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GM orDeROSS Rocky Mountain Region $20,000 Invitational ~. T on y Gra ves (66) holeshot the 125c Pro class ahead of Steve Leidberg (48), Jeff Glass (54), Chris Young (85) and Jimmy Gaddis (55). Tyson Vohland (beh ind Leidberg) won. (L to R) T yson Vohlan d, Tony Graves and Jimmy Gaddis were the big money winners. Vohland and Gaddis each topped a class, while Graves posted two runner-up finishes. Vohland, Gaddis, Graves score at Sweetwater By Don Schn eider ROCKSPRINGS, WY,AUG.17·18 awasaki's Tyson Vohland, Suzuki's Jimmy Gaddis and privateer Tony Graves were the big money winners at the $20,000 Sweetwater Co. Invitational MX. Pro class winners Gaddis and Vohland took home the lar gest chunk of cash at $4500 each, . while Graves collected $2075 for K finishing second in both the 125 and 250cc Pro divisions. The Coors Light /Coca-Colal H a rdee 's-vsp o n so red even t at the Sweetwater County Fairgrounds attracted 60 professionals and many amateur riders. Vohland jumped out to the early lead in the first l25cc Pro moto on Saturday , ahead o f G raves , Chris Young , Sha wn Mor ga , Gaddis a nd Brian Cal l. ' Gaddis was the first to make a move, passin g bo th Young and Morga and settling int o thi rd . The Suzuki rider then set ou t after Graves, who was cha llenging ' leader Vohl and. Graves soo n su rre n de re d hi s p osition. to Gaddis when Graves bobbled in a turn. " My front tire got caught in the rut as I tried to blow through the berm," Graves said. The two riders raced side-by-side . down th e next straight with Gaddis edging by Graves. Graves, however, didn 't give up and chased Gaddis down to the finish, but couldn't find enough daylight to pass. Morga event uall y snatched fourth away from Young down th e long start! stra igh t section. . Graves blasted hi s Honda CRl25 in to the earl y lead in moto two, but :both Vohland an d Gaddis had motored around him by the third lap. Graves kep t the pressure on Gaddis as the three leaders pull ed away from the rest of the pa ck. • Voh lan d, Gaddis and Graves battled dow n to th e wire, with Vohland holdi ng on for the win with Gaddis finishing second and Graves th ird . You ng finished fourth with Glass tak ing fifth at th e line, ahea d of J ackson. Leidberg and Gaddis took the lead ahea d of Glass, Jeremy Middough and Graves at the start of Sunday's first 250cc Pro moto. Graves, however, put a mo ve on Middough, knocking him over a berm, and that also gave Sommo enough room to make a pass. Shortly thereafter, Gaddis roosted by Leidberg for the lead and held on to it for good. While Gaddis led the way, riders wer e battling back and forth for pos itions throughout the moto. Glass even tually crossed the finish line in second, with Sommo a close third. Voh land, who had crashed early in the moto, worked back up through the pack to nail down third, while Graves, wh o had lost time in a mudbog, fin ished fifth . Early front-runners Pederson and Pestana were knocked ou t of contention by mech anical problems. Peder - son dropped back to sixth after hi s cha in derailed, and Pestana ended up 23rd with his bik e's transmission stuc k in th ird gear . Graves jam med into the lead a t the start of the second moto and he ld on to it until the halfw ay poi n t when Vohland and Gaddis closed in . Voh land soo n took over th e lead and Gaddis dropped Graves to third. "The suspe nsion was fading hard, and I was having trouble keeping the bike straightened out ' through the gnarly sections," Graves said. " I knew it was just a matter of time before someone was going to cat ch me. Vohland and Gaddis duked it out for the remainder of the race, with Voh land hanging on for a narrow victory . Ped erson moved into third after ' pa ssing Graves; while Sommo captured fifth after slipping by Glass. I:ll Results SAT URD AY 125 PRO: I. Ty son Voh land; 2. Jimmy Gad dis; ~ . Tony Graves; 4. Ch ris You ng; 5. Shaw n Morga : 6. Jeff Glass; 7. Steve Leidbe rg: 8. J eff Pestan a: 9. Ray Somma ; 10. Larry J ackson. 60: I. Justin Delaware: 2. J osep h Gu ill ian; 3. Summer Delaware: 4. Brian Arm stron g; 5. Terry Arms tro n g. 80 NOV 7·11: I. j usti n Dela ware; 2. Roc ky Delaware; 3. Ryan Cook. 80 NOV 12-16: l.]ason Bau cu m; 2. Brian L und ell ; 3. Welsey Kirchner. 80 EX·AM : I. Aaron Deg ose. 80 EX: I. J erem y Die!; 2. Kipp Posey; 3. Rya n Ragland; 4. Pete Bushmon; 5. justin Armstrong. 125 NOV : I. Bryan Walk er; 2. Ryan Coats; 3. Kipp Posey; 4. jared Egley; 5. Bob Bari ster . OVER 30: I. Mike Ward; 2. Patrick Doak; 3. Dean Halverson; 4. leU Swope ; 5. Darv in Schieva. VET EX: I. Dave Donaldson; 2. Mike Birdsle y; 3. Dave Picken ; 4. Ed Perriton; 5. Randy Val es. O PEN AM: I. Robbie Tall; 2. Sean Souder; 3. Ja son Ban. SUNDAY 250 P RO: I. J im Gaddis; 2. Tyson Vohla nd; 5. Ray Sommo; 4. J eff G lass; 5. Chad Peder son ; 6. Tony Grav es; 7. Chris Young; 8. Larry jackson ; 9. Shawn Morga; 10. Joe WrighL 60 STK: I. Unkno wn; 2. jacob Bluem . 60 MO D: I. Justin Delaware; 2. T yler Centin i; 3. Cody Delaware. 807-11: I. Justin Delaware; 2. Ryan Cook; 3. Rock y Delaware. 80 12-t6 : I. J ason C ha vez, WMN: I. Karr i Nash: 2. Step ha ne Loo mis. 80 EX: I. Kipp Posey; 2.Jemny Die!; 3. Ryker Smith. 125 NOV : I. Brian Walk er; 2. Kipp Posey; 3. Ryker Smith ; 4. J ared Egley. 250 NOV: I. Brian Walk er; 2. T ucker Down s; 3. Darren Thom as; 4. Sean So uders. O PEN NOV: I. Ga ry Cheney; 2.J im Q uest; 5Craig Slom a. 125 AM: I. Beau Riddl e. 250 AM: I. Steve Hutchings; 2. Chad Griffin ; 5. Sha wn Chavez; 4. J erem y Rodriqu ez. OPEN EX: I. Ra y Sommo; 2. Brian Call ; 3.Mark Lundgreen . OVER. 25: I. Scott Neilson; 2. Troy Brown ; 3. Steve Lundgreen . /