2016 RMURA Round #1 - Grand Junction MTR SPWY Grand Junction CO May 15, 2016

Nay said the contact was just racing and held no hard feelings toward Pointon. “I had a pretty good race until the accident,” said Nay. “He came up behind me, he went to make the pass and he got into me. It’s going to take a little work to get my car going again. I was trying to hold him off and we just came together.”

#505 Brady Nay was the fastest qualifier on Saturday

Mandel passed Deshon late in the race to take the runner-up spot on the podium. “That battle with Chris was a lot of fun,” said Mandel. “I was able to make it stick through the whoops and over the jumps. I’m so happy my car is holding together now. We’re planning to run the whole RMURA season this year.”

#914 Ray Mandel secured the 2nd Spot on the Podium

Deshon broke an axle early in the race, but soldiered through to finish third. “We had a good battle there at the start,” said Deshon. “I settled into second, but I broke a rear axle and the car didn’t want to turn left at all. We went two wide over the whoops section and I decided that wasn’t a good deal, so I went back to third. There was a good car count and good competition. It looks like we’re going to have to step up our game this year.”

#951 Chris Deshon held off Ray Mandel for several laps before dropping back to a third place finish

In Unlimited UTV class, Evan Gallegos won the race, ahead of JT Walton and Kyle Raley.

Rocky Mountain UTV Racing Series - Unlimited Podium (left to right) Kyle Raley (3rd), Evan Gallegos (1st), JT Walton (2nd)