2012
WORCS ATV Racing
Round #8 - Honolulu Hills MX
September 15, 2012
Taft, California
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WORCS Racing - Round
8 - Honolulu Hills - SxS / UTV Race Report
FOX Athlete Ryan Piplic Wins WORCS SxS 1000 Production Class Championship
Taft, CA -The 2012 WORCS SxS Racing Series finale was held at Honolulu Hills in Taft, California this past weekend, and the championship was still up in the air for several of the SxS / UTV classes, but the tightest points battle was in the SxS Production 1000 Class with both Ryan Piplic and RJ Anderson tied for the points lead heading the final round with Beau Baron just a few points behind the duo, which made for an incredibly exciting season finale.
The SxS Production class was broken up into three rows with the points leader taking off on the lead row, and it was Walker Evan Racing’s #637 RJ Anderson grabbing the Holeshot followed by Sparks Racing’s #549 Beau Baron and Fox Racing’s #15 Ryan Piplic.
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With the top three 1000 SxS racers out front with RJ Anderson leading the charge, the race was temporarily stopped after the first lap with the racers lined up in the current racing order due to a flipped over SxS in the Canyon, which was blocking the course & causing a bottleneck |
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Once, the course was clear, the racing action resumed with RJ Anderson once again pulling away from the pack with Beau Baron and Ryan Piplic in chase, but in the final lap, chaos broke out nearly simultaneously on the track with both RJ Anderson and Beau Baron suffering mechanical issues within only a few yards of one another. Anderson suffered a transmission issue, so he could only drive in reverse, so he spun his RZR XP around and drove in reverse for the final lap, which didn’t earn him any extra points, but he just wanted to finish what he started. RJ Anderson crossed the finish line with a crowd of spectators cheering him on to the finish, and Anderson finished out the year in the second spot. |
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Beau Baron temporarily took over the race lead, but he his rear wheel studs broke off, which left him with a missing wheel, and just like Anderson, Baron wasn’t about to give up without a fight, so he pressed on dragging his rear hub around the track, but he wasn’t able to continue since he couldn’t climb the hills and Ryan Piplic made the pass to take over the lead. |
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