WORCS ATV Racing
Round #8 - Glen Helen
September 26, 2010
|
|
Maxxis / MCR's Beau
Baron Takes 2nd Straight Win & Points Lead
::Continued::
| |
| Motoworks'
Josh Frederick made an incredible charge
from last place overall to work his way
back into the Pro Class Top 5, but unforunately
his charge ended when he ran out of gas
on lap 9 |
Luck was not on Josh Frederick’s side for
round eight. In the first lap, Frederick stalled
in the offroad-truck section of the track, which
put him in last place overall. Frederick had his
work cut out for him as he had to work his way through
the entire Pro-am and Pro classes.
Frederick made a hard charge and by the mid-way
point had made his move into the number four spot,
but he was still four minutes behind Beau Baron,
who was holding a comfortable lead. Frederick
was gaining ground and passed Josh Row for the
number three spot, but then disaster struck in
lap nine when Frederick ran out of gas.
Frederick pushed his quad directly back to the
pits for gas without following the track, but
he took off from the pits to continue the race,
but because he did not restart at the point where
he ran out of gas, his race ended when he ran
out of gas, which dropped Frederick from a 4th
place finish with 11 laps back to a 8th place
finish with just 9 laps.
Can-Am Motoworks’ Dillon Zimmerman grabbed
the Pro holeshot, but fell back to fourth place
before the end of the first lap. Zimmerman would
work back up to third in lap two, but was under
pressure from MCR/Maxxis Tire’s Josh Row.
Zimmerman eventually fell back to fifth place,
but since Zimmerman attempted to carry fuel to
his teammate, Josh Frederick, Zimmerman would
be disqualified, which also dropped Zimmerman
out of the top five in points, but he is just
two points behind Mike Cafro.
“I had the holeshot and I was feeling good
out there in the lead, but I got hung up in the
endure-cross section and that let a couple people
get by me,” said Zimmerman.
| |
| MCR
Team owner Mike Cafro was in cruise mode
& made a great run in the Pro class
finishing in 4th place overall |
MCR/Maxxis Tire’s team manager, Mike Cafro
was holding his own out on the course. Cafro was
in the top ten off the start and quickly worked
his way into the number six spot. Cafro would
hold that spot for four laps before reaching the
checkered flag, and he was bumped up to a fourth
place finish with Frederick’s and Zimmerman’s
penalty.
Yamaha mounted Justin Waters also looked good
as he came on strong to tie a career best 5th
place finish after a long battle with Lagzdins.
Andy Lagzdins put in a solid effort as he charged
his way up from a 15th place start to the number
eight position by the midway point of the race
and hold that spot all the way to the finish line,
but would be bumped up to 6th place with the other
ride penalties.
| |
|
| #94
Justin Waters scores a Pro career best Top
5 finish in the heat at the Glen helen WORCS
Race |
Andy
Lagzdins climbs over tires at the WORCS
Race to claim a 6th place finish |
Tim Shelman held a consistent mid pack position
until he was sidelined by a flat tire late in
the race, putting him in seventh at the checkered
flag, while Jason Fife held strong, despite the
heat, to take a 9th place finish followed by John
Shafe.
Jeremie Warnia was in attendance for round eight
and was looking strong as he was in the top three
until lap two, when his brakes went out and he
was forced into the pits. Warnia would get back
on track, but in the sixth lap, he encountered
issues and was done for the day.
| |
| #45
Garrin Fuller lead for nearly the entire
race to claim his 2nd win of the year |
With Pro-am Champ David Haagsma making his Pro debut
for round eight, but unfortunately, Haagsma was
out of the race after four laps with heat exhaustion,
but his absence from the Pro-am class, left the
class wide open for anyone to take the top spot
on the podium since Haagsma had won the last four
straight races, and Garrin Fuller, was the lucky
one to be on top of the box. This was Fuller’s
second win of the season and puts him in a position
to end his season in the top five in the points
chase.
Javier Robles, Jr. had his best finish this season
as he rode a solid and consistent race to take
second place and put him in third in points.
Keith Johnson also looked good as he hung on
for third, but allowed Javier Robles Jr to close
the points gap for the second spot in the championship
race to just 7 points heading into the final round.
|
|
| WORCS
Pro-Am ATV Racing Podium (left to right)
Keith Johnson (3rd), Garrin Fuller (1st),
Javier Robles Jr (2nd) |
The Pro points battle will come down to the wire
at Mesquite, NV on October 17th as Baron and Frederick
battle it out for the 2010 WORCS Championship.
After the events that unfolded at round eight,
the final round of the 2010 WORCS series will
be intense and almost a repeat of last year, as
Beau Baron only needs to finish within the top
five to claim his second consecutive Pro WORCS
Championship, but Josh Frederick still has a shot
at it, if he takes the win and Baron finishes
outside of the top five. Frederick will have to
be on top of his game and will have a tough challenge
ahead of him, as Baron has not finished outside
of the top four all season.
|
