WORCS ATV Series
Round #7 - Honey
Lake
Milford,
California
September 26-28, 2008
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WORCS Racing Pro ATV
Race Report
Motoworks / Can-Am's Josh
Fredericks Wins & Wraps-Up the Pro Championship
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Motoworks
/ Can-Am's Josh Frederick wraps up his 2nd
straight WORCS Pro ATV Championship on the
DS450
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Milford, CA - Can-Am/Motoworks’
Josh Frederick rode another flawless race this weekend,
taking the Pro class win and wrapping up his second
consecutive WORCS Pro Championship, while teammate
Brandon Smith claimed the number two spot on the
podium for the Motoworks team.
Honey Lake MX Park in Milford, CA was the hosting
track for round seven of the WORCS series. The
weekend’s weather was warm and sunny with
temperatures in the upper 80’s, but the
dry conditions made the sandy soil become incredibly
rough with huge whooped out sections that took
their toll on many riders.
Anticipation was high in the Motoworks pits as
riders began lining up for the main event. Josh
Frederick, who had been ill for the last week,
and was still not feeling 100%, could quite possibly
claim his second consecutive championship if everything
went well, but Yamaha’s Dustin Nelson and
privateer Beau Baron were within striking distance
of taking over the points lead if Josh could not
hold his ground. “Josh was still feeling
pretty bad before the race, but I think some of
that had to do with nerves since he had so much
riding on this race,” said Motoworks team
manager Johnny Leach.
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Motoworks
/ Can-Am's Josh Frederick grabbed
the Holeshot with Dustin Nelson & Robbie
Mitchell battling for the 2nd spot |
It seemed that Johnny’s insight was spot
on because when the Pro class left the line, Josh
Frederick grabbed the holeshot and never looked
back. “I knew it was important to get out
front right away,” said Frederick. In the
second lap, Josh recorded the fastest lap of the
race with a time of 6 minutes and 39 seconds.
Josh was riding smooth and fast and was steadily
increasing his lead over the rest of the pack
while a real battle began to brew for second spot.
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In
the first 7 laps, Dustin Nelson & Brandon
Smith swapped positions 5 times before Smith
finally was able to maintain control of
the 2nd spot |
Yamaha's Dustin Nelson was second in the holeshot
followed by Robbie Mitchell and Doug Eichner, but
Brandon Smith quickly made his way into the 3rd
spot. Nelson and Smith began to pull away early
in the first lap and battle for position. By the
end of the second lap, Smith had taken over second
place, but dropped back to third in lap three when
he made a stop in the pits. The battle between Nelson
and Smith would last for half of the 14 lap race,
with the two swapping positions several times, but
in lap number seven, Smith took over second place
and this time made it stick as he began to pull
away from Nelson. “It was a good feeling to
be able to have a good race this time, especially
after having to watch it all from the sidelines
at the last round,” said Smith, sounding a
little relieved.
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