We lined up at 5:15 am... yah am... We had to be out early in the cold Nevada morning. UTV's left last in the first race. We lined up 2 at a time to race off the line every 30 seconds. 15 UTV's were here to race. This is our 2nd desert race and felt lucky to be 4th in the draw order. So we left in the second set of UTV's. We got a good start off the line and took 3rd position. We caught the 2nd place rhino just before the bridge just a mile or two into the race. It took a while to pass though since it was pretty much a 1 lane road. We made our way around between mile 10 and 20. The miles were flying by so it was hard to keep track of the miles exactly....We traveled over a very rocking cliff mountain, through huge nasty whoops and a dry lake bed... The dust and sun combination was so bad, we could bearly see our front bumper at times, we still pressed on at some spots 40 mph with no visibilty... Lots of different terrain, we even ran on a paved road right into a big silt bed.. we were behind a truck and when he jumped off the road it was like we were in powder, we could not see anything at all. We did not even know where the course was, I guess a GPS would have been helpful at a time like this!!! So we sat for almost 1 minute till the dust powder settled and continued on course. We were very eager to get through the course, we just wasted alot of time.... We passed jeeps, baja bugs and trucks.. it was way fun... The dry lake bed was my favorite since we got to open up for about 2 1/2 minutes at about 65mph, it was a nice change from all the dust and whoops we had been in for most of the course. After the lake bed a descent whoop section and then into the short stadium course for our last few miles. We took it in a enjoyed driving in front of the grand stands!!! We had a real fun day and ended up finishing our 73 mile race in 2 hours and 35 seconds!!! What a great day to finish the race... We were so happy!!! The podium was fun, i liked driving up... I had no idea what to say!!! Except thanks to everyone who made it possible for us to be there. We are so thank full and so giggly to be on the podium. What a great day and even better to be able to take home a 2nd place trophy to hang on the wall!!
I love desert racing and feel quite special to be able to drive such a nice car through the rugged terrain. Thanks to my husband and everyone who has helped get this car done!! Thanks Guys!!!
My pit crew is awesome, the sacrifice their time to go all the way to primm to help us... Thank you!!
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