2014 WORCS Racing Round #6 - Iron Mine Race Park July 12, 2014 Cedar City, Utah

Rounding out the top five in the WORCS Pro SxS class was Kolob Air Racing’s Jeff Obering.  Aside from being a Cedar City, Utah resident, Obering is also partially responsible for helping bring the WORCS race to Iron Mine Raceway for round six, and Obering consistent finishes continued at Iron Mine with him finishing in fifth place, which currently has him fifth in the points race, and he is the only driver inside the top ten to finish every round this season.

Jeff Obering airs out his Polaris RZR XP 1000 at Iron Mine Motocross. Obering was able to add to his consistent finishes this season placing fifth at round 6

In the SxS 1000 Class, Matt Hancock grabbed the holeshot and lead most of the race before his car overheated on the final lap.  David Haagsma was able to keep pressure on Hancock throughout the main event in order to capitalize on Hancock’s RZR overheating in the final lap of the race to claim the victory in the SxS 1000 class as the pair went an extra lap in the battle for the win over the rest of the class.  Haagsma’s win moved him within 8 points of the class lead.

David Haagsma was able to capitalize on Matt Hancock's mechanical issue on the final lap to take over the lead and earn the win in the SxS 1000 Class

“We got second off the start and we were right behind Matt (Hancock) and we just got dusted out, once the wind came in I could actually see a little bit and I put my head down to try to catch him. It went like that the whole way until the very last lap. We had less then a minute for sure to go and they let us go through for the last lap and I got lucky. Matt had a little issue overheating, and I was able to get by him for the win,” said Haagsma

Matt Hancock edged out David Haagsma for the SxS 1000 holeshot before leading almost the entire race. Hancock took advantage of clean air and put down one solid lap after another before experiencing an overheating issue on the final lap. With Hancock’s car overheating and in “limp mode”, Haagsma was able to make the pass for the win, forcing Hancock into the number two position where he finished.

Matt Hancock grabbed the holeshot in the SxS 1000 class and lead until the finial lap when he dropped back to second when his RZR overheated

“I had a pretty good day today. We took the holeshot and we had a great start with my Sparks motor ripped with my Maxxis tires. We took off in the lead with David Haagsma right behind us. We came in and I saw there was 45 second left in the race so we went out for another lap. Halfway through the last lap, my car got hot and went into limp mode. Davi was able to get around me, so I was able to come home with second today,” said Hancock

Round five winner and SXS 1000 class points leader, Mike Gardner finished in the third spot to maintain the points lead, but with three rounds remaining, it is still a tight battle among the top three.

Mike Gardner rounded out the podium in the SxS 1000 Class