WORCS 2008-Round 1-Surprise, Arizona-Youth Coverage

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Round 1 of the WORCS series kicks off in Surprise, Arizona .

After facing a very long, cold and wet Winter for the West Coast riders, everyone was looking forward to a little sunshine and warmth. They dont call it "Surprise" Arizona for nothing! :p

For the Friday MX practice, most of the youth riders would spent the day in the pits, rather than on the track as most of the track was completely buried in mud . Riders decided to spare there quads and just go out and race the Sat morning race instead.

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In spite of the weather, riders were eager to start the 2008 season!!
Youth rider entries are expected to be very abundant this year as well as the trackside support, factory involvement and race teams.
ExtrememiniquadsNW will once again have there own Youth team as well as the newly formed DRR/Hetrick Race Team.
Having youth support is something fairly new to the series and is a great additon to all the uprising talent .Who would have ever thought youth riders would get such a thing!
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Riders recieved trackside support from various companies including FOX shocks, MotoX Nutrition,and various Factories such as Polaris and Cam Am.

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Saturdays racing would be the only day for the wk.end that was sunny blue skies.During the late evening it rained and left alot of sections of the track under water. With that said, again, youth riders were passing up the opportunity to spare themselves the sneak peak at the course and skip the unclassified.

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Going into the 1st corner would play havoc for all the Youth classes.
The Picture is decieving... Even I had a hard time getting threw with my own quad w/o getting covered in mud or stuck! :p

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The first set of riders off the line was the ****er Open class.
#10y Kelsey Lugan had a bit of bad luck into the 1st corner getting hung up in the mud .

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Extrememinis NW rider #18y Parker Taylor would move up from the 3rd position in lap 1 to taking it to the #1 on he podium for the Shifter Open 8-15 yr . class.

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New to the Shifter Class, Team Hetrick rider #32y Grant Mitchell moves up from 4th position in lap1 to 2nd in lap 3,securing the #2 on the podium.

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#343 Ashley Clinton makes her way to the final slot on the podium, falling back one position in lap 1 to the #3 in lap 3.

Clinton's new 125 Hybrid seems to be working for her nicely. :cool:

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Hetrick Team Rider #10y Kelsey Lugan moves up 2 positions filling the #4 in lap 4.

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#961 Ze'yver Mott finishes the race in 5th .

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Day rider #1548 Joseph Cosgrove wrapped it up in 6th .

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ExtremeMiniquadNW rider #177 Cold Fite would also have a touch of bad luck with what I believe was a broken spindle and would end the day with a DNF in lap 3.

Fite would hold the fastest lap time in lap 2.

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Next off the line was the 91 open.
#12y Brendan Mulcahy led the entire race to the #1 on the podium.

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#388y Ozzy McIntyre moved up from 3rd position in lap 1 to a 2nd place finish.
McIntrye would also hold the fastest lap time in lap 4, follwed by day rider #1674 Shawn Tab in 3rd.

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Off and running were the 71-90 mod class.
Bennett racings,#14y Austin Bennett checked out and led the race taking the win.

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DRR/Hetrick Team rider #345y Tyler Wentz moves up from 5th position in lap 1 to the #2 in lap 3.

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Securing the 3rd on the podium was #35y Riley Snow .

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4th place went to #43y Dean Wheeler. Wheeler moves up from 6th position in lap 1, to 4th in lap 4.

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#56y Caide Hunt moves from the DRR to riding Team Poalris in 2008.This would also be her debut race in the 71-90 mod class.
Hunt starts out the race in lap 1 in 3rd, to settleing for a respectable 5th place finish.

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#621y Blake Sortor moves up 2 positions ,moving up from 8th position is lap1, to 6th place .

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DRR/Hetrick Team rider,#8y Brandon Lugan gets off to a rough start in lap 1.
In the offroad section, riders started getting piled up and stuck.Lugan ended up getting hung up onto another mini riders read end and took some time to get riders apart.
Lugan would move up from the 10th position in lap 1, to 7th plce finish.
Lugan would als ohold the fastest lap time in lap 3 in the 71-90 mod class.

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#126y Hunter Fromm moves up from 9th position in lap 1, to 8th place in lap 2,followed by day rider #2335 Wayne Anderson.Anderson moves up one position from 11th to 10th in lap 2.

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In the 71-90 stock class,#88y Tyler Beckman gets out front and leads to the #1 slot,followed by #413y Trevor Sortor in 2nd .Sortor held on to the #2 tight for the entire race for a spot on the podium.
Due to mud and some number plates not being visible, I was not able to post all the riders photos.

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Ill take a stab at it and say its #74y Lucas Carter moves up from the 4th position in lap 1, to filling the #3 in the 71-90 stock class.
If this is incorrect,please let me know to correct it .

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Day rider # 1084 Cutter Hatch falls back 1 position in lap 2,claiming the 4th place finish in 71-90 stock class.
Again, if I have incorrect photo up, please let me know.

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Day rider #1090 Mark Baptist would gain 1 position in the final lap and wrap it up in 5th place,followed by #19y David Hazlewood in 6th.
Baptist would also have the fastest lap time in lap 4.

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In the 51-70 mod class, DRR/Hetrick Team rider #16y Buddy Williams grabs a nice lead and takes the #1 all the way to the checker.

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Sitting on the # 2 was Kyle Kwiatkowski ,Kwiatkowski who held a solid 2nd position the entire race ,followed by #38y Jacob Gillespie in 3rd.

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#11y Cristian Elms slips back from 3rd position in lap 1, to 4th.

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#6y Travis Beckman moves up from 8th position in lap 1, to 5th place finish in the final lap.

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#22y Zachary Michel moved up from the 7th position in lap 1, to 6th place finish in the final lap.

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DRR/Hetrick Team Rider #211y Kohl Feuerhahn moves up 2 positions ,moving up from 9th postion in lap 1, to a 7th place finish.

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Moving on to the 11:20am race was the 12-15 mod class.
#157 Joseph Sheble moves up from 2nd position in lap 1, to leading the race taking the #1 on the podium.
Sheble would also hold he fastest lap time in lap 4.

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#93 David Kelley falls back slightly from leading in lap 1, to filling the #2 on the podium.

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#189 Dillon Ayers fals back slightly at mid race to 44th, but regains his postion and fills the #3.

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#155 Matt Hancock wraps it up in 4th .

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#66 Jaiger Snow holds on to 6th.

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#34 Raycen Snow places 6th, followed by #38 Coleman Barnum in 7th.

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The final slot in the 12- mod class went day rider #3416 Aaron Mikolic finishing up in 8th.

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12-15 stock winner went out to #177 Cole Fite .
Fite led the race and also had the fastest lap time in the final lap.

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Moving up from the mini Youth classes, #30 Allie Shelman places 2nd on her 300ex.
Nice job Allie!:D

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Another female rider greaduating from the youth CVT class, Bennett racing's #117 Ashely Bennett.
Bennett fills the #3.
#161 Erik Ziraldo would run solo in the 12-15 open class.

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In the afternoon Sport classes, things FINALLY started to dry up-and RUT UP!
off-road section were very torn up from all the mudfest early in the morning,but would provide more competitive conditions for the Youth riders.
8-15 sport class,#18y Parker Taylor leads to the finish .

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The #2 went out to #14y Austin Bennet who made up some impressive time moving up from 6th position in lap 1 to 2nd position in lap 3.

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DRR/Hetrick rider #16y Buddy Williams takes home the #3 .
Buddy moves up from 7th position to 3rd in lap 4.

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#8y Brandon Lugan took the holeshot in Sport 8-15 class,but drops back2 positions to the #4 after clipping a hay bail.

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#65y Devin Borges in 5th.

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#621 Blake Sortor moves up from 8th position in lap 1, to a 7th place finish.

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#43y Dean Wheeler moves his way up from 12th position to 8th in the final lap.

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DRR/Hetrick Team rider#345 Tyler Wentz, moves up from the 11th position in lap1, to 9th place in the final lap.

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10th place went out to #12y Brendan Mulcahy, moving up from 14y position in lap 1, to 10th place finish in Sport 71-90 8-15yr. class.

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In the Shifter Sport class,#177 Cole Fite leads the entire race to the #1.

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2nd place went out to Hetrick Team Rider #32y Grant Mitchell.
Mitchell moves up from 3rd position in lap 1,to the #2 in lap 2.

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#961y Ze'yver Mott fills the final spot on the podium in the Shifter Sport 8-15 class. Mott moves up from 4th place and mid race, to securing the #3 at mid race.

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#343y Ashley Clinton drops back from the #2 in lap1, to th place finish in lap 3.

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Hetrick Team Rider #10y Kelsey Lugan would experience some problems with a flat tire that sent her tumbling down an embankment while pinned under her machine..
Lugan rode 2 laps on the flat,and managed to keep from a DNF and placed 5th for the day in the Sport 8-15 class.
Kelsey said she has high hopes that she will be dialed in for Round 2.
Following in 6th would be day rider on Extreme,#1548 Joseph Cosgrove.

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For the 1st time in WORCS 7 year history, a meeting between the promoter and the Sunday mini youth parents,the majority opted to have a make up race at round 2 and spare the riders, and there quads from what would most certainly spell disaster, and many riders to DNF due to the steady down pour on Sunday .
Area towns were experiencing flash flooding and the track course was about the same!
These are trails that SHOULD have been ran for the adult classes, but a quick re-routing was promted as the trails were 3 ft deep some areas.:eek2:

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So with that said-thats a rap!
We will continue with more coverage at Round 2 as we head to Mesquite, Nevada Feb22-24.
All the youth deserve a HUGE congrats to there wk end. These kids raced in some of the most grueling conditions they have ever seen .This round was definately one a rider would have to be prepared for to make it to the finish.
Most of the West Coast has been under a deep freeze this season and alot of riders have not got in there training in.
Lets hope we get a break here soon so everyone can get back into the swing to things!

Congrats to all the youth,you are ALL winners!
See you in Nevada! :)

[CrackerboyLV]

Great Job Tina! Here is a shot of Ozzie. I noticed you didn't have one.


http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2250/2293045988_32170130c9.jpg

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Thanks and thanks again for everything this wk end! ;)
Ill have race coverage from round 2 up soon... Ive been really sick today so coverage will be later this week. :(