2017 WORCS Racing Round #7 - Sand Hollow April 24, 2017 Hurricane, Utah

Ryan Piplic was so fast out the gate, he caught himself on the first lap and slowed his pace to preserve the car. He said the contact between his car and Bradbury’s was just a racing incident. He holds no ill will toward Bradbury and was happy with his third podium of the season.

Long Travel Industries' Ryan Piplic held on to claim the 2nd Spot on the WORCS Pro SXS Podium

“I got a really good jump, took off and I started to check out,” said Piplic. “I slowed up a little bit to try to save the car and they caught me. About three laps to go, I tried to take the inside and got up on two wheels. Bradbury was right behind me and hit me from behind. It was just a racing incident. My Polaris/Fox/Maxxis Tires/Method Wheels/Long Travel Industries car is really good. The car was flawless and I’m happy to walk away with a second place.”

Sparks Racing’s David Haagsma again was running his normally aspirated car against the higher-powered turbos. He battled with Corbin Leaverton during the race, and then squeezed past Bulloch three corners from the finish to score his fifth podium in six races.

Maxxis' David Haagsma got off to a slow start against the Turbos in his XP 1000, but he quickly began to gain spots late in the race

“The sand takes a lot of power and I knew I was underpowered,” said Haagsma. “That was evident when Piplic took off at the start and Bradbury shot past me like I was standing still. I had a great battle with Corbin Leaverton. I just squeezed by him and then I caught lappers. Finally, on the last lap, I was reeling in Ray Bulloch. I got right at him and that whole half a lap we had a battle. With three corners to go, I got into the smoother stuff and barely got by him. I had two more corners to block him and made it home third. Overall it was a good day points wise.”

FOX's David Haagsma secured the final spot on the Pro SXS Podium to maintain his Points lead in the class

Ray Bulloch got caught up in a tangle at the start. He drove his brand new Polaris hard from there, running in the top three for much of the race before losing the final spot on the podium to Haagsma. Bulloch was also driving a non-turbo car.

HCR Racing's Ray Bulloch finished in the 4th spot just behind David Haagsma in the WORCS Pro SXS Class

“Thank God I hung on at the start,” said Bulloch. “There was definitely some banging and carnage. I knew we would have nothing for these turbo guys at this track, so I was hoping that they would break. I ran a good race. This was definitely the gnarliest track I’ve seen in WORCS. It was short and every lap it changed.”