2017 WORCS Racing Round #8 - Iron Mine Race Park May 21, 2017 Cedar City, Utah

Piplic’s second consecutive podium, along with Haagsma’s 13th-place finish has shaken up the points picture. Haagsma’s lead in the title chase has been cut to 14 points.

Maxxis' Ryan Piplic scored his second straight 2nd place finish, which moved him to within 14 points of David Haagsma in the Pro SXS Points lead

“Consistency is coming back to me,” said Piplic. “I had a rough patch in the first couple of races. Now it’s just consistently on the podium. It will be really interesting to see how this season is going to end.”

Leaverton drove a Polaris XP1000 race and scored the highest finish for a naturally aspirated car in the class. He fought the dusty conditions to score his second podium of the season.

Corbin Leaverton claimed his second Pro SXS Podium finish of the season, which moved him into the Top 10 in points

“It always good to be up on the podium,” said Leaverton. “It’s hard to keep up with these turbos in a naturally aspirated car. It was really dusty and really rough.”

Johnson, also in a naturally aspirated Polaris, started on the front row with Haagsma. Despite having the fight the dust, a little help in setup from Piplic helped him score the top five.

Mills3 Racing's Keith Johnson finished in the 4th spot

“I just drove my own race and went as fast as I could against those turbos,” said Johnson. “I knew it was going to be interesting after starting on the front row with Davy. I just stayed out of trouble. After all of the stuff I’ve been through, this is great. Ryan helped me yesterday and clutched my car. It’s the best this car has ever been.”

Obering rolled out a brand new Yamaha YXZ 1000 with a turbo. He battled with Sierra Romo, holding her off to finish fifth.

DW Performance's Jeff Obering scored a top five finish in the Yamaha, which was a season best finish

“We decided to mix it up and switch over to Yamaha,” said Obering. “We have a turbo on it and it ran flawless. We’re still dialing in this car and Sierra was right up on me. She bumped me to show me she was there. I love that kind of racing.”