Talked with Doug over the last 3 nights and got updates on the 2009 Vegas to Reno 1000. After day three, Doug believes they were in the lead and won the race. He said it was one long three day 1000 mile event. Looks like the newly rebuilt quad handled great.
Congrats...
When he gets back, maybe he will give us a play by play.
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that sounds awesome, good luck doug
Very cool.
i hope he does awesome
Yep, we won by about 23 minutes over second place. We raced 996 miles over three days in 22 hours and 39 minutes. This is our first win in BITD and I could not think of a better race for it to happen in. I just got back today and I am beat. Give me a couple of days guys and I will write up a race recap.
Doug
Doug
Good news, congrats!
I really have to give Doug's team some serious credit. Not many people know how hard, logistically and financially a BITD race is, especially a 1000 mile one. I am jealous, picking up the 1st place trophy is not an easy task in the Expert class. Once again Congrats
congrats again Doug that is really awesome!
Thanks for all the congrat's guys. Here is the story, hope it is not to long!
What a race! This was our first multi day race, and I am glad BITD only has these every few years, I am still tired!
We had a great race; we won the Quad Expert Class! I could not think of a better race for us to get our first BITD win at.
The total mileage for the Vegas to Reno race was 996 miles. This was split up over three days. The first day we started second off the line and we were in the lead by mile 7. After that, we never looked back. Other then one flat tire the middle of the day, we ran trouble free. The course the first day was fast! Lots of graded roads. We ended the first day with about a 19 minute lead over second place (#421) and I not sure who was in third. We heard that the #416 quad broke a steering stem and the rider crashed and the quad tumbled end over end. The rider was fine, but I guess the quad was pretty beat up. They ended up being down about four hours fixing it.
Everyday after the finish, BITD gives you one hour of free time to work on your vehicle. You can work on it longer, but anything over the one hour gest added for your time fro the day. There is not much to do really, change the oil, check everything over, fix what broke. Well nothing broke the fist day, so we were done in about 45 minutes. The quad then goes into a impound area where is can not be touched until the next morning.
The second day we actually had to work to hold out lead. The #421 team was on our butts all day. Every pit stop they were only about a minute behind us, they actually were in the lead on corrected time. We had a front flat early on and a rear flat later that day, that was our only real problems. The second day was a lot rougher then the first. We finally put a little time on the #421 team as they had some tire problems also. I think we ended up finishing about two minutes ahead of them, extending our lead to about 21 minutes. The real surprise was the #416 team; we only beat them on the day by about 20 seconds! We did not even see them all day, but because they started way in the back due to the down time the day before, they almost got us on corrected time. We felt really good going into day three, but we knew we still had to be on our toes.
The work area was pretty much the same as yesterday, do the usual stuff and look over the quad. The only thing extra today was swap out the swingarm skid plate, it was pretty much destroyed from all the rocks. I was actually pressed up into the linkage and was limiting the droop of the rear suspension. I had a spare so we swapped it out. Quad went back into impound for the night.
Third day was pretty much like the second, rough but a little more high speed stuff. We had a team meeting and decided that if the #416 team wanted by us let them go, they were over four hours down, so there was no reason to fight them. Our whole goal for the last day was just to survive! This day a lot of the pits were remote, so all of us had to ride 80 something mile sections. I rode a 35 mile section in the morning; this is where the #416 quad passed us. I came into pit 2 to change riders and fuel the quad. My teammate went to fuel the quad and when he stuck the dry break probe into the tank, fuel went everywhere. I got a nice fuel bath. (The #421 team actually got our stop on video, should be up on YouTube sometime this week.) The probe actually broke, but we were able to get the quad fully fueled and my teammate took off still in second place after the #416 quad. If that was the worst thing we had happen the entire race, I was fine with that!
This is when we had to start riding long sections. My teammate had a front flat on the way to pit 3, and we forgot to put spare tires in the chase truck that went to pit 3! Lucky for us, Wayne Matlock’s guys were still there packing up and they let us borrow a tire and helped us change it. (Thanks Wayne and team!) Somewhere in this section the #421 quad got by us, so we were in third, but we still had that 21 minute lead over them, so we knew we just had to finish close to them and we would still get the win.
All three quads were really close together, in fact, all three left pit 6 at the same time! I was waiting for the quad at pit 7 to ride to the finish. We ended up getting by the #416 quad, but #421 was still in front of us. #421 came into pit 7 with a rear flat, and we were probably a minute behind him, but we had a front flat! We ended up getting it changed and got out of the pit in the lead again! (Thanks to the guys that helped out that were pitted next to us!) I just put my head down and rode as hard as I could to pit 8. In pit 8, I just needed a little fuel to get to the finish. My pit crew had me out fast and I kept the lead. About 10 miles out of pit 8, there was a 180 degree turn and as I made the turn, the #416 quad was right behind me. I thought about letting him by, but I knew the next 10 miles was high speed and I did not want to eat dust, so I twisted that throttle has hard as I could! After all the high speed stuff you come over a big mountain range. This section of the course is real rocky, so instead of risking a flat or other damage in the rocks, I just picked my way through it and let the #416 team go by. We still had them by over four hours on corrected time, and I did not want to throw the race away because I was racing someone I did not have to.
I picked my way carefully through all the rocks, all the while looking for the #421 quad. I never saw them. We ended up finishing about 5 minutes after the #416 bike and ended up adding another two minutes to our lead over the #421 quad. So we won by 23 minutes over second and almost four hours over third! I was just happy we made it!
I really need to thank everyone who made our win possible. From my wife putting up with me before and during the race, to my teammates who rode with me, and all of our pit crews, we could not have done any of this without them! Also my sponsors that helped us: Ed over at Teixeira tech, Toby and Jon at Moto-Xperts, Nate at Dirt Tricks, Juan and Kiel at Snail Motorsports, Douglas wheels, and IMS products. Thanks to all of you! The quad did not have one single problem. The Teixeira Tech/Motowoz suspension is by far the best I have ever ridden on, it saved my butt a few times! I also really enjoyed racing the #421 and #416 teams, we had a blast!
Our next race is less then 5 weeks away (Silver State 300 on Sept 26.) So I have a lot of work to do to get the quad race ready again. It should not be too bad though, knowing that the quad got us our first win in the longest desert race in the United States!
Doug
What a race! This was our first multi day race, and I am glad BITD only has these every few years, I am still tired!
We had a great race; we won the Quad Expert Class! I could not think of a better race for us to get our first BITD win at.
The total mileage for the Vegas to Reno race was 996 miles. This was split up over three days. The first day we started second off the line and we were in the lead by mile 7. After that, we never looked back. Other then one flat tire the middle of the day, we ran trouble free. The course the first day was fast! Lots of graded roads. We ended the first day with about a 19 minute lead over second place (#421) and I not sure who was in third. We heard that the #416 quad broke a steering stem and the rider crashed and the quad tumbled end over end. The rider was fine, but I guess the quad was pretty beat up. They ended up being down about four hours fixing it.
Everyday after the finish, BITD gives you one hour of free time to work on your vehicle. You can work on it longer, but anything over the one hour gest added for your time fro the day. There is not much to do really, change the oil, check everything over, fix what broke. Well nothing broke the fist day, so we were done in about 45 minutes. The quad then goes into a impound area where is can not be touched until the next morning.
The second day we actually had to work to hold out lead. The #421 team was on our butts all day. Every pit stop they were only about a minute behind us, they actually were in the lead on corrected time. We had a front flat early on and a rear flat later that day, that was our only real problems. The second day was a lot rougher then the first. We finally put a little time on the #421 team as they had some tire problems also. I think we ended up finishing about two minutes ahead of them, extending our lead to about 21 minutes. The real surprise was the #416 team; we only beat them on the day by about 20 seconds! We did not even see them all day, but because they started way in the back due to the down time the day before, they almost got us on corrected time. We felt really good going into day three, but we knew we still had to be on our toes.
The work area was pretty much the same as yesterday, do the usual stuff and look over the quad. The only thing extra today was swap out the swingarm skid plate, it was pretty much destroyed from all the rocks. I was actually pressed up into the linkage and was limiting the droop of the rear suspension. I had a spare so we swapped it out. Quad went back into impound for the night.
Third day was pretty much like the second, rough but a little more high speed stuff. We had a team meeting and decided that if the #416 team wanted by us let them go, they were over four hours down, so there was no reason to fight them. Our whole goal for the last day was just to survive! This day a lot of the pits were remote, so all of us had to ride 80 something mile sections. I rode a 35 mile section in the morning; this is where the #416 quad passed us. I came into pit 2 to change riders and fuel the quad. My teammate went to fuel the quad and when he stuck the dry break probe into the tank, fuel went everywhere. I got a nice fuel bath. (The #421 team actually got our stop on video, should be up on YouTube sometime this week.) The probe actually broke, but we were able to get the quad fully fueled and my teammate took off still in second place after the #416 quad. If that was the worst thing we had happen the entire race, I was fine with that!
This is when we had to start riding long sections. My teammate had a front flat on the way to pit 3, and we forgot to put spare tires in the chase truck that went to pit 3! Lucky for us, Wayne Matlock’s guys were still there packing up and they let us borrow a tire and helped us change it. (Thanks Wayne and team!) Somewhere in this section the #421 quad got by us, so we were in third, but we still had that 21 minute lead over them, so we knew we just had to finish close to them and we would still get the win.
All three quads were really close together, in fact, all three left pit 6 at the same time! I was waiting for the quad at pit 7 to ride to the finish. We ended up getting by the #416 quad, but #421 was still in front of us. #421 came into pit 7 with a rear flat, and we were probably a minute behind him, but we had a front flat! We ended up getting it changed and got out of the pit in the lead again! (Thanks to the guys that helped out that were pitted next to us!) I just put my head down and rode as hard as I could to pit 8. In pit 8, I just needed a little fuel to get to the finish. My pit crew had me out fast and I kept the lead. About 10 miles out of pit 8, there was a 180 degree turn and as I made the turn, the #416 quad was right behind me. I thought about letting him by, but I knew the next 10 miles was high speed and I did not want to eat dust, so I twisted that throttle has hard as I could! After all the high speed stuff you come over a big mountain range. This section of the course is real rocky, so instead of risking a flat or other damage in the rocks, I just picked my way through it and let the #416 team go by. We still had them by over four hours on corrected time, and I did not want to throw the race away because I was racing someone I did not have to.
I picked my way carefully through all the rocks, all the while looking for the #421 quad. I never saw them. We ended up finishing about 5 minutes after the #416 bike and ended up adding another two minutes to our lead over the #421 quad. So we won by 23 minutes over second and almost four hours over third! I was just happy we made it!
I really need to thank everyone who made our win possible. From my wife putting up with me before and during the race, to my teammates who rode with me, and all of our pit crews, we could not have done any of this without them! Also my sponsors that helped us: Ed over at Teixeira tech, Toby and Jon at Moto-Xperts, Nate at Dirt Tricks, Juan and Kiel at Snail Motorsports, Douglas wheels, and IMS products. Thanks to all of you! The quad did not have one single problem. The Teixeira Tech/Motowoz suspension is by far the best I have ever ridden on, it saved my butt a few times! I also really enjoyed racing the #421 and #416 teams, we had a blast!
Our next race is less then 5 weeks away (Silver State 300 on Sept 26.) So I have a lot of work to do to get the quad race ready again. It should not be too bad though, knowing that the quad got us our first win in the longest desert race in the United States!
Doug
nice write up 
nice write up doug!!
congrats!
congrats!
Nice very nice !!! 
Nice Write up and congrats on the win keep it up
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