WORCS ATV Series Round #8 Bull Hollow Raceway September 8-9, 2007

Duncan Racing's Robbie Mitchell grabbed the Holeshot and pulled an 18.6 second lead before having to pit and change a flat tire, which had him wishing he had Tireballs

Robbie Mitchell ended up with the $100 ATVRiders.com holeshot award and was leading until the jagged rocks took their toll and he had to pit to fix a flat tire. As Mitchell pulled into the pits it gave Temecula Motorsports’ John Shaffe the opportunity he was looking for to take the lead. “I had passed Brandon Brown and was closing in on a 13 second lead that Mitchell had on me when he got a flat tire and had to pit.” Stated Shaffe. John credits the tire balls he was using for giving him a little bit of an edge over some of the other racers. “I was running tire balls and that really gave me an advantage through the rock sections. Other guys were slowing down when they got to the rocks and I was able to keep a pretty steady pace and not worry about getting a flat.”

Robbie Mitchell put in his best race of the season, but unfortunately for him a penalty in the pits costed him a spot on the Podium	John Shafe was on a mission as he felt the pressure from teammate Levi Marana running in the second spot

After his tire change, Mitchell didn’t waste anytime catching back up, swapping back and forth for 3rd place several times with Brandon Brown. “Mitchell and I kept going back and forth.” Said Brandon. “It was a really good race between us.” Mitchell eventually pulled away from Brown and began to chase down 2nd place Levi Marana. Marana seemed to be keeping the same pace as teammate Shaffe with almost identical lap times through the last half of the race.

Pro ATV Podium (left to Right) Brandon Brown, John Shafe, Levi Marana

At the end of the race, it was Shaffe who crossed the finish line first, 20 seconds ahead of second place teammate Marana, and Robbie Mitchell came across the line in third. Unfortunately for Mitchell, a 2-minute penalty incurred in the pits would keep him from the podium. Apparently, one of his crew assisted Mitchell just a few inches outside of his designated pit area, causing the infraction, which cost Mitchell several positions and landed Brandon Brown the 3rd place podium.

John Shafe was on "Cloud 9" after winning his first Pro WORCS Race

With more than a month between round 8 and round 9, racers should have plenty of time to heal, make repairs, and prepare for the next to last race of this series where Josh Frederick still holds a big 55 point lead over Can-Am teammate Jeremy Schell and a 56 point lead over reigning champion, Doug Eichner.