March 2, 2010
I finished 2nd out of 27 riders. WORCS did an awesome job with the new venue. It was all off road with some virgin stuff on a 5+ mile course with no motocross. We had a dead engine start and my Kawasaki 450F fired first kick and I had the hole shot. About half way into the first lap I hit a rut and bobbled which allowed Kurt Caselli to make the pass for 1st and now I am in 2nd. I raced so hard and had so much fun on this course. I was able to hold onto 2nd until the 12th lap. I had an all out battle with my team mate Ricky Dietrick for 2nd he was able to get around me. I stayed right on him and was able to make the pass stick and I finished in 2nd with Dietrich finishing in the 3rd spot.
Top 10:
1. Kurt Caselli
2. Justin Soule’
3. Ricky Dietrich
4. Tim Weigand
5. Bobby Garrison
6. Jonathan Davis
7. Gary Sutherlin
8. Robby Bell
9. Destry Abbott
10. Colton Udall
February 4, 2010
I finished 10th out of 31 racers. I felt really good and have been working hard in the off season so I was ready to go. The course consists of a motocross track, arenacross track and a Vet track with very little off road racing. I had a terrrible start, rounding the first turn in about 20th place. I moved into 6th by the second lap and was on the move. Third lap I hit a stake in the ground with my handlebar and crashed pretty hard and dropped back to 17th position. I messed my bike up along with my wrist. I was in a lot of pain and just trying to catch up and salvage what I could. I was able to catch up to 10th and salvage some points.
My next race is WORCS Round 2 on February 28th in Primm, Nevada.
WORCS Round 1 Top 10:
1. Taylor Robert
2. Mike Brown
3. Kurt Caselli
4. Tim Weigand
5. Ricky Dietrich
6. Destry Abbott
7. Eli Tomac
8. Robbie Bell
9. Colton Udall
10 Justin Soule’
January 2, 2010
Congratulations to 19 year old Travis Coy of Boulder Creek, California and 9 year old Matthew Cook of Napa, California they are the first winners of my new annual privateer outreach program. They each will receive a Shoei Helmet and 5 WORCS race entries. Thanks to Jason Reed of JR Publications jason@jr-publications and Bret Milan at Shoei Helmets www.shoei-helmets.com for making this possible. Thank you also for all of the great essays.
I hope to make this bigger and better every year to help the privateer achieve their racing dreams.
October 27, 2009
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’
October 6, 2009
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.