2012
WORCS ATV Racing
Round #8 - Honolulu Hills MX
September 16, 2012
Taft, California
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WORCS Racing - Round
8 - Pro ATV Race Report
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Seventh spot went to LMR’s Robbie Mitchell.
Mitchell who considers himself to be the top privateer
had a rocky weekend. After a glitch putting his
ATV together on Friday was able to come out started
running with the top pack. He couldn’t stay
up front for long though, as he took a new line
in the tire section and got stuck.
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EXIT
Shock’s #8 Robbie Mitchell finished
out the season with a seventh place finish
behind Yamaha’s #417 Josh Row, but
Mitchell edged out Row in the points battle
by just one point to secure the #5 plate
for 2013 for the top finishing pro privateer. |
Mitchell finished a solid fifth overall for the
season and considering his very limited racing
budget was satisfied. “It was an awesome
year. I’ll do better next year. I’ve
got more in me. I just need to practice more”
regarded Mitchell.
Mitchell will be getting surgery on both wrists
over the off season to try to get rid of a hand
numbing issue that has been plaguing him. He hopes
to get the surgery after Quad Cross and will have
a six week recovery time and plans to be full
strength three months after.
Veteran racer Tim Shelman finished a respectable
ninth overall for the 2012 season. Shelman announced
his retirement at the banquet. He plans to remain
in the racing world and take over the mic as the
WORCS announcer next season.
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Klim’s
#12 Tim Shelman finished his final WORCS
pro race in the ninth spot and he did it
while racing with his daughter, #30 Allie
Shelman, who qualified for the Pro-Am Main
event, which made for a very special end
to TPQ’s pro racing career, and he
announced his retirement from pro racing
at the Awards banquet, but “TPQ”
will still be at the WORCS races in 2013
as the race announcer, so he will need new
“TPA” (Tim Pro Announcer) stickers
to hand out to everyone willing to take
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MCR’s #10 Mike Cafro is
also retiring from full-time WORCS racing after
finishing out the year with the #7 plate, which
isn’t bad for a man nearly double
the age of his competition at over 40 years old.
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2012
WORCS Pro ATV Championship Podium (left
to right)
Josh Frederick (2nd), Beau Baron (1st),
David Haagsma (3rd) |
The 2012 WORCS Season is now in the history books,
and a new chapter will begin in just 3 months
with the start of the 2013 WORCS season in Arizona.
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