RJ Anderson DOMINATES the field at RD3 of WORCS in Lake Havasu
It was a great weekend of racing at the Crazy Horse Campground in Lake Havasu, AZ. WORCS staff put on a really cool SXS Expo of sorts at the track bringing out some of the best companies in the UTV industry including Pro Armor, FOX Racing Shox, Walker Evans Racing, Dragonfire Racing, Long Travel Industries and many more. The weather held off just long enough for all classes to finish their races preventing a repeat of round 1's mud bath at Glen Helen.
Once again Walker Evans Racing / Polaris racer RJ Anderson would take the checkered flag in the premier Production 1000 class at Lake Havasu. After a short 3 lap battle with round 2 winner and hole-shot winner Robert Vanbeekum in his Monster Energy Kawasaki Teryx RJ and his RZR XP900 were able to check out on the rest of the competition taking home a solid win, adding to his season points total. Coming in a close second was WORCS racing veteran and hard charger Beau Barron who consistently remained in second place once he settled into his race groove. Beau and his still new Turnkey UTV Polaris RZR XP900 looked good as usual when skying the jumps at WORCS. D.J. Noerr in his #842 Polaris RZR XP900 would round out the podium and give Polaris the sweep in Production 1000.
Production 850 hosted its own battle in Lake Havasu with Jake Morton in his Polaris RZR-S taking the checkered flag. Battling all day and running extremely strong in second place was #2 David Lytle in his high powered Kawasaki Teryx. David looked extremely fast out there in his Dasa powered Teryx and his finish would be the only podium for Kawasaki racers this round. Rounding out the podium was Dragonfire Racing's own Kyle Melville in his sweet looking Polaris RZR-S. Kyle pushed and pushed but was unable to catch up to Jake and David, however 3rd place is still a huge success when you happen to line up with just under 20 others in your class!
Production 700 despite hosting its smallest field all season with only 6 competitors still put on a show. Luke Rogers in his Magnum Offroad Yamaha Rhino continued his dominance in the class with another 1st place finish, adding to his now large points lead. At one point Luke would hold a 45 second lead over second place but that lead was chopped down to only 2 seconds as the checkered flag waived. WORCS rookie Code Rahders who is competing in the UTVUnderground.com Polaris RZR 570 demo unit which is modified by Cognito Motorsports would not only turn off the classes fastest lap time of the race but would also prove that the little 570cc RZR was a strong competitor amongst the ranks of some highly modified Rhino engines. Code would battle back after being high centered on a berm on lap 3 losing 2 positions and a lot of time. Luke would hold on to a win despite racing on a flat tire for most of the final lap. In all this battle will look to be waged the rest of the season and it makes conversations lively and fun amongst the Magnum Offroad and UTVUndergound offices! At the end of the day UTVUnderground is pumped for Luke and Code alike as both are strong supporters of UTVUnderground.com and at the end of the day thats all that matters to us. Kayla Smith in her Yamaha Rhino would finish in 3rd.
It was carnage as usual for many of the racers out there in the UTV ranks. Multiple roll overs, blown corners, and high speed mishaps occurred often leaving vehicles parked all over the race course. WORCS staff once again put on a solid show, built an exciting race track, and gave both racers and fans alike another weekend of fun! Polaris looked to be the biggest winner in Lake Havasu with 2 first place wins and 1 second in 3 classes of racing. While Polaris vehicles surely dominate in trms of sheer numbers, the manufacturer battle between Kawasaki, Polaris, Yamaha, and Can-Am is very much alive. We look forward to round 4, we hope to see everyone out there!
Like always UTVUnderground.com wants to thank ALL the racers and site supporters out there running our colors and busting our chops for stickers! Thank you for all of your continued support as you are all the reason we are out there!!
SXS Production 1000 - Class Results
1 #637 RJ ANDERSON - POL
2 #202 BEAU BARON - POL
3 #842 D.J. NOERR - POL
4 #712 TODD SEAVER - POL
5 #164 BRANDON ALTMANN - POL
6 #710 CORY DEHOOG - POL
7 #13 NICK DIANI - POL
8 #654 CHRIS WILLING - POL
9 #1 GREG ROW - POL
10 #69 RICHIE LAATZ - POL
11 #638 MITCH GUTHRIE JR - POL
12 #559 CASEY FILIPPI - POL
13 #777 JAKE GRECO - POL
14 #25 CHRIS HAWKS - POL
15 #201 KEENAN ROGERSON - POL
16 #55 TIM WYATT - POL
17 #48 JOHN PEZZI - POL
18 #15 RYAN PIPLIC - POL
19 #664 ROBERT VANBEEKUM - KAW
20 #203 JOSH FREDERICK - CA
21 #555 SCOTT SANTELLAN - POL
DNF #268 ANDREW BERRY - POL
DNF #94 TYLER WINDBURY - KAW
DNS #283 SHAWHEEN ABDI - POL
DNS #641 TAYLOR GEORGE - KAW
SXS Production 850 - Class Results
1 #291 JAKE MORTON - POL
2 #2 DAVID LYTLE - KAW
3 #661 KYLE MELVILLE - POL
4 #456 ALFREDO RAMIREZ - POL
5 #68 NIC GRANLUND - YAM
6 #238 BRIAN THOMAS - POL
7 #51 JAMES GORMAN - POL
8 #115 WAYNE TAYLOR - KAW
9 #999 KEN BENSON - POL
10 #659 GEHNA FURRH - POL
11 #918 JUSTIN LAMBERT - KAW
12 #924 ROBERT GARNAS - YAM
13 #71 GARRETT GEORGE - KAW
DNF #239 ADAM LEVINGS - POL
DNF #624 DAN KELLY - KAW
DNF #417 NOLAN REMLINGER - KAW
DNS #237 CRAIG THRESHER - YAM
DNS #235 MICHAEL REDHEAD - POL
SXS Production 700 - Class Results
1 #12 LUKE ROGERS - YAM
2 #816 CODE RAHDERS - POL
3 #3 KAYLA SMITH - YAM
4 #311 MICHAEL HINCKLEY - YAM
5 #39 LARRY CARRAHER - YAM
6 #350 STEVE AMRINE - YAM
All results and lap times: Race Results
Production 1000 Series Points
1 #637 RJ ANDERSON 59
2 #15 RYAN PIPLIC 50
3 #202 BEAU BARON 50
4 #200 PHILLIP MARTIN 40
5 #638 MITCH GUTHRIE JR 37
6 #777 JAKE GRECO 36
7 #25 CHRIS HAWKS 36
8 #712 TODD SEAVER 34
9 #654 CHRIS WILLING 33
10 #842 D.J. NOERR 32
11 #164 BRANDON ALTMANN 31
12 #710 CORY DEHOOG 30
13 #203 JOSH FREDERICK 29
14 #221 NICK DIANI 29
15 #664 ROBERT VANBEEKUM 27
16 #201 KEENAN ROGERSON 27
17 #55 TIM WYATT 27
18 #559 CASEY FILIPPI 25
19 #69 RICHIE LAATZ 25
20 #641 TAYLOR GEORGE 23
21 #268 ANDREW BERRY 22
22 # BRIT MANSELL 21
23 #555 SCOTT SANTELLAN 20
24 # CAIN SMEAD 18
25 #48 JOHN PEZZI 16
26 #91 JAMES HILL 15
27 #283 SHAWHEEN ABDI 15
28 #124 CRAIG DILLER 15
29 #417 JOSH ROW 12
30 #1 GREG ROW 12
31 # RIONOEZ VOSE 12
32 # JEFF VANASDAL 12
33 #54 NICK NELSON 10
34 #803 SCOTT KIGER 7
35 #702 MONTY ALDRICH 1
36 #94 TYLER WINDBURY 1
Production 850 Series Points
1 #2 DAVID LYTLE 69
2 #661 KYLE MELVILLE 60
3 #456 ALFREDO RAMIREZ 58
4 #624 DAN KELLY 38
5 #68 NIC GRANLUND 34
6 #71 GARRETT GEORGE 33
7 #291 JAKE MORTON 32
8 #924 ROBERT GARNAS 32
9 #659 GEHNA FURRH 25
10 #237 CRAIG THRESHER 21
11 #999 KEN BENSON 20
12 #918 JUSTIN LAMBERT 20
13 #115 WAYNE TAYLOR 18
14 #232 MATT WHITE 16
15 #238 BRIAN THOMAS 15
16 #222 JOHN MCDONALD 15
17 #813 MARK BLAKEY 14
18 #51 JAMES GORMAN 14
19 #515 CHRIS WARD 12
20 # MATT LAUER 11
Production 700 Series Points
1 #12 LUKE ROGERS 75
2 #3 KAYLA SMITH 55
3 #311 MICHAEL HINCKLEY 50
4 #522 JOHN HAAGSMA 42
5 #816 CODE RAHDERS 40
6 #39 LARRY CARRAHER 32
7 # DOUG MITTAG 22
8 #76 JEREMIAH STAGGS 16
9 # JOSHUA LUCERO 15
10 #350 STEVE AMRINE 15
11 # MICHAEL GONZALES
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