Reigning WORCS Champion Robby Bell sent us over a little GoPro footage taken by him and Rocky Mountain ATV-MC/Precision Concepts/Maxxis Racing teammate Justin Seeds from their weekend at round six of the 2016 AMA District 37/MSR Big 6 Grand Prix Series in Ridgecrest, California, October 1-2.
“I’ve always liked this place, even though the speed and terrain are a little on the fast and sketchy side at times, but this year’s course seemed to have a harder base in places and it made it easier to catch a hard edge and get squirrelly,” Bell said in a team statement. “And I wasn’t the biggest fan of the reworked motocross section; some of the landings were a bit on the steep side with g-outs at the transitions of the landings. Maybe it’s because I’m still coming off injury, but the course was a bit hairy to run at full speed.”
The video gives two points of view from the same race. Both Seeds and Bell got good starts, although Seeds got crowded going into turn one.
Robby Bell Video
“I went down the [start] straightaway probably top five, but everybody pushed a little wide in the first corner and I was able to sneak by in second.” Bell exited the first corner fourth,” he said.
The two teammates battled with each other for about half a lap, allowing them to close on race leader Eric Yorba, but Bell’s race for the win effectively ended when he crashed hard in the motocross section.
“Eric had just got around me as I was just not going as fast as the two kids through the lapped traffic,” Bell said. “I wasn’t too balled up about it with still nearly half the race to go, but on the moto track I hit a hole and my hand slipped off the bar. I whiskey-throttled off the next jump and nearly saved it, but ended up crashing pretty hard off the side of the track. Honestly I think it was the nature of the track meeting the lack of strength in my shoulder. My collarbone is still mending, and I’ve been doing what I can to keep some strength in my upper body, but I just think I was caught out by the conditions and not being one hundred percent yet.
Justin Seeds Video
Bell wisely chose to withdraw from the race, leaving Seeds to uphold the team’s pride. Seeds eventually finished second to Yorba.
“I had a good pace going,” Seeds said. “just kind of had my own race going. I had lost a little time [to the guys ahead], and I was pushing because there were a lot of good guys behind me. Next thing I know I see Robby just cruising [on the side of the track] and then Dalton broken down on the side of the track and I thought to myself ‘I think I just got something handed to me!’ It [second place] felt really good,” commented Seeds regarding the second place finish, “I’m going to build off of it and keep working hard in the gym and come out swinging for the rest of the year. I want to get a win before the year is done.”
Seeds and Bell will be back in action at the WORCS finale in Primm, Nevada, October 23.
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