49 UTVs lined up for Round #1 of the 2012 WORCS Series
This year for WORCS UTV racing there are still three classes: Class 1 (up to 1000cc), Class 2 (up to 850cc) and Class 3 (up to 705cc). Included in the mix were a staggering 27 Polaris RZR XP’s in Class 1!
WORCS is migrating to International Side X Side Association (ISA) rules and a few of the ISA board members were on hand doing courtesy tech inspections.
Rain fell hard overnight before the race, so the course at Glen Helen Raceway was a muddy mess.
In Class 3, Cody Rahders has teamed up with Polaris, Cognito Motorsports, UTVUnderground.com and FOX to campaign the 2012 season in a new RZR 570. This was the first race in the new car, and it was raced in nearly stock form, just a cage and Pro Armor doors. He suffered a blown bead on his front tire and still finished fourth. Once this car gets a Cognito long travel with Fox shocks, watch out!
Round #1 Results:
Class 1 – Production 1000:
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#15 – Ryan Piplic – Polaris RZR XP
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#637- RJ Anderson – Polaris RZR XP
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#122 – Phillip Martin – Polaris RZR XP **
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#1968 – Cain Smead – Polaris RZR XP
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#549 – Beau Baron – Polaris RZR XP 4
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#268 – Andrew Berry – Polaris RZR XP
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#25 – Chris Hawks – Polaris RZR XP
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#777 – Jake Greco – Polaris RZR XP
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#638 – Mitch Guthrie Jr. – Polaris RZR XP
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#641 – Taylor George – Kawasaki Teryx
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#603 – Josh Fredrick – Can-Am Commander
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#559 – Casey Filippi – Polaris RZR XP
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#654 – Chris Willing – Polaris RZR XP
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#55 – Tim Wyatt – Polaris RZR XP
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#1966 – Brit Mansell – Polaris RZR XP
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#418 – Keenan Rogerson – Polaris RZR XP
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#555 – Scott Santellan – Polaris RZR XP
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#54 – Nick Nelson – Polaris RZR XP
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#69 – Richie Laatz – Polaris RZR XP
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#702 – Monty Aldrich – Polaris RZR XP
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#94 – Tyler Windbury – Kawasaki Teryx
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#712 – Todd Seaver – Polaris RZR XP
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DNF #164 – Brandon Altmann – Can-Am Commander
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DNF – #13 – Nick Diani – Polaris RZR XP
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DNF – #283 – Shawsheen Abdi – Polaris RZR XP
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DNS – #842 – D.j. Noerr – Yamaha Rhino
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DSQ – #664 – Robert Vanbeekum – Kawasaki Teryx
Class 2 – Production 850:
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#624 – Dan Kelly – Kawasaki Teryx
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#2 – David Lytle – Kawasaki Teryx
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#661 – Kyle Melville – Polaris RZR
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#456 – Alfredo Ramirez – Polaris RZR
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#1508 – Garret George – Kawasaki Teryx
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#1504 – Craig Thresher – Yamaha Rhino
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#659 – Gehna Furrh – Polaris RZR
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#1503 – Robert Garnas – Yamaha Rhino
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#1507 – Matt Lauer – Yamaha Rhino
Class 3 – Production 700:
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#12 – Luke Rogers – Yamaha Rhino
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#522 – John Haagsma – Yamaha Rhino
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#95 – Kayla Smith – Yamaha Rhino
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#516 – Code Rahders – Polaris RZR 570
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#59 – Larry Carraher – Yamaha Rhino
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#1307 – Joshua Lucero – Yamaha Rhino
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#311 – Michael Hinckley – Yamaha Rhino
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DNS – #76 – Jeremiah Staggs – Yamaha Rhino
2012 WORCS ATV/UTV Schedule:
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Jan. 20-22 Glen Helen MX Devore CA
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Feb. 11-12 Buffalo Bills Primm NV
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March 16-18 Crazy Horse Lake Havasu City AZ
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April 13-15 Speed World MX Phoenix AZ
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May 11-13 Race Town 395 Adelanto CA
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June 15-17 Hungry Valley SVRA Gorman CA
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Aug. 3-5 Cahuilla Creek Anza CA
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Sept. 14-16 Honolulu Hills Taft CA
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All photos used with permission.
Special thanks to Rusty atFatography and Wally atWallyworld Adventures for many of these images.