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Buddy Williams |
South Gate, CA (4/28/2010)
- After a tough luck round 3 Buddy was looking
to find his place back atop the WORCS podium.
Buddy’s main sponsor Fox Racing Shox,
made the trip down to help dial his suspension
in, which was a key to his triple podium success.
Saturday mornings 70cc Prod class looked as
if it might be a repeat of Buddy’s round
3 misfortunes. He led most of the race, until
the last lap when the upper a arm mounts ripped
from the frame, causing catastrophic damage.
He was able to limp in for a 2nd place finish
and retain his points lead.
Saturday afternoon 8-15 Sport class is the
toughest challenge for Buddy. He ran 2nd for
the first 30 minutes, and made a hard charge
to catch the leader with 10 to go. Unfortunately
for Buddy, a Women’s Class 450 rider refused
to be passed by a 10 year old, and did everything
in her power to block him throughout the 4 mile
loop. Buddy frustratingly settled for another
2nd place podium.
Saturday night Buddy’s father with the
help of several friends were forced to remove
his motor from the wrecked bike, and swap it
into his other chassis for Sundays 70 Open race.
The motor swap was done just minutes prior to
the green flag. Buddy got a bad start, and ended
up in a first turn wreck that took out most
of the field. Buddys bike went upside down,
and he quickly got it upright and fired up.
Unfortunately he was in 7th place. Buddy charged
hard and in 30 minutes time, caught and passed
the entire field, but just ran out of time before
catching the leader. All in all it was a long
hard weekend that ended positive with three
2nd place podiums.
