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That’s a wrap for King of The Hammers 2022! First time out there racing for my copilot(Jon Arnold) and I and we pulled of a 4th place Pro Modified UTV finish!
We worked our freaking butts off to make it happen and everything came together!
Early on last year we Teamed and partnered with Nitro Racing Parts and Minor Investments and set out to build a race car that I could be competitive in! After weeks and months of late nights in the garage we still had to finish some last minute things once we got to the lake bed but we got it done a felt that we had a very solid race rig! Thanks to American Armor Coatings and Murray Powersports for helping us build such a beautiful machine!
Pre running was an eye opener of how gnarly the rock trails were and how tough and brutal of a race course it was going to be, thank god for those Prp seats I got from All Thingz UTV. It’s also amazing how capable these UTVs are! We went up and down some shit that I can’t even explain and if I tried to tell you, you wouldn’t believe me! Out of the whole race and all of our pre running those MRT - Motoracetire.com tires crawled up everything and never even had a flat!
Pete helped me get those GForce Racing Suspension Technologies/ NOST shocks set on kill which made the desert whoops a breeze.
Qualifying day rolls around and I had all my lines picked out and was ready to go, after I took off I was going good and when I rounded the corner before the big rock wall there was 2 massive bolders(that weren’t there earlier in the morning)in the line that I had picked so I had to adapt and take another line and it cost me some time. We still managed a top 21 starting spot which is not bad but not where I wanted to be.
Race day: We take off and immediately start picking off spots one at a time. For my first time racing in the desert I was having to learn what the machine was capable of and how to keep the pace in the dust. Thankfully those EBC Brakes Racing would shut those 35s down in hurry when I needed them to but That PPEI Tuning - Redefining The Limits paired with my Trinity Racing exhaust and WBB were putting the power down and We made it past several strong competitors on lap one and made up a lot of spots, we got passed back by a few when I made a rookie mistake and blew a belt @98mph in the lake bed. Jon boy made quick work of a belt change and we were back to doing work, into the rock trails we had a clean and smooth run thru all the rock canyons and we’re able to pass several more people. We clicked off Spooners, outer limits, sledge, aftershock, chocolate thunder etc and all went by quickly. Those Todd Keller ball joints and NRP tierods, sway bar links and radius rods took a straight beat down in the rocks and a failure never even crossed my mind. We made it out of the rocks in one piece and headed back to hammertown where we pulled off a 4th place Pro Mod finish and a Top 5 overall finish!
None of this would have been possible with out all these bad ass parts and the support from all these great company’s!
I have to thank my entire crew for being there and helping with everything this week you all are rockstars! Dan Frascella Bob Ley Cody Morris Rob Devrnja Nick Neustadt Jon Arnold and Bill
Special thanks to Mark Martin for everything that he does and supporting my brother and I in everything we do!
Thanks to Sierra Sciremammano and my girls at home for all the support to chase dreams and letting me be gone to do this!
Thank you Stacey Martin for all the support and taking my girls while I was gone! Thank you Kathy Crow Sciremammano for filling in for me while I was gone and taking care of my girls
