Monday, May 11, 2009

Bluewater Gran Prix Parker, AZ

Custom Creations race team had another thrilling weekend. May 9th and 10th BITD held the Bluewater GP in Parker, AZ.Taking home the 1st place victory for UTV Pro.
The weekend started out great... pits on the river, lot's great racers and spectators enthusiasm was in the air. The race community took over the Bluewater Hotel and Casino, quads, motorcycle and UTV's everywhere in the parking lot.


First of all I would like to say... BITD races are really the Best in the Desert.. Casey really lives up to his name! And Cory UTVRA great job for teching all those cars in 106 degrees!!
We brought our trusty pink Kawasaki Teryx for another battle with the Pro UTV Class. We decided not pre-run the course so the terrain was bran new and exciting the first lap, we chose to keep our car fresh and get our last minute prepping done.
The race started just after 3pm, and it was hot over 100 degrees in a firesuit and helmet, no one cared the adrenaline was pumping. The start of the race was so exciting we got the holeshot,
what a great start! This set the pace for a fast first lap; proving we could stay out front. The car was handling great throughout the course. It was a real technical course lots of turn, u-turns, a big water crossing , a garage entrance, rocky high speed areas, silt sand, downhill, road crossings and some large whoops that just fell out of under you... By the third lap we started slowing the pace down, we had radio problems the whole race so it was real hard to communicate. Just after lap 3 we lost all brakes... they must have gotten boiling hot from all the hard braking into the corners. It probably wasn't so helpful being 106 degrees outside. By this time our team was 4 minutes and 54 seconds in front of the second place car. We felt good slowing the pace just a bit. We finished our 61 mile race in 2 hours and 4 minutes, leading 2nd place by 3 minutes and 3rd place by 10 minutes. All in all we had a great day, yet again proving our team and making our sponsors proud.

Thanks to everyone who got us out here.. My mom and dad
especially mom for spending mother's day with us in the heat...
Custom Creations, Kawasaki, Montclair Motorsports, Web Cam, OMF Beadlocks, Cp Pistons, Sway Away PRP Seats, B&B Powdercoating...all our sponsors are great! Thank you from the bottom of our hearts!

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