Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

~ M oroeROSS 16th CMClValvolineGolden State Nationals: Round 2 ~ ~ O verall 250cc Pro class winner T yson Vohland (V27) leads bro th er Tallon (26), Ro y Snellingen (IL) and Rich Taylor (74). David Pingree (23) smoked the 125cc Intermediate class into turn one. An ders Svard vi k (53) and T y Kad y (3T) follow . Vohland, Snellingen smoke'em at Marysville By Donn Maeda MARYSVILLE, CA. JAN. 4·5 yso n Vohla nd and Roy Snellingen were the big winners at ro und two of the CMC Golden Sta te Nation als, held at Marysvill e's sandy E Street track. Voh land posted a pai r of runner-up finis hes aboa rd his NCYI Yo ko /R egi n a /D unl op/M Olul /Pro Circui t/Ren tha llScott/Shoei-backed Yamaha YZ250 to score the overa ll win in the 250cc Pro class, and backed it up wit h a strong second overall in the l25cc Pro class behind Snellingen. Snellingen, aboard a R&D Racingl AXO ·backed Suzuki RM125, scored h is second consec utive win of the series in convinci ng style, and returned in the 250cc Pro class to finis h third overa ll. T 14 Despite the heavy rain that fell through ou t the week prior to the race, 601 riders showed up to compe te over the weekend of racing. Racers enjoyed two dry motos of competitio n, as the rain stopped falling at the begi nni ng of each day. Tyson 's brother, Tallo n Vohland, had the' quickest clutch hand at the start of the opening l25cc Pro moto and led Ka wa sa k i T eam Green's Danny Nelson, Snellingen and Scott McElroy into turn o ne. Snellinge n roos ted past Nelso n in th e :h: d turn and set after Vohl and, but met little success. Vohland circled the trac k with a co mfortable thr ee-second lead over Snelli nge n, who in turn enjoyed a five- second cus hion over Nelson. McElroy held fifth until la p five, whe n T eam Suzuki's Steve Lamson motored past. Spud Walters passed McElro y a few turns later, and soon found his way pa st Lamson. " T he bike is brand new, " said Lamson. " We did n 't really break it in right, and I thi nk the motor sta rted to seize up, " All looked well for Vohland un til he lost con trol in a wet section of the track , and took a trip over th e bars on the last lap of the eight· lap rnoto, Snellingen was happy to assume the lead , while Voh la nd scram bled 10 remount. Snellingen greeted the checkered flag first, a head of Voh land, Nelson , Wal ters and Lamson. " I like th is type of san dy track," said Sne llingen. " It's like the trac ks in Norway. Everything went well, bu t I had 10 take my goggles off near the end and it slowed me do wn a bi t." " I hit a wet section, and th e sand j us t gra bbed my shoc k linkage," said Voh land, wh o will contes t the 1992 l 25cc World Ch ampi onships a s a member of the Carpi Suzuki team. " T he next thing 1 knew 1 was sai ling over the bars ." Randy Moody blasted off the line in th e second moto, with Lamson, T yso n Vohland, Snellingen and Scott Myers only inches behind. Moody went wid e in turn four, and dropped to fifth . Lamson assumed the point position, and began to establish an immediate lead. Vohland settled comfortably in to seco nd , whil e Snell inge n cru ised around the track in third. Meanwh ile, Myers fell off the pace aft er the second lap and dropped 10 fifth beh ind Mo ody and a hardcharging Ray Crumb. On lap six, Lamson' s motor bogged as he approached a downhill double j um p , and he was sp it over the bars. Sha ken bu t unin jured, Lamson retired for the day . Vohland scored the moto win ahead of Snelli nge n, Moody and Crumb, but i t was Sne ll ingen who sco red th e o vera ll win. Vohland's second moto win o ffset hi s fir st -moto se ven th eno ugh 10 secu re second overall , while Nelson sco red third via 3-6 moto scores. " I kn ew that 1 had the overa ll win, so I j us t rod e as fast as 1 needed 10," said Snell inge n. "I fell a couple of times in the first moto, tha t kinda spoiled it for me," said Vohland. "Things went bette r in the second moto, th ough." Snellingen blasted out of the gate in the first 250cc Pro moto with Tyson and Tallon Vohland, Rich Taylor and Myers in hot pursuit. Tyson Vohland fou nd a fast line in the far section of the track and assumed the lead, while Tay lor swapped to the ground whi le exiting a deeply rutted tu rn . Meanwhile, Lamson set a torr id pace after suffering a poor start and began to forge his way to wards the front of the pac k. By lap three, La mso n was breathin g do wn Ta llon 's neck for third. Lamson passe d Tallon in a whooped ou t sectio n, and quickly reeled in Sne llingen. On lap five Snell inge n had tro uble getti ng by a lapped rider, and La mson stu ffed hi s way into second. Once into second, L am son cl o sed the ga p between h im self and Tyson , and bounced past o n th e last lap. Lamson scored th e win, a he a d of Tyson, Snellington and Tallon. " I didn 't get th at great a start," said Lamson. " Bu t 1 was able to work through traffic prett y easily: 1just kept plugging awa y, and 1 got T yson o n the last lap when he bobbled. " Rodney Smith took con trol at the star t of rnot o two, with Tallon, Myers, Sn ellingen and Tyson trai ling. On lap one, T all on soa red past Smi th and into th e lead . O nce o ut front, Tallo n set sail, as he was never serio us ly ch allenged througho ut the sho rte ned sixlap moto. Tyson was next to stri ke, as he jumped past Snellingen and sn uc k u n der Myers to m o ve into secon d. Sne llingen also di sp la ced Myers, and fin ished an event ua l th ird. T yson 's more co nsistent 2-2 scores edged hi s brother's 4-1 for the overall, wh ile Snellingen was th ird overall, via hi s 3-3 finishes. " I just told myself to calm down and ride," said T allon. "I was riding too hard earlier, and it wasn 't working." " Once I got into second, I kn ew th at gave me th e overa ll a n d T all on second," said T yson . "'This is o ne of o ur hom e trac ks, and we always seem to do well here." . Eurocycles / Yoko-s po nso red Carlo Hulsen snagged the holesh ot i n the first 500cc Pro mo to, j ust ah ead of Rich Taylor , Dan Berg and J eff Pestana. Hulsen began to open an im mediate lead, alt ho ugh Taylo r had h is Rad n ' Bad-b acked Honda scream ing in an a ttempt to stay with the lead er. Pestana found hi s way past Berg on lap four,

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