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Cinco De Baja 2012

webadmin — Thu, 10 May 2012 14:32:24 +0000

What a great event.

News from the American Sand Association‏

webadmin — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 13:30:18 +0000

April 2012

In This Issue

Help Keep Essential Dune Services

Beltway to Sand Highway

Avoiding Blasts from the Past

Raffle Tickets

Quick Links

Email the ASA Board of Directors

ASA Web Site

BLM El Centro Field Office

Help Keep Essential Dune Services

The public review and comment period for the California Department of Parks and Recreation Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation 2011/2012 Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program is currently underway and will end Monday, April 2, 2012. This provides an opportunity for the public to review and provide comments to the preliminary applications submitted to the OHMVR Division for consideration during the 2011/2012 grant cycle. Public comments should be submitted to both the applicant and the OHMVR Division by emailing the contact person listed on the preliminary application and copying the OHMVR Division at ohvinfo@parks.ca.gov.

The Division’s On-Line Grants Application (OLGA) database allows the public to view preliminary applications in a centralized location. Please download the instructions on accessing the preliminary applications.

Please note that the deadline to submit your comments is April 2, 2012.

In addition to the permit fees you pay to recreate in the Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Area (ISDRA), local agencies such as the Bureau of Land Management, Imperial County Sheriff’s Office and the ASA’s sister organization, the American Desert Foundation rely on this grant funding to provide ISDRA services. Such services include, but are not limited to: ATV Safety training, EMS services & supplies, educational outreach, law enforcement, sand removal, toilet maintenance and trash removal. Please take a moment to participate in this important process.

Because of the decrease in the amount of grant funding currently available, the process has become extremely competitive. Your comments and letters of support are strongly encouraged.

Beltway to Sand Highway (at the Imperial Sand Dunes)

Three members of the Washington Office Division of Education, Interpretation, and Partnerships visited the Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Area on Friday, March 9, 2012. The trio had just completed attending the Association of Partners for Public Lands conference in Las Vegas, and traveled to the dunes for a site visit. Brianna Candelaria (Interpretation Lead), Trevor Needham (Partnership Lead), and Betsy Wooster (Youth Programs Lead) were interested in learning more about this dynamic area and its related programs. “With back to back Silver Awards in 2010 and 2011 for Excellence in Interpretation or Education, the El Centro Field Office is doing something right, and we had to visit,” commented Interpretation Lead Brianna Candelaria.

While at the dunes, the Washington party was given a brief overview of the area, which included updates on the various outreach, interpretive, and safety programs provided to the public, many of them possible through an extensive network of partners. A buggy ride through the dunes afforded them with hands-on experience illustrating exactly why the area attracts 1.5 million visitors each year. The group ended their visit with sand in their teeth, smiles on their faces, and an appreciation of the challenges and opportunities found only at the Imperial Sand Dunes.

The group heads out under a blue sky. Dunes Manager Neil Hamada provided the ride. Photo: BLM

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Avoiding Blasts from the Past

The El Centro Field Office participated in training designed to inform and educate staff to the presence and danger of unexploded ordnance (UXO) left over from military training activities during WWII. With a good deal of the resource area located in the former California-Arizona Maneuver Area (C-AMA), the odds of finding munitions and munitions debris from these training activities remains high. The BLM-California Desert District manages the majority of the former C-AMA in southeastern California.

The training was provided by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the agency responsible for the clean-up and environmental restoration of these areas. Instructor Sonny Franks provided hands-on examples of the seven general types of munitions that may be found on BLM’s public lands. These include small arms ammunition, projectiles, mortars, land mines, rockets, grenades and smoke pots. (Readers may remember a 40mm grenade found by a camper in the Dune Buggy Flats area of the Imperial Sand Dunes in November, 2011.)

Visitors to BLM public lands, and other Imperial Valley desert locations, are reminded that unexploded ordnances (UXO) are often very unstable and dangerous. Because not every bomb looks like a bomb, keep away from strange looking devices and contact authorities immediately. Here are some guidelines to follow should you encounter a UXO.

If you see UXO, STOP, do not move closer.
Do NOT transmit radio frequencies near UXO (this includes cell phones, two-way radios or citizen’s band radio. Keep at least 100 ft. away).
NEVER touch, move, or disturb UXO.
NEVER remove anything near UXO.
Call 911 and report UXO. Move 100 ft. away before using cell phone or radio.
Avoid any area where UXO is located.

Remember: Recognize. Retreat. Report.

For more information on the history of C-AMA, contact the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Public Affairs Office at 213-452-3921. For more information on lands managed by the BLM in the El Centro area, contact 760-337-4400, or visit our web page at http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/fo/elcentro.html.

El Centro BLM staff gets a hands on with replicas of unexploded ordinance (UXO) they may encounter in the field.

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Help Support Your Right to Recreate On Public Lands

Unfortunately, California law does not permit online sales of raffle tickets.

You can can purchase raffle tickets by calling the ASA office at 888-540-7263. Or, email Nicole Gilles, our executive director. You can also make an in-person visit to one of our many events listed here and our our site.

2012 Mint 400 Race Report: Jagged-X

webadmin — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 00:51:26 +0000

from UTVUnderground

Jagged-X recounts the Mint 400 race, and why last minute preps and new cars can bite you in the butt

“Well there is a saying…. ” you can’t win em all” The Jagged X team was reminded how true this is at the mint last weekend.

As everyone knows we have been busy building two brand new cars to debut at this race. Anyone who has built a desert race car knows how the last minute stuff can really take it’s toll. I am hear to say that if you build two cars it is twice as bad!

We had all hands on deck for the last few weeks finishing the two RZR XP 4′s and at about 3:00 am on Friday morning the cars finnaly headed to Vegas with virtually no test time. We feel that the final product looked as good as anything we have ever built X 2 with the cars being identical twins.

The whole weekend became a series of bad luck events starting on Friday evening when we discovered a coolling system problem on one of the new cars. This forced us to pull the plug on one of the cars.

After discussing the options with the team we made the decision to have our two pro drivers compete and surrender our Sportsman entry. Matt parks would drive the new 1932 XP4 while Brandon Schueler would step into the pure stock XP 4 Previously raced at the Parker 250 by Bill Schueler and Craig Scanlon from Polaris Ind.

This course was among the roughest BITD tracks that our drivers have seen in a long time. The start went off good but things began to deteriorate in a hurry. Just a few miles out of pit one the stock 1919 car found something in the dust which caused the left front control arms to become distorted (nice way of saying it ) Brandon and Blake would spend the next several hours making reapairs but would finnaly time out before completing the first lap.

Matt Parks in the new RZR XP4 was busy using his new Kroyer racing engine to come from the very back starting postion to pick off UTV’s, cars & trucks making his way toward the front of the grid. at the end of lap one a primary clutch failure cost the 1932 some valuble time. Matt worked forward in the pack until a broken uniball pin would end his day, leaving him stranded in no man’s land

It was a dissapointing outing for the whole JX team but we were able to realize the potential of the new platform and now have the time to prepare for the Silver State 300 in May.

We want to thank all of our sponsors.

Polaris Industries,CR Designs,Falken Tire,TEAM industries,Kroyer Racing Engines,Pure Polaris Lubricants,OMF Wheels,Cutting Edge Manufacturing,Simpson Safety,Summers Brothers,Muzzy’s Performance,Vision X lighting,Walker Evans Racing,Affordable powder Coating,Bar- T Equippment, Mountain States Contracting

Mike Jagged-X

RJ Anderson Leads Point Race And Launches New Website

webadmin — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 13:32:41 +0000

RJ Anderson has been a strong driver in the WORCS series. After Havasu this past weekend, RJ and Team Walker Evans Racing are the new points leader.

Riverside, CA 3/21/2012 – RJ Anderson and the Walker Evans Racing (WER) team headed to Lake Havasu, AZ last weekend and it wasn’t because they wanted to partake in the spring break madness. No, RJ and the team had work to do and work is exactly what they did. After coming up short in round 2 RJ was ready for a win in the Production 1000 class in his Polaris RZR XP900. With his Holz Racing built machine fully prepped RJ lined up next to 30 other class racers and took them all to school putting in the races fastest lap time and winning in dominating fashion. RJ was a full minute ahead of the second place finisher when the checkered flag dropped dominating the class and the race. With this win RJ moved into first in points giving him added confidence and motivation heading towards round 4 of the series. Needless to say, RJ fully enjoyed the tight and rough course at Crazyhorse Campground in Lake Havasu, AZ.

In other news, Walker Evans Racing is proud to announce that RJ Anderson will now be racing with the Stronghold Motorsports team for 2012 at the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series (LOORRS). This is a huge move for RJ and his #37 ProLite race team as he now will be racing beside new teammates Jeremy McGrath, Cameron Steele, and Jeremy “Twitch” Stenberg. Stronghold Motorsports is the premier racing team in short course off-road racing.

“We are proud to bring aboard the next generation of off road racing superstar,” said Stronghold Motorsports managing partner, Scott Bailey. “Our organization has a great deal of respect for the Anderson and Walker Evans Racing families, and the exceptional level of success they have accomplished both on the track and in the off road racing industry. We are excited in mentoring and continuing RJ’s development as we contend for the ProLite title in 2012.”

We are proud to announce that RJ Anderson’s new personal race site has been launched! RJ37.com will be where RJ and his team will keep fans, sponsors, and those interested on what and where RJ is competing in the know. Its a great way to keep everyone informed on his progression throughout the season and his career. So go visit RJ37.com often and keep up on all things RJ Anderson.

PRP Announces New 2″ Harnesses with Automotive style latches

webadmin — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 11:44:02 +0000

PRP Racing seats unveils a new harness with automotive style latch for the UTV Industry

PRP’s New 2” Harnesses with Automotive Style Latch. 1 set includes harnesses for one seat.

- 2” Shoulder and lap belts, with thick pads for comfort

- Adjustable and removable sternum strap

- The same quick easy adjusters as our latch and link seat belts

- The automotive latch is much easier and simpler to use.

- An affordable and safe harness.

March 2012 ASA Newsletter Online Now

webadmin — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 15:19:54 +0000

Download the Newsletter here

In this Issue:

RAMP Update / Speed Limit Page 1

Executive Director Message Page 2

What is the ASA? Page 3

Volunteers Clean up Dunes Page 4

Boardmanville Open Page 5

Kenna Appointed Director Page 6

Business Spotlight Page 7

Sustaining OHV Recreation Page 7

Carbon Monoxide Kills Page 8

ISDRA News Page 8

4H Club / ATV Safety Project Page 9

Upcoming Events Page 10

Raffle Info Page 11

Promote Your Business Page 12

Membership Thanks Page 13

Supporting Member Discounts Page 14

Business Advocates Page 15

Newsletter Special Page 16

Fee Dollars AtWork Page 16

The Golden Nugget Las Vegas Named Official Host Hotel for Legendary General Tire Mint 400

webadmin — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 14:19:56 +0000

LAS VEGAS– The world-renowned General Tire Mint 400 has selected the Golden Nugget Las Vegas as the “Official Host Hotel” for the 2012 race. With over 270 pre-entries already counted, the top off-road teams in the world will compete in over twenty different classes of race vehicles at this year’s Mint 400, which will take place the week of March 21 and continue until March 25, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Started in 1976, The Mint is steeped in American lore as thousands of racers in addition to celebrities from around the world have attempted to tame the brutal Nevada desert. Contingency or tech inspection takes place each year on Fremont Street in front of the casinos in historic, downtown Las Vegas. Contingency gives the fans a chance to see the race vehicles up close and personal, as well as check out a variety of off-road related products including merchandise from their favorite teams.

“The Golden Nugget was our first choice. It’s important for us to keep The Mint connected with its history on Fremont Street. I stay at the Golden Nugget every time I am in Las Vegas, the rooms are upscale as the hotel is newly remodeled, and the service is outstanding. The Rush tower feels like my second home, they have some of the best restaurants in the Fremont Area,” said Mint 400 CEO Matt Martelli.

“We are excited to have the General Tire Mint 400 here this year. We welcome the drivers, teams and fans and look forward to providing a great experience for all. The Golden Nugget and Downtown is a great fit for off-road racing and we hope to be the “Official Hotel” for the Mint 400 for years to come,” said Amy Chasey, Vice President of Marketing at Golden Nugget Hotel & Casino.

Winner of the AAA Four Diamond Award consecutively since 1977, the Golden Nugget Las Vegas is the most luxurious resort on the Fremont Street Experience, and consistently receives critical acclaim for exceeding customer expectations. The Golden Nugget now offers more than 2,400 deluxe guestrooms and suites; a high-energy casino featuring the most popular slot and video poker machines, table games, race and sports book, and poker room; nightly entertainment with master impressionist and comedian Gordie Brown; world-class restaurants such as Grotto Italian Ristorante and Vic & Anthony’s Steakhouse; a luxury spa and salon; and The Tank, a year-round outdoor swimming pool complete with a 200,000-gallon, live shark aquarium and the new H20 poolside lounge. Since 2005, the Golden Nugget Las Vegas has made more than $180 million in upgrades, renovations and expansions under Landry’s Inc, introducing first-class accommodations, exquisite dining options and fun-filled entertainment venues. In late 2009, the Golden Nugget Las Vegas unveiled its newest addition, Rush Tower. This $150-million hotel tower added nearly 500 new guestrooms and suites to the property, brought Las Vegas it’s first Chart House Restaurant and introduced a beautiful new pool, the Hideout, as well as expanded the gaming.

Mint 400 Events at the Golden Nugget will include:

Monday, March 12 the Golden Nugget will host the 2012 Mint 400 press conference. Media are invited to the St. Andrews room on the conference level of the hotel at 10 a.m. Special guests will include former champions, competitors, B.J. Baldwin of Las Vegas, Miss Mint 400 of 2010and 2011. During the conference Matt Martelli will be making a very important announcement regarding sponsorships, television coverage, and prize money for the 2012 edition of the Mint 400.

Thursday, March 22 beginning at 8 p.m. the Golden Nugget will host the General Tire Mint 400 party at The Grand. The time trial qualifying results will be announced and the 2012 Miss Mint will be crowned during the event. General Tire will also host a VIP party from
9 p.m. – 12a.m. at Gold Diggers, which overlooks the iconic Fremont Street Experience.

The Golden Nugget caps off the weekend festivities on Sunday, March 25 at 11:30 a.m. with an awards banquet and champagne brunch at the Grand for all racers.

Driver registration and meetings will be held at the Plaza Hotel. Registration will be held Friday, March 23 from 9:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. on the second floor in the main ballroom. The mandatory drivers meeting will be also be held in the main ballroom on Friday, March 23 at 7:30 p.m.

The Plaza features newly remodeled rooms, fine dining, fitness center, gambling, entertainment and valet/trailer friendly self parking.

Supporting hotels include: Phone: Discount Code
Golden Nugget Hotel & Casino 800-634-3454 1EL1E3
Plaza Hotel & Casino 800-634-6575 MINT400
Four Queens Hotel & Casino 800-634-6045 MINT400
Fitzgeralds Casino 800-274-5825 GMINT12
Gold Spike Hotel & Casino 866-600-8600 MINT12
El Cortez Hotel & Casino 800-634-6703 BITD2012

About The General Tire Mint 400
Started in 1976, The General Tire Mint 400 is steeped in American lore, as thousands of racers, as well as celebrities from around the world, have attempted to tame the brutal Nevada desert. Known as “The Great American Off-Road Race,” The Mint 400 is an epic battle between some of the top off-road racers in the world in over twenty-two different classes of off-road vehicles. An entire week of events lead up the famed off-road race in and around Las Vegas, including a vehicle parade, drivers meet and greet, pit crew contest, crowning of Miss Mint, multiple parties, qualifying, and Contingency or Vehicle Tech inspection. You’re invited to come spectate, party, and race!

About Mad Media:
Mad Media (www.madmedia.com) is San Diego based marketing and creative agency offering professional print, web, and film production. They specialize in producing culturally relevant brand messaging using professional athletes, musicians, and artists. Mad Media focuses on sports and cultures that they are passionate about, including skateboarding, surfing, snowboarding, motocross, FMX, BMX, off-road racing, rally racing, Hip-Hop, Punk Rock and Mixed Martial Arts. Mad Media has produced over twenty major commercial and viral film projects this year for clients such as Subaru of America, DC Shoes, Monster Energy Drink, and Harley-Davidson. Mad Media has been executing immersive marketing campaigns since 1996.

For the latest information on The Mint 400 visit:

www.themint400.com
www.facebook.com/themint400
http://www.youtube.com/themint400

Management & Media by:
Mad Media
Matt Martelli / Joshua Martelli
(760) 721-3600 or matt@madmedia.com

For sponsorship info please contact:
Ron Solomon
949-212-2623
ron@madmedia.com

For additional news and updates check out:
www.BITD.com

High-resolution Mint 400 photos are also available upon request.

King Of The Hammers debrief: Brian Bush

webadmin — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 13:32:56 +0000

On Thursday February 9th Johnson Valley California again played host to the 2012 King Of The Hammers UTV race. Teammates, Brian Bush and co-driver Greg Frantz of Lonestar Racing, and Rotax Your Rhino set out to back up their respectable third place finish from 2011. The two we’re lucky to have drawn the #1 starting position for Thursday’s race, but that wouldn’t be enough to seal up another podium finish.

Brian took the green flag at 8:00am leaving the line next to a Polaris XP900. The two cars raced over the start/finish jump and into corner #1 of the course. Brian took the hole shot and never looked back. The two set out at a comfortable race pace as they had the advantage of a dust free race course, and there was no need to throw the race away so early in the day.

Once they were well underway, gauges were checked, race equipment was inspected, and nerves were settling. Brian describes his first feelings of the race as, “the best morning of racing I’ve ever had”

They held off race traffic until around the 35 minute mark where they were passed by the (soon to be) race winner, Mitch Guthrie. Considering their considerably fast race pace, this meant Mitch was on rails! Just after being passed, the team made a navigational error putting them in a position where they were stopped for a couple of minutes. During this time, they were passed by 3 other cars. Brian quickly got back underway and gave chase. Within minutes he had passed two of the cars who passed them while stuck. They pulled into pit #1 in third place.

After taking fuel, Brian and Greg set out through the lake bed and put the hammer down. Everything on the race car was working flawlessly as they made their way towards the most difficult rock section on the course, “Elvis”While pulling into the area where spectators were cheering racers on, there was no explanation as to why radio transmission was informing the team that they had a broken part on the front end. At this point Brian noticed the something wasn’t right, and co-driver Greg got out of the car to assess the situation. At this point the lower control arm was in the dirt and the Rhino would no longer move under its own power. The two were able to winch the car into a better spot where other cars would be able to pass them. The towel was thrown in.

This was said by Joey DiGiovanni who was at Elvis covering the event:

“Lastly I want to tell the story of Brian Bush. “Brian B.” has been preparing his Rotax powered Rhino for battle since last years KOH race. With a little luck he drew the #1 start position for this years race putting his powerful UTV on the pole and in a prime position to make a run for the win. Brian settled into a conservative pace not wanting to risk a mechanical failure early on. After playing a little leap frog in the first 35 or so miles Bush would come into the gnarly rock section known as Elvis holding a firm 3rd place position. But as he would begin his decent a lower ball joint on the front of his UTV would give way causing a flat tire and then putting Bush wedged literally between a rock and a hard spot. Despite the efforts he and his co-dog Greg Frantz put in, Bush would be forced to throw in the towel and call it a day leaving his Rhino to plug the “easy” route down Elvis. This is where the story gets good. Instead of pulling up a rock and simply becoming a spectator Bush would roll up his sleeves and go to work helping every competitor behind him who needed a hand getting down the most difficult trail of the race. He spotted, pulled winch cable, pushed, lifted, moved rocks, laughed and encouraged all in the name of sportsmanship. It was awesome to see him become his competitor’s biggest cheerleader as they were all forced to create alternative lines to make their way out of this canyon of carnage! It would end up taking a real rock buggy to come into the canyon and pull his Rhino out from within the rocks grasp.”

Brian states:“Thanks for the kind words from all of our competitors, and spectators coining me the sportsman of the event.* I’m a racer through and through, and I absolutely love everything about racing. We all have our good days, as well as the bad. Why would I sit around and feel sorry for myself while I could still be part of the race and help others out. Remember, at KOH, no outside assistance is allowed except from other racers. While I’m sorry for creating the unfavorable conditions at Elvis, I was happy to have been able to help the other racers get through it”

Stay tuned for an exciting announcement as Brian will announce a new race car build and scheduled racing events for 2012!Brian would like to thank these people for their efforts. In no particular order:

Greg Frantz, Devin Murphy, Blake Rennie, Bob Nolan, Brent Macias, Branden Sims, Daniel Wilsford, Mitch Moody, Josh Hounslow, Stacey Jordan, Kyle and Michelle Hill, Joey DiGiovanni, William Baptist, Daniel Fernandez, and anyone else who offered support for this race.

Special thanks to Pitbull Tires, and SXS Performance for sponsoring this years King Of The Hammers UTV race, and The International SXS Association for sanctioning the event!**Team sponsors:

Freedom RV UTV Forums Network WickedBilt UTV Unique Metal Products Rigid Industries TCP Performance PRP Seats HJC Helmets PCI Race Radios Muzzys Performance Rotax Your Rhino DragonFire Racing Pitbull Tires Lonestar Racing

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Pit Bull Tires King of the Hammers UTV Race Results

webadmin — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 13:19:17 +0000

The Pit Bull KOH Race is gaining momentum. This year the action was intense. Carnage and last minute adjustments made for tricky navigation. Here the official UTV results for 2012:

Overall Time:

Driver Name	Car #	Elapsed Time
Mitch Guthrie	55	2:20:46
Todd Stephensen	1944	2:23:29
Jarred Newman	2436	2:45:14
Jon Crowley	1965	2:58:01
Johnny Ford	120	2:59:56
Rod Roach	134	3:03:17
Joseph Murphy	130	3:12:27
Bill Barnett	711	3:14:36
Matt Enochs	1524	3:14:46
Damon Cardone	615	3:19:47
Frank Walsh	3493	3:20:37
Zane Znamenacek	712	3:21:29
Ivan VanOrtwick	466	3:28:44
Mark Eulberg	3646	3:46:06
Lanse Chournos	413	4:03:56
Derek Stewart	987	4:11:32
Rob Usnick	1999	6:03:32

Production Time:

Unlimited 1000
Mitch Guthrie	55	8:01:30	10:22:16	2:20:46
Frank Walsh	3493	8:02:30	11:23:07	3:20:37
Derek Stewart	987	8:00:00	12:11:32	4:11:32
Brian Bush	123	8:00:00		DNF
Adam Woodlee	262	8:00:30		DNF
Bill Morris	1908	8:00:30		DNF
James Schofield	116	8:01:00		DNF
Robert VanBeekum	664	8:01:00		DNF
Weldon Nutt	226	8:01:30		DNF
Casey Currie	2	8:02:00		DNF
Darryl Dunlap	129	8:02:00		DNF
Monty Ulrich	702	8:02:30		DNF
Justin Small	137	8:03:00		DNF
Brit Mansell	101	8:03:00		DNF
Brandon Sims	127	8:03:30		DNF
Michael Dalton	114	8:03:30		DNF
Mitch Sweatt	1945	8:04:00		DNF
Cody Currie	22	8:04:00		DNF
Production 1000
Todd Stephensen	1944	8:05:30	10:28:59	2:23:29
Jarred Newman	2436	8:06:30	10:51:44	2:45:14
Jon Crowley	1965	8:06:00	11:04:01	2:58:01
Johnny Ford	120	8:05:00	11:04:56	2:59:56
Joseph Murphy	130	8:05:30	11:17:57	3:12:27
Matt Enochs	1524	8:07:00	11:21:46	3:14:46
Ivan VanOrtwick	466	8:05:00	11:33:44	3:28:44
Mark Eulberg	3646	8:06:30	11:52:36	3:46:06
Lanse Chournos	413	8:04:30	12:08:26	4:03:56
Dana Loreman	128	8:04:30		DNF
Frenchie Gonzales	108	8:07:00		DNF
Aaron Peters	442	8:07:00		DNF
Production 850
Bill Barnett	711	8:08:30	11:23:06	3:14:36
Damon Cardone	615	8:08:30	11:28:17	3:19:47
Zane Znamenacek	712	8:07:30	11:28:59	3:21:29
Joanne Gonzales	109	8:08:00		DNF
Nolan Remlinger	1933	8:07:30		DNF
Terry Renyon	464	8:08:00		DNF
Production 700
Logan Gastel	5199	8:09:00		DNF
Rob Usnick	1999	8:09:00	14:12:32	6:03:32
Stock
Rod Roach	134	8:09:30	11:12:47	3:03:17

Pro Armor Recalling Latches on UTV Doors

webadmin — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 02:47:57 +0000

Pro Armors reliable and effective Slam Latch has been around for about a year now. Its a proven design that has gone on many Side by Sides. Including an aftermarket endorsement from Polaris

As part of Pro Armor’s continuing commitment to product performance, safety and excellence, we are pleased to offer our next generation Slam Latch ™. Since January 2011, the Pro Armor Slam Latch has offered a quick and convenient way to close and secure our popular Pro Armor UTV doors. Recently, however, Pro Armor has received some reports of UTV doors equipped with the current Slam Latch design opening unexpectedly, usually as a result of improper maintenance, inspection or lubrication. There have been no reports of any injuries. While we believe that this issue can largely be prevented by properly lubricating the latch pin and inspecting the alignment of the latch pin and assembly before each use, we nonetheless are offering a new design that will make it more difficult for the latch pin to disengage and the door to open inadvertently. We are offering to provide the next generation Slam Latch to customers that have purchased the original Slam Latch at no charge. Please complete the form below and attach either a picture of the original slam latch on your vehicle or a copy of your receipt. Then Pro Armor will send you a next generation Slam Latch. In the box with your new Slam Latch will be a return label to send Pro Armor back your original Slam Latch. Pro Armor will provide a $10 gift card for all returned original Slam Latches toward your next purchase of Pro Armor products. It’s that easy! Feel free to contact a customer service representative at 888-312-7667 if you have any questions.

Slam Latch Pro Armor