2017
TORC Series
Round #8
Bark River Throw Down
Bark River, Michigan
July 16, 2017 |
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Bark River TORC Round 8 Pro
UTV Race Report
::Continued::
Farr took the lap-two spin in stride and was
quickly back in contention. Despite pulling every
move he knew on the final two laps, he settled
for second. Farr echoed Chaney’s comments on setup.
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JB Racing's
Tim Farr & Kyle Chaney collided coming
over a jump, which dropped Farr out of
the lead, but he held on to stay in the
top four
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“If you were able to stop halfway and change
your setup, you’d be running two completely different
setups; the track changes that much,” said Farr.
“I didn’t see Kyle there. I came across that jump
from the outside. He got into me and I was lucky
to save it. It was a fun race, but I wasted too
much time getting by the second place guy. I think
I need to drive more aggressively.”
VanEperen’s charge from last to third was nothing
short of miraculous. After noticing an engine
issue after qualifying, VanEperen elected to change
his modified engine for a stock powerplant for
the race. VanEperen quickly showed why he has
won five races this season.
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Yamaha's
Rodney VanEperen charged his way from
the back of the pack after making an engine
swap after the qualifier, but he charged
through the field to secure the final
spot on the podium
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“We felt a little vibration in the motor at the
end of qualifying,” said VanEperen. “We’re in
the points right now, so we decided to change
the motor. We threw in a stocker with a set of
cams and that goes to show just how good these
Yamahas are. It hurts to lose some points to Kyle,
but it beats a DNF.”
Luburgh backed up his fifth-place finish on the
first day of competition here with a fourth on
day two. Despite a 14th-place start after losing
an axle in qualifying and then a tip over on the
first lap, he recovered to snag his second top
five of the weekend.
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Bikeman Performance's
Jason Luburgh charged his way to another
4th place finish in the Pro Mod UTV Class
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“I got flipped on the first lap and luckily I
was able to get back up by sawing the steering
wheel back and forth,” said Luburgh. “I was kind
of angry at that point, and just wanted to make
ground. Everything started clicking and I started
to find some lines. I got up to the lead pack
and made a run up to Rodney at the end of the
race.”
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