2017
WORCS Racing
Round #9 - Glen Helen Raceway
June 18, 2017
Devore, California
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Nic Granlund Sweeps Glen Helen
WORCS Pro SXS Wins
Beau Baron Takes Over WORCS
Pro Stock Points Lead with Podium
Devore, CA (6/20/2017) – Nic Granlund
made history during the Rocky Mountain ATV MC WORCS
Series presented by Maxxis and Dirt Wheels SXS events
at Glen Helen Raceway winning both the Pro and Pro
Stock races in a Yamaha YXZ 1000. His victory in
the Pro class was the first for the Yamaha SXS.
Ryan Piplic finished second in Pro, ahead of David
Haagsma, Beau Baron and Jake Shirey.
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STV
/ GBC's Nic Granlund claimed both WORCS
SXS Pro & Pro Stock Class Wins in the
Yamaha YXZ 1000R at Glen Helen Raceway |
WORCS officials ran the Pro Production race on
Saturday, followed by the Pro Stock race on Sunday,
a reversal from previous events. Both days were
hot with temperatures approaching 100 degrees
at the green flag. The track featured Glen Helen’s
renowned motocross track, as well as several other
obstacles, including an endurocross section and
narrow off road areas.
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huge crowd of racers & spectator turned
out at Glen Helen despite the triple digit
heat over the Father's Day weekend |
In the Pro race, Granlund ran away with the race
from the second row. Piplic charged out of the
gate from the front row. Hobbled by a wrist injury,
he held off Haagsma to finish first, physically,
but Granlund won on adjusted time.
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Maxxis'
Ryan Piplic grabbed the WORCS Pro SXS Holeshot
in his Long Travel Industries' Polaris RZR
XP Turbo |
“Starting on the second row, I was a little worried
because the track is fast, but a little tight,”
said Granlund. “On the second lap I was behind
Randy Romo coming up the face of a big jump and
he checked up. I came in a few feet short on the
landing, and it knocked the wind out of me. It
broke my seat and it took me a half a lap to get
back. The next lap, Romo got a flat tire and I
got past him. Then I just started driving hard.”
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DWT's
Nic Granlund battled with Randy Romo early
on in the WORCS Pro SXS race |
Though his Yamaha features a naturally-aspirated
three-cylinder engine in a class that allows turbocharging,
Granlund said he didn’t feel low on power. The
reliability of the engine definitely proved to
be the key to victory.
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TORCO's
Nic Granlund secured the Pro SXS win on
adjusted time to claim Yamaha's first WORCS
Pro SXS win |
“Having the Yamaha, we backed down the power
a little bit, but we’re still just as fast as
the Polaris turbos,” said Granlund. “We wanted
the car to be reliable and it was.”
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