2007 WORCS Round 9-Oceano Dunes-Amatuer Race Coverage

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Round 9 was held on the out skirts of Pismo Beach ,California.
This 3,600 acre off road area is among the most popular and unique of California State Parks. The 5 ½ miles of beach open for vehicle use and the 1,500 acres of sand dunes available for off highway motor vehicle recreation .

The track consisted of various elevation changes,small jumps and ALOT of whoops.There would be very little sitting this race!:p This was definately an ENDRANCE race .

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Last years Beach race entailed fog.... this years race entailed wind-and lots of it!Morning races were not effected much from ti, but as the day went on, the wind turned to strong wind gusts.
I had heard this played havoc on the marked course .

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This would also be the only round that bikes are quads race at the same time...
Thats right! THE SAME TIME....
The quads and bikes do not share the same track,but run opposite sides simultaneously!! I personally loved watching both the quads and the bikes race ,it was very exciting!

Round 9 had a fat entry count of 1150 entries, 550 were from bikes.

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With no MX practice on Friday, we get right down to the racing action on Sat.
I am going to start off the coverage on a sad note...
On the kick off of the days racing, our sport lost one of our own.
Production B ATV rider Maxwell Niederhauser of Utah died from the injuries he suffered in a crash on Saturday morning .
WORCS Racing will retire day pass #3525 in memory of Maxwell Niederhauser.
each of the racers will take a moment and remember Maxwell by putting the number 3525 on there gear for at least one race in his honor and his number will be retired.
For more information on this ,here is a link to get more info

Ourt hearts and prayers go out to the Niederhauser family.

each of you racers to take a moment and maybe remember Maxwell by putting the number 3525 on your gear for at least one race in his honor!

http://www.exriders.com/vbb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=321065

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After the youth classes early morning race, Amatuer racing kicks off with the Prod. classes.

30 riders in this class!!!

Prod. A #116 Keith Johnson would move up from 3rd place in lap 1, to the #1 on the podium

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#49 Dillon Zimmerman makes his way up from the 4th position in lap 1, to 2nd place finish in Prod. A.

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#249 Mike Kelley is leading the race in lap 1, but would have to settle for the final slot on the podium in 3rd.

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Offroad.com's #1a Justin Waters gets off to a rought start, but makes his way up from 12th plae in lap 1, to 4th place on the final lap.

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#61 Dax Snow gains 2 positions moving up from 7ht place to 5th in the final lap.

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27 riders on the line in the Prod. B class!
#256 Rob Brown moves up from 3rd position in lap 1 to the #1 on the podium.
Brown would also hold the fastest lap time in lap 2.

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#131 Keith Carinalli lead the race until the final lap,falling back to the #2 slot in Prod. B.

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#3679 Kevin Miller moves up 4 positions from 7th place in lap 1, to the #3 in Prod. B. followed by #424 Quinn Barri in 4th.

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That rubber Ducky on the helmet must have brought some luck to this rider.:D

Stock A rider,#615 Dean Williams finishes out in 1st place .

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#1t Jeff Burtuzzi takes the #2.

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#150 Gilbert Flores in 3rd.

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#1065 Aaron Gerber Took the #1 in Stock C class.
Looks like Gerbers technique with roosting he competition works!:D :p

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#1223 Chris Cowan takes the #2 and still has time to say hello :p ;)

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#312 Casey Johnson fills the #3 in stock C.

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In the sport 15-29 C class, 34 riders on the line!
#332 Garrin Fuller moves his way up from the 6th position in lap 1, to 1st place finish .
Fuller also held the fastest lap time in lap 2.

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#1203 Jayson Hansen moves up from 3rd position in lap 1, to the #2 in the final lap in Sport 15-29 class.

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#500 Scott Montes drops back from 2nd postion in lap 2, the filling the final spot on the podium in 3rd.

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30+C class-
Are you ready for this??
A whopping 52 riders signed up for this class!:eek2:
I was amazed to see how well the holeshot went!

#376 Brian Solidum would move up from 2nd position in lap 1 to taking home the win ,followed by #1201 Steve Lammers in 2nd.

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#104 Sean Ross takes a solid 3rd.

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#335 Craig Wagnecht held 4th threwout the race .

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#1069 Brian Rego moved up from the 6th postion to 5th in the 30+C class.

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40+C class rider #1094 Quinn Kyle gets out front and leads the race to the finish.

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#1207 Wade Griest holds a solid 2nd.

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# 1225 Brian Taylor moves up from the 5th position in lap 1 to the final slot on the podium in third.
Taylor also held the fastest lap time in lap 2.

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#54 Todd Ellsworth wraps it up in 4th

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In the womens A class, #894 Amy Horst was flat out haulin!
Horst checks out with a solid win

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#1w Lynn Prosser moves up from 4th place in lap 1, to a 2nd place finish .

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#911 Kalyce May drops back frn the 2nd postion in lap 2, to filling the #3 slot .

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#130 Julie Russell starts out the race in 3rd position,but would fall back to 4th in lap 2.

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#163 Danielle Corbin held 5th for the entire race .

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In Womens B class, #81 Mary Mchugh comes out on top and also held the fastest lap time in the final lap.

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#849 Jennifer Williams held the #2 the entire race.

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#143 Donna Espensen fills the #3 slot.

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Open A class rider #1a Justin Waters held the fastest lap time in lap 2 and holds a solid 1st place to the checker .

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#69 Bronson Bundy 20 seconds behind Waters wrapping up the Open B class in 2nd place.

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#572 Dennis Capogni moves up from 5th position in lap 1 to filling the final slot in Open A in 3rd.

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Open B class,#141 Mike Gingles gets out front and takes the #1 to the checker .

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32517 Jeffrey Smith moves up from 3rd place in lap one to 2nd place finish.
Smith and Gingles both tied for fastest lap time in the final lap.

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#77 Justin Hunter moves up one position to the #3 in Open B class.

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The Rhino class had an exciting line up this round!

In the Rhino mod class, #518 Roger Faust moves up from 3rd position in lap one to a 1st place finish.

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#1537 Sam Richard moves up from 4th position in lap 1 to a 2nd place finish .

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Filling the last spot on the podium was #1624 Mark Mulliner moving up from 5th place in lap one, to 3rd.

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#1272 Mike Van Newark wins the stock class and alsoholds the fastest lap time in lap 4.

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#1228 Mark Rowley held a solid 2nd.

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Pilot racer,#1137 Dave Atteberry checks out and to the #1 ,Atteberry also holds the fastest lap time in lap 2.

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#1140 Andy Hill held 2nd the entire race.

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#1139 Shawn Reed moves up from 4th position in lap 1 to the#3 in the Pilot class.

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Sundays racing kicked off with the Womens C class...
#227 Rebecca Hosking Leads the entire race and also held the fastest lap time in lap 4

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#1208 Elisha Morgan held 2nd place the entire race.

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#122 Julie Mulcahy falls back slightly in lap 3, but wuicly regains her position and fills the #3 in the Womens C class.

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#1090 Mary Tietz moves up from the 5th postion to 4th in the final lap.

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#1268 Cary Rankin falls back from 4th position in lap 1, to a respectable 5th.

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Open C rider #177 Cole Fite moves up from 3rd position in lap one to the #1 on the podium.

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#104 Sean Ross starts out the race leading the pack, but would fall back one position and settle for the #2.

Ross also held the fastest lap time in lap 2.

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#517 Blane Vadasy moves up from 5th position in lap 1, to third place finish in Open C.

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#127 Caleb Casebier held a solid 4th.

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In the sport 15-29 A class,#124 Paul Wilkerson leads the entire race to the checker .
Wilkerson also held the fastest lap time in lap 2,followed by #91 Jor Dan Hansen in 2nd.

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Gilbert Flores moves up 1 position from 5th place to 4th in Sport A 15-29 class.

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In the Pro Am race, 16 riders were on the line!
#1a Justin Waters makes quite a come back after a tumble and having to stop for a tire fix.
I dont know how he done it!!!I guess it was determination!
Waters literally moved up from the last position in lap 1, to taking home the #1 on the podium!
Waters also held the fastest lap time in lap 6.

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#116 Keith Johnson also rode an AWESOME race!
Johnson held 2nd position in laps 1 and 2,gains the lead at mid race ,but would have to settle for a respectable 2nd place in the Pro am class.

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Miron Whitehorse moves up from 4th place in lap 1, to the #3 slot.

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#69 Bronson bundy would move up from 8th postiojn in lap 2, to 4th place finish in Pro Am.

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# 83 Cody Mitchell moves up from 12th position in lap 1, to 5th place !!

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#808 Zachary Grodski moves up from 14th place in lap 1, to 6th .

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#214 Barry Bennett moves up from 15th in lap 1, to 7th in Pro Am.

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#61 Dax Snow led the race for laps 1 and 2, but would slip back to an 8th place finish.

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#249 Mike Kelley slips back a notch moving from the 8th position in lap 1, to finishing in 9th.

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#238 Ed Dacosta wraps it up in 10th.

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This was a large line up round! Photos were toughto shoot this round with all the winds we had .
The final round will be held in Taft, Cal. followed by the awards ceremony.Sadly enough, I most likely will not be at this round.

So with that said, I would like to thank so many people who have made my families trips to each round so awesome. If you ask any rider who races WORCS, they will tell you hands down, its the people that bring you back each time . :)
It has been a great pleasure meeting all of you and I hope I can make it back in 2008 to meet more of you and do another great year of racing and Coverage.
I'd like to thank my Husband Troy Lugan for helping with all the AWESOME video coverage-YOU ROCK! He helped bring all the racing action to us all to make you feel as though you were there the whole time and take you back where not everyone else can see.
I'd also like to thank Sean and Pepper Reddish who have made this series one of the most unique races out there .Its not everyday you race all the terrain and mixtures we get to do :)

Also,thanks to Atvriders.com's Harlen Foley(the Admin.) and for giving us such an awesome site to share all the great coverage . I have learned alot from Harlen and am truly glad I have had the opportunity to work closely with him this year.
Id like to also thank all the great sponsors who help with the event, including our very own sponsors who are so important to us .
Sorry, it took some time to get all the classes covered ,I have been down sick this week.

Round 10 will be held in Taft,California Nov.9th-11th.
Additional Race coverage and Pro main highlights are now posted on the home page ,videos will be posting shortly.
for more information ,visit www.worcsracing.com

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I almost forgot!!!!

Watch for some of the WORCS photos in the upcoming video "QuadJockeys 2" by Maxtanic films. It will be presented on a bonus feature .
Quadjockeys 2 is expected out sometime soon in early 2008.
http://a590.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/67/l_bad1674439361e582ada5a43930c119d.jpg

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Videos are up!
http://www.atvriders.com/atvracing/worcsatvracing200709pismobeachvideos.html

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#1065 Aaron Gerber Took the #1 in Stock C class.
Looks like Gerbers technique with roosting he competition works!

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^^ THATS ME :)
i never knew they posted this up .

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You need to visit the Coverage more often then...:blah: :p

haha!