Official UTVUnderground 2013 BITD Vegas To Reno PHOTOS & RESULTS
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suicidejockey
LooseCannonUTV - UTVUnderground Approved
Good write up and photos Joey. Congrats to Murray's and all who finished. Helluva tough race
the stripping shop
RACER - UTVUnderground Approved
we finished in the day too. joey go pro didnt work someone never turned it on. were do you want me to send it.
facteryfmf
Looking For a Few Good Men - UTVUnderground Approv
Pretty sure you guys left one on the dash of our car too
badassmav
Well-Known Member
Started out with a flat tire in the dust of the first couple of miles. Then shortly after that, we hit a motorcycle that was stopped in the middle of the course in the 'silt storm'. I guess Marc saw him at the last second and cranked the wheel hard left. Tore off his foot peg, and gutted our second tire! Then, we dealt AGAIN with fuel delivery problems. All race. Every 50 miles or so, we'd lose fuel pressure (not a vapor-lock problem. We over came that after the 500). It would sideline us for up to a 1/2 hour each time it reared its ugly head. Then, we our clutch failed just after pit #10. Finally, at pit #13 (I think around RM475) we lost our motor, and called it quits. That was around 11 p.m., if I remember correctly. Did your "pass alert" device that IRC provided work for the entire race? Ours didn't. Batteries, I think. CONGRATULATIONS for being the recipient of the beer! Did The Murray's come through? I CAN say though that we passed the Murray's like they were standing still (on the side of the road, getting a ticket on the way home. We honked and waived as we passed. Guys just can't slow down!!)
Glad to hear all the guys that finished, I started off the race in our 1915 one gear racing car and we started out very good and the car was doing perfect, our clutching was a little
Off and didn't have full power we wanted but it was still running perfect... We worked our way to the front pretty early and got some fresh air which I'm sure everyone wanted... We felt our belt slipping a tiny but at mile 116 so we backed off a little to get to pit 4 mile 156 where I got out of the car... I got out of the car while they team threw in a new belt just to be safe.. The car was running awesome.. My second driver got in and unfortunately just before pit 5 he got in the dust and ripped the right front corner of the car and took us out of the race... I feel confident the car was running rock solid and would have taken us to the end for a strong finish... Glad to finally meet alot of you guys and glad to hear of everyone's success...
Off and didn't have full power we wanted but it was still running perfect... We worked our way to the front pretty early and got some fresh air which I'm sure everyone wanted... We felt our belt slipping a tiny but at mile 116 so we backed off a little to get to pit 4 mile 156 where I got out of the car... I got out of the car while they team threw in a new belt just to be safe.. The car was running awesome.. My second driver got in and unfortunately just before pit 5 he got in the dust and ripped the right front corner of the car and took us out of the race... I feel confident the car was running rock solid and would have taken us to the end for a strong finish... Glad to finally meet alot of you guys and glad to hear of everyone's success...
Logan G.
Member
I was driving the motorhome for the muarry when you passed use.... we weren't stopped for speeding he stopped use cause he wanted Jason & Derek's autograph and a picture....oh yeah and something about not having a lic. plate on trailer.
Congrats to all the teams that started & finished, that race was really tough. Shout out to Jagged X for helping use out at pit 13 Class-act team!
Congrats to all the teams that started & finished, that race was really tough. Shout out to Jagged X for helping use out at pit 13 Class-act team!
RuggedRadios
Official UTVUnderground Communications Sponsor
Despite the 108 degree temperatures, Tech and Contingency for Vegas to Reno was great!
Take a look at some of the photos we gathered:
Take a look at some of the photos we gathered:
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXQkoh9tM_A&feature=c4-overview&list=UUaOkxQaLgRPEpxgGrU9RhfQ]Jerry Zaiden with Camburg Prepares for Vegas to Reno 2013 - YouTube[/ame]
badassmav
Well-Known Member
That's awesome! As long as the autograph wasn't signed on the back of a TICKET!! Congrats to you guys. Can-am......Yeah!I was driving the motorhome for the muarry when you passed use.... we weren't stopped for speeding he stopped use cause he wanted Jason & Derek's autograph and a picture....oh yeah and something about not having a lic. plate on trailer.
Congrats to all the teams that started & finished, that race was really tough. Shout out to Jagged X for helping use out at pit 13 Class-act team!
Not exactly sure how your fuel system is set up but this insight may help a little bit. Our pump pushes fuel through very quickly through the rail, into the regulator and back into the tank. We are running a 22 gal tank but still were losing pressure on long or hard left turns with 10-12 gallons left. With the fast flow any quick time that the pickup is out of the gas it pushes the rail dry. This also creates a major risk for vapor locking. We re-situated the tank in our car to be tilted forward with the pick-up in the front. Trying to avoid the pick-up ever being out of the fuel. You can also go with a dual pickup system. Some builders told me your pump should not be above the tank in any way either, this can quickly and easily cause vapor lock. We ran the lines down along the tank and installed the pump there below our fuel line to create a syphon. No problems at the vegas to reno with it. Our 1945 car went with the in- tank pump on this one and they also did not have any issues.
Thanks for the props Joey! We were the last place finishers by long ways but you said it well about desert racing. True, we didn't get a trophy but a little button that says 2013 V2R finishers. May be small but worth it's weight in gold. Among all the other issues around 3:30am we sheared off a radius rod bolt and it was stuck in the heim. Another truck team out there jumped in with thier grinders and enthusiasm to get us back on the road. Absolutley love the offroad community bond when your out racing. Those guys treated me like I was thier racer, I really just stood there as they were all rolling around under the car and running to thier trucks to get parts. After 26 1/2 hours at the wheel the car and myself wern't in great shape but I would do it again in a second. Coming from short course it's impossible to explain the awe striking beauty, trials, problems, experiences, and satisfaction that comes with desert racing. Can't wait for the 1000 and a huge thank you to the other teams out there that helped push us to a finish!!
