Coastal / Holz Racing Polaris RZR Third at BITD Bluewater SxS Race
Best in The Desert Racing Series - Bluewater - Parker, AZ - October 14, 2012

The Best in the Desert Blue Water Challenge is a two-day event featuring a 25 mile lap located along the Colorado River. The Pro UTV Class is a 150 mile race, with the schedule calls for completing 3 laps each day. At the end of the two-day event, the winners are determined by combined overall time on course.

Lined up in the eight starting position, the Coastal/Holz Polaris RZR XP left the line a little after 6:15am on Saturday morning for Day one of the 75 mile Blue Water Desert Challenge. Coming off wins in the Silver State 300 and Vegas to Reno, the Coastal/Holz XP was determined to work its way to the front and build on the recent success.

After taking the lead on course, the #1934 suffered a mechanical and watched the win slip away just like a slipping CV. Finishing up in 2:05:28, they crossed the line in sixth place on front wheel drive only and rolling on a flat. With a morning race, the team had plenty of time to get back, assess the situation and get the #1934 ready for Day 2.

"As much as we want to, you can't win every desert race. The level of competition is great, and the level of punishment delivered to these vehicles is unbelievable. The UTV class continues to establish itself as a serious contender, a Polaris RZR XP took the Race 1 overall by 7 minutes on Saturday." said Mark Holz.

With a fresh set of axles & CVs in place, the Coastal/Holz team staged before sunrise on Sunday morning in the sixth spot and got to work prove they have the car to win. The tough thing about a short loop race is the course gets pounded and becomes brutally rough — by far the roughest race course of the year. Holes that could swallow up a UTV, silt berms that can trap an unsuspecting driver. But the Coastal/Holz team was having none of that today.

Just a smooth, deliberate drive to the front. Taking the Day 2 win in 1:54:41 on Sunday, and combined with the 2:05:28 on Saturday, the 4:00 elapsed time was good enough to take the third spot on the box. And keep the championship drive alive with one race remaining. "Today was brutal - the holes were huge - glad we had these Walker Evans shocks on the car today." said Mark Holz.

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Next up the Coastal/HRP RZR XP will compete at the final race of the year, the Best in the Desert Henderson 250 on December 1-2nd in Henderson, NV, while the Coastal GNCC team readies for Ironman Finale in Crawfordsville, Indiana, October 20-21st.

About Holz Racing
For 12 years, Holz Racing Products has been building the highest quality, best performing suspensions and chassis components available to the snowmobiling world. Proven by numerous titles, at the toughest proving ground in the hillclimbing world, Jackson Hole. That’s it. Nocompromises, no excuses. We’re driven by a passion to make things stronger, lighter, smarter —in turn making you faster.

Our developmentcycle is as straight forward as we are. Designed on a computer, built by hand and tested on the track and in the woods. Only after we’re certain we’ve built the best we can, then we put it in production and put it in stock. And now for the past five seasons, we’ve taken that same process and applied it to our line of ATV & UTV Products. We build complete packages. Shocks from FOX and Walker Evans along with valving matched to perform at the highest level. Long Travel A-Arms, Extended Swingarms, Long Travel Linkages, Steering Stems, and parts that make the ride better. We strive to keep all our parts in stock and ship things as quick as possible to keep you riding, not waiting for the delivery man. Holz Racing Products... Engineered to Win.

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