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2015 WORCS UTV Racing
Round #7 - Straddleline
August 1, 2015
Olympia, WA

WORCS Racing Series

WORCS Racing Straddleline UTV / SxS Race Report
Ryan Piplic Takes WORCS Pro SxS Racing Win

WORCS Racing - Round 7
ATV / SxS Links
Olympia, WA (8/5/2015) – Hometown Washington racer, Ryan Piplic, overcame unusual dry and dusty conditions Saturday to win Round 7 of the WORCS Pro Side-By-Side Championship at Straddleline ORV Park. Beau Baron finished second, ahead of Mickey Thomas, who beat out Mitch Guthrie for the final spot on the podium. David Haagsma rounded out the top five.

WORCS Racing Pro SxS Podium
WORCS Racing Pro SxS Podium (left to right)
Beau Baron (3rd), Ryan Piplic (1st), Mickey Thomas (2nd)

The event is the only one on the circuit that features tight woods trails, along with technical motocross and endurocross section. Racers are usually accustomed to cooler, damp conditions here, but instead they were greeted to record high temps in the 90's and extremely dry conditions.

Ryan Piplic WORCS Racing
Maxxis' Ryan Piplic was able to edge out Beau Baron for the holeshot followed by Mitch Guthrie Jr

Ryan Piplic nudged past Beau Baron in the first turn to grab the holeshot and then held him off for the flag-to-flag victory. “It was extremely important to get the holeshot at this race,” said Piplic of his race strategy. “It was very dusty and it’s hard to pass here. Beau and I played cat and mouse in the dust, in the off-road section and the lapped traffic. There was so much lapped traffic that it was almost impossible to gain any ground.”

Ryan Piplic WORCS Racing
With lapped traffic & the dusty conditions in the offroad, Ryan Piplic was able to cruise to the easy win at the Straddleline WORCS

Ryan Piplic padded his championship lead with the victory, his first this season since winning Round 5 in Utah. “To get a second championship would be tremendously exciting,” said Piplic. “I was born and raised here, and I’ve ridden these tracks all of my life. I’ve never seen it this dry. It’s usually muddy, wet and tight. This was pretty extreme.”

Ryan Piplic WORCS Racing
For Ryan Piplic, it was his second win of the season, which extended his points lead heading into the WORCS X event that evening
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