Kawasaki’s Robert Van Beekum
Wins Buffalo Bills WORCS
WORCS
ATV Racing – Round 2 – Buffalo Bills
- Primm, NV - February 11,
2012
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Muzzy's Monster
Energy Kawasaki's Robert Van Beekum took
top honors by winning WORCS round 2 at
Buffalo Bills Casino in Primm, NV
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Irvine, CA (2/15/2012) - With a
record 68 UTVs lined up for competition in the SXS
Production classes, VanBeekum knew he had his work
cut out since he had to start from the fourth row
back. When the green flag dropped for his row, VanBeekum
grabbed the holeshot and started charging. It didn’t
take long before he started catching and passing
other racers. By the first lap he had already picked
off nine UTVs and with each lap he continued gaining
ground. VanBeekum powered his Teryx around the ferocious
course at blinding speeds to take the overall win
in the SXS Production 1000 class. He currently sits
eighth overall in the points.
“That was one of the roughest tracks I’ve
ever raced in my life,” said VanBeekum.
“With all the UTVs on the track, sometimes
you couldn’t even see because there was
so much dust and sand in the air. It was like
driving through a sand storm with the sun right
on the horizon. The ruts were dug pretty deep
since the ATVs raced the track before us, so there
weren’t any consistent lines. I was pretty
much racing from hole to hole because the track
kept changing every lap. Line choice is so important
out here and you have to drive smart. These WORCS
races you have to race to finish and can’t
just go full throttle all the time.”
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Dan Kelly
piloted a bone stock Teryx 4 side-by-side
to a eighth place finish in the SxS Production
850 Class
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Before the race began on Saturday, Dan Kelly
ran into mechanical issues that left his UTV unable
to make the main event. After taking the win in
the SXS Production 850 class at Round 1, Kelly
knew he needed to find a way to race in Primm
so he could at least salvage some championship
points. At the last minute he convinced VanBeekum
to lend him a stock Teryx4 pit vehicle for the
race and Kelly was able to line up for the main
event. Armed with a stock engine and suspension,
Kelly finished the brutal course in eighth-place,
leaving him in second place in the points standings.
“The track was brutal out there,”
said Kelly. “It was one of the worst whoops
sections I have ever raced. It was non-stop whoops
from beginning to end, until you hit the short-course
section of track, which is my bag of tea. I was
wide-open on the rev-limiter and catching people
on the short course. We took a stock Teryx4 out
of the box and were able to power that baby inside
the top-ten so I’m pretty happy. I was pretty
impressed how this stock Kawasaki Teryx4 handled
on this difficult course with all the whoops,
off-camber turns, and absolutely beat up ruts.”
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WORCS
ATV Racing – Round 2 – Buffalo
Bills - February 11, 2012
SXS Production 1000 Class Results |
| Positon |
Driver |
| 1 |
ROBERT VANBEEKUM - MUZZY’S MONSTER
ENERGY KAWASAKI |
| 2 |
Ryan Piplic |
| 3 |
Phillip Martin |
| 4 |
John Frederick |
| 5 |
Keenan Rogerson |
| 6 |
TAYLOR GEORGE - FUNCO MONSTER ENERGY KAWASAK |
| WORCS
ATV Racing – Round 2 – Buffalo
Bills - February 11, 2012
SXS Production 850 Class Results |
| 1 |
MATT WHITE - KAWASAKI |
| 2 |
John McDonald |
| 3 |
DAVID LYTLE - KAWASAKI |
| 4 |
Alfredo Ramiriz |
| 5 |
Kyle Melville |
| 8 |
DAN KELLY - KAWASAKI |
| 12 |
GARRETT GEORGE - FUNCO MONSTER ENERGY KAWASAKI |
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