San Marcos, CA (2/23/2017)
- Quintero Racing’s Seth Quintero steps up
his game this weekend in the WORCS SXS 1000
stock class by taking home the third-place
position at Honolulu Hills Raceway in Taft,
CA. The initial event ended when a restart
was ordered well into the second lap due to
confusion with the course markings, but Quintero
and his full-size UTV Underground/Red Bull
Polaris RZR 1000 only benefitted from it.
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Polaris
RZR’s Seth Quintero takes home a third
place finish in the WORCS SXS 1000 Stock
Class at Honolulu Hills WORCS |
“We actually had a restart off the first
start. I ended up pulling out fourth and worked
my way up to third then I had made a little
mistake which pushed me back to fourth, but
then they stopped the race and ended up doing
a restart. On the restart, I ended up fifth,
a little bit worse than I did last time, but
when I came into the first turn I kind of
had the inside line and everyone was pushing
wide. I actually ended up third and chasing
the leaders, then the second-place guy made
a mistake and first broke, and I ended up
coming into first,” says Quintero.
Quintero put up a good fight against the
leading pack, but a few minor mishaps dropped
him out of the lead, but he held on for third.
“I was just feeling good. I ended up coming
in first, but coming up over the double doubles
area, right after the scoring shoot, I made
a little bit of a mistake,” explains Quintero.
“I didn’t square up too well and went off
the side of the jump which moved me back to
third. I tried to chase the leaders down and
right at the end, I came up to second and
into that first turn within milliseconds.
I could have had him if there was one more
lap, but it was still a fun battle. I had
a really good time.”
The weather was a bit of a factor for the
racers this weekend, with rain all day Friday
and overcast skies with spotty rain on Saturday,
however, Quintero used it to his advantage
with his Walker Evans shocks and BFG tires.
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The
course was a bit different due to the
muddy ground conditions, but the sharp
turns and massive jumps didn’t slow
Seth Quintero down with his BFG Tires
and Walker Evans Suspension |
“After all the rain Friday, I had like 20
tear offs, I was thinking that it was going
be super muddy out there. But after all the
quads and dirt bikes and the women’s class
went, it was actually pretty nice out there,”
explains Quintero. “Going down some of the
hills there were still a couple puddles, and
going over the step-up it was just a big mud
fest. You just kind of had to hold your line
and pray that you get over it. Thanks to my
Walkers Evans Suspension, because it was so
rough out there, and I was carving the mud
with my BFGs, my car handled it all really
well.”
The course was a bit different than last
year’s due to the muddy ground conditions,
but the sharp turns and massive jumps didn’t
slow Quintero down.
“Unfortunately, they cut off a little bit
of the moto track due to really bad mud, but
back where all the step-ups were, and all
those sharp turns, it was just so much fun
to carry my speed around the corners and launch
those hills. It was so fun.”
Quintero paid no mind when he approached
Honolulu Hills Raceway’s famous “step-up”
jump. His UTV Underground / Red Bull Polaris
RZR 1000 handled it with ease.
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Walker
Evan Racing's Seth Quintero launched
the big uphill step-up jump with ease
with his Polaris RZR XP 1000 |
“All I remember was my dad yelling ‘Go! Go!
Go! Don’t lift! Don’t lift!’ Soaring over
it definitely dropped my stomach, but after
that first time it was fun,” says Quintero.
Placing on the podium this round has really
boosted Quintero’s confidence in his racing
ability.
“I’m pumped! Last round I was running third
and then I ended up breaking a radius rod.
Same thing happened to me here, but I didn’t
break my radius rod. It feels good to kind
of prove that I do belong here and not that
I just want to come race.”
Quintero has quite a few sponsors that back
him up and make sure that his car stays in
tip-top shape.
“I just want to thanks all of my sponsors
for getting me out here. BFGs hooking up good,
Walkers are working great. Everything is keeping
very me safe. My car just felt great.”
Quintero and his UTV Underground/Red Bull
Polaris will be battling it off as the WORCS
series next event takes place in Lake Havasau
City, AZ on March 17-19.
Seth Quintero’s
2017 Sponsors:
Redbull, Polaris, UTVunderground, Walker
Evans, CageWRX, PRP, SuperATV, Rugged Radios,
NCY, Team Associated, Active Screen Printing,
Factory Canopies, Magiksc, Ripkas Equipment
Repair, Alpinestars, BFGoodrich Tires , Benchmark
Performance, MPI Steering wheels , Necksgen,
UTV INC, Trinity
