WORCS ATV Racing
Round #1 - Speed World
January 25, 2009
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WORCS
Racing ATV / UTV Race Report
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Arizona
Grand Canyon
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Surprise, AZ - Round one of the
2009 WORCS ATV Racing Series saw some stiff competition
in the Pro ATV ranks with some eager fresh faces
and some determined familiar ones, but Can-Am Motoworks
racer Josh Frederick came on strong to take his
first win of the season, in hopes of claiming a
third straight championship.
The season opener was held once again at SpeedWorld
MX in Phoenix, AZ where racers were treated to
beautiful weather and dry conditions. The track
set up featured plenty of desert trails, a pretty
decent motocross section and an abundance of log
and tire obstacles in the endurocross area. While
the track started out smooth, and fast, the sandy
washouts soon became whooped out and somewhat
rough as is typical in the desert southwest.
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2009
WORCS ATV Racing New Faces & New Rides |
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| #3
Beau Baron joins the Mike Cafro Racing Team
for 2009 to race the Honda TRX 450R with
#11 Mike Cafro, #501 Levi Marana & #316
Julie Russell |
Multi-time
French Campion, #62 Jeremie Warnia, joins
the Motoworks Team with #1 Josh Frederick
& #49 Dillon Zimmerman |
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#95
Justin Waters makes the jump to the Pro
Class for 2009 on the all-new Yamaha YFZ450R
ATV |
#110
Jarrod McClure plans to race nearly the
entire 2009 WORCS Series on a Honda TRX
450R ATV |
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John Shafe makes the switch to the Kawasaki
KFX450R with the DATS Racing team joining
#6 Robbie Mitchell |
#44
Chad Wienen makes his Kawasaki KFX450R ATV
Racing Debut at the WORCS Series |
The competition at WORCS has been steadily increasing
over the past couple of years, and this year it
seems to have taken a giant leap forward over
the short winter break. In addition to the increased
competition among riders, changes have been made
to the Pro ATV class for the 2009 season that
could also make a difference. In previous years,
the Pro main event was an hour and thirty minutes
in length, but this year, WORCS officials added
30 minutes to that time to increase it to two
hours long, which could mean more fatigue for
some riders and additional pit stops.
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/ Can-Am's Josh Frederick grabbed the Holeshot
by edging out Polaris' Doug Eichner as the
pair bumped wheels |
Despite the changes and competition, Josh Frederick
still managed to stay ahead of the pack. Josh
grabbed the holeshot in the Pro ATV class, but
dropped back to second when he and veteran WORCS
racer Doug Eichner came together coming out of
turn one.
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| #110
Jarrod McClure & #81 David Lindsay locked
wheels, and weren't able to continue the
race till after the Pro-Am Start |
#62
Jeremie Warnia was involved in a 1st turn
wreck, which sent him to the rear of the
pack as well |
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