2005 WORCS Round #1 - Speedworld MX Park

The 2005 WORCS Series starts an exciting new era of WORCS ATV Racing. For years the ATVs have shared the same weekend as the Motorycles, but this all changed for 2005. The WORCS Series has now split the Motorycles and ATVs into two seperate series, which is big step forward for the ATV Industry.

No longer will the ATVs be overshadowed by the Motorycles and have to race on a course rutted up by around 1,000 motorcycles racing the track before them.

The key to the ATV substaining their own series is rider participation. If we as riders want to see our sport grow and gain a spot light with must join together and support the ATV racing by either racing the events or just showing up to show your support for the racers represtenting our passion ATVs.

This sport has come a long way over the past couple of years, but we will need to show that we are a larger market than the motorcyle and show up at the races, and the WORCS race series would be an excellent choice.

Rocky Mountain ATV is the title sponsor for the 1st every ATV series and will be giving a 10% discount to all WORCS riders that purchase Rocky Mountain ATV House products.

Also, Rocky Mountain ATV will be giving away Brand New Yamaha YFZ450 Limited Edition to the 4 Stroke Stock A Class Champion at the end of the season.

Rocky Mountain gave Mike Bender a YFZ450 in 2004 for winning the Production A Championship.

Also, Jet Shed Polaris will also be donating a 2005 Polaris Predator to the Production A National Champion.

In addition to the two class Champions receiving ATVs, members of the WORCS Series recevie discounts from over 10 companies no matter how they finish a race.

Discounts for Members:
Rekluse Automatic Clutches 20%, Iron Man Sprockets 20%, Pro Design 10%,Number Technologies 15%,DH Racing Products, 15%, Zip Ty Racing 15%,Hoy-Fox Toyota 10-20% off Parts,Terry Cable 25%, and Scott USA & GPR Stablizers are also offering special deals as well.

Inaddition, riders are eligible for some impressive contigency prizes for finish near the front from many companies.

check out www.worcsracing.com for a complete list of contigency programs.

The Opening round of the Series was held in Surprize, AZ at the Speedworld Raceway which is less than 30 minutes from downtown Phoenix, AZ.

The location is in the valley and surrounded by mountains. From erosion over the years there are some evaluation changes created from deep washes that provided a nice change of scenery.

A view from one of the washes on the track.

The track was open for practice on Friday, so the riders could get a feel for the 5 mile track. Riders lined up early for registration, and the lines moved along. Each rider was given three numbers to place on them and the machine, plus they also received a transponder which was used from recording the laps and track times.

After registation, I walked around the extensive pit area and was pleased to see many familiar faces, and meet some ATVriders.com members for the 1st time.

Corry Colaw (400Grl) was the 1st person that I ran into and for obvious reasons, since I plan to hang out in her pit area with Jason Weller for the weekend.

Corry was really excited to give WORCS racing a try.

I also ran into, long time member, Joe Rarey (LapTraffic). Joe made the long trip from Washington State to compete in the Opending round of the series on his Cannondale/ATK.