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BEST
IN THE DESERT
UTV World Championship |
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Los Angeles, CA (4/27/2017)
- Christine “GZ” Giampoli Zonca, a veteran of
European rally racing, is driving a Can-Am X3
for Dynamic Off Road Racing in the Best in the
Desert Series. GZ made an impressive top ten
debut in the Pro Turbo class with co-driver,
Paul Kraus at the UTV World Championship in
Laughlin, NV.
GZ is a veteran rally racer who lives in
the Canary Islands. She has a degree in Motorsports
Engineering, has run her own mechanic shop
and has a long history of success in European
rally racing, including winning the 2016 Spanish
Rally Championship and experience in the World
Rally Championship. She was the first ever
driver on a female-only team to finish a WRC
race.
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Christine
“GZ” Giampoli Zonca & Luy Galan
join the Dynamic Off-Road Racing Team
at the BITD UTV World Championship |
Kraus found GZ through social media after
an exhaustive search for a professional driver
to anchor his three-car desert racing team.
Despite being sick, driving a brand new Can-Am
Maverick X3, a broken GPS, and with little
experience in desert racing, she managed a
top-10 finish in the grueling 160-mile race.
“We had been looking for a professional driver
for the team,” explained Kraus. “We are dedicated
to building a diverse team from many backgrounds
such as rally and motocross so by putting
this much money into a racing team we thought
it was important to have one person on the
team whose sole vocation is as a racing driver
and could be the centerpiece of the Dynamic
Racing brand. So we got her into the car and
had her go racing. It’s really the best job
interview you can do.”
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“GZ” Giampoli Zonca made an impressive
Best in the Desert Pro UTV Racing debut
by securing a Top Ten finish at the
UTV World Championship |
GZ will also race for the team in the upcoming
Vegas to Reno BITD race, the Baja 500, the
Baja 1000, as well as the balance of the BITD
season. She will also put her engineering
skills to use preparing the cars prior to
the races. Kraus was impressed with her debut
run.
“She got right into the car and she drove
very well,” said Kraus. “I think she was surprised
at how rough it got at the end of the race.
Also, our GPS wasn’t working so I had hand
drawn notes we were navigating from. She did
very well and was more conservative because
it was her first race. Give her a few more
races and she’ll be on the podium and winning
races”
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Christine
“GZ” Giampoli Zonca was driving teams
brand new Can-Am Mavaerick X3 at the
UTV World Championship |
Kraus had just taken delivery of the new
Can-Am maverick X3 from Buckshot Racing. Despite
showing only a few miles on the odometer prior
to the event, the car had few teething problems.
Kraus also fields a car for Jason Farrell
and Jeremiah Smith at the UTV World Championship
“The car had about 35 miles on it,” said
Kraus. “It was unproven, but we only had a
few little issues. It’s a very solid car,
we are extremely happy with the design.” “We
are building two more X3’s with Buckshot and
both will be ready for V2R”. “Christine will
be joined by her Rally co-Driver Luy Galan,
It’s a great transition of two phenomenal
drivers”
Dynamic Off Road Racing will now have just
over a month to prepare for the SCORE BAJA
500 when GZ will join the team once again
south of the border on June 3rd.
