Turbotexas wrote:
Everyone except the utv's were required to spend $130 dollars to "rent" an IRC unit! There belief was in the bigger buggies, if they went off a cliffside or turtled up, they could be found! I am glad they didn't require that extra cash from us, as it was more than I wanted to spend! The best solution to the situation we had was to have waited till the proper timers were available! Because we are a fledgling class, we didn't get the support we should have! Although 10 utv racers was pretty impressive compared to the 3 that the other race promoters here in Texas were able to muster up!
If we had started in order AND on time I would have had a fighting chance at having a strong finish in my first PRO race! If the pilot/stadium lite class is ever expected to grow, I need to show them we are very compatable and comparable to the full size UTV's! This was a well watched event in the desert race community and I expected to use the results to open many more doors for us!!!
hoser wrote:
Turbotexas wrote:
1frc wrote:
Sorry Charlie.. You only made 5 laps and I completed 6 laps.
No not really charlie! I only made 4.5 laps, as recorded by my gps! That's the whole issue I had saturday, nobody seemed to keep track of who did what! And I even cut thru the second pits after we got lost to inform them there were several racers who had gotten lost, and one who had no yellow! So I might not have even been given a credit for that lap??? I truly think they should have restarted the whole lot of us after three of us where lost, and one had no headlights or rear amber light! That is why I came forward and "protested" the outcome! This is why I was/am so mad!!!
How can anyone really say they won a race when such a bad job was done on scorekeeping! The guy they have winning it is the guy who wrecked on the first lap! Broiadslided intoi a fence in the first two miles? I never saw this but might have been why the dust was so heavy, and the one car was going so slow! She might have seen this and got spooked!
And the only way you caught me was because I was caught up behind here! If you remember uit was well aftewr we got lost and redirected before I decided it wasn't a race and headed to the start finish in protest!!! So sorry chartlie!!!
WTF sounds like Trackside needs to sell these people a scoring system and some transponders to keep track of you guys.
HAHa, Well you should have stuck arround a bit to do something about it. Without doing so you will only believe what you believe sir. Sometimes you have to suck it up and deal with the race officials like I did. I told you before i headed up there that you should do the same, without doing so you have no leg to stand on so to speak.
Now that all this crying and bitching is over with

,,,, I still had a great time and had an opportunity to meet alot of people as well as teach alot of people about our beloved Pilots. I am extremely pleased with my powerplant and its capabilities, just wish my rear shocks held up as well. I just shipped it back to ATV Racing. Now I need some wheel bearings. I will post more pics soon. Thanks again Turbo for allowing me to use your shocks when mine went tits up!
H - Where do you get your wheel bearings and by chance would you happen to have any apart numbers.