WORCS ROUND 2 RESULTS

 

In WORCS round two  in Taft, California, Taylor Robert earned his second win of the 2020 season–but it wasn’t easy. Despite his record, Robert has more competition than ever in WORCS this year from two riders: RPM Racing’s Dante Oliveira and Precision Concepts/Chaparral Kawasaki’s Zach Bell. Both riders have given Robert fits recently, with Oliveira winning the WORCS Sprint Enduro at Taft the previous week. Oliveira got the start at Taft this week with Robert second and Bell third. It looked like it would be a three-way battle to the finish, but Bell went down on the first lap. After that, Robert and Oliveira battled for the first half of the race. Robert went down on lap four, but quickly remounted and caught back up. Then it was Oliveira’s turn to hit the deck. His crash took a bigger toll–he broke his sternum, but continued to ride. After that, Robert cruised in to the win over Austin Walton and Cole Martinez.

Robert: “I had couple of scary moments trying to get around Dante and hanging it out as far as I could to stay with him, so after that point I kind of toned it down a little bit and decided to ride as safe as I could to the finish line. It feels good to get two wins in a row to start off the season, especially because both of these tracks are the fastest tracks we have, so I’m really happy to get through them healthy and to come away with wins is a bonus as well. I’m excited for the next two races, they should be a little bit slower and more technical.”

	1	1	Taylor Robert		KTM	12	2:03:41.494
	2	50	Austin Walton		HQV	12	2:03:57.585
	3	34	Cole Martinez		HON	12	2:04:04.890
	4	100	Zach Bell		KAW	12	2:05:01.876
	5	213	Justin Seeds		YAM	12	2:06:37.853
	6	75	Trevor Stewart		HON	12	2:08:29.237
	7	22	Travis Damon		HON	12	2:14:49.306
	8	811	Mitch Anderson		KTM	12	2:14:50.279
	9	2	Dante Oliveira		KTM	11	2:17:46.101
	DNF	18	Chris Conway		KTM	4	2:03:49.117
	DNF	777	Blayne Thompson		KAW	3	0:31:44.464
	DSQ	951	Ryan Surratt		HQV	12	2:09:24.161
	Pro 2 (MC)
	1	259	Tallon Lafountaine		HON	12	2:08:40.177
	2	135	Mason A. Ottersberg		YAM	12	2:08:47.587
	3	831	Mateo Oliveira		KTM	12	2:09:28.512
	4	310	Kai Aiello		HQV	12	2:11:33.925
	5	512	Jt Baker		SHR	12	2:11:57.438
	6	572	Austin Serpa		KTM	11	1:58:29.706
	7	656	Shane Logan		KTM	11	2:03:41.218
	8	260	Matt Maple		HON	11	2:04:58.891
	9	181	Palmer King		KTM	11	2:07:18.305
	10	328	Blayde Jones		KAW	11	2:07:43.994
	11	681	Tyler Jones		KTM	11	2:09:54.176
	12	184	Mason Olson		KTM	11	2:11:17.860
	13	341	Corey Fletcher		KTM	11	2:13:07.768
	14	182	Cameron King		HON	10	2:04:33.098
	15	225	Hunter Guiboa		HON	10	2:05:07.213
	16	156	Tyler Gnutzman		KTM	10	2:06:48.965
	17	239	Hayden Florez		YAM	10	2:13:43.987
	DNF	934	Brian Medeiros		KTM	5	0:57:09.431
	DNF	523	Robby Schott		TM	2	0:27:48.139
	Pro 2 Lights (MC)
	1	220	Tyler Lynn		YAM	11	1:59:43.751
	2	635	Angus Riordan		KTM	11	2:00:29.004
	3	365	Mason Matthies		YAM	11	2:01:47.704
	4	192	Jake Alvarez		KAW	11	2:02:50.824
	5	384	Will Riordan		KTM	11	2:02:51.640
	6	710	Tyler Nicholson		KTM	11	2:03:26.761
	7	172	Thomas Dunn		KTM	11	2:04:35.304
	8	198	Brandy Richards		KTM	11	2:06:02.196
	9	441	Thomas Jones		KTM	11	2:09:16.261
	10	855	Matt Canepa		KTM	11	2:10:47.003
	11	354	Christian Clarke		HQV	10	1:54:25.907
	12	619	Christian Strang		KAW	10	2:00:22.630
	13	316	Connor Kilmartin		KTM	10	2:01:25.474
	14	202	Mason Decunzo		KTM	10	2:01:56.222
	15	241	Walker Mcgreal		KTM	9	2:01:11.539
	16	115	Colby Laub		HQV	9	2:04:43.230
	17	699	Jorge Camacho		HQV	9	2:14:05.229