I understand where you are coming from. I was referring to the unlimited UTV's that have 20K motors not the SR1 cars. I strongly support any class that promotes a rule book that brings cars to the track.
I personally will not be racing Lucas in current UTV as I have a car in development based on the car I raced last year in the unlimited pro class and won with. It is also bike motor based, will be 2 seat, and all in solid works just like "Nessie". Every tube is CNC bent and notched which makes repairs in racing much cheaper. I was told that if we get 3 cars together, Lucas will let us run a promotional race. Get five and we will have a class. For short course I will be racing one of my cars along with the 8 orders we currently have for them. I like the UTV's but I like many are tired of spending class 1 money on a UTV. For less $$ done right from the beginning we can have an engineered car that is capable of more and is much cheaper to fix than a UTV motor. You saw the prototype at Saboba. Shad was driving it. They would not let us compete even though redline revolts etc were allowed. We started in row five and by the end of the second lap we were in 6th and closing. Because we were there for fun we backed off and took it to the pits after we had enough testing on our current changes. Nothing broke. I am doing everything I can to promote racing as the car will have a "builder kit" that comes in a box and allows the home racer to weld it up in their garage. Here are pics of the prototype that is rhino based including the weller SR1 drive system and rhino long travel.
I am not saying we need a "stock" class as we all know there are not many people bringing stock rides out anymore. Anyone with a background in racing, especially desert racing, knows that classes are formed as the unlmited cars get faster. How many classes were there in the 1980 Baja 1000? As we realize that technology and cars go faster, new classes are formed to allow all the "class 1" cars of a couple years ago to keep racing, which became "class 12" etc. When I was a kid beam cars with porsche motors were the fastest thing out there, now they are a beginner class.
Joey, I completely agree with your comment on the economy, and how many people like dnf736 gave up on UTV racing because the UTV class is no longer an entry class. Now if you don't spend 20K on a motor, you can't come race. I have some serious $$ in my Teryx and $$ is not an issue to me. I do have a lot of friends with race built rhinos etc that were racing 5 years ago and now they are collecting dust as they are no longer competative and the industry has moved on to faster things. UTV's have been around over a decade now, when are we going to make the first separation in UTV classes to allow the full built race cars in the garages of many racers to come out and race again. I am not saying a stock class is needed, just the first "class 12" in UTV's so we don't limit our industry to only those with "class 1" money to build a new race car every couple years.
I think this is more evident in the desert but I keep seeing it in shourt course just like dnf736 said and I hate to see the rules make all the cars of a couple years ago obsolete. It is good to see a place where all the technology and fast UTV's can come race short course. Hopefully the attrition does not happen in the desert.
Best of luck to the industry and I support all the racers. I also need a sticker for my Teryx as we will be racing the whole BITD season. Any trick to getting one?
