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Bad Luck Snatches Victory from Mystik’s Mitch Guthrie Jr.
BITD Laughlin Desert Classic Race Report

Glendora, CA (5/10/2016) - With just seven miles to the checkered flag, Mitch Guthrie, Jr. held the overall lead at the Best in the Desert Series Laughlin Desert Classic when disaster struck. With victory in sight, an electrical fire ended the winner of the UTV World Championship’s race early in the two-day event.

With a track nearly identical to the UTV World Championship, Guthrie Jr’s preparedness showed as he dominated the first day of racing. After starting 12th, he drove his Mystik Lubricants / Kicker Audio / Walker Evans / ITP / Lonestar Polaris RZR Turbo to second-place finish. After snagging the holeshot from the front row on day two, Guthrie was dominating when the fire ended his charge.





Mickey Thomas Polaris RZR
Mitch Guthrie Jr. pulled the holeshot on day two to take the early lead

“I knew we had the win in the bag, so I was pretty bummed out,” said Guthrie. “It was mainly wiring the caught on fire. We’re going to dive back in and figure out what happened. The car was flawless before it caught fire. We were running away with it.”

Guthrie Jr and co-driver Kurtis Elliott were forced to break out the fire extinguishers to put out the fire. Although they finished most of the race, due to BITD rules they are scored as a DNF because they didn’t cross the finish line on the final lap.





Mickey Thomas Polaris RZR
Unfortunately, an electrical fire put an end to Mitch Guthrie's charge to the finish

“On the last lap, I really turned it on and I knew we had the win,” said Guthrie Jr. “About seven miles in, it started cutting off. When I tried to restart it, we saw smoke and the thing had caught on fire. So we had to get out the fire extinguishers. That was the end of our day.”

Guthrie Jr was the man to beat all weekend in the Fox Proving Grounds section, leaving his fellow Turbo class competitors in the dust.

“I couldn’t believe how fast we could go through the Fox Proving Grounds…I have the Walker Evans Suspension to thank for that, as well as the Velocity Shocks,” said Guthrie. “The ITP Tires were great. It’s pretty rough out there and they held up great and gave me the traction I needed.”

Guthrie Jr. is pleased to welcome Mystik Lubricants as a sponsor. Not only does he use Mystik’s high-quality oil in his SXS, he uses it in all of his race team machinery.

“I’m so happy to have Mystik Lubricants on board,” said Guthrie Jr. “I can’t wait to see what the future holds with them. They make products for everything. We’re using it in our SXS, our motorhome and everything else that helps us to get to the race track. It’s pretty cool to have them as part of everything we have.”

Guthrie Jr will get a few months to prepare for the toughest and longest race of the year when the BITD Series host the Vegas to Reno on August 17-20th.

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