2011
WORCS ATV Racing
Round #7 - Glen Helen MX
September 18, 2011
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WORCS Racing - Round
7 - Glen Helen MX - Pro ATV Race Report
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| Yamaha's
#94 Dustin Nelson charge to the Podium started
in the 6th spot |
Yamaha’s Dustin Nelson considers Glen Helen
his home track and it showed as he charged his way
to a podium finish. Nelson was just outside of the
top five off the start but kept a steady and consistent
pace and began picking off riders. Nelson, who is
known for his exceptional motocross skills, and
just took the 2011 Quad X Pro Championship just
last week, was one of only two racers to take a
huge uphill jump that allowed him to make up time
on his competition.
Nelson’s advantage had him moving through
traffic quickly and the bottleneck caused by Grant
Mitchell’s crash, allowed Nelson to close
the gap on the leaders and move into third when
Frederick stopped for fuel. In the final lap,
Nelson was pressuring David Haagsma for second
and was able to get by when Haagsma made a mistake
and fell back.
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| Yamaha's
#94 Dustin Nelson charged his way to a Podium
finish with a 2nd place finish at Glen Helen,
which ties a season best for Nelson |
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| DWT's
#1 Josh Frederick takes over the 2nd spot
in lap 6 when #62 Jeremie Warnia heads into
the pits, but Frederick's run in 2nd would
be short lived when stopped to help a fellow
racer shortly afterwards, but Frederick
would pay the ultimate price when he needed
to pit on the following lap & dropped
back to 5th place |
“David was riding really good so I just
stayed close and was waiting for him to make a
mistake; and when he did I was able to get by,”
said Nelson. From there, Nelson cruised to the
checkered flag to take second place on the pro
podium. “I felt pretty good out there and
I’m glad to finish on the podium. With Josh
(Row) out for the rest of the season I’m
going to be trying even harder to represent our
team out there and have good finishes,”
Nelson said.
Can-Am/Motoworks’ Josh Frederick took the
win at Washougal, which allowed him to close the
points gap on his teammate and points leader, Jeremie
Warnia; and Frederick was determined to close it
even further at Glen Helen. Frederick was inside
the top five off the line and was holding down a
solid fourth place for a few laps and recorded the
fastest lap time of the race in lap four with a
time of 11:12.387. His fast lap times helped him
move into second place in lap six, but Frederick’s
position would not last.
“When we came into the Pro section, one
of the Pro-am racers, Grant Mitchell had crashed
and was stuck under his quad. He couldn’t
get out so me and a couple other racers stopped
and helped him. Stopping like that let everyone
else catch up, and when I had to stop for gas
in the next lap, several people got by me. I just
put my head down and I was able to get back into
fourth and then in the last lap, I got by David
Haagsma when he made a mistake,” explained
Frederick, who would end his day in the number
three spot on the pro podium.
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| Can-Am's
#1 Josh Frederick charged his way back to
a 3rd place finish before the checkered
flag to claim his seventh podium of the
finish of the season, which moves Frederick
within 1 point of Jeremie Warnia in the
points lead |
Frederick’s podium finish now has him only
a couple of points off the lead with the one throw
away race that the pro class is allowed for this
year. “I think I’m about three points
down with the throw away, so I really want to
win the last two races so I can keep the number
one plate for the Can-Am/Motoworks team,”
stated Frederick.
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| WORCS
Pro ATV Racing Podium (left to right)
Dustin
Nelson (2nd)
, Beau
Baron
(1st) ,
Josh
Frederick
(3rd) |
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