2013 WORCS SxS Racing Round 3 - Crazy Horse March 23, 2013 Lake Havasu, Arizona

Lake Havasu, AZ - Round three of the Rocky Mountain ATV MC WORCS SxS series crowned a new Pro Class winner on Saturday. Muzzy’s Robert Vanbeekum raced his Polaris RZR XP 900 to his first overall win in the Pro Production SxS Class at the Crazy Horse Campground in Lake Havasu City, Arizona. James Hill earned the second podium position on his Can-Am Maverick 1000R and Andrew Berry rounded out the top three.

SxS Pro Production Podium (left to right) Andrew Berry (3rd), Robert Vanbeekum (1st), James Hill (2rd)

The track was a mix of sand and gravel; racers dealt with extreme track conditions and winds gusting over twenty miles per hour. Aside from the gnarly track, there was also a tricky water section which drivers had to carefully navigate through or around.

Twenty five racers took to the starting line in the Pro Production SxS class. Sparks Racing’s Beau Baron grabbed the early lead in the class and led the race until lap five. Baron quickly got into a time adjusted battle with RJ Anderson. He turned the fastest lap of the race on lap five; Baron clocked a 06:46.494. Baron maintained control until the sixth lap when he had a mechanical issue that sidelined him in the final lap.

RJ Anderson started several rows back, but with time adjustment he was challenging Baron for the lead, and Anderson was making up time with each lap by doing the Lagoon jump, and he was the only SxS racer besides Doug Eichner to attempt the jump with Anderson doing it every lap.  Unfortunately for Anderson, he all also experienced mechanical issues in the final lap that took him out of the race, and he wasn’t alone as Ryan Piplic and Josh Frederick also broke in the final lap as they were also all running for podium finishes, so with all the front runners out of the mix, it opened the door for some new faces on the podium at round three.