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Pro Motorsports South Point Casino WORCS Race Report
WORCS Racing - Round 3 - South Point

Tempe, AZ (3/4/2016) - Pro Motorsports’ Matt and Jeff Hancock had and up and down weekend at round three of the WORCS Championship held at the South Point Casino for a special round of racing held in Las Vegas.

The event was different than most WORCS races as it was held in the three horse arenas at the casino, and incorporated sand, dirt, clay, asphalt, and clay racing surfaces, as well as big air jumps, log sections and large tires.

Matt Hancock WORCS Racing
Matt Hancock finished just outside of the top five at South Point WORCS in sixth

Matt Hancock finished sixth in the Pro ATV Race. After a difficult start, Hancock relied on a heavier training regimen he started before the weekend to pull off a sixth place finish.

“I didn’t finish the way I wanted, but I think I rode a good race,” said Matt. “I knew going into the weekend that it was going to be a long race and endurance was key. I started training, so I could have a lot more in me. I was getting tired in the last few races, so I had to change something. I pushed myself a lot more in training, and I can tell the difference already.

“A bunch more guys showed up this weekend and it was a pretty cool event,” added Matt. “It was a lot different than the other races. It was rough on the short loop, but the Elka shocks were fantastic. I was able to keep pushing. The Maxxis Tires along with Tire Blocks were working great. They went from the sand to the asphalt to the concrete to the dirt with no problems.”

Matt Hancock ran in the top three for much of the Pro Side by Side race before power steering problems slowed his charge.

Matt Hancock WORCS Racing
Matt Hancock makes his way around the track at South Point WORCS

“My car was one of the faster ones out there,” said Matthew. “The Sparks Motor and Maxxis Tires are a great combination. We were trying some new things with the steering and my power steering went out on the seventh lap. It was a pretty tight course and having it right after the ATV race, I couldn’t run the pace the top guys were running. I was up to second and third for most of the race, but I couldn’t keep up the pace with the steering problem, so I fell to seventh.

“I didn’t want to wreck the car, so I chose to run as well as I could and pick up some points,” continued Matt. “We’re in this for the championship, so we’re going to be ready for Havasu and I’ll show what I can do.”

Jeff Hancock had a difficult day in both the Pro ATV and the SXS Unlimited races. In Pro ATV, he was charging to the front, but got stuck in traffic and was then crashed off his Honda by another competitor.

Jeff Hancock WORCS Racing
#69 Jeff Hancock

“I was fourth off the line, and then we started bottlenecking ,” explained Jeff. “We were all piled up right away. I got stuck behind some guys who got tangled up. I came back around into the sand section and got stuck behind someone else. I came into the infield, and I got taken out by another rider. I couldn’t get my bike restarted. It was a pretty long day on a short course. This isn’t my style of racing, but I think I’m in better shape.”

In SXS Unlimited, Jeff Hancock’s machine had trouble right out of the gate. With power steering problems and a broken axle, Hancock wisely parked his side by side for safety’s sake.

“I took off out of the start pretty well,” said Jeff. “Then I went through the first jump and I lost power steering and an axle broke. In the next corner, I went up on two wheels and almost rolled it. I went into the next section and into the turn into the sand whoops, the car just wouldn’t turn and I just blew the corner. So I parked it so I wouldn’t hurt myself or someone else.”

Pro Motorsports’ Hancock brothers will be back and ready to charge as WORCS heads to Lake Havasu, AZ for a doubleheader weekend March 18-20.

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Maxxis Tires, LKH Farming, Elka Suspension, ROLL Design, Sparks Racing, FLY Racing, FASST Co., K&N Filters, Tire Blocks, DWT Wheels, Method Wheels, IMS Products, Works Connection, Gaerne Boots, Hinson Racing, Sunstar Sprockets, ATVRiders.com, Precision Stabilizers, RPM Dominator Axles, Fourwerx Carbon, Precision Nutrition Plus, Streamline Brakes, Baldwin Motorsports, OURY Grips, JR Publications, Finish Line Signs, Matrix Racing Products, CV4 Products & TCS Motorsports, VisionX lights 

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