th e lead posi tio n. Voh land . tri ed to rep ass, but th e KTM pi lot rode a flawl ess rac e and took the , moto w in ahead of Vohland, Davis a nd Wheeler. Chris Conn er led th e l 25cc Beginner Division O ne class down I the start o f the first moio, a nd rode away to the moto win uncon tested.t . J immy Lavorici a nd ' Mike Mo uri thad a close battle that sa w Lavorici co m e out on top. La rs Eri k L a rSSOn! was a distam fou rt h . La rsson storm ed b a ck w it h a vengeance in moto two a nd pro-. 'ceeded to smoke everyone from start to fi nish. Sha y Fre twe ll tri ed to chas e; down Larsson , but had his hands fu ll trying to hol d off Seth Torrey ,. Torrey tr ied a n um ber of times to take over seco nd, bu t Fre twe ll rode a steady race a nd held o n to th e: fini sh . Larsson took the moto a nd overall win ahea d of Fret well , Torrey, an d Con ner. The .Morgan brothers domi n a ted , the Pee Wee ra ces thi s we eke nd, . takin g first and seco nd overa ll. Brian Morga n look the firs t rnot o w in wi th a co m fo rta ble lead over Bra n do n! Morgan, who was h old in g off the , advance s of Jimmy Stewa rt. Chris 1 M cNatt a n d Ta nya Fa u l k n en: en gaged in a ba tt le th at carr ied th em , to fo u rth and fifth in the first moto. Bra ndon Mo rgan p u lled o u t the stops in th e seco nd mot a and ran . a way with th e victory over Daniel Blair, w ho eme rged fro m mid packs to ta ke seco nd. Firs t mot o wi nner. I Bria n Morgan h eld 0[[ Stewart to finish third . Tommy C lowers fought off th e attacks o f Dana Wi ggins in the openi ng 125cc Interm ed iat e moto, a n d th e duo o pe ne d up a sizeab le lead over third pl ace fini sher Joe Bru ce. Ra ym o nd Antho ny led th e race in the ea rl y stages a nd seem ed to b p u lling away, but was slowed by a flat tire and dropped to sixth . ) C lowers a n d Wiggins resu m ed th eir ba ttle in moto two , but this ti m e