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2023 WORCS round 5 — Glen Helen, CA
2023 Glen Helen WORCS Report — The ever-present location of Glen Helen hosted the fifth round of the 2023 WORS series. Mid-week showers, cloud cover and cool temperatures kept conditions quite good all weekend. There was even running water in numerous creek locations. The WORCS crew added in a technical single-track canyon—known as the David…
Read More2023 NGPC round 4 — Glen Helen
2023 Glen Helen NGPC Report — The 2023 AMA National Grand Prix Championship rolled into Glen Helen Raceway for the fourth round of the series. Recent rains (and more than a little snow) had everyone expecting epic conditions. In response to the wether, the hosting Prairie Dogs MC routed the racecourse almost entirely in the…
Read More2022 Glen Helen WORCS
2022 Glen Helen WORCS Report — The second round of the WORCS series headed to the ever present Glen Helen location. Much of the course stayed down in the lower washes and MX tracks, which meant a fast, choppy circuit for the racers. You could feel the speed and intensity of the riders on track,…
Read More2021 Glen Helen WORCS
2021 Glen Helen WORCS Report — The 2021 Glen Helen WORCS race would serve as a double round in the schedule. This meant each class would race both Saturday (round 7) and Sunday (round 8) for a slightly shorter duration. In order to mix up the flow of the course, the WORCS crew switched most…
Read More2021 10 Hours of Glen Helen Night Race
2021 10 Hours of Glen Helen Report — With a bit of a break in the Grand Prix racing schedule, the Chaparral Motorsports, Precision Concepts, Kawasaki team decided to enter the Glen Helen 10-Hour Endurance race. A majority of the 10-Hour would be run at nightfall. So, the PC Kawasaki team pulled out the light…
Read More2021 Glen Helen NGPC
2021 Glen Helen NGPC Report — The Chaparral Motorsports, Precision Concepts, Kawasaki team headed out to the 2021 Glen Helen NGPC for the third round of the series over the weekend. Hosting club, Prairie Dogs MC laid out a fast, flowing course that navigated much of the Glen Helen landscape. The course included the motocross…
Read More2020 Glen Helen 2 NGPC
2020 Glen Helen 2 NGPC Report — The PC Kawasaki team pulled into Glen Helen for the second time this NGPC season. In contrast to the wet conditions back in March, the lack of recent rain left a hard, dry base to the course. In spite of this, the hosting club did well to lay…
Read More2020 Glen Helen WORCS
2020 Glen Helen WORCS Report — The WORCS series kicked back off with a double round at Glen Helen this weekend. This meant the Pro classes would have two separate rounds, racing both Saturday and Sunday. Because of the double round, the qualifying 450 and 250 A race would be cut to 50 minutes on…
Read More2020 SRA Grand Prix
With the major Grand Prix circuits not currently set to race until September, many riders headed out to Glen Helen Raceway over the weekend. The weekend’s SRA Grand Prix was the first event held at the storied raceway since the lockdown period. As a result, many race-hungry participants showed up to get some racing in. One of those racers was our own Zach Bell, who decided to get some competition in to keep his fitness and skills sharp during the extended break. Numerous other WORCS Pro and Pro 2 riders entered as well, including Trevor Stewart, which made for a competitive 450 Expert event—the final race of the day…
Read More2020 Glen Helen NGPC
Glen Helen Raceway is a popular stop on the Grand Prix circuit. As a favored practice venue for many of the Pro and Pro 2 class riders, there aren’t many patches of dirt that racers haven’t ridden over. That being the case, the hosting Prairie Dogs MC made a few changes to the direction and sequence of the different sections on offer. This made for a well-received racecourse. Additionally—and for the seventh year in a row—the grand prix was hit with rain…
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