2007 WORCS rnd 5-Zaca Station Amatuer race Coverage

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Round 5 of the WORCS series was held in the beautiful rolling hills of Los Olivos California at Zaca station.
Aside of various manufactuers who have used the grounds for bike and quad testing,this would be a 1st race ever held at Zaca's Club owned facility- and everyone was very excited to break in the track.....!!

Before heading to Los Olivos,we took the scenic route and made a mad dash after what seemed like an endless drive from Idaho to check out the scenery at Pismo Beach to see what we would be in store for later this season when we re-visit for Round 9 in October.

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We arrived early on Friday for Tech inspection and for the Friday practice and I was amazed by the layout on the MX section.

This track was COOL!

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The MX section consisted of large step ups,several doubles and ski jumps.
The offroad sections were limited access for coverage, but high speed sections that were like riding on ice due to the type of mud,alot of uphill/downhill switch backs, running threw knee deep ruts,dodging and ducking threw the trees as your following what looks like and old creek bed with passing lanes every 10 seconds! As your running threw the dust thats thicker than the San Fransisco fog:eek2:

The track conditions would vary from heavy dust and silt to mud.

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One of the major concerns for the wk. end would be sound testing. With great concerns on being neighborly with there facility, DB's were strictly enforced with the sound DB's set at 99DB .
With so many sound restrictions , we wont be surprised to see lower DB's in the next season for WORCS.

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several vendors were on hand to offer trackside support and show some of the product line ups.

Tony Cuva with Elka Suspention .

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threwout the day on Friday,combined classes were headed out for practice.
I couldnt WAIT to see everyone out there hitting some of the jumps!:D There was some nice gaps on the doubles and step ups.

#69 Pro Am rider Bronson Bundy practiced one of the larger sections in the back and had it dialed in-in no time.

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#150 Stock A class rider Gilbert Flores goes to show he can air its out just as well as the fully suited MX set ups !:macho

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It was else feast or famine all week for track conditions contending with two enemies

Dust and Mud.

#124 Paul Wilkerson

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speaking of dust.... :huh

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And mud :eek2:

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My Camera has been spotted !:p

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Once again another round made for a tough time seeing number plates, so please forgive me if I cannot put a name to a rider at some point in the wk ends race Coverage.

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Sat. morning fog rolled threw the hillside,but did not have much of a negative impact on the visibility for the riders.

The number of track entries for the wk. end was slightly down this round being caused from various possibilities.
Theres no doubt rising fuel prices are hurting some of the entries.
Still a great turnout with 445 entries.

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With 34 classes to chose from on the Sat. race,racing begins and the Prod. A class was off !
#249 Mike Kelley gets out front and holds 1st place for a large remainder of the race.

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Wash. rider # 124 Paul Wilkerson grabs 2nd position in lap 1

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#1P Drew Lattimar would be riding green this round and grabs the 3rd position.

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Kawasaki rider #61 Dax Snow holds a solid 4th for the better half of the race ,falling back to 5th in lap 4,but was able to make a comeback for the podium taking 3rd in the Production A.

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#69 Dillon Zimmerman in 5th, falls back one position at mid race ,Zimmerman gains some airtime and a few positions finishing up in 4th for the day.

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Offroad.coms's Justin Waters cant seem to get a break this season...
Or did he??

Waters has had his fair share of tumbles this season,but comes out shining for this round!

Determined Waters makes his way from 6th place in lap 1 to finishing in 1st place in Production A !
Way to go Justin!

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# 116 Keith Johnson would hold the 7th position until the final lap finishing up in 6th.

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Bundy finished up the race in 7th.

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Kelley leads the pack the entire race, but in the final lap Waters would take home the 1st leaving Kelly in 2nd.

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In the Stock A class,#99 Cameron Beck leads the way to victory with a solid 1st place threwout his race.

I was fortunate to talk with Beck for a few minutes over the wk end( and borrow a sprayer-thank you!:D ).

Beck was not as fortunate in the Pro Am main on Sunday as he had some tranny issues that left him short a lap .

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#150 Gilbert Flores would take home 2nd .

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In the Prod. B class, # 121 Brian Moreno would lead the pack....

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Moreno would take a solid lead the entire race and finish 1st on the podium.

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#32 Grant Mitchell in 2nd for lap one ,falling back to a 5th place and mid race, Mitchell would gain a postion in lap 4 and finished the day in 4th place for Prod. B.

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# 159 Dale Mininger holds on tight to 3rd.

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#717 Zach Hanes would make up some a few postions moving up from the 5th slot in lap one to an impressive 2nd place .

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# 800 Daniel Grodski holds 5th the majority of the race ,but in the final lap he falls a postion finishing up in 6th.

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In race 4, Utility class rider #43 Thomas Reck takes over the 1st place postion at mid race.

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Sandy Rohrs from Buellton Ca. would take home the 2nd.

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Race 5 was on the line and in the Womens A class, Julie Russell was on fire! I watched a good majority of Julies race and she was smooth and consistant the entire race.

The Womens class this year is very competitive and fast!:macho
Russell led the race all the way to 1st place on the poduim.

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# 902 Christy McGuffin got off on a rough start,but moved up the pack from the 4th postion to a 2nd place finish.

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# 894 Amy Horst moves up from the 5th postion to the final place on the poduim in 3rd.

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#163 Daniel Corbin would also gain a few postions going from 6th place to 4th in the final lap.

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# 254 Keely Woolsey wrapped it up in 5th.

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In the sport 15-29 C class,# 715 Travis Hanes takes it all the way to the poduim with a 1st place .

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# 527 Blake Barnum moves his way up from 5th to a 2nd place finish on the final lap.

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Looks like all Suzukis on the poduim in the Sport C class!

#174 RC Ramsay would wrap up the final spot on the poduim in 3rd

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# 184 Chris Yanke would fall back from 2nd position and end the day in 4th.

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Stock C rider #292 Jake Yubeta ran a solid lead all the way to the checker .

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# 312 Casey Johnson also runs a solid race in finishing 2nd.

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#218 Nick Caswell would take 3rd.

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Vet 30+ C class rider #30 Brian Harris gets out front and held 1st place threout the entire race.

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#123 Mike Bell ends in 2nd.

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due to the dust and mud,I REALLY had a tough time figuring out most of the rest of the class at this point :o

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Womens B class # 911 Kalyce May would take home the win.

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# 143 Donna Espensen would finish the Womens B class .

This would be the 1st race for Espensen aboard her new Kawi450.

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Open A Class had a good sized line up with 17 riders on the line.

# 1a Justin Waters checks out and leads the race to victory with the #1 on the poduim.

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#124 Paul Wilkerson from start to finish in 2nd.

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Sundays morning racing for the Prod C ,I was not able to follow this race-too much mud to figure out everyone so I do apoligize.:(
this was about as clean shots as I could find :p

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The final amatuer races of the day was race 12 Sport 15-29A and vet classes..

# 470 Brandon Lamey was an aweome rider to follow threwout the course.

Lamey raced to the checker with a solid finish in 1st place.

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# 150 Gilbert Flores in 2nd .

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Maxtanic Films # 310 Jeff McGahan went from mid pack in lap one to taking home the win in the Vet 30+A class!

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#99 Cameron Beck also gains a few positions and wraps it up in 2nd .

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This was about all the Race Coverage I had time to recap this round so that I may work on the Youth coverage.

Once again it was great to finally put some faces to names and I appreciate all the kind words from everyone .

Pro Coverage can be seen on the homepage.
Im hoping to have and holeshot vidoes next round.

Round 6 will be held in Toutle,Washington.

Ill see you all in June!

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Thanks Tina!

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Sorry, I thought the gallery was up-my bad :o
Im guessing Harlen is out of town ,so when he gets back Im sure the Gallery will be up.

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Photo galleries are now up .