Las Vegas, NV (5/25/2017)
- Sorensen Motorsports’ Amanda Sorensen rolled
into Iron Mine Race Park in a new Yamaha YXZ
1000 and came out a winner as she scored her
third victory in the SXS Women’s class this
season with a last minute pass for the win,
which broke a five race win streak by the
points leader. Sorensen’s brother Branden
won the SXS Stock 1000 class, and finished
second in the SXS Production Turbo class.
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Amanda
Sorensen secured her third win of the
season in the Women's SXS Class at the
Iron Mine WORCS |
With challenging and dusty conditions, Sorensen
competed in one of the most exciting events
of the weekend. Taking on the track’s hard-packed
sand with the HiPer Wheels, the three different
whoop sections with the RCV Performance Axle's,
and the track’s vaunted ski jumps with her
Fox suspension, Sorensen was able to battle
her way to the front of the pack competing
with the Women’s points leader Jennifer Broughton
throughout the final lap.
Throwing a block pass on Broughton in the
last turn of the last lap, she took the lead
as the checkered flag waved giving her the
victory. The physical move thrilled the capacity
crowd on hand.
“The dust was definitely a big challenge,
and unfortunately being behind five cars due
to issues on the start made it more difficult,
but I had confidence and began passing the
competition one by one working my way to the
top.” said Sorensen. “I got around Jen on
the last turn. It was so close, but it was
a great race! By pulling an outside-inside
pass on her in the last turn of the last lap
I was able to take the win!”
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GBC's
Amanda Sorensen battled her way into
the lead with a last turn pass on the
Women's class points leader |
Sorensen’s family worked hard to get her
here in the new Yamaha. “We worked hard for
this as a family and team, and being able
to come back and take home some wins after
the short brake we took from the WORCS series
felt great!” said Sorensen.
The YXZ differs from many SXS race cars due
to its sequential transmission. The setup
requires the driver to shift while running,
an aspect of the machine Sorensen appreciates.
“I love the Yamaha, it allows me to be in
more control and more involved. It definitely
makes for a better race.”
A family team, Sorensen actually ran the
Fox Shocks from her brother’s car. The setup
gave her the competitive edge in the end.
“We changed up the shocks before the race,”
said Sorensen. “The Fox Shocks are the way
to go. The GBC tires were great.”
Sorensen ran the Fox Shocks. The setup gave
her the competitive edge in the end. “The
Fox Shocks are the way to go, they keep the
ride to victory as smooth as can be, absorbing
the small and big things that cross my way.
Also my GBC tires were great, getting me through
the sandy and the slick muddy parts of the
track, giving me the best of both worlds."
said Sorensen. "I was super stoked to
now be running my new HiPer wheels, making
my car lighter and providing me with the strongest
wheels for my Yamaha.”
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Amanda
Sorensen gives credit to her FOX suspension
for allowing her to charge through the
whoops and big jumps at Iron Mine Race
Park |
The Sorensen’s are running the new F-Spec
series wheel featuring Flow Form technology,
an industry first in the UTV 15-inch wheel
category. This new manufacturing process not
only adds strength, but unmatched quality
to the newest line of UTV wheels from HiPer.
Flow Form technology produces a wheel that
is 20% stronger, yet 15% lighter than cast
wheels, benefiting Sorensen in multiple ways.
The SXS Stock 1000 class was loaded with
36 drivers, Branden Sorensen took the holeshot,
lost the lead briefly. Sorensen and the leader
pulled away from the rest of the pack, and
after constant pressure on the leader he made
a simple mistake and took an off camber turn
too fast and put the car on its side. After
this mistake Sorensen took the lead and was
able to extend his lead through every lap.
With the largest field of racers in the SXS
classes he was able to finish the race with
a 62 second lead. He also finished second
in the SXS Production Turbo 1000 class.
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Branden
Sorensen charged his way into the lead
in the SXS 1000 Stock class to take
the win on Saturday |
On Sunday, Sorensen raced his Polaris RZR
Turbo. Sorensen pulled second off the line
and kept the leader in his sight. After waiting
till the last lap to make the pass he noticed
with his AIM digital dash his belt temperature
had gone up when he started to put the pressure
on the leader and decided to back off he stated
“my belt temperature started going up and
I decided to take a second and finish the
race rather than risk the race.”
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HiPer
Racing's Branden Sorensen went on to
take a 2nd place finish in the Turbo
class on Sunday to go along with his
win on Saturday |
“This was refreshing,” said Sorensen. “Hopefully
we can pull off more wins this season. Providing
me with the smoothest ride my Fox suspension
easily brought me through all three sections
of the whoops and giving me the strongest
wheels of them all my HiPer wheels took me
to the victory Lane. I’m glad to be back racing
in the WORCS Series and I'm looking forward
to the rest of this season." stated Sorensen.
The Sorensen family will be back in action
as the series next heads to Glen Helen Raceway
in Devore, CA. The Father’s Day Weekend race
is scheduled for June 16-18.
