Las Vegas, NV (1/26/2017) - Jennifer
Broughton kicked off her “home race” with
a third-place finish overall in the Women’s
Class portion of the SXS World Finals in Primm,
NV. The Las Vegas racer finished fourth and
third, respectively, in the doubleheader to
record the podium finish in the WORCS off
road series SXS opener.
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Jennifer
Broughton takes home third-place finish
overall in Women’s Class |
The unique racing format featured a short
course race on Saturday with a traditional
WORCS off road race on Sunday. The finishes
were combined to net an overall result. Weather
factored in significantly with rain washing
out qualifying and practice on Friday, blue
skies and warm temperatures on Saturday and
winter weather with sleet and rain on Sunday.
Though it was Broughton’s first race on a
short course, she ran strong, finishing a
runaway fourth. In Sunday’s race, she came
out of the start second and drove through
the difficult conditions to finish third.
“This was a new experience and I held on
for fourth, which isn’t too bad,” said Broughton.
“I’m glad they ran the off road on the second
day. It’s more my style. My DWT Tires and
Wheels hooked up great at the start. I had
second for a little bit, but I slid out a
few turns in and held on for third. I just
quit using the brakes for a while and I made
up a lot of time.”
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Jennifer
Broughton’s first short course race
landed her a strong fourth place finish |
Broughton’s car features a new livery this
season. The SSI Decals wrap gave her Polaris
a distinctly feminine look, which stood out
among the crowd of SXS in attendance.
“They made it look like a girl is driving
the car, not a boy,” said Broughton. “I really
like it. It turned out nice. C&R Farms
is on there and it has a really big ATVRiders.com
logo on there.”
Broughton was also pleased with trackside
support from several vendors. All Terrain
Communications helped her with communications
issues and Tireblocks was there to make sure
her DWT Tires hooked up properly. PEP kept
her shocks running perfectly in the changing
conditions.
“It’s great to have vendors onsite to help
with race weekend issues,” said Broughton.
“Dan at All Terrain Communications helped
me out with the Rugged Radios. We had some
problems early on in the weekend and he fixed
it for us. Kenny with Tireblocks put the blocks
in my tires. I had some seriously good traction
throughout the race. Jamie and Wayne with
PEP had my shocks crisp and perfect. It was
like riding on a couch.”
Primm is only a little over 30 miles from
Las Vegas. The close distance allowed Broughton’s
family and friends to cheer her on: “It was
nice to have everyone out there cheering me
on.”
Broughton is thinking big this season. Starting
third in points puts her in perfect position
to make a championship run.
“Hopefully we’ll pull off some wins this
season,” said Broughton. “We’re looking for
a championship this year.”
Broughton will head next to Honolulu Hills
Raceway in Taft, CA February 17-19 for the
next WORCS SXS racing weekend.
Jennifer Broughton
2017 Sponsors
C&R Farms, Polaris,
Tireblocks, Rugged Radios, PEP, ATVRiders.com,
Allan McCostlin, Jr & Paula Broughton
