WORCS ATV Racing
Round #7 - Straddleline
July 25, 2010
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Maxxis / MCR's Beau
Baron Take Both Pro & WORC X Wins
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Dustin Nelson claimed a Top 5 finish &
gained some ground on Josh Row in the points
race with just 7 points between the pair
as they battled for third in points |
Yamaha/Golden West Cycle’s Dustin Nelson,
who grabbed the Pro holeshot, ran into a bit of
bad luck when he got hung up in the first lap, sending
him back to fifth place. Nelson would hold his ground
and maintain his fifth place for 10 laps before
crossing the finish line.
“I grabbed the holeshot, but then I got
hung up out there and the leaders were too far
ahead for me to catch them,” said Nelson,
who is ranked fourth in pro points after round
seven.
MCR/Maxxis Tire’s Josh Row had a consistent
race as he would come from ninth place to take
a sixth place finish. Row’s solid performances
this season have him sitting in the number three
position in the Pro points race.
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| Johnny
Gallagher claimed the 7th spot in his WORCS
debut |
Yet another GNCC racer, Yamaha’s Johnny Gallagher
would come on strong despite a nasty crash at the
midway point of the race while battling with Josh
Row. Gallagher would hang on and take a solid seventh
place finish.
“I was going to try and make the pass at
this one part of the track and I went up to pass
and I hit a tree that was sticking out and I kind
of bounced off a stump and went down,” said
Gallagher, who was lucky enough to not get hurt.
Roberto Villalobos, who usually runs the ITP
Quadcross series, made a hard charge from the
back of the pack up to an eighth place finish,
while local favorite, Tim Shelman would claim
ninth and Yamaha mounted Justin Waters would round
out the top ten.
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| Jarrod
McClure made his 2010 WORCS debut on his
new Polaris Outlaw ride & battled for
8th place before running out of gas in the
7th lap |
Can-Am/Motoworks’ Dillon Zimmerman was also
a victim of the slick bridge crossing, but he was
not as fortunate as Adam McGill and it would take
him eight minutes before getting unstuck and send
him to dead last. Zimmerman would redeem himself
and work his way into the number eleven spot before
crossing the finish line.
Polaris/Yokley Racing’s Jarrod McClure
made his return to the WORCS series and was holding
his own, but a miscalculation would have him running
out of gas and put him back in twelfth place.
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| WORCS
Pro ATV Racing Podium (left to right)
Ron Heath (3rd), David Haagsma (1st), Collin
Webster (2nd) |
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David Haagsma wrapped up the WORCS Pro-Am
Championship with 2 rounds remaining, so
he will make the move to the pro class at
Glen Helen |
In the Pro-am class, MCR/Maxxis Tire’s David
Haagsma took another win for his team and sealed
the Pro-am Championship two rounds early. Collins
Webster took his first Pro-am podium in second place
and Orting, WA resident Ron Heath would claim the
final spot on the Pro-am podium.
In the Women’s A class, Julie Russell took
another win a took one step closer to the championship
and now boasts 170 points, giving her a 28 point
lead. Lynn Prosser would make a strong effort
and claim second, while Sadie bender would take
the final spot on the Women’s A podium.
Round number eight of the 2010 WORCS series will
head to Glen Helen Raceway on Sept. 24th –
26th and with only two rounds left there will
be plenty of excitement as Beau Baron and Josh
Frederick battle it out for the Pro points lead.
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