BEST IN THE DESERT Parker 250 UTV Race January 7, 2017

In Production 1900, Lewis Chamberland and Dean Horne won the class for car owner Robert Beauchat in the #1951 Suspended Fabrication Polaris. Chamberland is a 15-year veteran of BITD competition in nearly every class and he is also a desert racing instructor. He competed to allow Beauchat to stay in the points while he is in Iraq. Russell Griffin and George Felix rounded out the top three.

Lewis Chamberland & Dean Horne drove Robert Beauchat's Polaris RZR to the Production 1000 UTV victory at the BITD Parker 250

“We had a fantastic clean day today,” said Chamberland. “We couldn’t ask for more from the whole crew. We didn’t have to get out of the car once today. We’re filling in for Robert to help him keep points while he’s over in Iraq working on drones. This is fantastic. Dean was telling me this was the first time his car has led. Dean and I are high school friends who ended up going into business together. So this is like a dream come true for us.”

Russell Griffin finished second in the Production 1900 class, followed by George Felix less than 15 seconds behind to round out the top three.

#1958 George Felix rounded out the top three in the UTV Production 1000 Class at the Parker 250

In Unlimited UTV Class, Sheldon Creed and Steve Kendall won the class in the new Arctic Cat Wildcat X being developed for competition by off road legend Robby Gordon. They plan to compete in the entire season in the new ride.

Arctic Cat's Sheldon Creed drove a prototype Wildcat to victory lane at the BITD Season Opener in the UTV Unlimited Class

“Today was a really good day,” said Creed. “The Arctic Cat has come a long way since we were introduced to it. Robby Gordon has done a great job with it. We’re planning to do the whole season and we hope things go as smoothly as they did today. The course was fast, rough and rocky. It had it all.”

S3 Racing’s Mal Sneed finished in the second spot in the Unlimited class, and finished an impressive 8th overall, and the 8 year old, Max Gordon finished in third with another impressive top 20 overall finish and third in the Unlimited class.

S3 Racing's Mal Sneed scored an impressive 8th overall & finished 2nd in the Unlimited UTV Class

The next BITD race is the legendary Mint 400, being held March 2-5 in the desert surrounding Las Vegas, and the start of the race will not be the same with Casey Folks creating each racer at the start and finish of the race.

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