DeMartile Clinches WORCS Championship
After a short four-week break,
the Rocky Mountain ATV/MC
WORCS Championship resumed
with round seven of nine in
Mesquite, Nevada, October 4-6.
The race showcased one of the
season's most challenging and
physically demanding tracks,
paired with an October heat-
wave, which had everyone on
edge. In Pro 450, Dare DeMartile
continued his hot streak, winning
his third in a row, clinching the
2024 WORCS Championship.
Mason Semmens returned to ac-
tion after an injury and won the
Pro 250 class. Jackson Glathar
battled with a handful of riders
but was able to pull ahead with
the Pro-Am victory.
In the Pro 450 race, Tyler Lynn
and brand-new teammate Ryan
Surratt put their SLR Hondas out
in front. Close behind them was
the points leader, DeMartile, on
a Beta. Lynn clocked the fastest
lap during the second go-around
with a time of eight minutes and
52 seconds and extended his
early lead to just over 10 sec
-
onds on DeMartile.
On the next lap, Lynn made
a small mistake and ended up
tipping over, and DeMartile also
had a small tipover as the top
three switched places. DeMartile
overtook the lead and Surratt
slipped into second.
The battle between the top
two riders for the next half an
hour was captivating as they
came across the scoring line,
almost touching bars just sec
-
onds apart. At the midway point,
Surratt put down a lap time of
9:30, while DeMartile only sped
up, putting close to 30 seconds
between him and the competi-
tors. Once he had some breath-
ing room, DeMartile cruised to
another dominating victory in
just under a minute of cushion.
Lynn and Surratt rounded out
the podium; Jack Simpson and
Preston Kilroy rounded out the
top five.
With the win, DeMartile
clinched the championship in
Pro 450, giving Beta USA its first
WORCS Championship.
WIND
IN THE
P44
Beta's Dare DeMartile
clinched the WORCS
Pro 450 Championship
with a win in Mesquite.
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