“RACERX MOTORSPORTS SPONSORED ATHLETE KATIE VERNOLA’S RACE REPORT FROM THE LUCAS OIL REGIONALS SO CAL ROUNDS 2 & 3”
03/11/15 El Cajon, CA– Rounds 2 & 3 of the Lucas Oil Regionals Southern California took place at the Lake Elsinore Motorsports Park on March 7th and 8th in Lake Elsinore, Ca. The following is Katie Vernola’s race report from the weekend’s events.
“I raced my SuperATV Polaris RZR 900 #772 in the Walker Evens RZR class and I also raced my SuperATV Polaris RZR 1000 #972 in the production 1000 class.
Round 2- My team and I arrived at the Lake Elsinore Motorsports Park Friday around noon. I had a short practice in my RZR 1000 and decided to lower the ride height and tire pressure.
We struggled a little bit in qualifying starting me in the middle of the pack in both classes.
I finished 7th out of 10 in the Walker Evans RZR class and with some contact from my competitors I finishing 21st out of 26 in the production 1000 class. The highlight from both races would be the fact that I was able to increase my lap times.
Round 3- I'd say practice was the race the day before increasing my confidence on the track. Qualifying my RZR 900 was great; I ended up starting inside the front row. This was a big highlight of the weekend getting to start of the front row! Qualifying my RZR 1000 wasn't as good; I continued to spin out over simple straight always. I pulled off the track and my team broke down the car to find the front differential roll cage broke.
Unfortunately my RZR 900 race came to an end with some contact in a turn putting me on my side breaking a tie rod. Due to mechanical difficulties in qualifying I did not make it to round 3 of the production 1000 main event.
I'd like to specifically thank Racer X for setting me up with best radios making it easy to communicate to my spotter. Big thanks to Walker Evans Racing for setting up my shocks at the track. Lastly, thank you to my team SuperATV, nFlow, GMZ Race Products, Polaris, MTX Audio, CarrOne Fabrication, Walker Evans Racing, Racer X Motorsports, K&N, PRP Seats, Yoshimura, Bell Helmets, SC Bail, UTV Underground, Factory UTV, Queen Racing, ProArmor, DynoJet, Awethentik, Cody Haggerty Digital Media.
‘If you dream it, you can do it!’” ~ Katie Vernola
03/11/15 El Cajon, CA– Rounds 2 & 3 of the Lucas Oil Regionals Southern California took place at the Lake Elsinore Motorsports Park on March 7th and 8th in Lake Elsinore, Ca. The following is Katie Vernola’s race report from the weekend’s events.
“I raced my SuperATV Polaris RZR 900 #772 in the Walker Evens RZR class and I also raced my SuperATV Polaris RZR 1000 #972 in the production 1000 class.
Round 2- My team and I arrived at the Lake Elsinore Motorsports Park Friday around noon. I had a short practice in my RZR 1000 and decided to lower the ride height and tire pressure.
We struggled a little bit in qualifying starting me in the middle of the pack in both classes.
I finished 7th out of 10 in the Walker Evans RZR class and with some contact from my competitors I finishing 21st out of 26 in the production 1000 class. The highlight from both races would be the fact that I was able to increase my lap times.
Round 3- I'd say practice was the race the day before increasing my confidence on the track. Qualifying my RZR 900 was great; I ended up starting inside the front row. This was a big highlight of the weekend getting to start of the front row! Qualifying my RZR 1000 wasn't as good; I continued to spin out over simple straight always. I pulled off the track and my team broke down the car to find the front differential roll cage broke.
Unfortunately my RZR 900 race came to an end with some contact in a turn putting me on my side breaking a tie rod. Due to mechanical difficulties in qualifying I did not make it to round 3 of the production 1000 main event.
I'd like to specifically thank Racer X for setting me up with best radios making it easy to communicate to my spotter. Big thanks to Walker Evans Racing for setting up my shocks at the track. Lastly, thank you to my team SuperATV, nFlow, GMZ Race Products, Polaris, MTX Audio, CarrOne Fabrication, Walker Evans Racing, Racer X Motorsports, K&N, PRP Seats, Yoshimura, Bell Helmets, SC Bail, UTV Underground, Factory UTV, Queen Racing, ProArmor, DynoJet, Awethentik, Cody Haggerty Digital Media.
‘If you dream it, you can do it!’” ~ Katie Vernola
