2012 WORCS Round 1 at Glen Helen

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 at
Fatography and Wally at
Wallyworld Adventures for many of these images. |