TPR youth WORCS race report

Adelanto CA- 4/25/10: After a tough luck round 3,  Tarantula Performance Racing sponsored Buddy Williams was looking to find his place back atop the WORCS podium, but the youth rider's misfortunes continued. Despite mechanical issues, Williams' left the fourth round of the WORCS series with three second-place finishes.

Buddy’s main sponsor Fox Racing Shox, made the trip down to help dial his suspension in, which was a key to his triple podium success.

Saturday mornings 70cc Prod class looked as if it might be a repeat of Buddy’s round 3 misfortunes. He led most of the race, until the last lap when the upper a arm mounts ripped from the frame, causing catastrophic damage. He was able to limp in for a 2nd place finish and retain his points lead.

Saturday afternoon 8-15 Sport class is the toughest challenge for Buddy. He ran 2nd for the first 30 minutes, and made a hard charge to catch the leader with 10 to go. Unfortunately for Buddy, a Women’s Class 450 rider refused to be passed by a 10 year old, and did everything in her power to block him throughout the 4 mile loop. Buddy frustratingly settled for another 2nd place podium.

Saturday night Buddy’s father, with the help of several friends, had to remove his motor from the wrecked quad and swap it into his other chassis for Sunday's 70 Open race. The motor swap was done just minutes prior to the green flag. A first turn wreck took out most of the field. Buddys bike was thrown upside down, and he quickly got it upright and fired up. Unfortunately he was in 7th place. Buddy charged hard and in 30 minutes managed to catch and pass the entire field, but he just ran out of time before catching the leader. All in all it was a long hard weekend that ended positive with three 2nd place podiums.