2013 WORCS ATV Racing Round #6 - Pala Raceway July 13, 2013 Pala, California

Pala, California (7/15/2013) – H&M Motorsports’ Beau Baron extended his win streak to five straight at round six of the Rocky Mountain ATV MC WORCS series presented by Motoworks and Dirt Wheels Magazine at Pala Raceway in Pala, California. H&M Motorsports’ David Haagsma once again claimed the second spot on the pro podium followed by Yamaha’s Josh Row.

WORCS ATV Pro Class Podium (left to right) Josh Row (3rd), Beau Baron (1st), David Haagsma (2nd)

After a two month long summer break, WORCS racing resumed in southern California at Pala Raceway, and racers were greeted to better than expected temperatures for this time of the year with temps only in the upper 80’s with a nearly constant breeze, which also kept the track crew busy watering the track to manage the dust. The track utilized the national motocross track along with Tim Shelman’s off-road course, which included many obstacles including the “garbage pile” and “mine field” along with some high speed sections and plenty of rocks.

Maxxis’ Beau Baron was up to the challenge after getting a mid-pack start, he quickly charged his way into a battle for the lead with Yamaha’s Dustin Nelson by lap four.  Baron finally took over the lead in lap six when Nelson was held up by another racer blocking his line.

“I had a mid-pack start, and was in fourth or so. I passed up to third by the second corner and began to push really hard to catch up. The dust was brutal once we got off the motocross track and I couldn’t get up to Robbie Mitchell. Eventually, I put a good pass on him on the motocross track; I had tried a few times, but it took a while to make it happen. It took me about another lap to catch Nelson. I got right on his bumper and as we approached a mogul section I noticed a kid stalled on a line. Nelson didn’t see him and took the line, I was able to go wide and get around him,” said Baron.

Once out front, Beau Baron remained unchallenged to the finish line to secure his fifth straight win, which extended Baron’s points lead to 14 points over David Haagsma in the WORCS pro championship battle.