Husqvarna Wins At WORCS4 March 2010, 6:07 am From Husqvarna
March 3, 2010 - Woodcliff Lake, NJ - One week after being crowned kings of the Adelanto GP, Team Husqvarna Zip-Ty Racing was back on a winning track at round #2 of the WORCS series in Primm, Nevada. Team head honcho Ty Davis continues to lead by example and his protégés Pro Class racer Bobby Garrison and Pro2 Class competitor Cory Graffunder were also on the gas in the Nevada desert.
Ty Davis proved once again why he is one of the fastest vet riders on the planet as he won the 30+ and Vet Pro Class to start things off right on Saturday. "The sand sections were getting pretty whooped out at the end of the day, but the conditions were perfect for racing," says Davis. "The 30+ race was a blast... it was in the Vet Pro Class that there were some challengers." Ty was battling with another cagey veteran Paul Krause right off the start. "That old guy is still pretty fast," laughed Davis of his high desert neighbour and long-time competitor. However Ty's cunning combined with the flawless performance of his TXC 450 soon had him out front and cruising to the class win. "The bike is a rocketship!" exclaims Davis... and in fact it propelled him to wins in the 30+A, 40+A and Vet Pro classes on the weekend.
Saturday's victories inspired Team Husqvarna's young gun Bobby Garrison in the Pro class. After winning on the WR 125 the week before in Adelanto, Garrison was back on the gas on his regular Husqvarna Zip-Ty Racing TC 450 mount. "The little 2-stroke was a blast at the GP, but I needed the big bike for the WORCS course in Primm," Garrison explains. The Pro main featured a dead-engine start and it took Bobby two kicks to get the big thumper lit as more than half the pack got away from him. "Guess I was spoiled by how easy the WR 125 kicked over," he shrugs. However he worked his way up from around 20th to 11th by the end of the first lap and put on a charge that carried him up to 8th by the third lap and into a 4th place dice with Timmy Weigand that continued to the checkered flag. "I gave it all I had to catch him, but was just not able to make it stick," said a spent Garrison. Still, his fine 5th place finish moves him up to 6th overall in the series standings just a few points out of first.
In the Pro2 ranks, Cory Graffunder swapped the WR 250 2-stroke he raced to 3rd place at Adelanto the week before for the bigger WR 300. "There is no replacement for displacement in the desert," says the Canadian racer... no comment about the Olympic hockey gold medals, please! Cory fired his Husqvarna up on the first kick and rocketed to the holeshot. "I was going pretty good from what I remember," Graffunder recollects, "then, BOOM!" He hit a hole that pitched him off the bike when it was wide open on the back stretch and crashed hard. "I rang my bell pretty good and wadded the bike up, so I decided to park it for the day." Can you blame him?
"All in all, it was another great weekend for Team Husqvarna Zip-Ty Racing," concludes Davis. "Cory grabbed the holeshot and looked great in his first Pro2 race... well, up until he planted himself, and Garrison was really on the gas in the Pro Main." Naturally Ty neglected to mention the three class wins he bagged on the weekend. "We would like to thank all of our sponsors, families and friends for their support as without them, none of this would be possible."
Source: Inside MotoX and Off Road
