Daisy Duke Of Off Road Racing

Danielle Weatherly Lucas Oil Regional mid season recap.

Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Regional Series Southern California.

Round 1: This was my very first Lucas Oil Regional Race so I was a little nervous. I qualified 3rd out of 11 people so I was pretty excited about that. I started on the pole, was doing great and holding position for the first lap and then got passed by Kayla Smith and Tommy Scranton. I was able to hold my 3rd place position for the rest of the race. The guy in 4th was trying to make moves but was unable to pass me and ended up breaking down. We had out a gap between us and the rest of the cars so when that happened I was able to relax a bit and finish out with a 3rd place podium.

Round 2: The unlimited class was grouped with the 900 class for this round as well as round 3. The unlimited class started in the back of the pack, with about 20 cars total on the track for the race. By the half way mark of the race I physically made my way up to 5th place & 3rd in my class. With two laps to go my belt blew, and luckily I was in a spot where I could safely pull off and watch the rest of the race from the sidelines.

Round 3: We were able to put a brand new belt on my RZR the night before and checked everything on the car to make sure it was running great. I went out in qualifying and with in a couple seconds of being on the track my belt blew again! I got towed off the track and unfortunately wasn’t able to qualify so I was going to have to start dead last. With the help of Randy and Rod Anderson we were able to fix my RZR and find out the reason that my belt kept breaking so by the time my race came I was ready to go. Green flag waved and I was feeling great, and then I got spun out by a competitor and flew off of the track putting me back into last place as well as loosing so time from my class. I made my way back up to 6th place out of 11 and was battling for 5th for about a lap and a half when the checked flag came out with me finishing in 6th.