Minneapolis, Minn. - The 2016 race season started in Parker, AZ with Polaris presenting the THR Motorsports Parker 250 and was continued with WORCS Round 1, at Honolulu Hills Park, in Taft, CA.
The Parker 250 saw more than 50 side-by-sides lined up, with more than half being RZRs, for the first race of the season. Polaris Factory Racer Justin Lambert of Cognito Motorsports lined up his No. 1918 RZR XP 4 1000 in the UTV Pro Class and not only took that class but the overall, beating the turbo vehicles in the UTV Pro Turbo class. RZRs swept the podium in the Pro Class.
Honolulu Hills Park, in Taft, CA, kicked off the WORCS Racing Season for 2016. Polaris Factory Racer Beau Baron did double-duty racing and won both the SxS Pro class in his RZR XP 1000 and the SxS Pro Unlimited class in his RZR XP Turbo. RZRs swept the podiums in both classes with Polaris Factory Racer Ryan Piplic taking third in the SxS Pro Unlimited class.
Honolulu Hills also was the start of single-seat racing in WORCS. For the first round, the class was limited to 600ccs. Polaris Factory Racer Ronnie Anderson lined up his Polaris ACE 570 SP that he raced last year and won the class.
The next BITD Race is the Polaris RZR UTV World Championship, Feb. 18-20, in Laughlin, NV. The next WORCS race is Buffalo Bills, in Primm, NV, Jan. 29-31.
Justin Lambert is sponsored by Polaris, Cognito, Mystik Lubricants, ITP Tires, Method Race Wheels, Sparks Performance Products and Fox Racing Shocks.
Ryan Piplic is sponsored by Polaris, Maxxis, Fox, Longtravel Industries, Nelson&Nelson, Method Race Wheels, Muzzys, Rugged Radios, Tire Blocks, Beard, Antigravity Batteries, 50 Caliber and RAD Custom Graphics.
Beau Baron is sponsored by Polaris, CST Tires, Holz, Sparks,Walker Evans, Tireblocks, Pro Motorsports, Shoei, X Brand Goggles, Atvriders.com, H&M Motorsports and Paso Polaris.
Ronnie Anderson’s Polaris ACE is sponsored by Polaris, Walker Evans Racing, UTVUnderground, BF Goodrich, Holz Racing Products and South point LV.
Photo Credit for Cognito Photo: UTVUnderground
