LaFountaine Gets First WORCS Win
F
or the second round, Rocky
Mountain ATV-MC WORCS
brought the action to a new
racetrack in Delano, California,
February 11-12, at American
MX. Tallon Lafountaine brought
home his first 450cc Pro victory,
narrowly edging out Beta's Dare
Demartile for the win.
Tristun Alvarez won his first
Pro race in Saturday's early
morning 125 Pro race.
In the 250cc Pro class, Jack
Simpson set sail and found
himself at the top of the podium,
and Tyler Jones won the Pro-Am
battle.
The WORCS crew and Dane
Perry built a 5.7-mile course that
flowed up and down the hills of
American MX, and for the Pro
field, the race included a steep
cliff drop-off and a tire section.
Demartile grabbed the early
lead ahead of LaFountaine and
Justin Hoeft, but with a few laps
to go, he got a little too "throttle
happy," as he put it and laid it
down in a corner, allowing La
-
Fountaine to get by him.
LaFountaine, aboard the SLR
Honda, went on to take the win
with Demartile hanging on for
second.
"I got off the line well and had
the lead until the 1hr 40 mark,"
said Demartile. "I, unfortunately,
slid out on the exit of the cor
-
ner towards the end of the race
which knocked me back to
second overall. I just got to keep
pushing."
Purvines Yamaha's Justin
Hoeft rode well throughout the
race, keeping a hard-charging
Zach Bell, on the Precision Con
-
cepts/Chaparral Kawasaki, at
bay. It was Hoeft's first podium
since round four last year.
Previous-round winner Tyler
Lynn (Kawasaki) lost sight of the
lead group after getting off to a
bad start. He eventually took the
checkers in fifth.
P40
WIND
IN THE
Tallon LaFountaine
captured his first career
WORCS win in the
premier class.
PHOTOS: CONNOR MOORE
