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