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(Left) Hometown hero Tallon Vohland leads Carmichael en route to his first moto win. Vohland's second place finish in moto two garnered the 27year-old rider second overall. (Below) A sixth-place finish last week at Glen H.elen was Brock sellards' best National outdoor finish ever, until he came to Hangtown and finished 5-4 to claim third. ning such a fast pace. TIley pretty much said adios to me." Johnson ended up finishing fourth in the moto, followed by Sellards. Smith, Ramsey, Antunez, Weyand Sheak rounded out the top 10. MOTOTWO As he did so many times before in the supercross season, Yamaha of Troy's Casey Lytle grabbed the holeshot, with Johnson, Coen, Carmichael, McCormick, Vohland and Ramsey in tow. Sellards did not get the start he was looking for in moto two. "I spun real bad coming out of the gate and as soon as I caught the dirt, I wheelied," Sellards said. "My bike pulled really good up the hill, though." It was not long before Sellards moved up into the front five. Carmichael moved up quickest, however, knifing through the lead trio on the first lap to find hinlself up front. It took Vohland an entire extra lap to get around Lytle and John on, and that was all the time Carmichael needed to open up a lead that was insurmountable. Vohland was not the only rider to pass the Yamaha of Troy duo of Johnson and Lytle. Both riders fell down the ranks as the moto went on. McCormick was the first to go by, but not without a tangle or two wi th Sellards. "I was battling with McCormick at the beginning, and he was just flying," Sellards said. "I was just hanging tight for a long time and trying to stay loose. I reeled Casey Johnson back in, and then I started catching Ramsey, and he had a front end slide out on hinl, and I barely got hinl. We were just throwing out a battle with like a lap and a half left. r didn't hear him after that sweeper, and I sure was glad, because it was tough riding that hard at the end of the race." After Ramsey went down, Weyand Danny Smith went by, pushing the 125cc Western Regional Su percross champ back to seventh in the moto. The three riders finished in the same order when the checkered flag came out. Johnson, Lytle and Sheak rounded out the top 10 in the moto. Even though the second moto was a Carmichael runaway, Vohland has proved that he is up to task, and his back-to-back second-overall finishes leave hinl 13 points behind Carmichael with 10 rounds to go. "Sometimes you just have to let them go," Vohland said about Carmichael's second-moto routing of the competition. "I made some mistakes out there that kind of scared me, but I just accepted it and said, 'Okay, I'll ju t take my points and go on to the next race.' Last time I was at Mount Morris, in 1990, I got second to Jean-Michael Bayle on a KX125." eN Prairie City SVRA Park Sacramento, California Results: May 16, 1999 (Round 2 of 12) 12S MOTO 1: 1. Tallon Vohland (Han); 2. Ricky Carmichael (Kaw); 3. Michael Brandes (Suz): 4. Casey Johnson (Yam): 5. Brock Sellards (Han): 6. Danny Smith (Hon); 7. Nathan Ramsey (Kaw); 8. Buddy Antuez (Suz); 9. Nick Wey (Kaw); 10. Scott Sheak (Kaw); 11. Jason McCormick (Han); 12. Travis Preston (Suz); 13. Casey Lytle (Yam); 14. Matt Walker (Yam); 15. Erick Vallejo (Kaw); 16. Kelly Smith (KTM); 17. Billy Payne (Kaw); 18. Jeff Northrop (Kaw); 19. Ernesto Fonseca (Yam); 20. Jason Thomas (Yam); 21. Rusty Holland (Hpn); 22. Ryan Clark (Kaw); 23. Robbie Horton (Yam); 24. James Povomy Jr. (Yam); 25. Carlo Coen (Yam); 26. Greg Schnell (Yam); 27. Brad Hagseth (Hon); 28. Steve Andrich (Yam); 29. Bobby Fitch (Yama); 30. Tyler Evans (Suz); 31. Iiri Dostal (Suz); 32. Robbie Skaggs (Suz); 33. Michael Young (Yam); 34. Mark Tilley (KTM); 35. Branden Jesseman (Suz); 36. Isaiah Johnson (Yam); 37. Jimmy Wilson (Yam); 38. Ryan Duff (Yam); 39. Chad Pederson (Suz); 40. David Pingree (Suz). 125 MOTO 2: 1. Ricky Carmichael (Kaw); 2. Tallon Vohland (Hon); 3. Jason McCormick (Han); 4. Brock Sellards (Hon); 5. Nick Wey (Kaw); 6. Danny Smith (Han); 7. Nathan Ramsey (Kaw); 8. Casey Johnson (Yam); 9. Casey Lytle (Yam); 10. Scott Sheak (Kaw); 11. Travis Preston (Suz); 12. Buddy Antunez (Suz); 13. Erneslo Fonseca (Yam)' 14. Michael Brandes (Suz); IS. Erick Vallejo (Kaw); Rynn C1nrk (l<&lw); 17. Robbie Horton (Yam); 18. Tyler Evans (Suz); 19. Jeff Northrop (Kaw); 20. Jnmes Povolny Jr. (Yam): 21. Steve Andrich (Yam); 22. Brad Hagseth (Hon); 23. Jin Dostal (Suz); 24. Branden Jesseman (Suz); 25. Jason Thomas (Yam); 26. Greg Schnell (Yam); 27. Bobby Fitch (Yam); 28. Mark Tilley (KTM); 29. Carlo Coen (Yam); 30. Ryan Duff (Yam); 31. Matt Walker (Yam); 32. Robbie Skaggs (Suz); 33. Michael Young (Yam); 34. Rusty Holland (Hon); 35. Kelly Smith (KTM); 36. Billy Payne (Kaw); 37. [saiah Johnson (Yam); 38. Chad Pederson (Suz); 39. David Pingree (Suz); 40. Jimmy Wilson (Yam). lit. O/A: 1. Ricky Carmichael (Kaw); 2. TaUon Vohland (Han); 3. B'ock Sellacds (Han); 4. Casey Johnson (Yam); 5. Jason McCormick (Hon); 6. Danny Smith (Hon); 7. Nick Wey (leaw); S. Nathan Ramsey (Kaw); 9. Michael Brandes (Suz); 10. Scott Sheak (Kaw); 11. Buddy Antunez (Suz); 12. Casey Lytle (Yam); 13. Travis Preston (Suz); 14. Erick Vallejo (Kaw); 15. Ernesto Fonseca (Yam); 16. Matt Walker (Yam); 17. Ryan Oark (!

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