BEST IN THE DESERT Series Silver State 300 ATV Race May 3, 2014

There was quite a battle in the Quad Expert class and the time difference at the finish line came down to just a matter of seconds with the #425 Yamaha Raptor, piloted by Paul Engen, Dustin Tanguay and Greg Ochoa taking the win with a time of 6:48:48. “We were really moving out there, and did the best we could. We had some issues, the quad caught on fire in the pits and we had an oil leak, but we made it,” said Engen, with a sigh of relief.

The three man team of Paul Engen, Dustin Tanguay & Greg Ochoa won the Quad Expert Class despite their ATV catching on fire & having an oil leak!

The # 421 Quad Expert team, of brothers Michael Zelenka and John Zelenka, from New Jersey, and Adam Barnes from Phoenix, AZ claimed a close second place with a time of 6:49:08, just twenty seconds behind the leaders.

The 421 team of Michael Zelenka, John Zelenka & Adam Barns encounter some overheating issues due to the 100+ degree weather

“I could have come in about five minutes faster, but our quad was starting to overheat and I didn’t want to fry the engine, so we just took it easy and made it to the finish,” said Mike Zelenka.

The 421 team took it easy towards the end of the race to still finish second place

The #415 team of Gilbert Davila and Quinn Harrison claimed third in the Quad expert class, fourteen minutes off of first and second places.

Round number six of the 2014 BITD series will head to Las Vegas on August 14-16 for the legendary Vegas to Reno run.

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