- We're gonna line up out there.

We'll do pros, expert line, intermediate line, novice line.

(upbeat music begins) (music fades) (motors revving) (upbeat banjo music begins) My name's Tony Lock, member of the Riverton Dirt Hogs and member of Wyoming Off-Road Racing Association.

Everything starts off with pounding a stake.

The whole purpose of marking is for rider safety.

We have pink arrows for the big bikes.

We have orange arrows for the small bikes.

Like I said, that's straight ahead, left, right, pretty simple.

You're come up to a high speed corner, quite a ways out.

You'll put three arrows out.

That'll get the rider slowed down, even closer.

Two arrows, and then just a single arrow right at the corner.

(staple gun clicking) Any dangers that we come across out there, we mark 'em with a blue danger sign.

Any trails we don't want 'em going down, we mark wrong way.

We want 'em out there running high speeds, having fun, but we wanna be safe doing it.

How is it?

(dog barking) - That's pretty fun.

- Nice.

- [Narrator] The Wyoming Off-Road Racers Association, or WORRA, is the only sanctioning organization for off-road racing in Wyoming.

In its six years of existence, WORRA has already helped create five different racing clubs across the state.

These clubs play a crucial role in locating and developing race venues, which demands substantial time and effort.

And the majority of this labor is carried out by dedicated club volunteers.

- Nobody gets paid for this.

Actually, people step away from their jobs actually to come out and help.

We've got a lot of good guys this year.

It's a little easier the second year, 'cause a lot of the course is already very apparent.

This is where the motorcycles have been.

- We deal with a couple private property owners in our race series and when they ride, it definitely helps.

This here, particularly, is not only a motorcycle enthusiast property, but he's actually a pro motorcycle racer.

- Of course, with my name being all over it, I'm sort of promoting it in one way, of course, just kind of pumping it up and trying to bring people out.

But honestly, in a technical capacity, I'm just hosting.

This is starting to grow into something that I'm really enjoying.

Seeing the positivity of everybody that comes through that gate and wanting to do it and be a part of it has been really reassuring.

(upbeat music begins) - We're gonna have three classes going.

We'll have Pee Wee A, Pee Wee B, and our electric class, so all kids, if there's somebody going slower than you in front of you, give them as much room as you're able to.

Slow down a little if you have to and then keep going fast.

We want to be safe and have fun.

- [Narrator] During each event, a junior-friendly course is set up for younger participants, typically ranging in age from 4 to 13 years old.

To enhance safety, the children conduct a site lap to familiarize themselves with the course layout.

Following this, they're arranged at the starting line according to their class.

- Go!

Go!

- Go!

Go!

Go!

Go!

(motors revving) (indistinct chatter and cheering) - I've got a son, Parker Hayes, who races.

My husband's racing today for the first time also, and our friends do it, so we're just here for fun.

When he's racing, I can't sit down.

It makes me very nervous, but he loves it.

He's been doing it since he was on training wheels.

He loves riding out in the desert, so this is right up his alley.

- So the way you gotta look at it is, it's a sanctioned trail ride, so you don't have to worry about head-ons, or side-by-sides or anything.

So you just have your other competitors worry about.

Whenever you start dirt biking, you have to dress 'em out in the right gear.

It doesn't have to be the most expensive.

Just boots, helmet, chest protector, and goggles.

And I tell 'em, "Never take those goggles off."

- I have two boys in the junior A class and he's, he'll be coming here in a minute.

And then my older boy, he races open expert, and then I race the intermediate class.

(motor revving) Come on!

One more!

One more!

(clapping) Okay, I can breathe again.

He's all right, so... (chuckling) But yeah, it's nerve wracking for sure, but it's awesome.

- [Narrator] The juniors race for one hour, and adults then participate in their racers meeting.

This session covers rules, scoring, and racer etiquette for newer racers, and notably acknowledges the essential community contributions that enable the entire event to exist.

- I want to thank, first of all, WORRA for being out here, Riverton Dirt Hogs.

- Justin Hill.

- Yeah, Justin Hill.

(audience applauding and cheering) Without him letting us be out here, we'd be struggling to find a place.

And let's give it out to Tony.

(audience applauding) - Tony did some serious bust butt work out here.

- Tony!

(whooping) - It wouldn't be doable without him, Tony.

(audience applauding) - We're gonna line up out there.

We'll do pros, pro line, expert line, intermediate line, novice line.

It's gonna be live engine.

Justin will start us.

(triumphant music begins) (motors revving) (triumphant music continues) (engines whirring) (triumphant music continues) - Scoring's the reason people race.

They want to know their results.

We got the score trailer back there behind us.

We have transponders under our helmets.

And if you take a look, this little scanner, you go through and the transponder, just like the security tags at a store, it kind of beeps you as you go through.

They can see their position live as we're racing.

Most of the time at our races, we have an ambulance here.

Out here, a little more rural, we actually had Guardian.

Kind of cool.

It gives you a little bit a, peace of mind as a rider, knowing the series is looking out for you.

- What makes a good course in my mind, just take the high road.

Go on the high spots on the hills, and dip down and hit some rollers and make it flowy.

- We get a good mix of riders from Colorado and Idaho, Utah.

So you have competition every time.

- I usually race in Colorado where I live, but I got buddies that I ride with outta Cheyenne, and they've been racing the WORRA series starting last year.

This racing is different.

It's fun though.

High speed stuff.

We love it.

- [Narrator] The WORRA series is the fastest growing motor sports organization in Wyoming.

As of 2023, they've orchestrated an impressive seven distinct events statewide, each poised for annual recurrence.

This remarkable growth has been encouraged by some of Wyoming's land management agencies, as well as private landowners.

And it's been bolstered by the steadfast support from a multitude of local businesses.

- As WORRA is growing, all these people, the hundred plus racers that came here, they're gonna have to go into Riverton to get fuel or dinner or stay the night, or whatever it may be.

Or whether it's Evanston or Rock Springs, or Casper, Glenrock, Pinedale, (audience applauding) we're gonna see more and more positive impact on the communities that surround these events.

(music fades)