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

Cedar City, UT (7/13/2014) H&M Motorsports’ Beau Baron grabs the WORCS Pro ATV class win at Round six of the 2014 Rocky Mountain ATV WORCS series, held at Iron Mine Race Park in Cedar City, UT.  This win makes two in a row for Beau Baron, stretching out his points lead over Sparks / Elka’s Josh Row who finished in second followed by Yamaha’s Dustin Nelson.

WORCS Racing ATV Pro Podium (left to right) Josh Row (2nd), Beau Baron (1st), Dustin Nelson (3rd)

Round six of the 2014 WORCS series was forced to acquire a new venue after the recent closure of Pala MX in Southern California. Thankfully Iron Mine Race Park in Cedar City, UT provided a perfect location with summer in full force in the southwest. Even with the high elevation of the track, the temperatures soared just under the triple digits by the time the racing got underway for Sunday’s Pro main events, but the slight breeze helped with visibility throughout the very fast course as the sun sucked out any water the WORCS crew doused the track with throughout the race.  Adding to the excitement, Sunday’s Pro ATV Main would be combined with the Pro Bikes who would start just ahead of the ATV racers for the 105 minute long race.

The WORCS combined main events got underway just before 11:00am on Sunday morning, with the ATV’s starting after the motorcycles. When the gate dropped for the Pro ATV’s, it was LMR’s Robbie Mitchell making it to the first turn ahead of the pack. H&M Motorsports’ Beau Baron was able to make several passes early on to put his Honda TRX 450R into the lead by the end of the first lap. 

LMR Racing's #5 Robbie Mitchell grabbed the WORCS Pro ATV Holeshot

Once in the lead, Baron took advantage of clear track and began to gap the field before making a pit stop. Baron would run into trouble in the pits, when some confusion would cost him valuable time as he tried to figure out the route into the pits, allowing Josh Row to move into the number one spot.  

Beau Baron quickly moved into the lead on lap one, but would soon battle with Josh Row as they both used different pit strategies

“I passed (Josh) Row, and I was catching Robbie (Mitchell). When I got to Robbie, he made a bobble in the tighter corners, and I got by him and started to check out, then I got a little confused in the pit area. Once I got going, again Row was in the lead.” said Baron

With Baron leaving the pits in the number two spot, the battle was on for the lead. Baron would chase down Row, nearly making the pass before overshooting a corner and almost crashing, but Row pitted on the next lap, and Baron once again took over the lead, which he held to the checkered flag for his fourth win of the season and his second consecutive in a row.  Baron’s win extended his points lead by three additional points to a total of 14 points now heading into the final three rounds of the season.

Beau Baron would claim his fourth win of the season at Iron Mine Race Park