Saturday racing is in the books, and the headline is kind of becoming monotonous - "WORCS Sets New Record for ATV Entries." At day's end the count is over 450, with Sunday's entries yet to be counted. Sean and Pepper are pleasantly surprised - we didn't expect record attendance at Racetown and neither did they. But apparently we shouldn't underestimate the growing popularity of ATV racing, and the action-packed WORCS program! The day started out innocently enough, with the usual "Unclassified" race - the first full-track practice the riders get. With the complicated infield and extensive open desert, WORCS officials led the group off in parade fashion to make sure no markers were misunderstood. What it presented to the spectators was a "snake" of over 100 riders on the course nose to tail. It was very cool, and certainly played up the immense presence out here this weekend. About 45 riders spent the entire 45 minutes allowed on-course, the rest just did a quick couple of laps for warm up and tuning and then brought it in.  First class of competition out at 8:30 am - the Youth. With 38 riders in four divisions off the line in waves, ranging in age from 6 - 15, you can imagine the mayhem. These are serious racers though, and some are sporting some pretty serious machines. The action did get a little exciting as one rider used the scoring chute as prime real estate for a last-second pass - wiping out not only another rider, but also a hay bale and nearly the scoring arch itself. The scoring ladies calmly explained "THERE'S NO PASSING HERE!" Well, maybe not so calmly, but certainly clearly. Probably would be a good idea to instruct your racers what the flags mean before you send them out on the track, mom and dad. And while you're at it, give them a lesson in Arrows, Pylons and Course Marking Tape. Just for laughs.
When the dust cleared, it was podiums in Race 2 for: 51-70cc Mod
1st - Nick Klein (who also got the Holeshot)
2nd - Nate Wilson
3rd - Buddy Williams
71-90cc Mod
1st - Grant Mitchell (Holeshot, thank you very much)
2nd - Chris Wentz
3rd - Tommy Harris 71-90cc Stock
1st Tyler Wentz
2nd - Blake Sortor
3rd - Connor Lorence 90cc Open
1st - Cori Guy (and Holeshot for his group)
2nd - Skyler Haelle
3rd - Brendan Mulcahy Next up at 9:15 was the first class of big boys, and the first chance to really see what Racetown had in store for the serious rider. Pros, Production and Stock classes, A&B. Several Pros used this for additional practice and intentionally took only a couple laps, but Nick Hengtgen, Zack Herrera and Robbie Mitchell were racing it for all they were worth, and ended in that order. Justin Neel battled to 4th, but with only a couple laps to go, was pleading with the scoring crew to cut them a break and end it already. Come on Justin - it's only an hour race! Big baby.  Stock A was a great fast race. Though Justin Waters got the holeshot, Jeff Bertuzzi passed him first time through the infield and checked out on his Polaris Outlaw, taking full advantage of it's unique independent rear suspension. The long, rough course is perfectly suited to that bike, and Jeff's more than a little experienced in desert racing. Waters held second for quite a while until the heel guard on his stock YFZ came loose - well, only partly loose, which was almost worse than being gone completely. As it rubbed his rear tire, he took time to try to kick it completely off and Chris Bennett took advantage of the opportunity and passed him. The two would finish close, only two seconds apart at the finish. The points race for 2nd and 3rd in that class stays tight, while Bertuzzi lengthened his lead.
 Some of the fastest bikes on the course were running at the front of the huge Production A class, the Suzuki's of Pete Garcia and Drew Lattimar. Garcia won Production A and was equal to 4th place overall, while Lattimar was 5th overall. Lattimar loves the MX stuff, and when mechanical Gods smile, he's a serious contender. Anyone that travels all the way from Enumclaw WA - heck, anyone that is FROM Enumclaw WA - deserves all the strokes they can get.
Race 3 podium finishers: Pro Production
1st - Nick Hengtgen
2nd - Zack Herrera
3rd - Robbie Mitchell Stock A
1st -
Jeff Bertuzzi
2nd - Chris Bennett
3rd - Justin Waters Stock B
1st - Brent Neel
2nd - Daniel Winiecki
3rd - Stony Hazlewood Production A
1st - Pete Garcia
2nd - Drew Lattimar
3rd - Ira Greer Production B
1st - Nick Mauro
2nd - Kyle Napier
3rd - Aaron Smith
 Race 4 was 50 minutes long, and kicked off promptly at 10:45. Some riders were a little more "prompt" to the line than others. ORC's Dean Waters apparently thought Josh Frederick needed a couple minute headstart off the Utility Class line and sauntered over when he heard the rest of the lines take off. That's probably the only reason that Josh took the win by nearly a full lap, I'm sure. Right.
Podium winners in Race 4 were: 12-15 years Mod
1st - Kevin Mccullough
2nd - Jor Dan Hansen
3rd - Dominic Depalma 12-15 years Stock
1st - Jaiger Snow
2nd - Brittany Chase
3rd - Brianna Pace Utility
1st - Josh Frederick
2nd - Dean Waters
Race 5 brought a huge group to the line, with nearly 60 riders on course, in 7 divisions. Largest class was the Sport 15-29 years C, with over 22 riders. Nathan Fowler from Henderson NV took the win, but it was a tough with with 16 riders completing a full 5 laps and the top 5 were less than one minute apart at the finish.  Another exciting call for the day was the Women's A class. Local Brittany Bloodworth got the holeshot and took off in front of Lynn Prosser. Lynn may have been biding her time, but it certainly appeared she was in true hot pursuit. After nearly the full 50 minute race, Brittany was still leading and it looked like she might take her first Women's A win, but she stalled it out on the desert section and Lynn blew by her. Lynn took a split second as she went by Brittany's dad to let him know that she was okay and should be still on course, then finished out her own last lap. At the end, Brittany did still hold onto second, but was a couple minutes back.
Race 5 podium winners: 40+ C
1st - Joe Ouzts
2nd - Jeffrey Kinnett
3rd - John Lorence Senior 50
1st - Rick Shafe
2nd - Steve Shannon
3rd - Dennis Baccus Stock C
1st - Travis Hanes
2nd - Albert Olalde
3rd - William Cochran Women A
1st - Lynn Prosser
2nd - Brittany Bloodworth
3rd - Tia Chandler Sport 15-29 C
1st - Nathan Fowler
2nd - Gavin Kinnett
3rd - Austin Atkinson  Race 6 was the final chance to qualify into Sunday's ProAm final, so it was three good-sized gates. The start was unfortunately marred by an accident, where a rider blew wide through the first corner dust and took out the photographer from FastPhotoLab.com. It was just the worst combination of a skid, dust, a bad guess and a last minute jump. It appears Amber has a broken nose and several stitches in her forehead, but we were all glad to hear she was back at the track at the end of the day. In fact, her cute little nose wasn't broken, though she was pretty puffy and colorful! Amber can pull off any look, and word is, fiance Mike was a real rock.
The rest of race claimed a bent axle, some lost plastic, a motor or two, and at least a couple bent tie rods. Race 6 podium winners were: Open Pro
1st - Doug Eichner
2nd - Michael Cafro
3rd - John Shafe Open A
1st - Justin Waters
2nd - Pete Garcia
3rd - Keith Taylor Open B
1st - Randy Sarjeant
2nd - Corey Trejo
3rd - Don Swanson  Race 7 took the speed down a notch, but not the action. There were 15 Sport riders, and 10Y Taylor Guy was absolutely the talk of the town, no doubt.After Brittany Bloodworth took the holeshot in her race for Women A, her bud Christy Mcguffin took the holeshot and then the win in Women B/C. Podium winners were:
Sport 8-15 years
1st - Taylor Guy
2nd - Parker Taylor
3rd - Ross James Women B/C
1st -Christy Mcguffin
2nd - Danielle Corbin
3rd - Nicole Bocook 
Race 8 Podium winners were: Team Race A
1st - 232 Bobby & Kirk Team Race B
1st - 902 Christy & Bryan Team Race C
1st - 360 Zak & Jorie
2nd - 322 Jeffrey & Gavin
3rd - 23 Tim, Mike & Damon Team Race Pro
1st - 180 Max & Evan  Race 13 -
Final race of the day was the UTV Class. In Round 3 at Havasu this was four Yamaha Rhinos, but today was two Polaris Rangers and one Rhino. While the theme in Havasu was Bumper Cars, Adelanto UTV action seemed to be heel clickers and nose stands. It was all about fun, as the rigs ripped around for 30 minutes. The Ranger drivers had the heaviest feet and were well ahead, but #1922 dropped the transmission about two laps from the end and the Rhino came on fast. It was a great show for the spectators.
Rhino Independent
1st - 1904 Steve & Jerry
2nd - 20 Kristy
3rd - 1922 Brian & Nick So, that's the headlines from a long busy day, and we'll be hitting the rest of the classes, and the ProAm final tomorrow. -ptw | 
