2019 WORCS title for Taylor Robert
Monday, October 14, 2019 at 9:17PM
A second place finish at the penultimate round of the WORCS series is enough for Taylor Robert to clinch the 2019 title.
Taylor Robert put in a come from behind ride to finish second at the 10th and penultimate round of the 2019 WORCS championship gaining enough points to take the title home.
The day started perfectly for Robert who got the holeshot and the early lead but a few turns into the race’s opening lap another rider slam into him causing the KTM rider a “dead arm”. Racing half the final event of the year at Taft, CA. with a numb arm, Robert put on a charge to get himself back into podium contention by the fourth lap.
Continuously posting fast lap times, Robert managed to make it up to second place with two laps to go but despite trying he wasn’t able to close the gap on race winner Zach Bell.
“It feels good to get this monkey off my back, especially after the last couple years of having some pretty bad luck,” said Robert.
“All-in-all, it’s been a great season with a lot of wins and I’m just really excited to be able to be focused on ISDE now and to get the championship out of the way before we head over to Portugal.”
This is Taylor Robert’s first WORCS championship on a KTM, and second US title on an orange bike, after having an injury plagued career over the last five years.
“This is a big day for Taylor and KTM as this is their first WORCS Championship together since Taylor joined our team in 2014,” admitted Antti Kallonen, the KTM team manager.
“No doubt Taylor has been fast, but a string of injuries has held him back all these years and finally we were able to put a consistent and injury-free season together and the results are impressive. Congratulations to Taylor and the entire team for successful season.”
Dante Oliveira rounded the podium once more making it his seventh podium finish this season, which cements his second place in the overall championship standings with one round to go.
WORCS round 11 Pro (MC) results:
- Zach Bell (KAW)
- Taylor Robert (KTM)
- Dante Oliveira (KTM)
- Gary Sutherlin (KTM)
- Ricky Dietrich (HON)
- Blayne Thompson (KAW)
- Ryan Surrat (KAW)
- Travis Damon (HON)
- Andrew Short (HQV)
10. Mitch Anderson (KTM)
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