2016 WORCS UTV Racing Round #8 - Iron Mine Race Park May 28, 2016 Cedar City, Utah

Mystik Lubricant’s Mickey Thomas regained form in this race after two disappointing finishes coming into the weekend. After nearly crashing at the start of the race, Thomas drove through the field to finish third. He moves back into the championship lead, but with just eight points separating the top four in points, it will definitely come down the end.

Mystik Lubricant's Mickey Thomas rebounded from bad luck at Sand Hollow to finish 3rd at WORCS Round 8

“I threw it into the first turn, and I got a little overzealous,” explained Thomas of the start. “It went over quick and I just barely saved it. I had to pass six other guys to get to third. We had clutch issues all day so to get on the podium is good.”

Interestingly, Thomas came into this season planning to just run a few WORCS races along with a full assault on the Lucas Oil Pro Lite Truck Series. Plans, however, changed early on when he nabbed three consecutive podiums in the first three rounds.

Owen Motorsports' Mickey Thomas regained the points lead with his podium finish at Iron Mine WORCS

“It’s pretty awesome,” said Thomas. “I started finishing well, so we’re going to finish it out and hopefully get a points championship. We were losing it in the last few rounds; we had some bad luck. We had rollovers and clutch problems that caused a DNF that put us out of the points. But we’re right back there. We’ll keep pushing hard, getting our car better and we’ll get on that box again this year.”

South Point Casino’s RJ Anderson thought he had a flat tire midway through the event, causing him to come into the pits. The tire was fine, so he went back out and drove hard to finish fourth.

HOLZ Racing's RJ Anderson finished fourth

“It’s kind of hard to gauge how close you are the guys up front, so I put up some fast laps early on and then I fell into a groove,” said Anderson. “I brought home a fourth place which is nice. I’ll be there at the next race Glen Helen. That’s my home track.”

Owen Motorsports / Addict Racing’s Chris Mills’ fifth-place finish was his best ever in WORCS competition. His previous best was 10th. Interestingly, Mills is based out of North Carolina and travels to every one of the West Coast based WORCS races.

Addict Racing's Chris Mills Takes first WORCS Pro UTV Top Five finish of the season, which was a great way for the North Carolina racer to head into the summer break

“I’ve not had a clean race all season so I was hoping for a race where we didn’t have any problems with the car; a race where we had nothing to apologize for,” said Mills. “That’s what we had today and we got a top five. Carrying the momentum will be nice through the summer break. The support we get from all of the people in the WORCS family is great, and we couldn’t do it without Joe at Owen Motorsports and Jim and Addict Racing. We fly out for every race. We come out for seven days for a 45-minute race. It doesn’t get any better than that.”