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WORCS ATV Series
Round #1 - SpeedWorld
January 20-22, 2006 |
By:
Jesse Cushman |
Surprise, AZ - Sean Reddish was all smiles
when he heard the final rider count was 425. Phoenix,
Arizona was the setting for the WORCS ATV season opener.
The track was a classic GP style coarse utilizing all
that Speed World has to offer. This WORCS course included
the National, Beginner, Vintage and Flat Tracks. The off-road
section went through sand washes, some open desert and
some technical sections. Even though the area hasn’t
seen rain in over 100 days, the water trucks were out
in force keeping the dust down and the riders extremely
muddy. With plenty of new contingencies and Holeshot money
for the pro classes from HiPer Wheels, the 2006 racing
season is going to be incredible. The Maxxis Tire rig
will be at every round offering support for riders.
One major change in operations this year is mandatory
tech inspections. Even though this was the first round,
by round two you better have the proper equipment or
you won’t be happy with the results. All ATV’s
must not exceed a sound level of 101db; have the proper
colored numbers and backgrounds as well as a properly
operating tethered kill switch.
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| Corry
Weller on her Rated X Yamaha Won the Women's A
Class ahead of Lynn Prosser. Corry also finished
6th in the 30+ A Class |
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Temcula
Motorsports, Mike Cafro, makes the switch the
to Honda TRX450 for 2006 and has his best finish
since 2004 with 4th place finish |
There was plenty of action over the weekend with Production
A having the largest turn out at 29 entries. But all
eyes were watching the utility class as a familiar face
was on a Bombardier Outlander. It was none other then
Josh Frederick out there battling with Dean Waters on
these massive quads with Josh Fredrick taking the win
. Women’s A was going to be a great one with last
years Women’s B/C Champion Brittany Brosious and
Tia Chandler moving up. It was the hot pink quad of
Brittany’s grabbing the Holeshot with Corry Weller
hot on her heels. Corry passed her on the flat track
section and checked out from there getting the win.
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Josh Frederick takes the season opener win in
the Pro Class onboard his new Golden West Honda
TRX450R |
Sunday’s Pro Main event wasn’t for the
faint of heart. Josh Frederick was on hand with a new
ride, a Gold West Cycles Honda TRX 450R. Also present
was Dirt Wheels test rider, Logan Holladay. It started
with the Holeshot going to none other then the man himself,
Doug Eichner, but as Doug hit the wash section, he had
got a rock stuck in his front tire causing him to flip.
As riders came into view, it was Logan Holladay in the
lead with Josh Frederick charging hard in second. With
quite a gap, in came Mike Cafro and a charging Doug
Eichner. Lap after lap Logan and Josh battled and Doug
moved in third setting blistering lap times and closing
the gap. Logan still in the lead came in for what seemed
an early pit and Josh Frederick took over the lead.
Eichner and Holladay were now battling for second until
Eichner finally made his move in the back section and
begn to close the gap on Frederick holding a 30 second
lead over Eichner with half the race still to go. By
the time the white flag had come out showing one more
lap, Eichner had closed the gap to 10 seconds, but Josh
Frederick would hold onto the lead for the finally lap
and take the opening round win followed by Doug Eichner
and Logan Holladay in third.
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Logan Holladay made his presence known by leading
the Pro Class early and this young gun has a chance
at the WORCS Pro Championship |
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ATV
Pro Prodium (Left to Right)
Logan Holladay, Josh Frederick, Doug Eichner |
Round two is only 3 weeks away at Honolulu Hills in
Taft, CA and battles are already set in many classes.
WORCS 2006 is alive and well and stronger then ever.
Come out and race with “The Fastest Racers on
the Planet” and join in the fun!
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