Monster Energy Kawasaki Race Report
I guess I can start off by saying this race just wasn't in the cards for us! It just wasn't good from the beginning, We showed up to staging on time and ready to go. Hanging out in the back of the group because we knew we were one of the last ones to go off the line. Next thing we realize BITD lines us up after two sportsman UTVs. Try talking to them but they don't understand what we are trying to tell them. Oh well we start knowing we will have to pass a couple of cars. Right before the start line the one of the RZR 4 stop and jump out of the car. We pull around them and now take the green light.
We Start side by side with the 1905 Rhino and not 100 yards past the start line the car shifts into neutral. In all the moving around before the race I Didn't have the car fully engaged in High. Stop slam it into gear and were racing again. We come out right behind the 1905 and get to pass them on the first option line. Next up is a Sportsman Rhino to pass. We pass them just pulling onto the paved road and hit the gas trying to catch the others. Around mile 9 the dust was so bad we couldn't see anything. We managed to just get off the track and thank goodness the dust cleared because when it did there was a checkpoint worker parked only 5' from the course. We slammed the brakes and just missed him. Shortly after that we saw the Jagged X team stopped on the side of the road. Our car was running great! The Muzzy's motor and XMF long travel and Walker Evans shocks were working great! We continued to pick off cars and finished the first lap moving into the fourth spot. We passed the silver rhino in the pits wile they were stopped and we were right on the Murry's bumper.
Just after the OK to pass sign exiting the Main pit we passed Murry. (Sorry about the tap) This put us physically in second and we were 3 minutes behind them on the course. Our pit crew said we were only a minute behind them on corrected time. We charged hard on the second lap trying to make up more time no that we had some clear air and could see where we were going. Just before pit two our crew comes over the radio and tells us that Jerome is only a minute ahead of us physically. This means we are ahead of him on corrected time. We stop in pit 2 for a splash of fuel knowing that we were gonna have to do three laps and couldn't make it all the way on one tank. When we pulled into the pits and stopped the car died. We were not able to get it refired and had to have it towed back to the main pit.
I want to say thank you to Wally World, Paul, Mike V, Randy Clary, and Lucas Hand for all their help this weekend. I couldn't have done it without you!
Thanks to our sponsors who have supported us through this rough season. Monster Energy, Kawasaki, GBC Motorsports, Walker Evans, XMF, Muzzys, K&N, Sommers Bros, Billet King, Pro Armor, Hostyle and UTV Underground.
I guess I can start off by saying this race just wasn't in the cards for us! It just wasn't good from the beginning, We showed up to staging on time and ready to go. Hanging out in the back of the group because we knew we were one of the last ones to go off the line. Next thing we realize BITD lines us up after two sportsman UTVs. Try talking to them but they don't understand what we are trying to tell them. Oh well we start knowing we will have to pass a couple of cars. Right before the start line the one of the RZR 4 stop and jump out of the car. We pull around them and now take the green light.
We Start side by side with the 1905 Rhino and not 100 yards past the start line the car shifts into neutral. In all the moving around before the race I Didn't have the car fully engaged in High. Stop slam it into gear and were racing again. We come out right behind the 1905 and get to pass them on the first option line. Next up is a Sportsman Rhino to pass. We pass them just pulling onto the paved road and hit the gas trying to catch the others. Around mile 9 the dust was so bad we couldn't see anything. We managed to just get off the track and thank goodness the dust cleared because when it did there was a checkpoint worker parked only 5' from the course. We slammed the brakes and just missed him. Shortly after that we saw the Jagged X team stopped on the side of the road. Our car was running great! The Muzzy's motor and XMF long travel and Walker Evans shocks were working great! We continued to pick off cars and finished the first lap moving into the fourth spot. We passed the silver rhino in the pits wile they were stopped and we were right on the Murry's bumper.
Just after the OK to pass sign exiting the Main pit we passed Murry. (Sorry about the tap) This put us physically in second and we were 3 minutes behind them on the course. Our pit crew said we were only a minute behind them on corrected time. We charged hard on the second lap trying to make up more time no that we had some clear air and could see where we were going. Just before pit two our crew comes over the radio and tells us that Jerome is only a minute ahead of us physically. This means we are ahead of him on corrected time. We stop in pit 2 for a splash of fuel knowing that we were gonna have to do three laps and couldn't make it all the way on one tank. When we pulled into the pits and stopped the car died. We were not able to get it refired and had to have it towed back to the main pit.
I want to say thank you to Wally World, Paul, Mike V, Randy Clary, and Lucas Hand for all their help this weekend. I couldn't have done it without you!
Thanks to our sponsors who have supported us through this rough season. Monster Energy, Kawasaki, GBC Motorsports, Walker Evans, XMF, Muzzys, K&N, Sommers Bros, Billet King, Pro Armor, Hostyle and UTV Underground.
