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| Quad75Dezert
ATV Race Team Honda TRX450R ATV |
Las Vegas, NV (8/24/2011)
- Quad75Dezert headed south to Las Vegas on
August 17th for the 2011 BITD Vegas to Reno
race, to be followed up by returning to the
Northwest to race the Washougal round of WORCS.
The team drew the first starting position
off the Pro ATV line and left the start at
approximately 6:10AM. Jorie Williams started
the race and would ride for the first two
pits and then switch with Brandon Brown at
approximately 90 miles into the event. The
two riders would then rotate on and off the
bike for the next 460 miles until the finish
line while the chase vehicles alternated pit
stops. Unfortunately, at approximately race
mile 150 the team was met with a mechanical
failure and their race would be ended early.
"For some reason we all really want to
win this race," Brandon said, "We
screwed up and didn't get to the second pit
in time for Jorie who had to get gas from
another team. He lost his lead while trying
to get fuel and fell back as far as fourth
before continuing." Jorie left the second
pit with determination and passed the riders
ahead of him to put him into second place
coming into the third pit where Brandon got
on the bike.
Brandon was behind the 1st place team of
Stuart/Granlund and gaining
ground. He made his way passed them, but
ended up getting off-course
with a handful a dirt bikes in a spot that
was not well marked. A BITD
volunteer redirected them back to the course
and in the process of
returning the bike had a failure which put
them out of the race. "We use
a lot of this race for testing, and we've
learned a lot since we haven't
had good luck at this race. We'll tear the
bike down and figure out what
went wrong and use that information to help
us be more successful in the
next races," mechanic Kenny Sanford
explained, "It's not how we want to
finish, but I think we can come back strong
and possibly win it next
year which we would all really like."
Brandon added, "Unfortunately we
have to use this race as a learning experience,
but it will certainly
help us to re-examine what we do and make
our program better." The team
then packed up the riders and race bikes
and drove to Washougal for the
6th round of WORCS.
Brandon was there to support Jorie during
the pro race, but Kenny
Sanford & Jamie Kirkpatrick also decided
to ride Sunday morning and
Kenny earned himself a podium position in
his race, with Jamie finishing
right behind him in 4th. Jorie started off
strong riding in 5th place as
he headed into the off-road sections. He
lost a few positions over the
next few laps and hovered around the 10
place mark until he had a mishap
that may have broken or cracked some of
his ribs. He fell off the pace,
but didn't give up and finished the 90 minutes
running the Quad75 number
for the team.
The team is now looking toward and planning
for November's Baja 1000 in
Mexico. You can follow them on Facebook
(Facebook.com/Quad75Dezert)
Twitter (Twitter.com/#!/Quad75Baja),
and see all of their photos and
other news on Quad75.com
Quad75Dezert
would like to thank the following companies
for their support: S&S Motorsports,
Water Well Developing & Surveys, Fox
Racing Shox, Maxxis, Klim, Teixeira Tech,
HMF Racing, K&N Filters, CBR Performance,
MotoXNutrition, UPP Racing, Fullbore Innovations,
HiPer, Pro Armor, TCS Motorsports, Spider
Grips, Warn Industries, QuadTech, Maxima,
Precision Racing Products,Fusion Graphixx,
Powermadd, Asterisk, Wiseco, Fastenal Racing,
Scott USA, Rekluse, Pro Caliber Motorsports,
Trail Tech, Hot Rod Fabrication, KBH Construction,
Cycle Wash, Dune Tech, PitTraffic.com, Team
Money$hot, & Murray211
