Holland, MI (12/9/2016)
- RT Pro’s Logan Gastel got a last-minute
call from a teammate to enter the Pahrump
Nugget 250 to help boost car count. With less
than 24 hours to spare, Gastel took the start,
which kept him ninth in the Best in the Desert
Turbo Points Championship.
“We didn’t initially plan to race in Pahrump
due to the points,” said Gastel. “We had planned
to take off that race and focus on building
our new car for 2017. Unfortunately, Friday
night we heard from our teammates that the
car count was too low for them to get enough
points for the championship. So we loaded
up the car and headed to Pahrump. Unfortunately,
we only made it to pit one.”
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| RT
Pro's Logan Gastel finished Ninth in
the BITD Pro Turbo UTV Class Championship |
Looking back on the season, Gastel continues
to be impressed by his RT Pro suspension,
chassis and steering components. Many of the
parts are still being used, even after an
entire season desert racing miles.
“We have over 1,500 miles on our turbo car
this year with most of the original stuff
we started with,” said Gastel. “We changed
some things because of revisions that Andy
made. The steering components and everything
else has worked flawless for us.
“RT Pro has been great for us,” added Gastel.
“To help those guys develop their long travel
suspension and chassis components for the
Can-Am Maverick has been a true honor for
us. Working with Andy and RT Pro has been
great. You would think being so far away and
having to explain things over the phone that
you wouldn’t get what you needed, but they’ve
always over-performed.”
Gastel has big plans for 2017 and looks to
have one of the top cars in the Pro Turbo
class. He’ll unveil a new Can-Am X3 at the
season opener.
“We definitely need a fresh start,” said
Gastel. “We’ve signed a multi-year contract
with Can-Am to race the X3 beginning next
year. The car is super fast right out of the
box and we’re looking forward to some great
results.”
Gastel and his new Can-Am X3 will be ready
for action as BITD kicks off its 2017 season
January 6-7 in Parker, AZ.
