WORCS Round 3-Crazyhorse GP Park,Lake Havasu, AZ. Race Coverage

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Round 3 of the WORCS series kicks off in Lake Havasu,Arizona at Crazyhorse GP Park.
The Lake Havasu round always seems to pull in large entries, this year broke a record with entries in the high 600's.
Havasu is one of the more popular destinations in the U.S. for spring break and hosts some of the nicest weather early in the Spring-although you would swear this year it was summer!
Temps. soared into the high 80's and low 90's ,riders would find a tough time beating the heat and the track conditions took a beating as well .

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At each Round,theres always some new and exciting...
At round 3, BRP/Can Am loaded up the Semi and offered demo riders to the public over the wk end.
I stayed so busy, I missed my opportunity! :(

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Doug Eichner takes in a little of the scenery and also a peek for whats in store for the wk. ends racing.

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Fridays practice kicks off, starting out with a few shots from practice, my sidekick 30+A rider, #51 Troy Lugan.
It was nice to see him get to travel up with me this round so that he could get in some seat time for more than just the video Coverage .

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Rhino classes get there seat time in on Friday as well.

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Lonestar and Team Polaris rider, Angela Butler seems to be settling in quite well with the WORCS series this season.

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Always guarenteed to give me a killer roost shot-Pro rider Tim Shelman.:D

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Can Am Pro Team rider, #70 Brandon Smith is one fast guy.
His MX skills shined this round.

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Doug Eichner skies it out!

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Your 2007 Champion,Cam Am team rider #1 Josh Frederick.

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A class rider Ed Teixeira.

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Look Mom... No hands!!:p

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As mentioned in the Youth coverage, rider entries hit a record this round with entries in the high 600's.
Full gates were seen in many classes this round ,some were busting at the seams!

Racing kicks off with the unclassifieds and Youth on Sat. morning,followed by the Pro Production,Prod. A, Stock A class.
15 riders are on the line in Pro Production-

Doug Eichner gets off to a great start this wk end and leads the entire race to the finish !

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Following close behind Eichner was #680 Nic Granlund.
Granlund moves up from 7th position in lap 1, to the #2 slot in lap 5.

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Can Am's #70 Brandon Smith starts out in 4th position in lap 1, moves up to the 2nd position at mid race, but slips back slightly in lap 5 to 3rd, wrapping up the final spot on the podium in Pro Production.

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#288 Dean Pierce started out lap 1 in 3rd position,buts falls back in lap 4 one position ,finishing up in 4th in Pro Production.

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# 258 Jorie Williams moves up several positions ,moving up from 11th in lap 1,to 5th in lap 5.

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#15 Ryan Piplic moved up from 11th position in lap 1, to the 6th slot in lap 5.

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Prod. A riders had a HUGE gate!
Split gate and 47 riders on the line!!!

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#101 Curtis McNitt Jr. grabs the 2nd position and holds it until mid race ,then takes over the lead and wins the Prod. A class.

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#417 Josh Row held position 3 until mid race, then moves up to a2nd place finish in lap 4.
Row also held the fastest lap time in lap 2.

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All you riders look like racers rolled in pancake flour!:o :p
Ive had a heck of a time telling who is who this race so if Im wrong, please let me know..
#1r Bronson Bundy moves up from the 10th position in lap 1, to filling the #3.

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Can Am team Pro-Am rider, #49 Dillon Zimmerman slips back from leading the pack threw lap 3, slipping back to 4th in the final lap.

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#83 Cody Mitchell moves up 6 positions,starting out the race in 12th ,moving up to 5th in lap 6.

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#135 Andrew Lattimar starts out the race in 21st position, but makes up some time in lap 2, moving up to 12th.
Lattimar manages to work his way to 4th in lap 5, but slips back slightly to a 6th place finish in Prod. A.
Followed by #249 Mike Kelley ,slipping back from 4th position in lap 1, to the #7.

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#514 John Rikerd starts out the race in 17th position and makes his way up to the 5th place in lap 5.

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#45 Garrin Fuller is 28th position in lap 1, but makes up some time by mid race in 11th, in the final lap moves up two positions to a 9th place finish in Production A.

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Rounding out the top 10 in Prod. A,#116 Keith Johnson slips back two positions moving from 8th position in lap 1, to the #10.

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In the stock A class,#282Kevin McCullough gets out front and leads the race to the checker. also held the fastest lap time in lap 2.

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#111 Garret Stucki moves up from 5th position in lap 1, to the #2 on the podium.

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On the final spot on the podium was #209 Lewis Walck.

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In race 8 of the day its the Open classes and Womens A.
Can Am's Brandon Smith checks out leading the entire race and also held the fastest lap time in lap 2.

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#549 Beau Baron moves up from the 4th position in lap 1 ,but quickly moves up to the 2nd position in lap 2 for the duration of the race .

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#680 Nic Granlund moves up from 5th position in lap 1, to taking hold of 3rd position in lap 3.

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35 entries in the Open A!!

Open A rider #514 John Rikerd moves up from 13th position in lap 1, to the # 1 on the podium!!!
Nice job!

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#2 on the podium was #114 Rob Brown.
Brown moves up from the 3rd position at mid race ,gains one position to 2nd in lap 4,falls back,then regains position in the final lap.

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#50 Jose Ramirez has a great race, moving up from 15th position in lap 1, to the 3rd on the podium in the last lap!

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In the Womens A class, Polaris team rider #88 Angela Butler has the fastest lap time in lap 3, and leads to the finish.

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#894 Amy Horst stays in a solid 2nd .

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Temmecula's #1w Julie Russell in the 3rd.

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In Sundays 15-29 Sport A class,#231 Kenny Crane lead in lap 1, falls back one position in lap2, but quickly retains the lead to the finish line.

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#1701 Tyler Wood held the fastest lap time in lap 2.
Wood also led for that lap , but slips back to a respectable 2nd place finish.

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#131 Keith Carinalli moves up 3 positions, moving up from 6th in lap 1, to the #3.

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#635 Roy Bloodworth lead the entire race in 40+A.

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Had the fastest lap in lap 2,moving up from 3rd position in lap 1, to a 2nd place finish .

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#2077 Kevin Gardner wraps it up in 3rd.

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In some of the other wk ends racing ,all the way from England,#2120 John Elliot leads the pack and also carries out the fastest lap time in lap 2 in the Prod. B class.

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In Stock B, #821 Travis Rowley takes home the win and held the fastest lap time in lap 2.

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In the Utility class, Can Am rider#290 Johnny Leach wins the Utility class and also takes in the fastest lap time in lap 3.

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In the Sport 15-29 C class, #1049 Kyle McDaniel wins with an approx. 6 second lead over the 2nd place finisher.
McDaniel would also hold the fastest lap time in lap 2.

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Womens C class rider, #966 Debbie Bloodworth takes the win and also held the fastest lap time in lap 3.

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The final re-cap of the wk ends racing was the Rhino Class with an impressive 19 entries!!!
#1178 Jeff Castelli takes home the win ,moving up from the 4th position in lap 1,to taking the checker in the final lap.

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#1169 Adam Templeton moves up from 5th position to 4th at mid race, then moves takes over the #2 slot in the final lap.

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#1168 Robert Vanbeekum III led the race in laps 8 and 9, but falls back to the 3rd place win in the Rhino Mod. Class in the final lap.

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Thats about all the time I have for to cover out the wk ends racing.
There was so many photos this round and alot of photos that you could not tell who was who ,so help me out next round and dont get so dirty!!:blah: :D
Coverage took longer because of that as well..
Round 4 takes place in the beautiful, but wet Washington State . Lets cross our fingers that we will all get lucky and pass up some mud this round .
Next round will include some woods sections as well !
Round 4 is being held at Pacific Raceway April 18-20.

Ill leave you with a quick video of the Open class I done ,the rest of the videos will be up soon . Make sure and check out the homepage for the Race report as well and the Youth Coverage.
Will see you soon!

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Awsome pictures! Thanks! It's hard to see what everyone looks like when you're actually racing on the course. Now I can see what I missed.

[GWTT]

Just signed onto the site. I was at this race and only raced 2 laps. Rear caliper hit the exhaust and stripped out the bolt in my sub frame, lost the Exhaust and DNF'd :( I was going to post a new topic for the 09' season but I am a new member and am not allowed..

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You can post in the "racing" section. This section is for atvriders ppl reporting on races. :)

Did you get to watch my daughter kick butt seeins you were broke down..? :D

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Originally posted by LT80
You can post in the "racing" section. This section is for atvriders ppl reporting on races. :)

Did you get to watch my daughter kick butt seeins you were broke down..? :D

exactly..

So what she on this year? Did she switch back to her Honda?
Ive heard a few people that went back to Honda this year.
Good contengencies this year:D

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She was on a Polaris this year. The 450 straight axel.
I have no clue as to what's up for this season. :(

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Originally posted by LT80
She was on a Polaris this year. The 450 straight axel.
I have no clue as to what's up for this season. :(

Really??! Now that surprises me !:huh

I wont be at round 1, have you heard if shes racing the season opener?
It doesnt matter what that girl races,she always FAST!!:cool: :macho

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LT80 I probably didnt see her. even though I did the open class, the B open was last on the line, which means she was ahead of me. I did pass a few of the ladies while in my 2 laps of crazyness. then I idled to the finish line on the second lap and pulled off. didnt get lapped though :)