2024 Glen Helen WORCS Round 2 Results

| January 30, 2024

The Rocky Mountain ATV/MC WORCS Champion visited Glen Helen Raceway on January 27-28 for its second race of the 2024 season. The Glen Helen race is one of the biggest rounds of the year on the WORCS calendar, and the off-road racing fans that came out to watch were not disappointed, as they were treated to some exciting battles in every class throughout the two-hour-long Pro races.

Tyler Lynn at 2024 Glen Helen WORCS Round 2 — **Tyler Lynn came from behind to win the Pro 450 class at the Glen Helen round of the WORCS Championship.**

Words and Photography by Connor Moore

It was a great weekend for the SLR Honda Team. The red bikes took top honors in the Pro 450 and Women’s Pro classes in the hands of Tyler Lynn and Mikayla Nielsen, respectively. Lynn came from behind to win the Pro 450 class, while Nielsen went wire-to-wire in the Women’s Pro class.

After leading from start to finish, KTM rider Ryan Surratt came away with the win in the Pro 125 class.

Colton Aeck and emerged victorious in the 250 Pro division on his Hatch Racing Kawasaki.

GasGas rider Dustyn Davis took the Pro-Am win. Like Nielsen, Davis dominated from start to finish.

Dare DeMartile at 2024 Glen Helen WORCS Round 2 — **Previous round winner Dare DeMartile fought his way up to second.**

After a weekend filled with howling Santa Ana winds ripping through the raceway, race officials decided to cut out the ridge sections on Sunday for safety reasons. Heavy dust due to the inability to water the course effectively in the hard-to-get-to area made it just too dangerous to utilize the ridge sections. So, the WORCS crew quickly changed the course, adding to the moto track along with another section of rocky single-track for the Pros on Sunday.

Colton Aeck at 2024 Glen Helen WORCS Round 2 — **Colton Aeck topped the Pro 250 class.**

Justin Hoeft came out of the gate on fire and quickly got out in front with his Purvines Racing Yamaha teammate Trevor Stewart directly behind him. Lynn, however, was on a mission, setting the fastest lap on the third lap with a time of 8:54.1, moving from fourth into second behind Hoeft as they settled in.

Nearing the halfway point, most of the teams headed to the pit. A slight mistake from Hoeft dropped him into fourth place behind a charging Dare DeMartile on his Beta.

Stewart led the race for a lap until he overjumped a section and blew the spokes out of one of his bike’s wheels, forcing him back down into fourth place after a quick tire change in the pits.

Hoeft got back on the gas as the battle with DeMartile grew, with each exchanging passes in the race’s second half.

Ryan Surratt at 2024 Glen Helen WORCS Round 2 — **Ryan Surratt pinned it to the Pro 125-class victory.**

Lynn took advantage of the battles behind him as he clicked off laps, gaining time on his opponents as he went on to win his first race of the season and his first on his new SLR Honda.

Disaster struck for Hoeft on the final lap after passing DeMartile for second place. He ran out of gas, allowing last round’s winner DeMartile and Stewart to finish in second and third, respectively. Hoeft had to settle for fourth place, with Thomas Dunn rounding out the top five in the 450 Pro class.

In the 250 Pro class, Jake Alvarez shot out from the starting line aboard his FMF/RPM KTM and led the first half of the race ahead of Kai Aiello and Colton Aeck.

Approaching the halfway point, Mason Semmens, another RPM Racing rider, found himself in third place and charging behind Aeck as the battles for the top five in this class were heating up. Aeck pushed past Alvarez with Semmens just a few seconds behind as they fought hard with each other for the lead for almost an hour.

Dustyn Davis at 2024 Glen Helen WORCS Round 2 — **Dustyn Davis dominated the Pro-Am division.**

On the final lap, they came into the motocross course side by side, with Semmens looking for any lane to make a pass, but was unable to make it happen, ultimately finishing in second behind Aeck, who got his first win of the season.

Aiello caught Alvarez and made a pass on the final lap to grab the final spot on the podium.

The FMF-sponsored Pro 125 class took to the track on Saturday morning. When the green flag dropped, it was 2022 class-champ Tristan Alvarez on his RPM Racing FMF KTM and Surratt heading into the track’s Talladega first turn neck and neck, with Surratt able to pull ahead just a bit as the two-strokes barreled up and into the ridges of Glen Helen Raceway.

Surratt was awarded the holeshot, and that’s all he needed as he ended up leading the race from start to finish, holding off another 450cc veteran, Giacomo Redondi, who got past Alvarez into second place on his GasGas.

Travis Damon put up a good battle but fell just short of the podium with a fourth-place finish. Daemon Woolslayer rounded out the top five on his Yamaha YZ125.

Mikayla Nielsen at 2024 Glen Helen WORCS Round 2 — **Mikayla Nielsen led from start to finish in the Pro Women’s class.**

Later in the afternoon, the Women’s Pro class lined up, where Nielsen showcased her speed. She grabbed the holeshot and set sail early, leaving Ava Silvestri (GasGas) and Kaitlyn Jacobs (KTM) to battle behind her.

Unfortunately, Jacobs had a big crash midway through the race, which caused her to retire early.

Local favorite Dustyn Davis, Ty Davis’ son, showed what he’s capable of doing on a dirt bike as he put down a hot lap of 9:28, almost 15 seconds faster than the rest of the Pro-Am field. He continued that pace on his GasGas, finishing first ahead of a stacked field.

Alex Dorsey improved his third-place finish in Taft with a second at Glen Helen. The final spot was up for grabs, with Hayden Florez, Keegan Hardy and Jackson Glathar swapping positions for the duration of the race. In the end, it was Florez who got back on the podium after winning the championship last year. CN