I finished 4th and also wrapped up 3rd in the WORCS overall Championship.  I was looking forward to racing in Mesquite, it is a rough sand track that developes big whoops, my favorite type of riding.  The beginning of the race started good, I had a good jump off the start and left the motocross track in 3rd.  I stayed in 3rd for the first hour and a half and dropped back to 4th with 30 minutes to go.  With the 3rd overall for the year at stake and my KTM team mate Mike Brown in 5th behind me and in good shape for his overall championship I rode conservatively to finish the season strong. 

It was a great WORCS season and they finished it off with a really nice awards banquet after the race. 

I have one more race this year, Las Vegas Endurocross on November 21st.

Top 10:

1.  Taylor Robert

2.  Bobby Garrison

3.  Nick Brozovich

4.  Justin Soule’

5.  Mike Brown

6.  Ricky Dietrich

7.  Robby Bell

8.  Brenden Ritzman

9.  Damon Huffman

10 Colton Udall

WORCS Championship Top 3:

1.  Mike Brown

2.  Ricky Dietrich

3.  Justin Soule’                                                                                                                                             

In my 1st lap of practice I broke my suspension.  I had already paid my entry and gate fee’s.  I figured I may have to race a WORCS or GNCC race with no suspension so I am already here so I may as well get some seat time in.  It was tough jumping and my suspension tucked in every rut but I did manage to pull off an 8th in my first moto and 9th in my second moto, it was a 3 moto format.  I decided to pull out of the last moto.  My suspension was totally shot and I have my big race coming up and it was not worth it.  So I am credited with 16th out of 33 Pro’s.  Regardless it was good practice without suspension.   

I went 1-1 in my moto’s.  I  haven’t been to the Hanford Motocross track in 8 years or so.  It was fun practice, but I was disappointed in the turn out, but any race is a good race. 

I finished 5th.  What a fun but grueling race.  It was so hot and dry with temperatures around 100 degrees, in a 2 hour race it really takes its toll on you.  The race started with 34 Pro’s and only 25 finished, there were a few injuries but nothing serious.  I have to say WORCS did a great job finding some new areas to race on.

My start wasn’t bad about 8th or 9th.  When we went into the off road we entered a gnarly single track of which the first 5 or 6 riders made it through clean.  I was behind Taylor Robert and Brenden Ritzman when Robert crashed totally blocking the track.  It was unpassable so we had to wait for Robert to get his bike going.   Right behind me were bikes crashed and a huge bottle neck forming, the semi pro’s had caught up to the remaining pros’s.  WORCS officials ended up closing this section and rerouted all of the riders around, what a mess. I really had to put my head down and try and catch the lead group who were several minutes ahead by this time.

I would like to have been on the box, but under the circumstances was glad to make it up to 5th.  I am now  3rd in points for the series overall.  My next race is the final WORCS race on October 25th in Mesquite, Nevada.

TOP 10:

1.    Kurt Caselli

2.    Mike Brown

3.    Timmy Weigand   

4.    Brenden Ritzman

5.   Justin Soule’  

6.    Taylor Robert

7.    Bobby Garrison

8.    Destry Abbott

9.    Damon Huffman

10.  Josh Strang                                                           

I am now 3 points out of 3rd place for the WORCS Overall Series. 

1.  Ricky Dietrich

2.  Mike Brown

3.  Bobby Bonds

4.  Justin Soule’ 

I am in 4th for the AMA Western Hare Scrambles. 

1.  Brenden Ritzman

2.  Timmy Weigand

3.  Ricky Dietrich

4. Justin Soule’

I finished the WORCS week in 2nd place.

1.  Mike Brown

2.  Justin Soule’

3.  Destry Abbott