WORCS Round 12 Mud Race At Glen Helen – News – Dirt Rider Magazine

Going into the weekend, rain was expected for the WORCS race at California’s Glen Helen Raceway, but the sheer amount was a surprise to everyone. By the time the Pro Race began, the rain had turned the track’s nice, tacky loam into a sloppy mud bog. But the unanticipated track conditions made for an exciting race.Bobby Bonds had an aggressive start, and held on to the lead for the first few laps with the two Zip-Ty Yamahas nipping at his heels. Bonds eventually fell back, handing the lead to series points leader Nathan Woods followed by Ty Davis, Russ Pearson, Destry Abbott and Kurt Caselli.

Woods held the lead until stalling his bike, letting the top five go by and falling back a minute and a half. Adding insult to injury, he stalled again coming into the scoring shoot. This time, according to promoter Dave Hamel, “Yamaha’s team manager [Kenny Perry] ran over onto the race course and started Woods bike for him, breaking our ‘No outside assistance rule’ and resulting in a standardized penalty.” In addition to his time lost, Woods was docked a full lap for the infraction. Despite the reduction in place, Woods still maintains a commanding points lead over teammate Ty Davis.Davis, Pearson and Abbott continued the race, dicing for the lead followed closely in tow by Caselli. On the last lap, it was Pearson out front, but with only 100 yards left, Pearson ran out of gas letting the top three go by. Ty Davis won his second race of the season followed by Abbott, with Caselli less than three seconds behind. Russ Pearson pushed his bike across the finish line to a hard earned fourth place finish.

WORCS Round 12 Results
Pos	No	Rider	Hometown	Bike
1	1	Ty Davis	Hesperia, CA	YAM
2	12	Destry Abbott	Peoria, AZ	KAW
3	66	Kurt Caselli	Palmdale, CA	KTM
4	3	Russell Pearson	Henderson, NV	YAM
5	928	Bobby Garrison	Sparks, NV	YAM
6	15	David Pearson	Panaca, NV	KAW
7	50	David Rees	Riverside, CA	KTM
8	155	Revelle Harrison	Murrieta, CA	KTM
9	36	Patrick Garrahan	Boulder Creek, CA	KTM
10	38	Bryce Olson	Rocklin, CA	KTM
11	70	Brent Harden	Menifee, CA	KTM
12	26	Joey Lanza	Rialto, CA	KTM
13	5	Robert Naughton	Flagstaff, AZ	HON
14	78	Kellon Walch	Alamo, NV	HON
15	657	Nicholas Burson	Ridgecrest, CA	HON
16	33	Jesse Barstow	Tacoma, WA	HON
17	611	Shawn Wynne	Lompoc, CA	HON
18	7	Nathan Woods	Shandon, CA	YAM
19	991	Randall Hall	Oak Hills, CA	HON
20	77	Brendon Lutes	Rancho Santa Marg, CA	SUZ
21	25	Jared Buoy	St George, UT	KAW
22	129	Bobby Bonds	Maricopa, CA	KAW
23	4	Lance Smail	Kent, WA	KAW
24	122	Mark Tilley	Rowland Heights, CA	HON
25	232	Bj Burns	Moreno Valley, CA	HON