Positive post on Race Desert for UTV's - need your help!

[crdesigns]

Matt i wonder if a hearing aid would work through a helmet. Utv racers if you are having troubles seeing through your mirrors, a good solution to that is installing a reverse camera on your roof with a monitor in your cockpit for you to view. Robby gordon and jaun carlos lopez run them in the rpm vehicles. They run the actual ones used on a cat heavy machinery but one that heavy duty is not required. They are pretty resonable on ebay.

[Ignore Amos]

Matt and Chad...ok if Im the only one that doesn't hear your horn (s)...fine..I must be deaf...If Im the only one that doesnt see the TT/C1 comeing up on me in my own dust this last race...fine. Just remember your racing against somebody deaf and blind.

[Bajaxp]

Originally Posted by Ignore Amos

Matt and Chad...ok if Im the only one that doesn't hear your horn (s)...fine..I must be deaf...If Im the only one that doesnt see the TT/C1 comeing up on me in my own dust this last race...fine. Just remember your racing against somebody deaf and blind.

Hahaha...Michael, we love you and are just messing with you (but you ARE deaf and blind...haha). UTV racers are the best. But teasing is fair game with this crew right? Remember when JXBS presented Cory with a Dennison's canned ham? Now that was funny! BTW if you don't have thick skin in the JX camp you will die... Team doctor, tactictician, and mechanic Blake VdPoo literally will take you apart if you are not on your game. UTV racers are the best! Woot...woot!

V2R is next Vatos and my luck has to change!!!

[the stripping shop]

positive note if you went off times of 1900 top 5 finishers and averaged that time we should be some were around 8000 and 6000 race vehicles. and both those class got to do 3 laps at the mint 400. So i say bring it let us start mid pack of classes So we can race with you guys. Ex parker 450 screw the 250 sorry i ment the 150 for us 1900 guys. i want to be in the big races cost the same and we get more miles.

[dmurray]

It is fun racing with the other classes. Keeps it exciting. Sometimes you get on the open roads, and no one for miles. Kind of gets old. Way more fun when your hunting down other classes kind of like the Mint! Besides, then we dont have to be up at pitch dark thirty... And could be safer in the long run? Then again having TT coming up on us will make us drive faster

[tjof1959]

Matt, Just signed up for RDC so I can get my 2 cents in. WOW they completly missed the point and used your post as a whining pole. I was in a RZR 800 this year and managed to finish well in front of the TT's.

No matter what we are screwed, if we started in the back a TT will complain that they broke down, got fixed and then had to pass a UTV. Last year BJ caught us at mile 285 in a fast section there was no problems, on the lake bed a 1500 showed himself in my mirror I waved and he went down wind on us no problems.

Are there safty issues...sure...just has much if a TT came up on a 1000. Are they saying the blue lights are not enough?

I love UTV racing because that is what I can afford...I sure hope this does not affect V2R.

[jaggedx]

Looking through the class 10 rules and I think our cars will pass!
Ha ha, What would happen if the whole UTV class entered one race in class ten Ha ha talk about some drama on RC LOL!

BS JX

[noceros]

Great thread, a lot of good ideas.
We raced the mint (our 1st ) got nerfed by a koh numbered trophy truck (pre running). We were doing about 50 - about sh-- my pants also took off my rr fender ( the a$$hole) he hit the horn after (I don't think he saw us) it was dusty & tight. later I pulled over for a buggy & he rubbed his big-ass tires on my left side (there goes the left fender (now it's 300.00 to fix) . I noticed a lot of buggies we passed didn't have any mirrors.
We're hoping to race vtr we should hit about 95 mph, if we get nerfed at that speed (may take up golfing- got the car just need clubs). building a big bumper right now. The only time I got nervous was after the truck passed us - had to stop (to much dust) - afraid of getting hit in the rear.
Was talking to a customer of mine, he raced the mint on a dirt bike in the 70's was nerfed by Parnelli Jones threw him off his bike out in the middle of nowhere, said Parnelli was just plain mean.
I fear whats coming up from behind only because of the weight difference.

[the stripping shop]

Originally Posted by jaggedx

Looking through the class 10 rules and I think our cars will pass!
Ha ha, What would happen if the whole UTV class entered one race in class ten Ha ha talk about some drama on RC LOL!

BS JX

now thats what iam talking about. i think bill's car should be the guinea pig

[UTV Racing Association]

I have been racing off road for over 30 years and in a UTV for the last 7 years. I have never been hit hard from behind. My father started off road racing in the 60's, when the sport was born. It is has always been a rule that off road racers show mutual respect when passing, whether you are racing a TT truck, buggie, UTV, motorcycle or quad. At any given race any one of these vehicles could pass another regardless of where they start. It is absolutely reckless and irresponsible for any class of off-road vehicle to run blind through the dust and plow another competitor. We as off road racers must not put winning the race over the safety of our fellow competitors, it is not worth it. There is no one class that is "special" we are all equal!!! It is the reasonability of the co driver/navigator to constantly check their mirrors, especially on high speed sections. Let’s all stop whining about having to pass slower vehicles and take reasonability for our actions and the safety of our fellow competitors. Slowing down to pass in the dust safely is no different then stopping to help a injured racer, if you are not willing to do either one of these, than please go find another sport, don't let your EGO ruin the sport I LOVE. After the entire only thing we are racing for, is the LOVE OF THE SPORT AND BRAGGING RIGHTS!!!
UTV racers we are receiving all the same respect that the other classes receive, if you are expecting something more it is not there. There is no less respect for our class that any other, maybe a few more sarcastic comments, but no less respect.
I believe that there are two things we can do to increase the safety when it comes to passing; 1 Every race vehicle should have a front LED amber light. 2 All classes that have a blue light should have a momentary off button that will allow the co driver to flash the blue light, this will be a universal signal to the vehicle behind, that the front vehicle has seen them and will be moving out of the way.
I am Cory Sappington and I endorse this message