ROUND 8/JULY 14-15, 2012 PALA RACEWAY/PALA, CALIFORNIA
OFF-ROAD
STORY AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOE COLOMBERO
On The
and, with two rounds still to go, is now one win away from cap- turing his first WORCS title after coming away with a 1-1 sweep at Pala Raceway, a new venue for WORCS.
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ROCKY MOUNTAIN WORLD OFF-ROAD CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES Robert, on the Monster En-
aylor Robert recorded his sixth win of the 2012 WORCS
Championship
ergy Kawasaki, was pressured by Josh Strang, Colton Udall and Robby Bell for the first part of Saturday's race before pulling away and taking the win 14 sec- onds ahead of Bell. In Sunday's race, Robert had his hands full with an energized Bell. Robert got out in front early but Bell latched on to his Mon- ster Energy Kawasaki and made
BRINK
With another 1-1 ride, Taylor Robert is on the brink of his first WORCS title.
a race out of it. On the seventh lap of what
would end up being a 12-lap race, Bell passed Robert for the lead. After that, the two Kawasaki riders fought closely, trading the lead a couple of times. At one point, they actually tangled with Robert hitting the deck. "I got the holeshot and set my
own pace out front," Robert said. "Robby was riding really well and
Taylor Robert is poised to capture his first WORCS title after picking up another 1-1 win, this time at Pala Raceway.
