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Hot
Seat Powersports.com's Justin
Waters celebrated Spring Break
with a top ten finish at Lake
Havasu
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Boise, ID (3/23/2011) -
Crazy Horse Campground is always one of
the most-anticipated races each season for
the World Offroad Championship Series, because
of the unique beach-front racing and big
crowds that turn out. This year it didn't
disappoint - racers or spectators.
A Junior at UNLV, Justin Waters has made
the trek to race WORCS at Havasu a half
dozen times and always expects the most
brutal conditions, especially by race-end.
This year though, he was surprised.
“The track didn't get as rough
as it has in the past. That might be because
we only went an hour and a half instead
of two. Or maybe it's because of the equipment
I'm running this year; or maybe the extra
training I've been doing. It was kind
of nice.”
Waters focused extra attention on the
suspension of his Yamaha YFZ450R in practice
on Friday, working with Fox Racing Shox
to fine-tune his shocks. It paid off.
With a good reaction time to the dead-engine
start for Sunday's Main event, he thought
he'd be in the lead pack. However when
he looked over at the first turn, he saw
that all the other riders got a good start
too, so it was a full field battle right
off the drop of the flag. While the lead
riders seemed to have inhuman speed (Jeremie
Warnia and Josh Frederick), much of the
pack raced competitively the entire time
and there was a lot of shuffling through
the field.
“At Havasu sometimes you're just
glad to clear that lagoon jump the FIRST
time! This year that just wasn't enough.
I had to push myself as long as I could
but did finally start going the long way
around towards the end – it just
wasn't worth what it was taking out of
me. But luckily so did a lot of other
riders.”
Mid-race Justin was running in 10th,
then 9th after a clean pit stop for gas
and goggles. On the last lap a rider fell
back and he grabbed one more spot to finish
in 8th, stepping up to the pay window
for the first time this season.
Up next is Round 4, April 22-24 at Cahuilla
Creek MX, Anza CA.
| 2011
WORCS ATV Series - Round 3 - Crazy
Horse - Lake Havasu, AZ |
| Place |
Name |
Hometown |
| 1 |
Jeremie Warnia |
Lake Elsinore, CA |
| 2 |
Josh Frederick |
Moapa, NV |
| 3 |
Dustin Nelson |
El Cajon, CA |
| 4 |
Beau Baron |
Atascadero, CA |
| 5 |
David Haagsma |
Bakersfield, CA |
| 6 |
Dirkie Baard |
El Cajon, CA |
| 7 |
Michael Cafro |
Bonsal, CA |
| 8 |
Justin Waters |
Las Vegas, NV |
| 9 |
Jarrod McClure |
Kaska, PA |
| 10 |
Dillon Zimmerman |
Murrita, CA |
Justin Waters
- racing to the podium with:
HotSeat Powersports, Yamaha, Teixeira
Tech, Fox Shox, Maxxis, Blingstar, Devil
Exhaust America, Precision Racing Products,
Moose Racing, Motion Pro, Easton Handlebars,
Scott USA, K&N Filters, Rekluse, DP
Brakes, Powermadd, G4 Graphics, Quadtech,
Spider Grips, DWT, Rockwell Watches, HEP,
Novik Gloves, Prone To Rage Clothing
