Lake Havasu City, AZ - Team Blingstar put its Polaris XP 900s to the test at round
three of the Rocky Mountain ATV MC WORCS. The race was rough and the track brutal.
Nick Nelson pulled off a fourth-place finish for the day in the Pro Production
SxS Class. Teammate Clint Roberts had a strong run going, but a mishap on the
fourth lap sent him to the sidelines.
Nick Nelson got off the line
and quickly started pushing for the lead pack. Nelson used his Polaris RZR XP 900 to get from seventh on lap
one to fourth on lap four. Nelson put on a hard charge and turned his fastest
lap on lap one, at 6:49.392.
"The track was brutal; there
was carnage everywhere. I just tried to charge and keep the RZR together," said
Nelson.
Nelson was able to cross the
finish in third but finished fourth on adjusted time. He credits his Polaris
RZR's durability for being able to withstand the tough track.
"Everything worked well,"
Nelson said after the race. "My DWT tires and tireblocks gave me all the
traction I needed and the RZR XP 900 handled solid. I am looking forward to
round four; my RZR will be rebuilt by Pro Motorsports and ready to rip."
Blingstar's Clint Roberts got
off to a good start. Knowing how rough the track was, Roberts said he was
concentrating on just getting a finish until a lapped rider got stuck in front
of him. Roberts was stuck for almost twenty seconds but went into race mode
once he was rolling.
"I really wanted to rip after
that holdup. I started to push really hard," said Roberts.
Roberts continued his charge
until lap five when he hit a hard hole and broke a tie rod. He was able to
muster a 16th place finish for the day. Although he suffered misfortune
in this round, he is excited for round four.
"We've really got the RZR XP
900s going well," Roberts said. "The FOX suspension and run flat DWT tires helped
get us through this brutal race track. We were running the new Blingstar memory
foam harnesses, the Blingstar doors that are lighter and more race-oriented,
and our new PCI race radios to communicate with our spotters/mechanics
With round three in the books, Nelson
is sitting second in points for the Pro Production SxS Class. Roberts has a
solid 33 points, putting him ninth overall.
The Blingstar pair has just three
weeks to prepare their Polaris RZR XP 900s for round four of the WORCS Series.
The next round will be April 19-21 at Sand Hollow in Hurricane, UT. As the
series reaches its midway point, there is no doubt that both Nelson and Roberts
are a threat in the Pro Production SxS Class.
