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Teixeira
Tech's Justin Waters' Yamaha YFZ450R
ATV prepped for WORCS Round 8 at
Race Town 395 |
Tracy, CA (10/31/2011)
– Racetown 395 in Adelanto, CA is
known by the WORCS spectators to have high
flying jumps, but the racers know it as
deep and sharp edged sand whoops. WORCS
round 8 this past weekend didn't disappoint
either the spectators or the racers.
Before Racetown, Teixeira Tech Yamaha's
Justin Waters was tied in points
with Mike Cafro for 9th place in the series
points.
"I have had a lot of battles with
Cafro this year that has made the racing
a lot of fun. He beat me by only a couple
points last year, and I'm not
letting it happen again. Riders are slowly
starting to drop out of the
points from injuries and other problems,
so my consistency is paying off.
I'm still hoping to earn at least 8th
in points for this year."
The weekend got off to a little bit of
a rough start for Justin with some
confusion on how Pro qualifying would
work at this round. He wasn't the
only rider with trouble, but the confusion
caused him to use a much-slower
lap and taking the last gate pick for
the main. The qualifying lap time
generally means very little though and
his focus was quickly back on
preparing his Yamaha YFZ450R for the 90-minute
main event.
Justin's bad gate pick may have caused
him a less than great start, but he
quickly got to work with a fast first
lap time passing three other riders
and coming through the scoring chute in
8th position. From there, it was a
matter of surviving the sand whoops that
were getting deeper every lap.
"Unfortunately I got caught by [Josh]
Fredericks and [Beau] Baron about
half way through my last lap, so I wasn't
able to go out for the final lap
and try to chase down Cafro. I lost a
point on him, but I am happy to have
pulled away with another 8th place. It
was another good race for me and my
team!"
Up next is the final round, November
11-13, at Speedworld Mx in Surprise,
AZ.
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
www.teixeiratech.com
Phone: (209) 833-9160
