2012 WORCS Round 1 at Glen Helen

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 - International Side X Side Association (ISA) Tech Inspection
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.

Cody Rahders - Polaris RZR 570
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:

#15 - Ryan Piplic - Polaris RZR XP

#637- RJ Anderson - Polaris RZR XP

#122 - Phillip Martin - Polaris RZR XP **

#1968 - Cain Smead - Polaris RZR XP

#549 - Beau Baron - Polaris RZR XP 4

#268 - Andrew Berry - Polaris RZR XP

#25 - Chris Hawks - Polaris RZR XP

#777 - Jake Greco - Polaris RZR XP

#638 - Mitch Guthrie Jr. - Polaris RZR XP

#641 - Taylor George - Kawasaki Teryx

#603 - Josh Fredrick - Can-Am Commander

#559 - Casey Filippi - Polaris RZR XP

#654 - Chris Willing - Polaris RZR XP

#55 - Tim Wyatt - Polaris RZR XP

#1966 - Brit Mansell - Polaris RZR XP

#418 - Keenan Rogerson - Polaris RZR XP

#555 - Scott Santellan - Polaris RZR XP

#54 - Nick Nelson - Polaris RZR XP

#69 - Richie Laatz - Polaris RZR XP

#702 - Monty Aldrich - Polaris RZR XP

#94 - Tyler Windbury - Kawasaki Teryx

#712 - Todd Seaver - Polaris RZR XP

DNF #164 - Brandon Altmann - Can-Am Commander

DNF - #13 - Nick Diani - Polaris RZR XP

DNF - #283 - Shawsheen Abdi - Polaris RZR XP

DNS - #842 - D.j. Noerr - Yamaha Rhino

DSQ - #664 - Robert Vanbeekum - Kawasaki Teryx

Class 2 - Production 850:

#624 - Dan Kelly - Kawasaki Teryx

#2 - David Lytle - Kawasaki Teryx

#661 - Kyle Melville - Polaris RZR

#456 - Alfredo Ramirez - Polaris RZR

#1508 - Garret George - Kawasaki Teryx

#1504 - Craig Thresher - Yamaha Rhino

#659 - Gehna Furrh - Polaris RZR

#1503 - Robert Garnas - Yamaha Rhino

#1507 - Matt Lauer - Yamaha Rhino

Class 3 - Production 700:

#12 - Luke Rogers - Yamaha Rhino

#522 - John Haagsma - Yamaha Rhino

#95 - Kayla Smith - Yamaha Rhino

#516 - Code Rahders - Polaris RZR 570

#59 - Larry Carraher - Yamaha Rhino

#1307 - Joshua Lucero - Yamaha Rhino

#311 - Michael Hinckley - Yamaha Rhino

DNS - #76 - Jeremiah Staggs - Yamaha Rhino

2012 WORCS ATV/UTV Schedule:

Jan. 20-22 Glen Helen MX Devore CA
Feb. 11-12 Buffalo Bills Primm NV
March 16-18 Crazy Horse Lake Havasu City AZ
April 13-15 Speed World MX Phoenix AZ
May 11-13 Race Town 395 Adelanto CA
June 15-17 Hungry Valley SVRA Gorman CA
Aug. 3-5 Cahuilla Creek Anza CA
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.