2005 WORCS Round #4 - Honolulu Hills

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#75 Brandon Brown, trying to reel in #98 John Shafe during Lap 6

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Amongst all the YFZ’s and 450R’s there were only two racers aboard other machines. Here is #187 Robbie Mitchell on his KFX400. Robbie would go on to finish in 14th place completing 13 laps at a time of 1:36:14.4 (hours:minutes:seconds.tenths)

You can see how the tires are very elongated from the speed the racers carried as they headed up the half mile asphalt section.

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And #152 Evan Carrillo on his 400ex

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As the half way point approached many of the riders began to show signs of fatigue and pull into the pits for gas, goggles and whatever else they may need. On lap 7 Eichner pitted to adjust his camel-back that came loose on lap 3.

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As Eichner caught up to the other riders he made good use of his air horn that he keeps attached to his chest protector. Here is he letting Pro-Am rider Jonathan Garcia know he needs to get out of his way

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On lap 7 the top 5 rider positions were:
1. #1 Eichner with a minute + lead
2. #101 Holladay
3. #81 Lindsay
4. #222 Chislock
5. #98 Shafe

#81 Lindsay with the hammer down

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#98 John Shafe from Marana AZ, rounding the corner and making the transition from dirt to the high speed pavement section.

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Moving up ifrom 11th place to 9th is #5 Mike Cafro from Carlsbad CA, sponsored by temecula Motorsports as well.

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By lap 9 Eichner had extended his lead to over two minutes. Doug was riding flawlessly and it would take a major incident for anyone to catch him.

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Josh Frederick’s was just trying to salvage as many points as possible. With his earlier motor problems he would fall 4 laps down and end up in 16th for the day.