2014 WORCS Racing Round #6 - Iron Mine Race Park July 13, 2014 Cedar City, Utah

Elka Suspension’s Josh Row was excited to see that Iron Mine Race Park track had a gate drop start and he took full advantage of the live engine start, by putting his Honda 450R near the front of the pack, heading into the off-road in the top three.

Josh Row makes his way through the endurocross section of the Iron Mine Track

A few mistakes early would see Row losing a few spots, but he was able to put his head down, and move back up into the number two spot behind Beau Baron, and made the pass for the lead when Baron made a fuel stop, but Row dropped back into the second spot once again when he pitted for fuel the following lap.

Once in the pits, Row’s machine was showing signs of vapor lock, which slowed his pit stop down and allowing Dustin Nelson to move into the number two position. Row once again put his head down and put in solid laps, making the pass on Nelson to finish the race in second.  While Baron was able to extend his points lead over Row with the win, the points chase is still very tight and Row his keeping the defending champion on his toes.

Josh Row earned his fifth podium finish this season finishing second at round 6

“I got a good jump out of the gate, and I knew that was going to be really important because it was so dusty.  I had a couple people get by me, but once I started to settle into my groove and find my lines, I started picking everyone off,” said Row

Yamaha’s Dustin Nelson wasn’t able to get a great start, but he pushed hard the first few laps and made his way up into the second spot.  Late in the race Nelson, would fall back to third position due to blistering that made it tough to hold onto his Yamaha YFZ 450R.  Nelson has seen plenty of ups and downs throughout the 2014 WORCS season, so he was happy with the third podium spot, which is only his second podium finish of the season.

Dustin Nelson rounded out the WORCS Pro ATV podium in third

“I didn’t get off to the greatest start, I think I was fourth off the line and I was bummed because I knew how dusty it was in the off-road, so I wanted to be out front, but It actually worked out better than I thought.  On the second lap, I was able to get by Josh (Row) and Mitchell (Robbie) and get into second behind Beau (Baron).  I tried to keep his pace, but he was just going to fast, and then I started blistering up, and I was struggling to hold on.” said Nelson

H&M Motorsports’ David Haagsma finished the day in fourth after suffering from mechanical issues, which kept his Honda TRX450 from pulling the top speeds needed during the multiple fast off-road sections. Haagsma was disappointed to be off the podium, but happy to salvage a fourth place.

Despite having mechanical issues, David Haagsma still managed to finish fourth

Zbros Racing’s Robbie Mitchell was able to pull the Pro ATV holeshot aboard his LMR tuned Honda 450R, but also suffered from a mechanical issue, when his front tire came off the bead.  Luckily his Tireblocks were able to get him to the finish in fifth place.

Duncan Racing's Garrin Fuller struggled with the heat at round six, eventually pulling off the course after completing seven laps.