The 2024 Rocky Mountain ATV/MC WORCS Series made its annual cease at Shorty’s MX park in Blythe, California this weekend. This is a singular course consisting of deep sand and quick straights. Endurance is the secret, and all three professional courses had lead modifications all through the race. Justin Hoeft introduced dwelling his second season 450 Pro victory as Mason Semmens made it his third in a row in 250 Pro.
A heat weekend in April introduced sunny skies to Shorty’s. Temperatures had been within the mid-80s, and a breeze made it the most well liked spherical of the 12 months thus far. Dare Demartile put his Beta USA 450 within the lead and located himself with clear air early. Tyler Lynn had a slight mishap on the beginning, forcing him to start out in useless final, however that didn’t cease him from closing the hole and stepping into the combination early. He made some strikes as he battled towards teammate Cole Martinez and Purvines Racing’s Jack Simpson earlier than solidifying his place in third behind Demartile and Hoeft. He completed there after closing the hole on the highest two late within the race. In typical Hoeft vogue, he began the race easily, permitting Demartile to assemble a major lead, however then, across the midway level, he started to place the hammer down. With only a few laps left, Hoeft made a go stick on Demartile to seize the lead. They battled arduous, however Hoeft stood on prime slightly below ten seconds forward of Demartile. Lynn completed the race in third with Jack Simpson and Tyler Belknap completed within the prime 5.
The 250 Pro class has a few of the closest and most entertaining battles to look at each weekend, as each racer right here is matched so evenly. Australian rider Mason Semmens, using for RPM FMF KTM Racing, grabbed the holeshot in entrance of the stacked class. Just earlier than they headed down the canyon, he had a slight tipover, permitting Colton Aeck to make the go and seize the lead from him, however he was on the bike shortly and solely misplaced one place. Aeck held off Semmens’s cost on his Hatch Racing Kawasaki for some time, however Semmens discovered a approach round him after just a few heated laps of racing. Having a breakout 12 months on his Husqvarna, Cole Zeller had an unlucky begin, however that didn’t cease him from getting sooner every lap and selecting his approach by means of the category one after the other. The class battle appears to be between Zeller and Kai Aiello nearly each spherical by now, and this one was no totally different. Battling for third place, Zeller discovered a approach round him, however they stayed simply seconds aside for a lot of the second half. Unfortunately, Colton Aeck needed to name it a day after a mechanical ended his battle for first early. Semmens completed only a minute forward of Zeller to seize his third win in as many rounds at WORCS. His teammate Jake Alvarez and one other Aussie, Sam Pretscherer, completed within the prime 5.
Noah Gordon got here flying out of the gate within the Pro-Am class and put a good way between himself and the remainder of the sector. Behind him, the battles had been raging because the race continued. Jackson Glathar had a tough useless engine begin, giving him an uphill battle to make his approach to the entrance. He slowly picked off riders till he was in second behind Gordon, who had a sizeable lead for a lot of the race. With two laps remaining, Gordon blew a shock, making him inspect his lead, and Glathar took benefit of that as he completed simply forward of him, lower than a second in entrance of Gordon after the brutal 2-hour race. Racer Fry and Kayden Lynn had an identical battle coming all the way down to the checkered flag, with Fry profitable simply over a second towards Lynn.
On Saturday, the 125 Pro class lined up with Ryan Surratt, who was trying to proceed his scorching streak as of late. Surratt was in a position to let that child sing within the desert, main the best way after an early Moto go on Tristun Alvarez. Unfortunately, Surratt will go in for surgical procedure on his shoulder later this week. Travis Damon completed in third. Women’s Pro lined up on Saturday afternoon with Mikayla Nielsen pushing her SLR Honda to its restrict as she gained with Kaitlyn Jacobs ending in second place.
