2007 WORCS Rnd. 6-Toutle,Wa.-Riverdale Raceway

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Round 6 was located at Riverdale Raceway in Toutle, Washington and was a new venue for the WORCS series.
Riverdale would also set yet another record for entries(next to Pismo 2006) with just over 550 entires for the week ends racing...

For those who have not been threw Oregon and Washington State, the scenery is breathtaking ..
As we made our way from Idaho, I managed to get a few shots in Oregon .
Oregon's highest Mountain-Mt. Hood

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Located on the Columbia gorge in Oregon- 620 ft. Multnomah Falls

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Riverdale Raceway would offer something new for many riders this round...

Woods racing !

This would be as close in comparison to a GNCC race as we have seen in the WORCS series so far this season and it would prove to be a grueling one for many....

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Tracks conditions would change from MX course to entering the woods,sandy straight aways ,logs,rocks and tight trails ...

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Most of the WORCS riders in width are near the 50 inch mark ,so you can only imagine the tree banging the riders endured....!
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:o

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Fridays practice couldnt have had been much better weather and the MX track conditions were prestine...mild conditions and light rain showers helped keep the dust to a minimum.
The track is known for alot of ash due to being near the Mt. St. Helens eruption .

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Fridays practice consisted of lap sessions on the MX sections only.
Riders would have to wait until the 1st race of the Sat .morning unclassifieds to enter the XC sections.....

Some of Fridays practice kicks off with Washington Pro-Am rider,Andrew Lattimar.

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Atvriders Thumpin450r
#432 Bryan Martin

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Doug Eichner had no problem airing out his factory Outlaw.

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Temecula's Levi Marana.

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the MX section was made up of some nice sized tables,various doubles and exchange lanes.

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Sat. racing starts out with the unclassifieds followed by youth.
Some of the wooded sections had plenty of room for the wider quads-others sections were not .The youth classes had the most difficulty with ground clearance .Ill have more in the youth section on that...

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Prod. and Stock A & B classes are race 3 of the day .
21 riders on the line for Prod. A alone!



Riders are off and the holeshots was intense in all the classes!!:eek2:

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#191 Reed Petchnick would lead up into the woods section where he encountered a tree.
#49 Dillon Zimmerman gets out front followed by # 1p AndrewLattimar.

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#1a Justin Waters gets off to yet another rough start as #712 Derrick Sas and Waters tangle into the first turn.

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Prod. B classes are off !

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#3366 Mike Anttila from Castlerock, Wa. leads Prod. B

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For the Stock A class, rider #1t Jeff Bertuzzi takes lead in lap 1.

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In the Production A class, Andrew Lattimar would lead the race in lap 1 and 2.

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Zimmerman and Lattimar exhange positions as Zimmerman leads Prod. A for the win -Lattimar in 2nd.

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In lap 3, #249 Mike Kelley would move up from the 4th position in lap 3 to filling the last spot on the podium in 3rd.

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#63 Jon Wayment from Roy, Utah made up some time going from 7th place in lap one to a 4th place finish in Prod. A.

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#124 Paul Wilkerson held 3rd place in lap 1&2,but in lap 5 finished the day in 5th.

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Washington rider Reed Petchnick out of Kent, Wa.
In lap one held the 6th slot,but fell two postions to 8th.

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An all too familiar scene in the trail sections as several bottlenecks occured threwout the wk ends racing.
Riders would learn quickly the importance of allowing enough space between riders in the XC sections.

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#3316 Mike Anttila leads the pack in the Prod. B class all the way to the checker for 1st place finish.

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#717 Zach Hanes from Bakersfield,Ca. had a spectacular race in Prod.B .
Zach worked his way up from 8th place in lap 1 to 2nd place in lap 3 with only a 4 second gap with the leader!

Way to go Zach!!
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#159 Dale Mininger in lap 1 holds 3rd,falls back to 4th for 2 laps ,then gains back his position in the final lap for third on the podium in Prod. B.

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Another great race !!!!
# 322 Gavin Kinnett of Delta,Co. made HUGE leaps and bounds starting out from the 12th postion in lap 1, to 5th place in lap 5!
Kinnett finished in 4th for Prod.B.

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#32 Robert Mitchell drops back from 5th place in lap one to a 6th place finish.

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It appears we have several Suzuki's on the podium this round...!

#527 Blake Barnum moves his way up from mid pack in lap one to finishing 1st place in the 15-29 sport class.

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#715 Travis Hanes held in 2nd in lap 1, gained to 1st at mid race, but would have to settle for 2nd place finish for the day.

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# 229 Johnny Skagen of North Bend,Wa. drops back from 1st place in lap 1, to filling the final slot for 3rd .

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#517 Blane Vadasy in lap 1 in 5th place ,gains one position for 4th place finish.

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Womens A rider #902 Christy McGuffin in 3rd place in lap 1, but gains one position for 2nd place

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I had a blast watching this young lady race !!
She was hucking just as big(if not bigger)than alot of the men were!:cool:
#1447 Tammy Balser from Port Angeles,Wa. takes a solid win for the Womens A class.
I believe I heard this was her 1st race.
Apparently WORCS racing seems to be suiting her just fine!:D

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#130 Julie Russell would gain 3 positions from 6th to 3rd filling the final place on the podium .

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#1w Lynn Prosser takes 4th.

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#894 Amy Horst in 5th.

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Open A class,#1a Justin Waters in 2nd place in lap one, takes over 1st all the way to the checker.

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#1440 Ron Heath would lead in lap 1 with Waters hot on his tail!
Heath would finish the Open A race in 2nd place

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#124 Paul Wilkerson held 3rd for the full race.

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#180 Myron Whitehorse started out in 8th place in lap 1, but made up some time and finished the Open A in 4th.

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Open B rider,#3108 Matt Kenfield had quite the victory as he sat in 6th place in lap 1,moving up to the lead in lap 4- taking home the win !
Nice work Matt!

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Open B rider,Michael Ellsworth also had an amazing race moving all the way up from 14th place to an impressive 2nd place !!

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#139 Darren Kelley held 1st place until lap 4,falling back to 3rd.

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#44 John Lorence in 5th in lap one would loseone place setting him in 4th in the open B .

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In the womens C class, # 227 Rebecca Hosking takes a solid finish for 1st .

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# 966 Debbie Bloodworth in 4th in lap 1, but made her way to 2nd place in lap two and finished her day 2nd on the podium.

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And the final race of the day for Sat. was the Rhinos....

The Rhinos had a very small turnout, but ALWAYS a blast to watch!

#1 Jeff Stambaugh out of Kent, Wash. would be the one to take the checker for 1st place in the Rhino class.

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Followed by #1450 Craig Sanislo from Yakima, Wash. for 2nd place.

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In the Sundays race,Open C rider,# 223 Damon Taylor of Spanaway,Wa. checks out and held 1st place threwout the race.

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#517 Blane Vadasy moves up from 3rd place in lap 1 to 2nd place in the Open C.

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#210 William Smith of Adrian Ore. would fill the third slot in the
Open C .

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Prod. C rider, #715 Travis Hanes would move up from the 4th slot in lap 1, to 1st on the podium.
The Hanes boys seem to be having a great wk end! :D

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#229 Johnny Skagen would fall from the 1st place postion in laps 1&2 to a 2nd place finish.

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# 2944 Michael Macinnes falls from 2nd place in lap 1 to 3rd in Prod C.

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# 2958 Steele Devers from Tacoma, Wa. finishes the day in 4th.

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30+ A rider,# 1440 Ron Heath held a strong 1st place all the way to the podium.

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# 1437 Jeff Graves from Renton Wash. would also hold 2nd the entire race.

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Roy Bloodworth would hold the 3rd position ,ending the top 3 in the 30+A class.

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In the 30+B class,# 32 Robert Mitchell moves from 2nd place in lap 1 to 1st place .

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# 514 John Rikerd would end his race with only an 8 second gap dividing 1st and 2nd place.
Sorry John, the one photo I had of you did not turn out :(

In the 40+A,1st place went to #175 Roy Quinn who worked his way up from the 6th postion to #1 on the podium.

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The final Amatuer race of the day was the Pro/Pro Am main.

This was some fantastic and INSANE racing!!!!! WORCS added the log section this round and everyone was eager to see the challenges the riders were about to endure..!!!

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Pro Ams were hot into the 1st corner, I thought for sure someone was going down this time around!:eek2:
#1a Justin Waters pulled it off though starting out lap1 in 7th place ......

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By lap 3, Waters had made his way up to 1st place and held it to the end with close to a half minute gap between him and the 2nd place rider ,ending with roughly an 8 second gap between 1st and 2nd place in the 8th and final lap.

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Moving his way up from the 8th position in lap 1,#49 Dillon Zimmerman made leaps and bounds by lap 3 to an impressive 2nd place and would hold it all the way to the end of the Pro Am race.

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1p Andrew Lattimar barreled threw the log section holding tight to 2nd place until the final lap,settling 3rd in Pro Am.

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#69 Bronson Bundy made up several postions threwout the race .In lap 1, Bundy was in 12th position,by lap 3 had gained 7 places-by the final lap,Bundy ended his day in 4th .

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#124 Paul Wilkerson in 11th place in lap 1, made his way up to 5th.

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That about wraps up all the of the Amatuer Coverage.There is so any classes ,its tough to get them all.:)
Ill have the Youth Coverage up over the wk end as well as the vidoe holeshots,Pro/Pro Am video.
Watch for the Pro recap and highlights on the homepage as it should be posting here shortly.

We will take a short pause in the racing and kick off round 7 in Olympia,Wa. Aug. 17-19th.

[Hanes15]

GREAT COVERAGE!!!!!:D :D :D

You have been doing a REALLY good job.

[CannondaleRider]

GREAT job on the coverage Tina, thanks.


I love the picture of Timmy in the trees......poor guy. You can just see in the picture, he's most likely laughing about it :p ........That is, until his bike wouldn't start quickly.

Can't wait till the next round, and can't wait to see everyone again.

[daddio]

Great coverage Quadjunkies.......... And very, very, very, very, very, awsome pictures. YOU should go Pro. :D

[CrackerboyLV]

Thanks Tina, Great stuff as always! Enjoy the month off.

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Thanks everyone :)

No rest here... We got LILQJ'S motor to somehow get fixed.:ermm:

[robb]

Awsome coverage as always, the pics are incredible just a great job :D :D
Thanks for all the hard work you put in we realy appreciate it . Enjoy the break!!!

[quadpop]

Great job as per usuall Tina thanks for the great coverage and pics.

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As stated in the Youth report...
Im sorry the Pro report has taken so long...
The Admin. had a very busy month with coverage and had to get ALOT of coverage out this month...
The galleries are up, vidoes should be by Fri. race report following..
http://www.atvriders.com/atvracing/worcsatvracing2007.html#2. ( Link to gallery and videos

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Vidoes are now up!
Vidoe Coverage (http://www.atvriders.com/atvracing/worcsatvracing200706riverdale.html)

[bradley300]

that looks like a fun track! i'll make it to one of those races one of these days!

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Originally posted by bradley300
that looks like a fun track! i'll make it to one of those races one of these days!
Start making plans now... :D
2008 season is coming up soon!:cool: