WORCS 2008-Round 2-Mesquite,Nevada

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WORCS returns for round 2 at world class Mesquite MX Park, located in Mesquite,Navada,nestled just 90 miles north of Las Vegas.Mesquite MX Park offers a variety of MX,
Off-road sections ,elevation changes, straightaways as well as Desert sections, deep sand and rock.

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Track conditions were prestine on Fridays pratice day,but would leave the question unanswered if the rain would hold out for the Pro main on Sunday.

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Luckily riders got there seat time in on Friday before the downpour hit and turned the pit into a mudhole.
This track is not one that holds up well to mud. There was talk of relocating the MX, to mainly running the off-road sections if neccesary.

Would the track once again become a repeat of Round 1??

To start off the coverage, here is a few pics from Fridays practice.

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Anyone know anything about the rider who was injured on the step down?
This was a nail biter for me watching a few of the riders that just BARELY cleared this one!
Others had no problems clearing it ... :cool:

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Round 2 set yet another record for entries.

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Pro Am Rider Mike Kelley.

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Sat. racing is kicked off by the unclassifieds for a sneak peak of the full course-youth classes are race 2 ,then off is the Prod. classes...
17 Pro riders are off !

Temmecula Motorsports # 5 Levi Marana doesnt mess around and CHECKS OUT!
Marana leads the race to the #1 in Pro Production.

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#549 Beau Baron moves up from the 3rd position in the final lap to the # 2 in Pro Production.

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#7 Pro rider Robbie Mitchell exchanges positions in the final lap with Baron, falling back to the final slot on the podium in 3rd.

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Can-Am rider and WORCS Pro Champion,#1 Josh Frederick held the fastest lap time in lap 2,but would have to settle for a respectable 4th place in the Pro Production race.

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#660 Nic Granlund makes his way to WORCS for round 2 and moves up from 7th position in lap 1 to 5th place in lap 4.

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# 15 Ryan Piplic would move up from 7th position in lap 3, to a 5th place finish in Pro Production.

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#288 Dean Pierce moves up from 10th position in lap 1,to the #7 in Pro Production.

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#258 Jorie Williams starts the race in 9th position in lap 1,moves up to 7th in lap 4,but falls back one position,wrapping up the race in 8th.

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In the Prod. A class,39 riders are off the line!!!!!!!!
#1r Bronson Bundy starts out the race in lap one in 7th place,but moves up to an impressive 1st place in lap 4 and leads the race to the checker !!

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#373 Kevin Kurtz moves up from 3rd place in lap one to leading the race in laps 2 and 3, but would slip backto the #2 on the podium in Prod. A.

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#135 Andrew Lattimar moves up from 8th position in lap 1, to filling the final slot on the podium in 3rd in lap 2.
Nice job Drew!!

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#417 Josh Row moves up from an impressive 22nd position in lap 1, to 4th place in the final lap!:eek2:

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#101 Curtis McNitt Jr. moves up from 16th in lap 2, to 5th place in the final lap in Prod. A.

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#223 David Haagsma holds the fastest lap time in lap 2 and moves up from the 16th position in lap 1, to a 6th place finish.

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#33 Wayne Matlock starts off the race in 5th position in lap 5, but would slip back 2 positions, settling for a 7th place finish in Production A.

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In the stock A class,#209 Lewis Walck held the 2nd position in lap 2,but takes ahold of the lead all the way to the checker .

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# 90 Dominic DePalma slips back from the # 1 to a respectable 2nd place finish in lap 3.
Depalma also held the fatest lap time in lap 2.

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#111 Garret Stucki fills the final spot on the podium with a solid 3rd place finish in Stock A.

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In Race 6, Open Pro class riders are off with 16 Pros making the mad dash!

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Can-Am Pro rider # 70 Brandon Smith held the fastest lap time in lap 2 and moves up from the 2nd position in lap 1, leading significantly in lap 4 and taking the #1 on the podium for the Open Pro class.

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#680 Nic Granlund moves up one position in lap 2, securing the #2 on the podium .

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Temmecula's # 9 Mike Cafro ,moves up from 4th position in lap 1 , to filling the #3 in Open Pro.

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Team Money$hots #8 Tim Shelman makes his way up from the 5th position in lap one, to a secure 4th in lap 2.

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#26 Chad Prull moves up several positions, moving up from 10th position in lap 1, to 5th place finish in lap 4.

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#206 Brian Simmons makes his way up from the 11th position in lap 1, to 6th place finish in the final lap.

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#61 Dax Snow moves up from 8th position in lap one to 5th at mid race ,but slips back to 7th place finish in the final lap .

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A large entry count for the A class.-40 riders are off the line!!!:eek2:

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Can-Am rider #49 Dillon Zimmerman held the fastest lap time in lap 2, and makes his way up from 5th position in lap 1,to the #1 on the podium.

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#101 Curtis McNitt Jr. slips back from 1st position to the #2 slot.

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#1t Jeff Bertuzzi would fill the final slot on the podium in 3rd.

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#514 John Rickerd held 7th position in lap 1, moves his way up to 3rd at mid race, but would have to settle for the #4 in Open A.

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#63 Jon Wayment makes up several positions,moving up from 17th position in lap 1, to a 5th place finish!

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

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#105 Nicholas Martinsen moves up from 10th position in lap 1, to a 7th place finish.

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#915 Jarid Lorenzen makes his way up from 13th position in lap 1, to an 8th place finish in Open A.

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Bennett Racing #214 Barry Bennett falls back slightly from 6th position in lap 1, to 9th place in the final lap.

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In the Womens A class, Polaris Team rider ,#88 Angela Butler gets out front and leads the entire race to the #1 slot.

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Temmecula's #1w Julie Russell moves up from 3rd position to the #2 in lap 3.

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#53 Lynn Prosser fills the final slot on the podium, moving up from 5th position in lap 1, to the #3.

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In the Sport A 16-29 class,#31 Blane Vadasy moevs up from the 6th position in lap 1, to the #1 in the final lap.

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#131 Keith Carinalli moves up from 4th position in lap 1, to filling the #2 slot.

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#45 Garrin Fuller moves up from 8th position in lap1,to wrapping it up 5 seconds behind Carnalli,followed by 4th place #1582 Tyler Wood.

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On Sundays Main event, Can -Am rider Dillon Zimmerman once again takes it home to the #1!
Zimmerman most definately seems to be taking a real liking to his DS this year.
Zimmerman starts out the race in 2nd postion in lap 1, but moves up in lap 4 to the # 1 slot .

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!1r Bronson Bundy moves up from the 3rd position in lap5 to taking home the #2 in the Pro Am class.

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#417 Josh Row held 4th position all the way until the final lap,taking the final spot in the Pro Am in 3rd.

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#223 David Haagsma took lead early in the race ,but slips back in lap 8 to 4th place finish.
Haagsma also held the fastest lap time in lap2.

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#1t Jeff Bertuzzi held 5th position the entire race.

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#116 Keith Johnson makes his way up from 11th position in lap 1, to 6th in lap 7.

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#33 Wayne Matlock holds 6th postion all the way to lap 7, but falls back slightly, settling for 7th in Pro Am.

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#214 Barry Bennett moves up from the 17th position in lap 1, to an impressive 8th place in lap 7.

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#180 Myron Whitehorse fills the #9,moving up from 20th position in lap 1, to 9th in lap 7.

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Rounding out the top 10 ,#88 Angela Butler makes her way to the main event ,moving up from 12th position in lap 1, to filling the final top 10 spot in lap 6.

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Some other honorable mentions for some of the other racing from the wk. end, WORCS Promoter Sean Reddish wins the Utility class leadng the entire race to the checker.

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Rhino mod class, #2 Doug Eichner leads the entire race to the #1 on the podium.

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40+ A rider,#139 Darren Kelly makes his way up from 6th position in lap1, to taking home the win.

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40+B rider,#3612 John Elliot leads the entire race to the #1.

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#152 Steve Mulcahy makes his way up from 2nd position in lap 1, to 1st place finish in 40+ C.

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#849 Jennifer Williams held the fastest lap time in lap 2 and laos moves up from 2nd position in lap 1 to 1st place in the Womens B class.

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#966 Debbie Bloodworth checks out the leads the Womens C class.
Bloodworth also held the fastest lap time in lap 7.

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Sorry the recap took so long to get up,between my entire family being sick and some computer issues, things ran behind.

Youth coverage will be up after the wk end,also that race videos and Interviews will be up very soon.

Round 3 will be held in Havasu,Az.. March 21-23.
Have a safe trip and we will see you there!

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Awsome pics!!! Thank you.
I gotta say that it sure is nice getting a different place in the track for pics. Some seem to stand in one corner and take pics. The track looks amazing.
I have to come race one of these. I qualify for the 50+ class today. :)
Thanks again. Great job.

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Originally posted by LT80
Awsome pics!!! Thank you.
I gotta say that it sure is nice getting a different place in the track for pics. Some seem to stand in one corner and take pics. The track looks amazing.
I have to come race one of these. I qualify for the 50+ class today. :)
Thanks again. Great job.
Happy B-day :)
If you make the trip out this year, shoot me a PM.
I usually stand in one spot until I see the leader go back around once, then I switch locations.that way I know I usually get at least one shot of each rider.:)

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Due to some server issues, vidoes got pushed back as well as the youth Coverage.
The videos are now up-enjoy!
http://www.atvriders.com/atvracing/worcs-atv-racing-2008-02-videos.html

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Originally posted by QuadJunkies
40+B rider,#3612 John Elliot leads the entire race to the #1.

Hi
Do you have any more photos of John,He flys out from the UK
for more racing at the weekend and don't do bad for the age
of 68 :)

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Originally posted by trol
Hi
Do you have any more photos of John,He flys out from the UK
for more racing at the weekend and don't do bad for the age
of 68 :)
68??! WOW!! BIG props!!:macho
Will he be in Havasu?
Im not sureif I have more or not, check out the photo gallery. ;)

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I thought there was a 50+ class???

BTW, racing at 68 is awsome! :)

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Originally posted by trol
Hi
Do you have any more photos of John,He flys out from the UK
for more racing at the weekend and don't do bad for the age
of 68 :)

Yeah, John's pretty quick, especially for his age.

Great guy too! Cool that he's able to come over here to race these.

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John is one of the nicest guys , one could only hope to be as agile and competetive as he at that age . Alliecat really clicked with john and his family. He is a true ambassador to the sport.

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I looked, he raced the 50+ class last weekend.
Wish I was there to follow him. :D