Cognito Goes Racing! Vegas to Reno 2011, 550 miles!
Cognito geared up for this event with 8 guys on the team, 4 of which were scheduled to drive/co-drive; Lambert, Rogerson, Sheakley, and Staggs. A lot of preparation is involved in a race of this nature, and since this was our first V2R, we were a little leery of the unknown. Its 550 miles, last year's winners took 14 hours to complete the race, we expected a beast that would not be tame. Our goal, was to simply finish! We felt prepared with Cognito suspension and Fox Racing Shox rolling on ITP beadlock wheels and ITP BajaCross tires. Summers Brothers Racing axles were there to transfer power from the K&N filtered engine, and Rigid Industries lighting for safety during the day and to light up the night.
The Cognito Motorsports Teryx left the start line 15th with Lambert as pilot and Sheakley co-pilot, the first leg of this race went pretty smooth, we later learned that by pit 4 we were running 2nd place in elapsed time. At pit 4, 159 miles or so in, we made a pilot/co-pilot swap and off went Staggs and Rogerson making great time to pit 5. As the day heated up, and the miles piled on top of each other, so did our problems. The Teryx suffered fuel delivery problems but finally made it to Pit 6 where the Cognito support team went to work changing parts to get back on the road at a faster pace. We were off again, with the feeling that we had beat our gremlins and were on our way to fulfilling our goal, to finish in Reno!
The course was rough since the big cars and trucks had now passed us and tore up the course, the bottom of the car was taking a beating along with the wheels and tires. 7 miles from pit 9, 307.5 miles into the race, we lost the engine. Our race was over, but we felt a sense of accomplishment. It is a feat to just get prepared and make to this race put on by Best In The Desert. Heck we made it further than half the field, and further than half the monster course. On the way home from Reno, we were already planning for next year!
Cognito would like to thank the following Pit support crew and drivers included: Justin Lambert, Chad Troxler, Jim Neasbitt, Keenan Rogerson, Gary Rogerson, Jeremiah Staggs, Casey Fillipi and Justin Sheakley.
Thank you to Best In The Desert for organizing a professional, well planned and executed event.
Big thanks to our sponsors Fox Racing Shox, ITP Tires and Wheels, Summers Brothers Racing, Rigid Industries lighting, K&N filters, and Joes Racing products.
More photos here
Cognito geared up for this event with 8 guys on the team, 4 of which were scheduled to drive/co-drive; Lambert, Rogerson, Sheakley, and Staggs. A lot of preparation is involved in a race of this nature, and since this was our first V2R, we were a little leery of the unknown. Its 550 miles, last year's winners took 14 hours to complete the race, we expected a beast that would not be tame. Our goal, was to simply finish! We felt prepared with Cognito suspension and Fox Racing Shox rolling on ITP beadlock wheels and ITP BajaCross tires. Summers Brothers Racing axles were there to transfer power from the K&N filtered engine, and Rigid Industries lighting for safety during the day and to light up the night.
The Cognito Motorsports Teryx left the start line 15th with Lambert as pilot and Sheakley co-pilot, the first leg of this race went pretty smooth, we later learned that by pit 4 we were running 2nd place in elapsed time. At pit 4, 159 miles or so in, we made a pilot/co-pilot swap and off went Staggs and Rogerson making great time to pit 5. As the day heated up, and the miles piled on top of each other, so did our problems. The Teryx suffered fuel delivery problems but finally made it to Pit 6 where the Cognito support team went to work changing parts to get back on the road at a faster pace. We were off again, with the feeling that we had beat our gremlins and were on our way to fulfilling our goal, to finish in Reno!
The course was rough since the big cars and trucks had now passed us and tore up the course, the bottom of the car was taking a beating along with the wheels and tires. 7 miles from pit 9, 307.5 miles into the race, we lost the engine. Our race was over, but we felt a sense of accomplishment. It is a feat to just get prepared and make to this race put on by Best In The Desert. Heck we made it further than half the field, and further than half the monster course. On the way home from Reno, we were already planning for next year!
Cognito would like to thank the following Pit support crew and drivers included: Justin Lambert, Chad Troxler, Jim Neasbitt, Keenan Rogerson, Gary Rogerson, Jeremiah Staggs, Casey Fillipi and Justin Sheakley.
Thank you to Best In The Desert for organizing a professional, well planned and executed event.
Big thanks to our sponsors Fox Racing Shox, ITP Tires and Wheels, Summers Brothers Racing, Rigid Industries lighting, K&N filters, and Joes Racing products.
More photos here
