WORCS Round 4 at Cahuilla Creek
April 2011
By Joey DiGiovanni,
UTVUnderground.com What an amazing event held over Easter
weekend by the people at WORCS Racing. 42 UTV's showed up to compete in 3
separate classes which are determined by engine CC size. The course was said to
be very rough, tight, and in some places narrow but that didn't mean the UTV's
weren't out there having fun and going big. The race was held at Cahuilla Creek
MX Park in Anza, CA. WORCS once again laid out a phenomenal track which combined
the big MX style banks, jumps, and turns and mixed in some natural trail terrain
running back behind the track.
Class 1 winner #549 Beau Baron in the lead at the first turn
Class 1 would once again see UTVUnderground racer Beau Baron in his #549
ATVRiders.com Polaris Ranger RZR XP900 take the win! Beau hole shotted and never
once looked back. There were many XP900's in this race, many with modified and
bolt on set ups. But they were no match for Barron and his stock, light, and
very quick Polaris XP900. Hot on his tail in Class 1 the entire race was the
Factory Polaris / Team National Guard and new UTVUnderground racer William
Yokely in his Polaris RZR XP900. Yokely would finish second never once getting
more than just a few car lengths behind Barron. Rounding out the top 3 in Class
1 was Ryan Piplic who also was piloting a RZR XP900. The first non Polaris to
finish was UTVUnderground driver Mark Holz who was piloting his Factory Can-Am /
MotoWorks / Holz Racing Commander 1000. Having got caught behind some cars in
the narrow trail section he was never able to regain ground on the fast XP's up
front.
Class 2 at the first turn after the start - Class 2 is 850cc or less
Class 2 had a large turnout and would see first time WORCS racer and
UTVUnderground driver Nolan Remlinger in his Long Travel Industries / Kawasaki
Teryx take the win! Nolan was going big all day and was driving very hard. He
started 30 seconds down in the 2nd row to the other Class 2 drivers so to see
him get this win was a testament to how hard he was driving! Another
UTVUnderground racer and WORCS season veteran Todd Seaver in his Walker Evans
Racing Polaris RZR would come in a close second! Rounding out the podium in
Class 2 was Joe Swartz in his Polaris RZR.
Class 3 at the first turn - Class 3 is 705cc or less
Class 3 for me was awesome. I have never been to a WORCS race, especially this
year where car count is off the charts. For the last 2 years now we all hear and
even believe that the Rhino is dead, lost cause, sell it or motor swap it. Well
that is not the case at WORCS! The Rhino is still very much alive in WORCS
racing so for all of you with race Rhino's thinking you need to go SR1 YOU DONT!
Now sure, if your going Lucas racing then yeah..lol...but at WORCS there is a
class just for you. And there was a great turnout as well. Now sure, the Rhino
isn't as fast as the newer larger CC'd UTV's but when racing other Rhino's in
their own class it was still fun to watch. And no doubt the Rhino is still an
awesome looking UTV! I was ecstatic to see the Rhino's running around the track
and I guarantee those guys were having as much fun as anyone!
Winning Class 3 was Jeremiah Staggs aka Staggs here on UTVUnderground! Staggs
was ripping in his Cognito / Yamaha Rhino and one point was launching jumps
while his hood was tearing off! Right behind him was Greg Row in his Yamaha
Rhino with David Lytle finishing 3rd. If I had a Rhino there is no doubt where I
would take it to race!! Great work to all of those guys keeping the dream of
Rhino racing alive!
In all the event was a blast. Watching Lucas Oil professional UTV racer and
UTVUnderground Team Driver Tyler Winbury sky the massive table top jump in front
of the crowd was a highlight for me and I am sure a highlight for everyone
there. Tyler had a rough day, running really fast with the class 1 guys but
while pushing it in the back section he rolled it over putting himself down too
many minutes to overcome. He had to right the car by himself on the track, which
he did, to keep on going!! UTVUG sponsors Madhouse Motorsports came in full
force entering I think 4 cars to race!!! Keenan was also going super BIG!!!
Special props go to UTVUnderground's own Daniel Fernandez AKA OffRoadSwapMeet
who stopped mid race to help out fellow 747Ink Teamate Kayla Smith. Kayla was
tipped over and Dan stopped to get out and help her back on her wheels. He
showed amazing character and its a testament to who Dan is!
Thank you to WORCS Racing for allowing us to be such a huge part of this
weekends events. Thank you to ALL of the racers who jumped on board running
those UTVUnderground Stickers! They were everywhere!! I also want to thank Mark
Elliot of Digital Dirt Magazine for all of his help and support on the track.
Seth @ DWT Racing for his support and help in creating our upcoming Round 4
highlight video. Last but not least I want to thank the sponsors who kicked in
to help us make the UTVUnderground contingency a huge success:
DWT Racing - Muzzys Performance - RZRWraps.Net - SideBySideStuff.com - Magnum
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Class 1 (up to 1000cc):
1. Beau Baron #549 - Polaris
2. William Yokley #716 - Polaris
3. Ryan Piplic #15 - Polaris
4. Mark Holz #673 - Can-Am
5. Randy Anderson #1012 - Polaris
6. Keenan Rogerson #418 - Polaris
7. Nick Nelson #17 - Polaris
8. Martin Phillip #122 - Polaris
9. John Schaffer #86 - Polaris
10. Chad Coole #969 - Polaris
11. Tyler Winbury #1007 - Kawasaki
12. Brandon Altmann #164 - Can-Am
13. D.J. Noerr #842 - Polaris
14. RJ Anderson #1011 - Polaris
15. Monty Aldrich #702 - Can-Am
Class 2 (up to 850cc):
1. Nolan Remlinger #199 - Kawasaki
2. Todd Seaver #712 - Polaris
3. Joe Swartz #502 - Polaris
4. Jacob Shaw #56 - Kawasaki
5. Jake Greco #777 - Polaris
6. Scott Santellan #55 - Yamaha
7. Mark Parrillo #63 - Polaris
8. Matt White #232 - Kawasaki
9. Lamar Ortega #1341 - Kawasaki
10. Mark Blakley #813 - Polaris
11. David Miller #347 - Polaris
12. Danny Wolf #1342 - Polaris
13. David Troxcil #2610 - Kawasaki
14. Michelle Thau #244 - Polaris
Class 3 (up to 705cc):
1. Jeremiah Staggs #76 - Yamaha
2. Greg Row #74 - Yamaha
3. David Lytle #50 - Yamaha
4. Jeff Stambaugh #1 - Yamaha
5. Daniel Fernandez #1282 - Yamaha
6. Kayla Smith #95 - Yamaha
7. Larry Carraher #69 - Yamaha
8. Michael Gonzales #210 - Yamaha
9. Eddie Miller #174 - Yamaha
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