2017
WORCS Racing
Round #3 - Honolulu Hills
February 19, 2017
Taft, California
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David Haagsma Takes WORCS Pro
SxS Win at Round 3
Beau Baron Takes WORCS Pro
Stock SxS Win
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WORCS
Racing - Round 3
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Taft, CA (2/25/2017) – Maxxis’
David Haagsma drove his naturally aspirated SXS
to his first WORCS Pro SXS victory of the season
at Honolulu Hills Raceway to take over the points
lead. STV Motorsport’s Nic Granlund finished second,
ahead of BDR Motorsport’s Larry Heidler. Ryan Hilt
and Corbin Wells rounded out the top five.
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Round
3 WORCS Racing Pro UTV Podium (left to right)
Nic Granlund (2nd), David Haagsma (1st),
Larry Heidler (3rd) |
After the track flooded on Friday, due to torrential
downpours from Winter Storm Lucifer, competitors
expected a mud fest. Instead, with WORCS officials
working overtime on the track, the event turned
out to be one of the fastest this season.
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After
heavy rain on Friday, the skies cleared
for most of the weekend with only a few
passing showers, which made for perfect
race conditions |
Several of the top competitors running turbocharged
cars fell out early in the event with issues,
leaving Haagsma to take the dominate win. The
initial start was waved off due to an issue with
course markings. On the restart, Haagsma moved
quickly into second and he took the lead shortly
thereafter when Ryan Piplic’s car fell out with
mechanical issues. From there, he ran a flawless
race taking the win, as well as the points lead.
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David Haagsma battled his way through the
pack as racers dropped out with issues around
him, which moved him into the lead |
“I just tried to stay consistent because I’m
still not in a turbo car and I lack some horsepower
on the top end,” said Haagsma. “All the top turbo
guys we battled broke down. We have a little points
lead now and we’ll try to stay consistent. I may
run the non-turbo car for the rest of the year.
Cody broke and Beau broke. There were just a lot
of cars that went down on the start. Then Piplic
broke. He blew a belt, and I knew from there on
I had to calm down and go slow.”
The reliability of his car shined here. In fact,
out of the top five in points coming into this
race only two finished the race in the top ten.
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| Sparks
Racing's David Haagsma cruised to his first
win of the season after the restart to take
the WORCS Pro SXS Points lead |
“Honestly, I was a little scared that those turbos
would keep beating me in my non-turbo car,” said
Haagsma. “My turbo car wasn’t ready, but it seems
like the non-turbo car was the way to go because
it was more dependable. This is a good start to
the season.”
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