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10/22/2006
16 Year Old Waters Tops National Podiums
 Justin Waters, a high school Junior from
Joseph OR, has won World Off Road Championship (WORCS)
National ATV titles in two divisions, Open A and
ProAm. With nine rounds of competition from
January through October, Waters raced at various
MX/Grand Prix tracks such as Washougal WA,
Oceano Dunes CA, Lake Havasu AZ and Payette ID.
WORCS is the largest ATV series on the West
Coast, averaging over 500 entries per event in
2006.
In Open A, he chalked up the win with
consistency, logging a top three finish in six
rounds. In ProAm, his championship hunt held
repeated drama, finishing out of the top ten
several times but fighting back with wins in
other rounds. His third place finish at the
Pismo Beach CA event secured the win by 9 points
over the runner up.
In both classes, his bike of choice was the
Yamaha YFZ450. “This year, we put together a
team of sponsors and products we believed would
help us win races. We had some ups and downs and
we had to fight for it, but we stuck it out and
I’m really excited about how it turned out.”
For 2007, Waters has set the aggressive goal
of being the first rider to capture the ProAm,
Open A and Production A titles in the same year.
“Other riders have done all three, but no one
has won them in the same year. I want to be the
first.”
To accomplish this, Waters has already
re-signed key sponsorships with Kenda Tires,
Epic Suspension and Progressive Shocks, and will
be adding some new names to the side of his
trailer before the season kicks off in January.
Justin would like to thank all of his
sponsors from 2006 and anyone else who has
helped him through out the year including: Off-road.com,
Kenda, Epic, Progressive, Scott USA, Yamaha, DMC
Exhaust, ARC Gear, Douglas Wheels, DP Brakes, AC
Racing, Regina Chain, Ricky Stator, and
Tireballs.
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