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Craig Truglio (4 8) finished second behind J erry Harv ey (1 6) in the 60cc class. Ray Crumb made th ings difficult all day for 125 and 250cc Pro class winner Tallo n Vo hland. J eff In gram (1 7) leads Greg A llen (3 7 ) an d Pete Whipple (4 5) at the sta rt of t he 1 2 5cc N ovice D -1 class. GFI California Winter M X Series North : Round 3 · Vohland t akes two at White Wolf' . By Donnetta and Bob Murray Photos by Bob Murray ARV IN , CA, J AN. 28 Kawasaki Team Green 's Tallon Vohland made his presence known at the third round of the GFI Wi n ter MX Series Nor th by winning bo th the '125 and 250cc Pro classes at White Wolf Race Track near Arvin j "II' F e ow Ka~asak i nid er R ay J Crumb made Jl tough on Vohland by taking the win in th e Iirsr 250cc Pro moto and by p ush in g Voh land to the max in a ll fou r- Pro motos of the day . . Crumb snagged th e h olesho t in th e first 125cc Pro mal a with Vohland right on hi s tail. In a tight left turn, anoth er rider forced Vohfand into the st eep em b a n k me nt, caus i ng Vohland to go dow n . remou n t a n d resume the race in last p lan> Cru m b . sta rted 10 ru n away wi th the lead . but Vohland had rnoved to fourth p lace in just a matter of a few turns. Slo wly b ut surely, Vohla nd closed the gap until on ly Brian Roth stood between him a nd th e lead rider. Rot h eventua lly slid into a powde r berm a t the bottom of a dro p-off, fell a n d provided Vohl and with access to Crumb. In a m atter of seconds, Vohland wa s pressuri ng Crumb. Vohland fin ally accomplished h is goal wh en Crumb took the inside lin e over a sm a ll b e r m, a llowi ng Vo hlan d plenty of room to p ass on the outside. No w it was Crumb 's turn to pursu e Vo h lan d , w h ic h he did fo r the remai ni ng fina l lap. Crumb nearl y go t Vohland, when Vohland took th at same inside lin e over th e berm , b ut Voh la nd gun ned it, roosting Crumb a n d ca usin g him to fal l. .Cru m b rem o u nted in a hurry and fin ish ed secon d behi nd his nem esis. " I a lm os t ma de th e sam e mi stake as Ray," said Vo h land. " IL was a reall y goo d race." " I can ride fast, b ut I n eed so me' body right in fro n t of me or rig ht behind me, to ri de m y fastest," said Cr umb. Crumb aga in had the h oIeshot in th e first 250"" Pro m oto a nd was add in g to hi s lead with every tu rn o f the course. Vohland was la st off the lin e, m issed a shift an d th en to ok a tumbl e in a dusty corner. By the time he was goi ng aga in , h e was dead last. Behind Crumb, Tony McGrath a nd Ro th were ba ttl in g it o ut for seco n d pl ace. Roth eventually overpowered McGrath on a stra ig h ta way, bu t met his ow n block in a deep, soft turn. G etting pa st him were Mike Mennig and Vohland. With Mennig soon o ut of.Vohland's wa y, McGra th was n ext on his lis t. By th e time h e " had overtaken McGrath, Crumb wa s 12 seco nds a head of him. "I kn ew if I got u p to seco nd I would still hav e a chance at th e overall a n d I didn 't th in k I cou ld catch h im on such a short track," . sai d Vohland. ''I'm feeli ng kind o f sick today and I lost co nce ntration. I was lax in g off a nd i t almost cos t . me in the lon g run." IL di d cos t hi m the first 250cc Pro mota, as Cr u m b p us hed hi mself to keep h is strong lead, determ ined not to let Voh land ca tch h im aga in and crossed th e finish line first, followed ' by Vohland, McGra th, Mennig and Roth. It was Crum b with th e holesho ur one m ore time as th e final 125cc P ro m o ta took off . Vohland was righ t there behin d hi m , th o ugh, and h e forced h is way throu gh a n in side hole in a tu m to ta ke the lead. Crumb never let Vohland tak e a rest and th e p ace set by th e twosome quickly sep ara ted th em fro m th e rest of the fiel d . The race en ded with Vo hlan d a n d Crumb riding acro ss th e finish line fen de r -to -fen de r. T he win gave Vohland an d Crumb firs t and seco n d in th e overall class for the day, wi th R icky ·Lu tz on a Kawasaki earn in g third , Suzu ki p ilo t J ac k Azevedo in four th and Brian Swea ney abo ard a H onda takin g a fift h . Kawasaki T ea m Green 's Vohland e led th e secorid 250cc Pro race wir e-,£. to- w ire. C r u mb pressured hi m through most of the race, bu t ba cked . off in th e fin al lap wh en h e bruised . his foo t on hi s footpeg. T he pair wa s so far ahead of the pack. th a t Crumb ' wa s able to cru ise th e rem a in in g lap and still fini sh secon d behind Vo h la nd. The second moto win gave Voh la n d the 250cc Pro trop h y for the day , with Cr u mb settl ing for second. Roth. ab oard a Kaw asaki, fin ished third, while R uss Wa gem an and Menn ig , both on Yamahas , finished fourth a nd fifth , resp ectively. In the Vet Pro co ntes t. Honda rider Irv Achz ige r was ab le 10 open up hi , lead in t hr se' les wi th a n overall win