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:

1. #15 – Ryan Piplic – Polaris RZR XP

2. #637- RJ Anderson – Polaris RZR XP

3. #122 – Phillip Martin – Polaris RZR XP **

4. #1968 – Cain Smead – Polaris RZR XP

5. #549 – Beau Baron – Polaris RZR XP 4

6. #268 – Andrew Berry – Polaris RZR XP

7. #25 – Chris Hawks – Polaris RZR XP

8. #777 – Jake Greco – Polaris RZR XP

9. #638 – Mitch Guthrie Jr. – Polaris RZR XP

10. #641 – Taylor George – Kawasaki Teryx

11. #603 – Josh Fredrick – Can-Am Commander

12. #559 – Casey Filippi – Polaris RZR XP

13. #654 – Chris Willing – Polaris RZR XP

14. #55 – Tim Wyatt – Polaris RZR XP

15. #1966 – Brit Mansell – Polaris RZR XP

16. #418 – Keenan Rogerson – Polaris RZR XP

17. #555 – Scott Santellan – Polaris RZR XP

18. #54 – Nick Nelson – Polaris RZR XP

19. #69 – Richie Laatz – Polaris RZR XP

20. #702 – Monty Aldrich – Polaris RZR XP

21. #94 – Tyler Windbury – Kawasaki Teryx

22. #712 – Todd Seaver – Polaris RZR XP

23. DNF #164 – Brandon Altmann – Can-Am Commander

24. DNF – #13 – Nick Diani – Polaris RZR XP

25. DNF – #283 – Shawsheen Abdi – Polaris RZR XP

26. DNS – #842 – D.j. Noerr – Yamaha Rhino

27. DSQ – #664 – Robert Vanbeekum – Kawasaki Teryx

Class 2 – Production 850:

1. #624 – Dan Kelly – Kawasaki Teryx

2. #2 – David Lytle – Kawasaki Teryx

3. #661 – Kyle Melville – Polaris RZR

4. #456 – Alfredo Ramirez – Polaris RZR

5. #1508 – Garret George – Kawasaki Teryx

6. #1504 – Craig Thresher – Yamaha Rhino

7. #659 – Gehna Furrh – Polaris RZR

8. #1503 – Robert Garnas – Yamaha Rhino

9. #1507 – Matt Lauer – Yamaha Rhino

Class 3 – Production 700:

1. #12 – Luke Rogers – Yamaha Rhino

2. #522 – John Haagsma – Yamaha Rhino

3. #95 – Kayla Smith – Yamaha Rhino

4. #516 – Code Rahders – Polaris RZR 570

5. #59 – Larry Carraher –  Yamaha Rhino

6. #1307 – Joshua Lucero – Yamaha Rhino

7. #311 – Michael Hinckley – Yamaha Rhino

8. DNS – #76 – Jeremiah Staggs – Yamaha Rhino

2012 WORCS ATV/UTV Schedule:

1. Jan. 20-22 Glen Helen MX Devore CA

2. Feb. 11-12 Buffalo Bills Primm NV

3. March 16-18 Crazy Horse Lake Havasu City AZ

4. April 13-15 Speed World MX Phoenix AZ

5. May 11-13 Race Town 395 Adelanto CA

6. June 15-17 Hungry Valley SVRA Gorman CA

7. Aug. 3-5 Cahuilla Creek Anza CA

8. Sept. 14-16 Honolulu Hills Taft CA

Links:

• WORCS Racing

• WORCS Racing on Facebook

• Glen Helen Raceway
   

All photos used with permission.
Special thanks to Rusty atFatography and Wally atWallyworld Adventures for many of these images.