WORCS - Round 6 - Washougal
MX - Amateur ATV Race Report
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Cody
Mitchell #83 grabbed the Open A Holeshot
abord his Honda TRX450R ATV |
With a shortened schedule because
of the combined bike / ATV weekend, the Open
A line was ready to take off following Pro Practice.
Open A regular Cody Mitchell #83 would pull
the holeshot. Collins Webster #39 and Chase
Thomas #622 would be right on his back bumper.
Thomas would quickly take over the lead and
take the win in Open A. Cody Mitchell #83 would
finish second and Daniel Grodski #800 would
finish in third.
At Round 6 in Washougal, Washington
the Pro-Am rider who earned the holeshot would
receive the Casey Johnson #312 Pro Am Hole Shot
Award, a two hundred dollar cash prize, sponsored
by the Casey Johnson Memorial Fund. The first
person to receive the award would be D.J. Noerr
# 842. He rounded the turn first and the field
was onto the motocross section of the track.
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| Chase
Thomas #622 charging hard during Pro
AM, to take his first win |
During the first lap Chase Thomas #622 would take
the lead from Noerr #842. The riders came around
on the first lap, with Thomas #622 in first,
Fuller #45 in second, Webster #39 in third,
Johnson #1P in fourth and Cody Mitchell #83
in fifth. D.J. Noerr #842 hit a tree on his
first lap and jammed his wrist. His injury would
put him out for the remainder of the race. Many
of the riders commented on the track being dusty
and difficult to pass on. A testament to their
comments the top seven riders from lap 2 on
held their position for the entire ten- lap
ninety-minute race.
Chase Thomas #622 would be the
first to cross the finish line with his first
Pro Am win ever! He was more than excited, “I
rode a safe race away from the trees on one
of the roughest courses I have ever ridden.
The fact that I was able to finish twenty three
seconds in front of Garrin Fuller shows how
brutal the course was” commented Thomas
after the race.
