R O C K Y M O U N TA I N M C W O R L D O F F - R O A D C H A M P I O N S H I P S E R I E S P R E S E N T E D B Y M O T O W O R K S A N D D I R T B I K E
STORY AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY
HARLEN FOLEY
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TM-mounted Gary Suther-
lin is perfect so far af-
ter claiming his second
straight win in the young 2014
Rocky Mountain MC World Off-
Road Championship Series. Af-
ter claiming victory at the season
opener a few weeks ago at Taft,
the privateer came out swing-
ing again, topping Precision
Concept's Robby Bell and RPM
KTM's Justin Smith, a repeat of
the previous-round podium but
with Jones and Bell swapping
positions.
The dead-engine start worked
in Sutherlin's favor as he quickly
fired up his KTM and took the
holeshot over Jones. Suther-
lin would find himself in a battle
with Jones early on with the pair
swapping positions back and
forth, battling for the lead. While
focusing on each other, Bobby
Bonds was able to sneak up and
slip past the pair and take over by
lap two.
Sutherlin would eventually pull
away from Jones to take control
of the second spot, and just like
in round one, Sutherlin received
a gift from Bonds when the for-
mer WORCS champ dropped
out of the race after eight laps,
which moved Sutherlin into the
lead. Sutherlin remained virtu-
ally unchallenged in the final laps
to claim his second consecutive
win to kick off the 2014 WORCS
season.
"I couldn't be happier to get my
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Gary Sutherlin
has jumped out
to a quick start in
the 2014 WORCS
Championship
after claiming wins
in the first two
rounds.
SUTHERLIN AGAIN!
