Team Motoworks/Can-Am pro Josh Frederick piloted his
Can-Am Maverick 1000R X rs side-by-side vehicle to a third-place podium finish
and his DS 450 ATV to second overall at the second round of the World Off-Road
Championship Series (WORCS) this past weekend in Primm, NV.
Fellow SxS Pro Production side-by-side class and Can-Am Maverick racer Pablo
Veglia finished fifth.
"We were very pleased with how Round
Two turned out, having Josh Frederick reach both Pro class podiums with the
Maverick and DS 450,"
said Can-Am race manager Jimmie O'Dell. "I was definitely happy with how Josh
raced and finished with the Maverick 1000R X rs in just his second WORCS event.
Coming from the fifth row at the start, and as far back as 20th, to
earn a top-three finish shows just how skilled both he and the Maverick are. To
have two of the five Maverick side-by-side vehicles entered finish in the top
five of the highly competitive Pro Production 1000 class is great and
definitely the momentum that we were looking for which we can build upon."
For Frederick
and the Maverick 1000R, Round Two, held at Buffalo Bill's just outside of Las Vegas served as
redemption for an unlucky series opener a few weeks ago when he failed to
finish. In Primm, Frederick
was determined to move forward from his fifth-row starting spot during the
six-lap Pro race. After lap one, Frederick
was in 15th and on the move. One lap later he had picked off five
racers and cracked the top 10. By the fourth lap the Nevada resident had pushed his Maverick
1000R X rs to fourth overall. He cracked into the top three on lap five and
held it all the way to the finish for the first-ever WORCS podium finish for
the new Can-Am Maverick. Frederick
had a similar climb in the Pro ATV class, as he came from eighth place to
eventually put his Motoworks-tuned DS 450 on the podium.
"There are some things we need to work on, but to be able
to run up front with a brand new vehicle is great," said Frederick. "We'll just keep working on the
Maverick and get better and better.The DS 450 was working awesome. I have to
give it up to my whole team. I am happy with second place."
Of the four remaining Can-Am Maverick 1000R side-by-sides
in the SxS Pro Production, three finished in the top 15. Veglia (Team Del Amo
Motorsports/Can-Am) earned fifth, battling back from 17th place
after lap one. James Hill and Johnny Leach finished 12th and 13th,
respectively, with their Can-Am race vehicles.
Two other Can-Am-mounted racers competed in the ATV Pro
class along with Frederick, who currently sits third in the class points
standings. Finishing seventh aboard his GPS/Can-Am DS 450 was Pro class rookie
Collins Webster. His teammate Dillon Zimmerman had two mechanical issues and
will look to rebound in Round Three March 22-24 in Lake Havasu City, AZ.
