| WORCS
ATV Series
Round #2 - Race Town 395
February 9-11, 2007 |
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WORCS Pro ATV Race Report
- Continued
With engines roaring, the flag wiped into the air, and
Pros launched past the chalk line for a short sprint to
the first turn with Chris Riley leading the way into the
corner, but Mike Cafro was able to beat him out of the
turn and grab the Holeshot. Chaos would break out heading
into the rhythm section shortly after the start with Doug
Eichner sliding off the track followed by John Shafe and
Jeremy Schell colliding, which sent Shafe off the side
of the track as well. This opened the door for Josh Frederick
to move into third place behind Riley and Cafro, and he
would quickly pass the pair to take over the lead, and
amazing, both Schell and Shafe would quickly recover from
their early collision and move past both Cafro and Riley.
Doug Eichner was attempting to recover from his bobble
and was up to seventh place position, just behind Levi
Marana before the end of the first lap.
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#14
Mike Cafro grabs the Holeshot with #5 John Shafe
and #114 Jeremy Schell colliding through the rhythm
section behind him |
The next lap would set the fastest track time for the
Pro Class for the event with Josh Frederick running
a 9:37 laptime With Frederick’s teammate, Jeremy
Schell, just seven seconds behind him as they had quite
a lead over the third place position now of Levi Marana,
who had a 25 second gap to make up in order to catch
Schell in the runners up spot. Eichner would continue
his charge through the pack and pass both Riley and
Cafro and move into fourth place.
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| Epic
Racing's #2 Josh Frederick & #114 Jeremy Schell
take control of the racing early on battling for
the lead |
Temecula
Motorsport's #14 Mike Cafro was feeling the pressure
from #53 Chris Riley & #501 Levi Marana |
With sandy mud almost completely covering the machines
and riders, many riders headed into the pits to have
the mud sprayed off the engine and radiator along with
grabbing a fresh set of goggles. Both Frederick and
Schell headed into the pits with Schell making the quicker
stop and taking off in the lead followed by Frederick
a few seconds later with Levi Marana remaining in third
followed by Eichner and Riley.
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A
disappointed Doug Eichner was left sidelined when
his Honda quit and wouldn't refire after working
his way up to 3rd place |
In the next lap, Eichner would pass Marana to take
over the third spot, but it would be short lived as
the mud had taken its toll on his Honda and it came
to a stop, which left him sitting on the side of the
track. Pro Racer, Dustin Clark, would come to the rescue
and tow Eichner back to the pits in hopes of fixing
the problem and returning to the race. Unfortunately,
after repeated attempts to restart his machine, it wasn’t
going to happen and Eichner was left sidelined with
his first Pro DNF in the WORCS Series, which utilized
his one and only throw-out on the season.
Eichner would not be alone with troubles as Brandon
Brown would experience issues as well, which took him
out of race after working his way up to 5th place. John
Shafe and Tim Shelman were both experiencing engine
issues, which sent the pair back several positions as
they attempted to nurse their Honda’s around the
track for a few more laps and avoid a DNF.
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| #4
Robbie Mitchell charged his way through the pack
for a 5th place finish, which moves him up to
7th in points |
Meanwhile, Josh Frederick was able to make his move
on Schell and reclaim the lead, and he would never look
back as he extended his lead to over a minute on Schell
and take home his second consecutive win of the season.
Jeremy Schell was looking to conserve his engine in
the final lap, which allowed Levi Marana to close the
gap to only a few seconds by the checkered flag, and
the pair began their celebration before the going through
the scoring tent, which skewed their lap time results.
Mike Cafro was able to maintain his fourth place position
to the checkered, but Chris Riley would drop out of
the top five with Robbie Mitchell charging his way up
from tenth place to claim the fifth spot.
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| Epic
Racing's Jeremy Schell proves his performance
at Speed World wasn't a fluke as he follows it
up with another 2nd place finish behind his teammate
Josh Frederick |
Temecula
Motorsport's is coming on strong as well in 2007
with Levi Marana moving into third in points followed
by Mike Cafro and John Shafe |
The Epic Racing Team has kicked off the 2007 season
on fire with Frederick and Schell finishing 1-2 for
the second straight race, and the defending champion,
Doug Eichner, being plagued with bad luck, which should
make for extremely interesting run for the championship
if Eichner can get back into his groove for round three
in Lake Havasu, AZ on March 9-11.
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(Left
to Right) Levi Marana, Josh Frederick, Jeremy
Schell |
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