BEST IN THE DESERT Blue Water Challenge October 8-9, 2016

“There are seven races in the season and we’ve won six so far,” said Lambert. “It would be awesome to get a sweep. It’s taken consistent driving, preparation and teamwork. We’re pretty well oiled right. We come to a race to win. We were doing a little testing with a turbo car, so hopefully we can learn something from this. We’ll probably move to turbo next year. These turbo guys are figuring out their issues and they’ll leave us behind.”

ITP's Justin Lambert just needs to start the final round of the BITD Series to secure the championship in December

Monster Energy’s Matt Burroughs charged through a troublesome wheel bearing to score the runner-up finish. With dust an issue on Sunday, he ran his own race and has his eyes squarely set on finishing second in points.

STI's Matt burroughs put in another great race to secure the 2nd spot in the UTV Production Class

“On Sunday, we started losing a wheel bearing 10 miles into the last lap,” said Burroughs. “We just went for it and it worked out. We didn’t get passed and we didn’t pass anyone. We got up into Sims’ dust, but we couldn’t get close enough to pass him. We’re still in second. Justin has won six races so there is no catching him, so we’re looking for a pretty solid second.”

Monster Energy's Matt burroughs

Dragon Fire Racing’s Lacrecia Beurrier continued her competitive season, scoring a podium finish. She is doing her best to finish second in the title chase. Beurrier lives just one town away from Parker and considers this her home track.

Dragon Fire Racing's Lacrecia Beurrier secured yet another podium finish in the BITD UTV Production Class

“I can’t thank Polaris enough, as well as my husband and my son for their help,” said Beurrier. “The big news is that we’re going into the Turbo Class next year so watch out turbo guys. We came into this race just two points out of second in the championship. We don’t know how it’s going to fall; it’s really tight. It’s just going to come down to how many points I can get.”

The father and son team of Robby and Max Gordon competed in the UTV Production class. With Max at the wheel of the Arctic Cat Wildcat and Robby acting as navigator they finished an impressive 11th in class and 21st overall out of 59 entries.

Robby Gordon's 8 Year old son, Max Gordon, made history at the BITD Bluewater Desert Challenge by being the youngest racer to ever drive in the BITD Series

“It was probably the best race of my career,” said Max Gordon. “My dad is a pretty good navigator for the first time. I was dusted out a few times, and I got a flat in the rocks. It was a lot of fun. I like this track. It’s fun to go as fast as the car can go and just skip over the jumps. I want to keep doing this for a long time. It’s amazing to do well.”

Robby Gordon & Max Gordon celebrate finishing 11th & 21st Overall at the BITD Bluewater Desert Challenge

Robby Gordon was beaming with pride for his up-and-coming son. “To finish his first race without having any issues, crashes or drama is pretty awesome,” said Robby Gordon. “He drove smart. He’s just eight years old so for him to run 160 miles here in the Arizona desert is pretty awesome.”

BITD finishes out the season December 1-4 for the Pahrump Nugget 250 in Nevada.

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