2015 RMURA Round #1 - Valley Dirt Riders MX Berthoud, CO May 16, 2015
This Weekend - Round 2 - June 13th - CORE

Rocky Mountain UTV Racing Series - Expert Podium (left to right) Brian Fisher (3rd), Dwight Hughes (1st), Chris Deshon (2nd)

The second round of the RMURA racing series was held at CORE located just about an hour east of Denver. Heavy rain moved in during the week, which cancelled practiced on Friday, but the sun came out and the track came around by Saturday morning, which made for near perfect SxS / ATV racing condtions over the modified five mile course layout carved out of the 20-mile circuit known for its desert, motocross and technical sections.

SxS Racers gathered around for the drivers meeting before the start of Round 2 of the Rocky Mountain UTV Racing Series

For Dwight Hughes, this is his first year of SxS Racing, and after winning the opening round of the RMURA series in the SxS Sportsman 1000 class, he made the jump up to the Expert 1000 class for round two, and he once again claimed the top spot on the podium after getting off the line in a second place start on the front row.

RMR's #037 Dwight Hughes took over the lead after a couple laps

After chasing after the leader several laps, Hughes inherited the lead when the leader pitted for fuel. “I just went out, had fun, and we were cruising. I just stayed with him, he pulled off and I took the lead. It was a great race. I had a lot of fun,” said Hughes.

“It was a good track,” added Hughes. “There was a little bit of everything: short track, motocross and desert. I’m looking forward to racing in the next round closer to home in Grand Junction”

Dwight Hughes held on to claim his first Expert SxS Class Win & his second win of the season in the Rocky Mountain UTV Racing Series

Hughes credited RCR Performance Parts for the victory. The crew from RCR was at the track during the weekend. “This made for a couple of good wins,” said Hughes. “I couldn’t have done this if it wasn’t for RCR.”

Round one expert class winner, Chris Deshon, grabbed the holeshot from the first of the three-row 12-car start, but he started to run out of fuel after three laps, so he had to make a pit stop and handed the lead and eventual victory over to Hughes.

#951 Chris Deshon grabbed the RMURA Expert SXS Class Holeshot

Deshon took the blame for running out of fuel late in the race. “I thought it was full, but it wasn’t completely topped up,” said Deshon. “We led from the start, but on lap three, the car started sputtering for fuel, so we stopped to put fuel in. With two to go, I tried to chase him down, but there just wasn’t enough time. We won’t make that mistake again.”

#951 Chris Deshon recovered from a fuel issue to claim the 2nd spot

Deshon isn’t new to racing and won the championship at the Lucas series in 2014, but he is excited to closer to home in the new Rocky Mountain UTV Racing Association series. “This is just easier for us. We don’t have to drive eight hours to Utah every weekend, so racing in this series is very convenient.”

Fisher climbed through the field after starting last, and then nursed his machine home after breaking an axle. “I ended up last at the start,” said Fisher. “Luckily everyone took the step-up well, so we just rolled with it. After one lap, I was able to get past some people. I lost an axle halfway through the race. I pulled into the pits, they jerked the axle out and told me to keep going. All the right hand turns were a little slower than the left hand turns.”

Brian Fisher rounded out the top three in the Expert SxS Class

Fisher said he’d definitely be back. “I saw this on Facebook,” said Fisher. “It’s local, so we gave it a shot. We had a lot of fun today.”

Mitch Ray and John Cianci rounded out the top five in the RMURA Expert 100 SxS Class at round two.

Rocky Mountain UTV Racing Series - Kid SxS Podium (left to right) Camry Brown (3rd), Connor Hughes (1st), Zavier Galaviz (2nd)

The Rocky Mountain UTV Racing series is committed to the future of the sport, so they offer Kids UTV racing, and Connor Hughes claimed his first win of the season after a dramatic race to the finish.

Rocky Mountain UTV Racing Series Kid SxS Racing start

Hughes got off to the early lead, but he got out in the mud and dropped back into the third spot, but he remounted a charge and was able to reclaim the lead and the win among the youth ranks, which added another win for the father (Chris Hughes), son team.

Connor Hughes battled back & forth to claim his first win of the season closely followed by Zavier Galaviz

Zavier Galaviz claimed the second spot on the podium followed by Camry Brown after a tight race all the way to the finish. Tanner Kammerdiener held the lead at one point, but a mistake dropped him back to fourth place after an impressive early run up front for the first round winner.

Camry Brown rounded out the top three in the Kid SxS race

While many may think the RMURA offers just SxS / UTV racing, they also have several classes for ATV racers with a 55 minute long race held in the morning, so hopefully the word spreads and more racers come out for the next round of racing in July.

Brian Barsh dominated the newly formed ATV A class. After taking the holeshot, he dominated the event, holding off Megan Demers for the victory.

#28 Brian Barsh lead from start to finish for the overall & A class win

Barsh was pleased with his victory and is looking for the ATV class to grow considerably: “The track was nice, and the weather was nice; I just kept it floored as much as I could,” said Barsh. “I saw this on Facebook. They’re catering to the quads more and more. This thing is going to be huge.”

Demers said the race was a learning experience for her: “I was keeping up with him on the first couple of laps, and I thought he was messing with me,” said Demers with a laugh. “Later on, I was losing ground in some of the corners. Now I know where I have some more work to do.”

Megan Demers finished in the 2nd Spot

Devries had a difficult start and was pleased with the podium finish and win in the ATV B class. “I stalled it and messed up the start,” said Devries. “Man, this was fun. I felt really good. It was a fun track. I’m getting better and better.”

Jeff Devries won the B class on his Honda 450R

The Rocky Mountain UTV Racing Association will be back in action with both UTV and ATV racing on July 11th in Grand Junction, CO, and the series is looking to attract some competitions from Utah, Nevada, and California ATV and SxS racers.