2008 WORCS -Round 5-Hollister Hills,Ca

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Round 5 kicks off in California at Hollister Hills SVRA .
Hollister Hills offers recreation for motorcyclists, 4-wheelers, picnickers, and campers in the Gabilan Mountains just an hour’s drive from San Jose. Park elevations range from 660 feet to 2,425 feet with various upper and lower ranch areas.

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The MX track was set up GP style and riders ran a fast race .
The course was well set up to where any ATV level rider could broaden there skills .
The holeshot was a nice open ,sweeping turn with no berm.

Temps would soar into the 100's this round -quite the opposite from the month before in Washington State, where riders would endure snow and hail .
Riders told me on Fridays practice that the sudden heat effected some of the riders breathing, especially those who were from milder climates.

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Entries for Round 5 were down with many speculating that high rising fuel costs effected the rider turn out.
Entries were close to 500 entries .

WORCS Pros put on a Pro clinic as well this round .Youth riders would get helpful tips and tricks from the Pros to all the uprising talent .
Roughly 70 Youth riders attended the clinic.
I know I can speak for all the kids that it means a great deal to them having all the Pros enteracting with them all helping them improve there riding skills.

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Something new and fun added to WORCS this round was the youth riders received ATV Insider Pro trading cards .I have a few of these cards myself and I must say they are AWESOME!!!
In order for you to get all the cards, you would have to trade them with your friends and other racers until you get all 10 cards. These are limited edition cards ONLY 3000 of them exist in total. Special thanks given to Mark Elliot and ATV Insider Magazine.
Cards consisted of the following riders and will be handed out for a couple more rounds.
1-Josh Frederick
2-Doug Eichner
4-John Shafe
5-Levi Marana
6-Brandon Brown
7-Robbie Mitchell
8-Tim Shelman
9-Mike Cafro
10-Dustin Terry
11-Justin Zembo

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As well as riders tips and tricks, Kawasaki's DATS Racing Team explained the importance of representing yourself to potential sponsors and how to properly set up your rider support portfolios.

Big props to all the Pros involved with us a great experince for out future Pros and special thanks to Dallas Mayo(WORCS Kids Coordinator) for setting up each and every round for the WORCS kids events.

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One of the obstacles riders would endure before the racing wk end kicked off was passing sound.
This round, California State would do the testing.
Several riders were stunned and found themselves back and forth to there pits making last minute changes to pass sound check requirements of 99DB,which led to a slight delay on the Sat. unclassified race.

Pro Production kicks off in race 2-11 riders are off !!
Pro rider #167 Mike Machado gets out front !!

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Team Polaris rider, Doug Eichner quickly gets out front in lap 2 and held the lead to the finish.
Eichner also held the fastest lap time in lap 2.

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Privateer #549 Beau Baron was the talk of the wk end in the Pro class....
record heat and very dusty conditions didnt seem to bother Baron !!
Baron moves up from the 3rd position in lap 2 to holding a solid 2nd to the finish in Pro Production.

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Team Can Am's#70 Brandon Smith catches up quickly and moves up from 8th position in lap 1, to filling the #3 in lap 3.

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Kawasaki's DATS Racing rider #61 Dax Snow , held a solid 4th threwout the race.

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From Wa. State, #258 Jorie Williams moves up from 10th position in lap 1, to filling the #5 in Pro Prod.

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32 entries in Prod. A Class...
Josh Row moves up from 4th position in lap 1, to leading the duration of the race in lap 4, taking the win in Prod. A.

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From Washington State, # 515 Mike Antilla led laps 1-4, but slips back to the #2 slot in lap 5,followed by Can Am's #49 Dillon Zimmerman in 3rd.
Zimmerman also held the fastest lap time in lap 3.

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#223 David Haagsma slips back from the 3rd position to 4th place finish in lap 5.

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#101 Curtis McNitt Jr. held the 5th position ,Mcnitt slipped back one position at mid race ,but was able to re-gain a 5th place finish.

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#574 Clayton Endes moved up from 11th position in lap 1, to to 6th in lap 4,finishing the race in 6th in Prod. A class.

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#91 Jor Dan Hansen in 6th position in lap 1 would settle for 7th for the day.

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#116 Keith Johnson moves his way up from 29th position in lap 1 to an impressive 8th place finish in Prod. A.
Nice job Keith!!

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#9 went out to #527 Blake Barnum .
Barnum moves up from 13th position in lap 1, to 9th in the final lap.

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Rounded out the top 10 in Prod. A was # 131 Keith Carinalli.
Carinalli moves up 5 positions moving up from 15th to a 10th place finish in the final lap.

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Open Pro class was abit on the thin side with only 7 entries.
Can Am's #1 Josh Frederick held the fastest lap time in lap 3 and also took home the win ,moving up from 4th position in lap 1 to 3rd in the final lap.

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Team Money$hots #8 Tim Shelman moves up on the final lap to the #2 .

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Open Pro rider #97 Michael Owens slips back one position to the #3 slot on the podium.

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#12 Dustin Clark moves up from 5th position to 4th in the final lap.

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#134 Matthew Long moves up one position in the final lap to 5th.

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#18 Bryan Grey moves up from 7th postion to 6th place finish, followed by #712 Derrick Sas in 7th.

Sas led the entire race, and a smokin fast one indeed!!:macho
Sas has set some great laps times in the Pros class at Rounds 4 and 5,but unfortunately,luck has not been on his side.

I hope Round 6 will be a better finish for him-much deserved.

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Heat and dust would be no exception for the Pro Main .
Sunday Pro Main would draw in a total of 18 entries,19 for the Pro Am's.

One rider rider in the Pro class that seems to be settling in well is Privateer #549 Beau Baron.
Baron has moved from the 2- wheeled world into the ATV scene and seems to be finding his notch in the Sport very nicely....

Baron starts out the race in 6th position in lap 1 and slowly inches his way up to 3rd at mid race ,then proceeds to take over the lead from Josh Frederick, who was experiencing some mechanical problems that set his day to the back of the pack .
This would be the 1st Pro win for Suzuki in the WORCS for 2008.

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DATS Racing Kawasaki rider, #7 Robbie Mitchell finishes just 15 seconds behind Baron ,moving up from 4th position at mid race to the #2.

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Can Am's #70 Brandon Smith starts out the race in 13th position in lap 1,by mid race Smith had worked his way to 5th .
Smith grabs 3rd in lap 8 and fills the final slot on the podium in 3rd .

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Yamaha's #94 Dustin Nelson led the race until lap 6,but ran into a tire issue that set him back to 7th .
Nelson made a quick pit stop and was able to get caught back up to a respectable 4th place finish.
Nelson also held the fastest lap time in lap 2.

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#8 "TPQ" Tim Shelman falls back from 8th position in lap 1 to 13th in lap 2.
Shelman was on a mission to re-gain positions and moves up to 5th place finish in lap 8.

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DATS Racing #61 Dax Snow moves up one position ,moving up from 7th position to 6th place finish in lap 8.

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#258 Jorie Williams moves up two positions ending the day in 7th.

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#167 Mike Machado starts out the race in 2nd position in lap 1, but falls back to the #8 in lap 10.

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#97 Michael Owens moved up one position in lap 10 to securing 9th.

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The final Pro in the top 10 was #712 Derrick Sas.
Sas moves up from 18th position in lap 1, to rounding out the 10th position in the final lap.

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In the Pro Am class,CanAms Pro Am rider #49 Dillon Zimmerman CHECKS OUT!:macho
Zimmerman starts out the race in 3rd position but edges out in lap 3 and leads the entire race.

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#417 Josh Row moves his way up from 8th position in lap 1,to securing #2 on the podium in lap 9.

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DATS Racing #1r Bronson Bundy moves up from 7th position in lap 1, to the final spot on the podium in lap 10.

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#116 Keith Johnson slips back from leading Pro Am in lap 1, to wrapping it up in 4th.

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Fast and Furious Team Polaris rider #88 Angela Butler held 3rd postion at mid race, but slips back slightly to a respectable to 5th in the final lap.

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#574 Clayton Endes moves up from 18 position in lap 1, to the #6 in the final lap.

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#101 Curtis McNitt Jr. led the fastest lap time in lap 2 ,Mcnitt also led in lap 1, but at mid race, McNitt suffered a shoulder injury that set him back to 7th place in the final lap.

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#249 Mike Kelley starts out the race in 5th position ,but falls back to the #8 in lap 10.

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#45 Garrin Fuller moves up from 13th position in lap 1 to securing 9th position to the checker in lap 5.

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The final top 10 in Pro Am ,#111 Garrett Stucky moves up 5 positions to the #10 slot in lap 10.

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Some of the other honorable mentions from the wk. ends racing...
#249 Mike Kelley came out looking stellar in the Open class and led the entire race and also held the fastest lap time in lap 2.
That was a nice race Mike!!:cool:

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Shifter Sport 8-15 #177 Cole Fite had an awesome wk. end in several of his entries.
Fite took 1st place and also held the fastest lap time in lap 2 in the Sport class.

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Rhino Mod class, #1003 Mark Holz Razr was flat out Haulin!!:eek2:

Holz starts out the race in 2nd position,but moves up quickly and secures the #1 in lap 3.

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Angela Butler and Amy Horst put on a good race in the Womens race ,Angela led the entire race ,both ladies tie for lap times in the final lap,

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DRR/Hetrick Team rider #16y Buddy Williams led the entire race in the 51-70 open class.

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Womens C class day rider #2011 Amy George moved up from 3rd position in lap 1 to the #1 slot in lap 4.
George also held the fastest lap time in lap 4.

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#1s Rick Ellsworth led the entire race in the 50+ class.

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WORCS Promoter Sean Reddish ran exhibition 30+ A on the
Can Am!!

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71-90 mod class day rider from Washington State,#2006 Kyle McBride moves up from 4th position in lap 1, to securing the #1 in lap 3.
McBride also held the fastest lap time in lap 2.

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Prod. B class day rider # 1877 Gary Peters gains 3 positions,moving up from 3rd position in lap 1 to taking the win in lap 5.

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12-15 mod sport class,#93 David Kelley moves up from 2nd position in lap 1, to taking over the lead in lap 3.

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WORCS will take a pause for the summer in the racing until Aug. 15-17th for round 6 at Straddleline in Olympia,Wa.
This Round will host a special Endurcross event that will be one round you wont want to miss!!
This was just a fraction of the wk ends racing.WORCS videos from rounds 3,4 and 5 are up on the homepage.
For more info please visit www.worcsracing.com for more info.

Have a fun and safe summer and we will see you soon!