Mickey Thomas Wins Terracross Championship Opener
Mystik Lubricants / ATVRiders.com Terracross Pro RZR Race Report

Mystic Lubricant's #44 Mickey Thomas Won the Teracross Championship Opening Round

Mickey Thomas got off to a top three start, but the early leader took himself out on the first lap, and Thomas made the pass on the other racer soon after to take over the front spot. Despite several restarts from wrecks on the technical track, Thomas held up under the pressure to secure the season opener win in the Terracross Pro RZR class.

Walker Evans Racing's #44 Mickey Thomas launches over the Mystic Mangler on his way to the Terracross Championship Pro RZR Win at Round One

“This was our first win in UTV this year,” said Thomas. “We’ve had bad luck all year in WORCS, so we are pleased to leave here in the points chase. The first race definitely played with my nerves with several restarts, which made it tough.”

The second round didn’t go at well for Thomas who spun out on the first lap after battling for the early lead, and at the midway point of the race, Thomas flipped his Polaris RZR, which sent him back to a tenth place finish. “In the second race, I was running on one axle and then I came over a jump sideways and flipped end over end,” said Thomas. “We’ll clean up the car, fix the axle and we’ll be ready for the next race in Minnesota.”

Method Race Wheels' Mickey Thomas is second in the Terracross Championship points after two rounds of Pro RZR racing

Despite his misfortune in round two, Thomas is currently second in the Terracross Championship points race just one point behind the points leader.

McFarland’s injury was enough to keep him sidelined for the rest of the weekend, so he tapped Sylvester, who was at the race as a spectator, to drive: “This was a really short weekend for me,” said McFarland. “We’re really glad Joey stepped in and got Mystik Lubricants and all our sponsors some exposure.”

Mystik Lubricant's Scott McFarland was sidelined from racing, but he stuck around to watch the racing action with his son, Joey.

With very little experience in UTV racing, Sylvester, who has raced everything from monster trucks to late dirt models, put in a spectacular effort in the first race, finishing eighth.. “I had been looking into Terracross for a while now,” said Sylvester, who won one Monster Jam World Title and holds two Guinness World Records for monster truck jumps in the “Bad Habit” truck. “I have a side by side at home, and Terracross has a great media package, so we just wanted to fill in and give the fans a good show.”

#42 Joey Sylvester finished 8th in Round One of the Terracross Championship after filling in for the injured, Scott McFarland

Mystik Lubricants/ATVRiders.com Mickey Thomas and Scott McFarland will back in action at the next double header weekend of the Terracross Championship on September 12-13th at Sno Barons Hay Days in North Branch, MN.