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In what is turning out to be the ultra competitive Stock RZR XP UTVclass Superchips driver Cody Rahders finished out Round 2 in second place in his Magnum Offroad/UTVunderground.com/Polaris XP900 and sits just 4 points out of first.
During qualifying Cody went out and battled with formerSuperLite rival Sheldon Creed with the two trading positions several times over the six lap time trial, in the end Cody qualified third place.
“Sheldon and I raced trucks against each other last year so I know he won’t do anything sketchy. We leaned on each other in the corners a couple of times, it was so fun.â€
For the main 19 XP’s lined up with Cody inside row two and when the green flag flew the class went through a major restacking that saw 4 different leaders during the 14 lap race and while Cody was leading at one point due to the leader coming to a near stop in front of him during a local yellow flag, it was hit him or go around. In the end he was ordered by the Lucas staff to give the position back but in doing so he ended up losing two places and had to battle back to finish the race out in 2nd place.
" I lost a race at Surprise for checking up on a local caution so when the leader checked I didn't want to run into him so I took it and raced on...oh well, after a race like that 2nd is great. Huge thanks to ITP for the new tires, that was definitely the right tire for this track."
Round 2 of the Regional Series also saw Cody make his debut in the #16 Black Rhino/Racer X/ProLite and as excited Cody was to race the freshly converted to V8 vehicle it still needed some fine tuning to be a truly competitive. The R3motorsports crew spent the weekend trying to correct fuel delivery, suspension, and steering issues and while the truck was good enough for Cody to qualify 9th out of 17 entries on lap two of the main the steering issues resurfaced and Cody ended up in a 3 round barrel roll on the front straight. (see attached video)
“All I remember was keep it out of the stands, the truck stepped out so quick and the power steering was slow, that was the worst crash I’ve ever had, it really hurt, somehow I even broke the brake pedal off. We have a lot of work to do to get the truck working the way I want to drive it.â€
Given the violence of the wreck, Cody’s lapse of memory during the event, and his past brain injury we are playing it safe and benching him for a few weeks to allow his head to heal. We can fix the truck but his health is paramount, due to this restriction he will be forced to miss Round 4 of theWORCS series this upcoming weekend.
Cody Rahders and R3motorsports would like to thank the following for their support;
Polaris, MagnumOffroad, UTVunderground.com, Fox Racing Shox, ITP Tires, Superchips, Team Alba Racing, Starting Line Products, Muzzys Performance, K&N Filters, Cognito Motorsports, K1 Racegear, Lucas Oil, Black Rhino, RacerX Motorsports, VP Racing Fuels, Method Wheels, Kimball Midwest, Justice Brothers, Fiber Werx, Frostyburger of Pine Valley, Dirt Driven Motorsports, our crew chief Troy Patterson, and mechanics Nick Novak, Kevin Sullivan, and Randy McGraw, and an very special thanks to Kenny Osborn.
