WORCS
ATV Racing
Round #6
- Cahuilla
Creek
June 5-6, 2010
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WORCS Racing - Cahuilla
Creek Pro ATV Race Report
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Yamaha's
Dustin Nelson earned his third straight
Podium finish with a 3rd Overall at Cahuilla
Creek, which boost Nelson into 4th place
in points |
Yamaha’s Dustin Nelson took the early lead
from Warnia, but he had plenty of company as Beau
Baron and Josh Frederick challenged him for the
number one spot. Nelson would claim the fastest
lap time of the race in lap two with a time of
07:42.041 and he held his lead for several laps
before getting hung up on a berm and eventually
falling back to third.
Nelson would hold down third place for over half
of the race to claim the number three spot on the
podium. Although Nelson had some bad luck early
in the season he has recovered in the points chase
and currently holds down the number four spot.
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Pro ATV Racing Podium (left to right)
Beau Baron (2nd), Josh Frederick (1st),
Dustin Nelson(3rd) |
MCR/Maxxis’ Josh Row yet again ran another
consistent race. Row was towards the back of the
pack off the start and charged from the number
12 spot all the way to the top five by the midway
point. In lap ten, Row would take over fourth
and hold that position for five laps before taking
it to the checkered flag. Row’s solid performance
this season has him sitting in a respectable third
place in the points race.
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#5
Josh Row had to put in a hard charge as
he battled from the back of the pack all
the way up to 4th place overall & currently
Josh is 3rd place overall in the points
chase |
#12
Mike Cafro scored an impressive 5th place
overall finish after charging from dead
last, which currently has Cafro sitting
in 6th place in points |
MCR/Maxxis team manager, Mike Cafro was looking
good as he came from dead last to round out the
top five. “I just stayed focused and rode
my own race out there,” said Cafro of his
hard charge through traffic. Cafro is now sixth
in points for the season. “The last race
hurt my points when I stopped to help someone
out, but anything can still happen so I will be
trying to get back in the top five,” he
said.
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#49
Dillon Zimmerman grabbed sixth place overall
& sits in 5th in points |
Can-Am/Motoworks’ Dillon Zimmerman got
off to a good start, holding down the number five
spot off the line, but Zimmerman would drop back
when Josh Row and Mike Cafro would come calling,
leaving Zimmerman to settle for a sixth place
finish. Zimmerman now sits in the number five
spot in points for his pro rookie year.
John Shafe got off to a good start, but would
fall back to take a seventh place finish, while
Robbie Mitchell would come from the back to take
home eighth. Ryan Piplic held strong to claim
a ninth place finish and Yamaha mounted Justin
Waters would round out the top ten.
In the Pro-am Ranks, MCR/Maxxis’ David
Haagsma and Keith Johnson would claim the first
and second spots on the Pro-am podium, and the
pair is also one and two in the Pro-am points
chase. Justin Jones would make his second appearance
at the WORCS series for round six and take home
a solid third place.
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Pro-AM ATV Racing Podium (left to right)
Keith Johnson (2nd), David Haagsma (1st),
Justin Jones (3rd) |
In the Women’s A class, Julie Russell continued
her winning streak by taking her fifth win of
the season. Russell led from start to finish and
took the fastest lap time in her class as well,
with a time of 08:50.907 in the second lap. Donna
Espensen looked strong as she would lay claim
to second and Lynn Prosser would round out the
Women’s A podium in third.
The seventh round of the 2010 WORCS series will
head to the woods of the Pacific Northwest on
July 24th – 25th where Straddleline MX Park,
located just outside of Olympia, WA, will play
host as Josh Frederick and Beau Baron will battle
it out for the top spot on the Pro podium.
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