Blingstar's newly assembled
team of drivers showed off their newly equipped Polaris RZR XP 900s in the
muddy first round of the 2013 WORCS racing series Jan. 25-27 in Peoria, AZ.
The 2013 Blingstar race team consists of Clint Roberts, Nick Nelson and Wes
Miller. Nelson kicked off the season with a top five finish in the SxS Pro
Production.
"Our team is really excited for
this year," said Roberts. "We can't wait to show everyone what we're all about."
The Blingstar team was unable
to race for qualifying times on Friday because their travels were delayed due
to extreme weather conditions. Because of their late arrival, both Nelson and
Roberts had to start on the fourth row. Miller was unable to attend the race
due to X-Games filming commitments for this round.
Nelson didn't let his back-of-the-pack
start stop him from vying for a good finish. He worked his way through mud and
water to gain at least one position with each passing lap. Nelson went from 14th
place in lap one to an impressive fifth place finish in his Blingstar Polaris
RZR XP 900.
"The RZR held up great," said
Nelson. "Everything was really solid. The body work kept out a lot of the mud
and I didn't have any issues."
Clint Roberts changed his race
strategy after finishing the first lap. "After we came through lap one, my
mentality went from race mode to survival mode. I literally just wanted to
finish the race," Roberts said of the brutal track conditions.
Roberts continued the race
although he was spun around a few times in the sloppy conditions. However, he
didn't let the mishaps stop him, and he crossed the line in 11th
place out of 23 racers, which earned him some valuable points to kick off the
WORCS season.
Roberts not only gained
valuable points, but he and his team also proved the Blingstar RZRs are
durable. Although the mud made for terrible track conditions the Blingstar-outfitted
RZRs with Fox Shox, DWT wheels and tires, Motoworks exhausts and SSi graphics handled
the mud with no issues.
"I'm excited Nelson and I got
points and finished the race," said Roberts "Our RZRs really held up out there
and we are looking forward to some dry conditions at Primm."
Round 2 of the WORCS SxS racing
season is just two weeks away in Primm,
NV, at Buffalo Bill's Casino on
Feb. 9.
