Holland, MI (10/14/2016)
- RT Pro’s Logan Gastel was charging his way
into the top five when he was involved in
a hard crash during the Best in the Desert
Bluewater Desert Challenge UTV Turbo Class
event in Parker, AZ. The two-day event was
the penultimate race of the season.
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| RT
Pro's Logan Gastel made the pass into
the top five before hit a square edge
in the dust, which sent him flipping
& eventually out of the race |
Logan Gastel started 14th on day one and
charged all the way to seventh. Continuing
his fast climb through the field on day two,
Gastel’s hit a square edge in the whoops,
which sent him flipping several times. Gastel
repaired the car, but a bearing issue took
him out of contention.
“The Maverick ran great and everything felt
great,” said Gastel. “We were pushing pretty
hard in the dust, probably harder than we
should have. The trucks really tore up the
course. Around mile seven, we hit a really
deep whoop and we rolled three times. We ripped
the front of the car off. We put it back together,
then on mile 19 a bearing that was damaged
in the crash came apart in the rear end. The
rear wheels were ready to come off, which
ended our day.”
Gastel was amazed at how his RT Pro chassis
and components performed in the crash. “We
were doing 50 mph when we flipped and our
chassis held together perfectly,” said Gastel.
“We didn’t bend the A-arms. It’s pretty impressive
that those components are intact after violent
impact like that. In the four years I’ve been
racing, this is the worst crash I’ve been
involved in.”
Gastel will be back in action as the series
heads back to Nevada December 1-4 for the
Pahrump Nugget 250 where he and his RT Pro
Can-Am will look to rebound from a difficult
weekend.
