2015
WORCS UTV Racing
Round #7 - Straddleline
August 1, 2015
Olympia, WA
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WORCS Racing Straddleline UTV
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Ryan Piplic Takes WORCS Pro
SxS Racing Win
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WORCS
Racing - Round 7
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Olympia, WA (8/5/2015) – Hometown
Washington racer, Ryan Piplic, overcame unusual
dry and dusty conditions Saturday to win Round 7
of the WORCS Pro Side-By-Side Championship at Straddleline
ORV Park. Beau Baron finished second, ahead of Mickey
Thomas, who beat out Mitch Guthrie for the final
spot on the podium. David Haagsma rounded out the
top five.
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WORCS
Racing Pro SxS Podium (left to right)
Beau Baron (3rd), Ryan Piplic (1st), Mickey Thomas (2nd) |
The event is the only one on the circuit that
features tight woods trails, along with technical
motocross and endurocross section. Racers are
usually accustomed to cooler, damp conditions
here, but instead they were greeted to record
high temps in the 90's and extremely dry conditions.
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Maxxis'
Ryan Piplic was able to edge out Beau Baron
for the holeshot followed by Mitch Guthrie
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Ryan Piplic nudged past Beau Baron in the first turn to grab the holeshot and then held him off for the flag-to-flag victory. “It was extremely important to get the holeshot at this race,” said Piplic of his race strategy. “It was very dusty and it’s hard to pass here. Beau and I played cat and mouse in the dust, in the off-road section and the lapped traffic. There was so much lapped traffic that it was almost impossible to gain any ground.”
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With
lapped traffic & the dusty conditions
in the offroad, Ryan Piplic was able to
cruise to the easy win at the Straddleline
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Ryan Piplic padded his championship lead with the victory, his first this season since winning Round 5 in Utah. “To get a second championship would be tremendously exciting,” said Piplic. “I was born and raised here, and I’ve ridden these tracks all of my life. I’ve never seen it this dry. It’s usually muddy, wet and tight. This was pretty extreme.”
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For
Ryan Piplic, it was his second win of the
season, which extended his points lead heading
into the WORCS X event that evening |
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