2014 WORCS Racing Round #5 - Desert Empire May 10, 2014 Ridgecrest, CA

In the SxS 1000 class, Mike Gardner and Matt Hancock were side by side going into the first turn, but Gardner grabbed the holeshot over Hancock. Gardner held his lead from start to finish and took the SxS 1000 win. Gardner’s win also allowed him to take over the points lead in the SxS 1000 class as the battle at the top heats up heading into the second half of the season.

Mike Gardner lead from start to finish to claim his first win of the season in the SxS 1000 Class, which now has him leading the class points

H&M Motorsports’ David Haagsma took fourth off the start and, despite the visibility conditions; he was able to make several passes and caught up to leader, Gardner. Haagsma tried to make several moves for the lead, but ran out of time before he was successful and settled for a second place finish, which offered a little vindication after his mechanical issues at round four.  Haagsma is now currently in the second in points just one point ahead of Hancock.

Maxxis' David Haagsma finished second in the SxS 1000 Class

Casey Wallace grabbed the holeshot on the second row of the SxS 1000 class, and he made a hard charge. Wallace pulled into third and held it all the way to the checkered flag. Keith Johnson gave a strong effort as well as he was running in third, but dropped back for a fourth place finish, while Shawn Viola rounded out the top five in the SxS 1000 class.

Casey Wallace grabbed the holeshot in the second row of the SxS 1000 Class. Wallace finished third at WORCS Racing Round 5

In the 850 class, Danny Rosenzweig took his fourth win of the season aboard his John Deere RSX 850 machine. Rosenzweig was second off the start and made the pass on leader Chris Willing at the halfway point and held his lead all the way to the finish line, claiming the top spot on the 850 SxS podium, which moved him to within two points of Jim Berry who finished in third place behind Chris Willing.

Danny Rosenzweig earned his fourth win of the season in his John Deere RSX 850i

 The 2014 WORCS series racers will get at least a two month long break or longer depending on if the July 11-13th race will be held in Pala, California or at another location, which will be decided this coming week. The points battles in all the WORCS SxS classes is still fairly tight, so the final four rounds of the season will make for some exciting racing action as racers battle for the 2014 WORCS Championship.

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