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Holland, MI (12/14/2015) -
Racer Tech’s Logan Gastel claimed another
top ten Pro UTV finish at the Henderson 250
in Nevada, which secured a seventh place finish
in the points championship at the final round
of the 2015 Best in the Desert series.
Gastel drove his way to an impressive seventh
place finish with the help of his co-driver,
Adam Mckinney, making it Gastel’s best performance
of his rookie season competing in the Pro
UTV class. “In August we built a turbo Maverick
and every race we just get faster as we learn
this new car. We took ninth at Vegas to Reno,
eighth at Bluewater, and now seventh at Henderson,”
said Gastel.
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Racer
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BITD Henderson 250 |
The two lap, 160 mile course at Henderson
was considerably rocky and challenging, but
Racer Tech’s Logan Gastel put in a great race.
“It was tight racing. We were about six minutes
off the winners. It is amazing to see how
close the field is after 160 miles, it all
comes down to minutes. The car ran good. We
miscalculated a little on the fuel so we had
to back off the last few miles to make sure
we made it to the finish, but other than that
the car ran flawless and everything handled
great,” explained Gastel.
Gastel credits his success to the great products
he runs, stating, “the Racer Tech car and
suspension held up great. We have a little
over 1,100 race miles on the chassis and suspension
with no failure. It is pretty impressive to
see how hard we push these machines.”
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Racer
Tech's Logan Gastel finished 7th in
the BITD Pro UTV Points Standings |
The Henderson 250 race signifies the end
of the Best in the Desert series, but Gastel
accomplished a lot with the help of the Racer
Tech team. “We finished seventh overall in
the championship, which is not bad for our
rookie season. Considering we have lined up
against 50 plus cars this year with 30 cars
that have raced every round, ending up where
we did is pretty impressive,” explained Gastel.
Gastel was happy with the seventh place finish
this season, but is hungry for more and has
even greater plans for 2016. “We look forward
to building on this season and we hope to
end up in the top three next year, possibly
even going for a championship. We will be
back in 2016 and we will have all the same
sponsors. We look to use what we learned this
year to make improvements for next year,”
explained Gastel.
Until next season, we can expect to see Gastel
and the Racer Tech team hard at work preparing
to build on their rookie year, and fight for
the 2016 BITD Pro Turbo UTV Championship.
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