{"id":61386,"date":"2019-04-11T12:31:15","date_gmt":"2019-04-11T19:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/?p=61386"},"modified":"2019-04-11T12:31:15","modified_gmt":"2019-04-11T19:31:15","slug":"history-is-rewritten-at-2019-utv-world-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/history-is-rewritten-at-2019-utv-world-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"History is Rewritten at 2019 UTV World Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"

History Is Rewritten at 2019 UTV World Championship<\/strong><\/p>\n

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All images courtesy Mad Media\/UTV Underground<\/em><\/p>\n

UTV racers from all over returned to the desert outside Laughlin, NV for the 2019 Polaris RZR UTV World Championship April 4-7. More than 400 teams showed up to compete in Short Course, Desert Course, and the Youth Race. The first two three-time World Champions in the five year history of the event were crowned this year.<\/p>\n

Youth Racer Dallas Gonzalez Becomes First Three-Time UTV World Champion<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Chase Mankin celebrates his 170cc championship win.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In Friday\u2019s first race, the Youth 170cc<\/strong> class, Menifee, California\u2019s Chase Mankin led the field across the finish line driving a Polaris with a time of 30:43.277. Also riding Polaris machines, fellow Californians George Llamosas and Travis Sallee came in second and third, respectively.<\/p>\n

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Dallas Gonzalez celebrates his 250cc win, his third title.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The second race of the day on Friday, the 250cc Youth Race, saw Dallas Gonzalez become the first-ever three-time champion since the Polaris RZR UTV World Championship was created in 2015.\u00a0 Jacob Peter and Clayton Mickels followed Gonzalez across the line in the Youth 250cc<\/strong> race. Gonzalez followed his Championship performance in the 250 class by winning the Youth 570cc<\/strong> Class Championship, beating siblings Hailey and Riley Hein.<\/p>\n

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Dallas Gonzalez celebrates his 570cc win.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The race format for the 170cc and 250cc races had the racers on the UTV World Championship infield course for 30 minutes. The afternoon\u2019s Youth 570cc race had the riders stepping up to the larger seven mile length short course that would also host most of the racing seen on Sunday. There was a combined total of 93 entries in the three Youth Classes, making it the largest group of entrants in this year\u2019s UTV World Championship.<\/p>\n

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570s on the track.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

UTV World Championship CEO Matt Martelli said \u201cThe youth teams that compete in the Polaris RZR UTV World Championship represent the future of the sport, and judging by what we saw today, the future is bright. Dallas Gonzalez managed to do something even the pros have never done with his three-peat in the 250 class, and backed it up with another win in our first 570 race, while Chase Mankin earned the 170 win in another great battle. Congratulations to all of our youth competitors who finished, and good luck to the teams taking on the Youth Pit Crew challenge (more on that later) later today!\u201d<\/p>\n

Second Three-Time Winner Crowned During Saturday\u2019s Desert Course Competition<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Action from Saturday\u2019s second race.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Saturday\u2019s seven mile Desert Course competition saw drivers in 20 classes take to the longer desert course for the night\u2019s premier desert race. After the dust had settled, Auburn, California\u2019s Phil Blurton had driven his Cam-Am away from the field, crossing the finish line more than seven minutes ahead of second place Mitch Guthrie, Jr., and third place Jason Murray in UTV Turbo<\/strong>, becoming the second three-time winner in Polaris RZR UTV World Championship five-year history. His winning time was 3:25:22.567.<\/p>\n

The only entrant in 300 A<\/strong>, Curt Fackrell, riding a KTM failed to finish the race. Open A<\/strong> had five entrants, three of which failed to finish. Anthony Monachelli of Fenley, NV led Brock Collins and Chris Dostal, all driving Hondas to the win with a winning time of 3:12:48.488.<\/p>\n

Driving a KTM, Daniel Markley of Victorville, CA was the only finisher out of two entrants in 300 E<\/strong>. Open E<\/strong> had four finishers with Jaxon Bogh (Honda) of Hoghland, Utah being trailed by Ryan Parszik (Yamaha) and Travis Wells (Honda). Bogh had a winning time of 3:13:06.138. Mason Klein of Agua Dulce, CA was the only entrant in 300 P<\/strong> and he crossed the finish line with a time of 3:17:19.731.<\/p>\n

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All seven Open P<\/strong> entrants finished the race, although fifth-place finisher Wyatt Brittner received a penalty. Heber City, UT\u2019s Danny Cooper drove his Honda to a winning time of 3:06:55.301. KTM drivers Skyler Howes and Jeff Trulove took second and third places, respectively. In IM A<\/strong> Dean Hawley of Mapleton, UT drove his Kawasaki to a winning time of 3:31:30.95, followed by Kyle Saraceni driving a Honda in second and in a KTM, Christopher Horel.<\/p>\n

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In IM E<\/strong>, 3:15:13.338 was the twinning time of Parker, Colorado\u2019s Yamaha-driving Warren Healey, more than 12 minutes ahead of Alex Kortepeter in second and third place Colton Scudder. Riding a Suzuki, Chuck Borges from Maricopa, AZ took Quad E<\/strong> with a time of 3:13:53.600 with Bill Pierson and Tovia Lowry garnering second and third place honors. Quad P<\/strong> and Quad IM A<\/strong> both had solo entrants, Erin Simmons in P and Charles E. Gimbal in A.<\/p>\n

Brandon Sahlistrom of Topock, AZ was the only Quad IM E<\/strong> finisher with his Yamaha. O-30 E<\/strong> had two finishers, Rhett Ogden from Vegas in a KTM and Carl Gruenewald with a Husqvarna. Hawthorne, CA\u2019s Doug Clark was the sole O-50 <\/strong>E entrant on his Husqvarna. UTV P<\/strong> (NA-Normally Aspirated) was one of the largest classes of the day, although around half failed to finish. The class was won by Seth Quinteros of San Marcos, CA. driving a Polaris in 3:34:52:457. This win was Seth\u2019s third in three races following wins in the Parker 425 and the Mint 400. Mike De Ley was second while Dan Kaatz closed out the podium.<\/p>\n

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The team of Justin Bor and Abbie Farris topped UTV Rally Class.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

o-30 P<\/strong>, another single-entrant class was won by Henderson, NV\u2019s Carl Maassberg in 3:18:48.501.\u00a0 All driving Can-Ams, Brett Comiskey, Michael Isom, and Jeramiah Drew took the top three positions in UTV Unlimited<\/strong>. Cameron Meister (Can-Am), Brook Jensen, and Mike Heller (Polaris) were the sole survivors of the four-entrant UTV Sportsman<\/strong>. UTV Rally<\/strong> was another class with a runaway winner with Justin Bor of Lincoln, CA\u2019s 2:08:08.324 in his Can-Am putting him more than seven minutes ahead of his closest competitor James Hill with Kyle Slater another minute back.<\/p>\n

Sunday Saw Close Short Course Battles<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Cody Wemple captured his first ever short course win.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Sunday was the day the five production classes took to the short course. Brayden Baker from Anaheim Hills, CA beat Cadence Cowan by less than a minute in 1:12:00.596, in UTV Production 900<\/strong> with Brook Lynn Deman in the field\u2019s only Can-Am coming in third. Cody Wemple from Hemet, CA, Shelby Anderson, and Sierra Romo put on an awesome show in UTV Production 1000<\/strong>. Cody\u2019s 1:09:53:734 gave him a margin of victory of less than 27 seconds.<\/p>\n

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Phil Blurton on his winning run.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

UTV Production 700\/800 <\/strong>was won with a winning time of 1:06:24:764 by Mikey Kelly from Anaheim Hills, CA with Lucas Johnson and Faith Lyons filling out the podium. UTV Production Turbo<\/strong> saw Cody Miller from Greenville, TX, Kyle Chaney, both driving Can-Ams, and Jacob Carver driving a Polaris put on the best show of the weekend. Cody\u2019s time of 1:04:13.285 gave him the weekend\u2019s smallest margin of victory of just over eight seconds.<\/p>\n

Championship Racing Is Opened by Poker Run, UTV Festival, \u00a0and Pit Crew Challenge<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Awesome racing in the desert wasn\u2019t the only entertainment on tap for the championship weekend. Before the racing kicked off on Friday, the Dirt Co. Poker Run gave fans the chance to take their pre-runners and some other personal vehicles onto the course in the morning to experience what the competitors would be facing during their races.<\/p>\n

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Fans take to the course in The Dirt Co. Poker Run.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Martelli said \u201cThe first day of the Polaris RZR UTV World Championship is always a ton of fun. The Dirt Co. Poker Run is a great way for our fans to share our race course with our drivers before they do battle this weekend, and we\u2019re always excited about the turnout for that. But even for the folks who didn\u2019t head out this morning, the AZ West UTV Festival has plenty of exciting opportunities to check out new products, and get involved with the sport. There\u2019s no better way to lead into UTV racing\u2019s premier event, and one of the most exciting off-road race weekends of the year!\u201d<\/p>\n

The AZ West UTV Festival, where fans could browse products from dozens of the top brands in the sport kicked off Friday morning. Wrapping up the Festival Friday evening was the Pit Crew Challenge presented by The Fab School.<\/p>\n

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The Pit Crew Challenge had youth and pro pit crews competing in a two-tire pit stop for prizes that included a custom Pro Eagle jack, a welding helmet from Miller, vehicle lighting from Baja Designs, and prizes donated by event sponsors, The Fab School and the UTV World Championship.<\/p>\n

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An amazing time of 42 seconds was all it took for Team Hostyle to defeat their closest competitor out of seven Rancho Racing. Team Hostyle never had a time slower than 44 seconds throughout the competition. The Youth Pit Crew Challenge was won by Team GSP who earned their title by beating Team Soccer Moms.<\/p>\n

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