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2012 WORCS RD7 ANZA, CA

Aug. 6, 2012
UTVUG Staff

Another round has been completed at the 2012 WORCS racing series and with only one more round remaining the points battles have heated to a boiling point.  Round 7 was held at Cahuilla Creek MX park in Anza, CA.  Known for its big jumps and constant elevation changes, Cahuilla Creek is by far a favorite of the racers and spectators.  The facility allows for fans to view from multiple locations including 2 large table top jumps.  Located about 30 minutes outside of Temecula, CA the Anza race always draws a great car count and spectator crowd.  We at UTVUnderground.com always look forward to the Anza race and this year was no different.  With our friends at Mad Media in tow, video camera's a-blazin' and our new buddy Will Heim of Aerial PhotoWorx piloting his high dollar camera helicopter we would be sure to capture this round not only in still images as is expected, but also on video for a special project we have been working on that includes WORCS racing. Thanks to Sean Reddish, owner of the WORCS Racing Series, racers from the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series (LOORRS) who also compete at WORCS would be able to pull double duty on this full weekend of racing.  LOORRS was hosting their night race rounds at Glen Helen this weekend which worried some racers including 2 who are in heated points battles at WORCS and at LOORRS.  Sean implemented a schedule change a couple weeks prior to Anza that would move the UTV races to Saturday morning which to my surprise excited everyone we spoke with. This allowed racers RJ Anderson who is competing for a championship in Production 1000 and Production 700 points leader Cody Rahders to be able to continue their battles all while still making it back to Glen Helen in time.  Same went for Production 1000 racer Todd Seaver who is the onsite announcer at LOORRS.  I know all of those guys were very thankful to WORCS for making that schedule change. The Production 1000 green flag dropped promptly at just before 11 am and right after the Production 700 & 850 classes finished their races. As the field of Polaris XP900's, Arctic Cat Wildcat's, Kawasaki Teryx's, and Can-Am Commander's roared to life it would be RJ Anderson in his Walker Evans Racing / Holz Racing Products / Polaris XP900 who would take the hole shot and never look back.  RJ would separate from the pack and his #1 competitor Ryan Piplic, tearing off the fastest lap of the race and finishing almost a full minute ahead of the 2nd place Piplic.  The 45 minute race was not as clean of a run for many others.  Out of the 33 cars that would line up, only 24 would complete enough laps to qualify for a finish while the other 9 cars would be dealt DNF's and DNS's. The XP900 of .50 Caliber racing wouldn't even make it to turn one in due to a start line collision that would wound a front suspension component forcing that racer to pull off immediately.  As RJ Anderson checked out the real battles were waged by the others racing in the top 10.  Crowd Favorite Beau Baron drove his TurnKey UTV / Polaris XP900 like a man on a mission, passing cars as if they were standing still trying to put pressure on Piplic which he was able to do late in the race.  However Piplic remained strong keeping Baron at bay and delivering Baron a 3rd place finish.  The 6 car team of Rockstar Energy / Blingstar / Polaris would make their WORCS racing debut bringing 4 of their 6 clean new Polaris XP900 race cars.  Unfortunately the 2 Merrell brothers racing would not make it more than a lap in their own cars while Bryan Carr in the #913 would take a respectable 11th place and Clint Roberts in the #217 would finish 16th. Look for this team to be back in action at WORCS as they look to redeem themselves after their first time racing at WORCS. With RJ Anderson getting the win and Ryan Piplic holding strong in 2nd it makes the final round of racing in September that much more exciting.  The 2 will enter the race tied for the points lead bringing the Championship down to the final race! Knowing the battle these 2 have waged all year it could come down to the final lap. Either way its sure to be exciting and fans couldn't ask for a more exciting battle down the stretch.  Not to be counted out is 3rd in points Beau Baron who is sitting only 6 points behind Anderson & Piplic.  Baron is still very much in contention and with a little bit of luck he could be your 2012 WORCS SXS Production 1000 Champion.  Championships at WORCS is familiar ground for Baron who continues to dominate the premier pro quad class at WORCS.  Winning a SXS championship would only add to an already outstanding career at the WORCS series.
SXS Production 1000 - Class Results (RD7 Anza)
Place Nbr Name Overall Pos Points Earned Fastest Lap Laps Elasped Time
1 #637 RJ ANDERSON - POL RIVERSIDE, CA 1 25 09:49.835 Lap 3 4 00:38:43.471
2 #15 RYAN PIPLIC - POL SNOHOMISH, WA 2 22 09:59.575 Lap 4 4 00:39:18.588
3 #549 BEAU BARON - HON ATASCADERO, CA 3 20 09:54.596 Lap 4 4 00:39:19.590
4 #122 PHILLIP MARTIN - POL RESEDA, CA 4 18 10:09.687 Lap 4 4 00:40:12.973
5 #268 ANDREW BERRY - POL PASO ROBLES, CA 5 16 10:28.697 Lap 3 4 00:41:27.646
6 #1 GREG ROW - POL ALPINE , CA 6 15 10:29.353 Lap 3 4 00:41:37.042
7 #164 BRANDON ALTMANN - POL HESPERIA, CA 7 14 10:29.172 Lap 3 4 00:41:41.465
8 #216 STEVEN BEARD - POL VICTORVILLE , CA 8 13 10:25.944 Lap 4 4 00:41:42.631
9 #777 JAKE GRECO - POL LEWISTON, ID 9 12 10:33.672 Lap 3 4 00:41:43.974
10 #13 NICK DIANI - POL SANTA MARIA, CA 10 11 10:31.862 Lap 4 4 00:42:00.613
11 #913 BRYAN CARR - POL CANYON LAKE, CA 11 10 10:27.667 Lap 2 4 00:42:06.309
12 #603 JOSH FREDERICK - CA MOAPA, NV 12 9 10:06.697 Lap 3 4 00:42:18.582
13 #638 MITCH GUTHRIE JR - POL GLENDORA, CA 13 8 10:37.359 Lap 4 4 00:42:22.881
14 #91 JAMES HILL - POL LAKE ELLSINORE, CA 14 7 10:44.997 Lap 3 4 00:43:19.780
15 #76 JEREMIAH STAGGS - POL HESPERIA, CA 15 6 10:53.203 Lap 3 4 00:43:55.931
16 #217 CLINT ROBERTS - POL CORONA, CA 16 5 10:54.680 Lap 3 4 00:43:57.796
17 #555 SCOTT SANTELLAN - POL FRESNO, CA 17 4 11:05.394 Lap 3 4 00:44:44.977
18 #654 CHRIS WILLING - POL MINDEN, NV 18 3 11:19.534 Lap 2 4 00:45:55.204
19 #48 JOHN PEZZI - POL WASHOE VALLEY, NV 19 2 11:33.917 Lap 4 4 00:46:07.508
20 #25 CHRIS HAWKS - OTH RAMONA, CA 20 1 10:56.978 Lap 2 4 00:46:26.927
21 #712 TODD SEAVER - POL EMMETT, ID 21 1 10:48.730 Lap 2 4 00:46:33.569
22 #80 ROBERT MOWRER - POL N LAS VEGAS, NV 22 1 16:11.958 Lap 2 3 00:43:35.158
23 #641 TAYLOR GEORGE - KAW ALTA LOMA, CA 23 1 10:06.395 Lap 2 2 00:19:26.129
24 #220 DEAN BULLOCH - OTH CEDAR CITY, UT 24 1 11:39.007 Lap 2 2 00:22:04.565
DNF #219 JEREMY MERRELL - POL TTA, CA DNF 0 - 1 00:10:47.236
DNF #221 ELMER PEZZI - ARC RENO, NV DNF 0 - 1 00:10:52.481
DNF #69 RICHIE LAATZ - POL N LAS VEGAS, NV DNS 0 - 0
DNS #218 JASON MERRELL - POL NEWPORT, CA DNS 0 - 0
DNS #418 KEENAN ROGERSON - POL BAKERSFIELD, CA DNS 0 - 0
DNS #664 ROBERT VANBEEKUM - KAW MESA, AZ DNS 0 - 0
DNS #623 HANS WAAGE - KAW SCOTTSDALE, AZ DNS 0 - 0
DNS #222 JOEY BITTO - POL MORENO, CA DNS 0 - 0
DNS #710 CORY DEHOOG - POL ONTARIO, CA DNS 0 - 0
 
Series Points Report - Prod 1000 1/21/2012 2/11/2012 3/17/2012 4/14/2012 5/12/2012 6/16/2012 8/4/2012
Place Nbr Name Finish Finish Finish Finish Finish Finish Finish Total Points
1 #637 RJ  ANDERSON RIVERSIDE, CA 2 6 1 1 1 DNS 1 134
2 #15 RYAN  PIPLIC SNOHOMISH, WA 1 2 18 2 4 2 2 134
3 #549 BEAU  BARON ATASCADERO, CA 5 6 2 3 8 1 3 128
4 #122 PHILLIP  MARTIN RESEDA, CA 3 3 4 15 17 4 86
5 #404 JAKE  GRECO LEWISTON, ID 8 6 13 12 12 5 9 82
6 #2 JOSH  FREDERICK MOAPA, NV 11 4 20 10 17 7 12 67
7 #164 BRANDON  ALTMANN HESPERIA, CA DNF 6 5 3 7 65
8 #1 GREG  ROW ALPINE, CA 9 11 14 3 6 64
9 #638 MITCH  GUTHRIE JR GLENDORA, CA 9 6 11 22 5 DNF 13 62
10 #712 TODD  SEAVER EMMETT, ID 23 6 4 5 DNS 13 21 59
11 #654 CHRIS  WILLING MINDEN, NV 13 6 8 15 20 6 18 58
12 #641 TAYLOR  GEORGE ALTA LOMA, CA 10 6 DNF 7 DNF 4 23 56
13 #268 ANDREW  BERRY PASO ROBLES, CA 6 6 DNF 16 10 5 54
14 #94 TYLER  WINDBURY OJAI, CA 21 DNF DNF 6 2 8 51
15 #55 TIM  WYATT CANTON, GA 14 6 16 DNF 13 11 45
16 #559 CASEY  FILIPPI PORTERVILLE, CA 12 6 12 DNF 6 16 45
17 #25 CHRIS  HAWKS RAMONA, CA 7 6 14 13 20 45
18 #710 CORY  DEHOOG ONTARIO, CA 6 6 DNF 9 DNS 42
19 #13 NICK  DIANI SANTA MARIA, CA DNF 6 7 DNF DNF 10 40
20 #555 SCOTT  SANTELLAN FRESNO, CA 17 6 21 21 10 17 36
21 #69 RICHIE  LAATZ N LAS VEGAS, NV 19 6 10 24 21 12 DNF 36
22 #842 D.J.  NOERR TAFT, CA DNF 6 3 DNF DNF 32
23 #664 ROBERT  VANBEEKUM MESA, AZ DQ 1 19 25 DNS DNF DNS 28
24 #418 KEENAN  ROGERSON BAKERSFIELD, CA 16 5 15 DNF DNS 27
25 #91 JAMES  HILL LAKE ELLSINORE, CA 6 17 14 26
26 #48 JOHN  PEZZI WASHOE VALLEY, NV 6 17 19 16 19 25
27 #80 ROBERT  MOWRER N LAS VEGAS, NV 14 11 14 22 25
28 #913 BRYAN  CARR CANYON LAKE, CA 9 11 22
29 # BRIT  MANSELL MAYLENE, AL 15 6 21
30 #210 CAIN  SMEAD LEONA VALLE, CA 4 DNS 18
31 #283 SHAWHEEN  ABDI CORONA, CA DNF 6 DNS 18 18
32 #5 MARK  HOLZ LYNDEN, WA 18 7 17
33 #124 CRAIG  DILLER HAWTHORNE, CA 6 15
34 #216 STEVEN  BEARD VICTORVILLE, CA 8 13
35 #623 HANS  WAAGE SCOTTSDALE, AZ 8 DNS 13
36 #220 DEAN  BULLOCH CEDAR CITY, UT 9 24 13
37 #417 JOSH  ROW EL CAJON, CA 6 12
38 # RIONOEZ  VOSE , 6 12
39 # JEFF  VANASDAL MUNCIE, IN 6 12
40 #54 NICK  NELSON TEHACHAPI, CA 18 6 10
41 #702 MONTY  ALDRICH HENDERSON, NV 20 23 19 15 10
42 #215 SCOTT  KIGER WAYNESBURG, PA 6 DNF 7
43 #76 JEREMIAH  STAGGS HESPERIA, CA 15 6
44 #217 CLINT  ROBERTS CORONA, CA 16 5
45 #205 KEVIN  GLENN LAKE HAVASU CITY, AZ 20 1
  The Production 700 & 850 races kicked off at 9:45am and got the crowd pumped up with their land rush starts and turn 1 hole-shot battles.  It would be Cognito Motorsports very own Justin Lambert who despite being plagued by a season of bad luck and mechanical failures would take the front row hole-shot and lead the Production 850 class from flag to flag in dominating fashion.  It was clear to see that his Cognito Motorsports / Kawasaki Teryx WAS the car to beat in Anza.  Lambert would power his Teryx around the track and it was great to see this guy, who is always working so hard on his and others race programs finally get the win he deserved.  Finishing not far behind Lambert would be the Polaris RZR of Ken Benson who constantly got quicker as the race went on. Never did he seem to let up, he continued to push hard to try and run the very fast Teryx of Lambert down late into the race.  Despite the hard charging and usually dominating David Lytle pressing hard to advance from a solid 3rd position to 2nd, Benson held strong and put his Polaris on the podium.  Lytle however had nothing to be disappointed about.  His 3rd place finish gave him the points he needed to secure the Production 850 class championship putting his Kawasaki Teryx atop the class as they head into the final round.  Lytle said himself that RD8 will be just for fun as he already has been awarded the WORCS Season Championship in Production 850.  It was an awesome performance this year for Lytle and we look forward to watching him defend his title in 2013, hopefully still running those big UTVUnderground.com stickers!!
SXS Production 850 - Class Results (RD7 Anza)
Place Nbr Name Overall Pos Points Earned Fastest Lap Laps Elasped Time
1 #918 JUSTIN LAMBERT - KAW BAKERSFIELD, CA 1 25 10:17.411 Lap 3 4 00:40:17.981
2 #999 KEN BENSON - POL QUEEN CREEK, AZ 2 22 10:20.733 Lap 4 4 00:40:29.565
3 #2 DAVID LYTLE - KAW SAUGUS, CA 4 20 10:34.069 Lap 3 4 00:41:18.949
4 #68 NIC GRANLUND - POL LAS VEGAS, NV 6 18 10:39.850 Lap 2 4 00:42:30.303
5 #661 KYLE MELVILLE - KAW ACTON, CA 8 16 10:58.297 Lap 3 4 00:43:14.692
6 #126 RYAN VANDEN BOSCH - POL BELLFLOWER, CA 9 15 11:12.834 Lap 2 4 00:44:03.910
7 #854 BRYAN OSBORN - KAW ALPINE, CA 11 14 11:13.548 Lap 2 4 00:44:34.332
8 #291 JAKE MORTON - POL TAFT, CA 12 13 11:20.480 Lap 3 4 00:44:44.095
9 #456 ALFREDO RAMIREZ - POL PASO ROBLES, CA 16 12 11:04.283 Lap 2 4 00:51:25.268
10 #51 JAMES GORMAN - POL TEMECULA, CA 18 11 11:29.783 Lap 2 3 00:34:46.574
11 #929 MICHAEL REDHEAD - POL YORBA LINDA , CA 20 10 11:17.118 Lap 2 2 00:21:37.304
DNS #417 NOLAN REMLINGER - KAW FULLERTON, CA DNS 0 - 0
 
Series Points Report - Prod 850 1/21/2012 2/11/2012 3/17/2012 4/14/2012 5/12/2012 6/16/2012 8/4/2012
Place Nbr Name Finish Finish Finish Finish Finish Finish Finish Total Points
1 #2 DAVID  LYTLE SAUGUS, CA 2 1 2 3 3 1 3 154
2 #456 ALFREDO  RAMIREZ PASO ROBLES, CA 4 2 4 4 4 3 9 126
3 #68 NIC  GRANLUND LAS VEGAS, NV 4 5 1 2 2 4 121
4 #661 KYLE  MELVILLE ACTON, CA 3 3 3 6 7 5 5 121
5 #291 JAKE  MORTON TAFT, CA DNF 14 1 9 6 4 8 90
6 #918 JUSTIN  LAMBERT BAKERSFIELD, CA DNF 11 11 7 9 DNF 1 71
7 #999 KEN  BENSON QUEEN CREEK, AZ DNF 13 9 DNF 1 DNF 2 67
8 #71 GARRETT  GEORGE RIALTO, CA 5 12 DQ 2 5 63
9 #624 DAN  KELLY APACHE JUNCTION, AZ 1 8 DNF 13 8 59
10 #659 GEHNA  FURRH BAKERSFIELD, CA 7 DNS 10 6 40
11 #924 ROBERT  GARNAS BAKERSFIELD, CA 9 10 12 32
12 #51 JAMES  GORMAN TEMECULA, CA 7 DNF 10 25
13 #854 BRYAN  OSBORN ALPINE, CA DNF 10 7 25
14 #417 NOLAN  REMLINGER FULLERTON, CA DQ DNF DNF 8 11 DNS 23
15 #79 CRAIG  THRESHER BAKERSFIELD, CA 6 15 DNS 21
16 #115 WAYNE  TAYLOR LA MESA, CA 16 8 DNS 18
17 #243 TODD  JESPERSEN MESA, AZ 5 16
18 #232 MATT  WHITE BAKERSFIELD, CA 5 16
19 #238 BRIAN  THOMAS LAKE HAVASU, AZ 6 15
20 #22 JOHN  MCDONALD SANTA MARGARITA, CA 6 DNS 15
21 #126 RYAN  VANDEN BOSCH BELLFLOWER, CA 6 15
22 #813 MARK  BLAKEY SAN MARCOS, CA 7 14
23 #515 CHRIS  WARD SANTA CLARITA, CA 9 12
24 #172 CODI  ELIAS LAKE HAVASU CITY, AZ 10 11
25 # MATT  LAUER RIVERSIDE, CA 10 11
26 #929 MICHAEL  REDHEAD YORBA LINDA, CA DNS DNF DNS 11 10
27 #241 GEORGE  SCHWEIDEREICK MESA, AZ 11 10
28 #56 JACOB  SHAW LAKESIDE, CA 12 DNF 9
  Production 700 has been a really exciting and fun class to watch this year.  The points lead has passed through the hands of 3 different competitors in Luke Rogers, Michael Hinckley and Cody Rahders and it will be those 3 racers who remain in the top 3 in points after RD7.  The landrush hole-shot would once again belong to Cody Rahders piloting the UTVUnderground.com / Cognito Motorsports / Polaris RZR 570.  Rahders was the first to enter the series with this new platform from Polaris, with UTVUnderground.com providing the machine and Cognito Motorsports transforming it into the Production 700 racer it has been proven as not only a worthy competitor but quite possibly championship caliber. Being only passed once early in lap one Rahders would regain the lead and never look back.  Checking out Rahders would battle to become the 4th vehicle PHYSICALLY on course during the Production 850 / 700 race and would easily win the Production 700 class. Finishing second would be hard charger Kayla Smith in her Alba tuned Yamaha Rhino, while early season championship favorite Luke Rogers would round out the podium.  Rogers who experienced a ton of early season success seemed to have everything going his way until RD5 where he would be dealt a DNF.  From there it has been a battle for Rogers but this Podium finish proved that their is no quit in that Magnum Offroad / Yamaha Rhino.  Heading into round 8 Cody Rahders will enter the race with an 8 point lead over 2nd in points Luke Rogers.  The battle that was once thought to be gone only a couple of rounds ago is now back and the pressure is on both drivers and their machines to perform.  Knowing both racers and their teams, you can bet this will be a battle that will come down to the final lap and we wish them both well!  
SXS Production 700 - Class Results (RD7 Anza, CA)
Place Nbr Name Overall Pos Points Earned Fastest Lap Laps Elasped Time
1 #816 CODY RAHDERS - POL ALPINE, CA 3 25 10:31.195 Lap 2 4 00:41:16.178
2 #3 KAYLA SMITH - YAM VALLEY CENTER, CA 5 22 10:26.879 Lap 3 4 00:41:23.913
3 #12 LUKE ROGERS - YAM PALMDALE, CA 7 20 10:43.255 Lap 4 4 00:42:53.522
4 #358 STEVE AMRINE - YAM SAN BERNADINO, CA 10 18 11:12.836 Lap 2 4 00:44:09.293
5 #311 MICHAEL HINCKLEY - YAM PALMDALE, CA 13 16 11:18.698 Lap 2 4 00:44:46.759
6 #352 JASON SHAW - ARC RAMONA, CA 17 15 12:34.062 Lap 3 4 00:52:26.660
DNS #357 MATTHEW CHOTT - YAM HUNTINGTON, CA DNS 0 - 0
 
Series Points Report - Prod 700 1/21/2012 2/11/2012 3/17/2012 4/14/2012 5/12/2012 6/16/2012 8/4/2012
Place Nbr Name Finish Finish Finish Finish Finish Finish Finish Total Points
1 #816 CODY  RAHDERS ALPINE, CA 4 DNF 2 1 2 1 1 137
2 #12 LUKE  ROGERS PALMDALE, CA 1 1 1 5 DNF 4 3 129
3 #311 MICHAEL  HINCKLEY PALMDALE, CA 7 4 4 2 3 3 5 128
4 #3 KAYLA  SMITH VALLEY CENTER, CA 3 6 3 DNS 1 2 2 124
5 #358 STEVE  AMRINE SAN BERNADINO, CA 6 4 5 4 67
6 #522 JOHN  HAAGSMA BAKERSFIELD, CA 2 3 5 58
7 #626 MICHAEL  GONZALES GLENDORA, CA 7 3 6 49
8 #352 JASON  SHAW RAMONA, CA 4 6 33
9 #39 LARRY  CARRAHER APPLEVALLEY, CA 5 DNF 5 DNS DNS 32
10 # DOUG  MITTAG TEMECULA, CA 2 22
11 #76 JEREMIAH  STAGGS HESPERIA, CA DNS 5 16
12 # JOSHUA  LUCERO YUCAIPA, CA 6 15
13 #354 EDDIE  MILLER APPLE VALLEY, CA 7 14
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