so i will ask the question is there anything posted i thought UTVRA was supposed to handle all of this and i can't find anything anywhere??
we are supposed to pay them per race but for what ?????
I am new to this class but i have only ever "paid" the promoter not a someone on the side. I have always been paid or recived my product through the promoter .
So any ideas or what you know would be helpful thanks
Let me see if I can answer your questions with some history and logic. back around 2005 when the Yamaha Rhino was on it's climb to fame there were some pationate enthusiasts who wanted very badly to race these new unique machines. One of the first on the scene was Cory Sappington of desert toys. Cory had a history in desert racing as did his father. Cory also knew Casey folks of BITD personally. At that time Casey was not particularly interested in adding the UTV's to his program. The decision was made to alow Cory to race a Rhino as an exhibition class in the Henderson 400 (I think that ws the first opportunity, but it doesn'nt matter) The little Rhino sparked some interest so it was agreed that if Cory would put together a rule book and handle the racers need that casey would allow the UTV class to exist within the BITD program.
Cory was joined by Tim Orchard (OMF wheels) and Mike Lasher (PGI Media at the time) and the UTVRA was formed as a group that would promote and develop UTV racing as a whole. Rules were formed, the UTVRA website was created and things were underway. Down the road and for various reasons Tim and Mike left the UTVRA and were not replaced. Cory became the voice and sole manager of the organization.
UTV racing has continued to grow st
eadily in popularity and many different organizations have added UTV's to their programs as we all know.
Cory has helped many of these organizations adopt rules and formats. Cory has campaigned and promoted UTV racing literally all over the world.
Now to answer your main question. "Why do we have to pay the UTVRA to race in BITD"
The answer is: YOU DON'T ..... Unless you want to race in the UTV Class.
The UTV class is still managed by Cory and UTVRA. Cory has negotiated lower entry fees for the UTV class (lower than car truck classes pay). Cory has negotiated our season to get the 6 races that we have. He has worked with Casey to fit our class into the car Truck program safely. The UTVRA provides Tech for the class. Cory also updates the rules and maintains the website.
Now I know what comes next, we get a bunch of comments on how the website sucks and the rules are not fair and they are written in a conflict of interest and on and on.
But before anyone starts flaming, consider this. Our team has been racing with BITD and with Cory Sappington for about 6 years. in fact I am pretty sure that with the exception of Cory no one else has raced as many desert miles as us. Cory has been awesome to race with and he races with the more spirit and passion than anyone i have ever known. Cory has been the biggest promoter and supporter of this sport since the day it started.
I can say that over the years we have not always agreed completely on everything that has ever happend but Cory is always willing to discuss and work out any issues that any one has ever had. As for the website and tech and rule updates ect. The fact is, Cory is one guy and Yes he does it all himself. I am quite sure that if any of our racers were willing to dedicate some time to the cause Cory would be happy to have the help.
In fact I am sure he would be willing to talk to anyone who would want to run the Contingency program or work on the website.
Anyway, hope this helps.
