Hunterworks wins 8hr. Race

Michael and I won the 8hr race at Durhamtown. Actually it turned out to be a 7 hour race.

There was not a big turn out but there were four teams in the team event and only two in the ironman.

We raced against a RZR S where the drivers swapped but used same machine, against two Redline Revolts, and two RZR's.

Michael and I used his Teryx and my rhino.

I started the race and right off the line, I was in second place behind the very fast Revolt.

I ran four laps then Michael took off, unfortunately his right front A-Arm came loose but it happened right at the end of the lap. He got passed by everyone but made it to my Rhino then had to repeat part of the track where he cut.

In his four laps he was catching back up then he passed the Rhino off to me. Over the next two 7.5 mile laps I caught and passed the field.

The rest of the day we traded driving duties every four laps fueling while we swapped.

The Redlines, dropped out of race, the RZR S rolled and got going again but put them a lap down.

The remaining competitive team only had to tag out not stopping but somehow we kept a large enough lead to be able to swap and add fuel and never get passed.

Later in the race I thought I had a large lead and took it somewhat easy just wanting to finish the race and all of a sudden coming out of the woods the RZR team passed me and I didn't know they were near at all.

Taken by surprise I nailed the gas and right at the scoring gate I passed the RZR back and then by the next lap had about a minute lead on them.

It remained this way the rest of the day. So to cut this kinda short we simply won the race. It was agreed to shorten the race by the drivers on the fact that probably nothing would change and only a failure would change the results. We left the decision up to the RZR team and they said they simply could not catch us so cutting it a hour would be fine.

The rhino ran the whole race never being shut off except for Michael's one lap before he broke. We did suffer a torn right rear CV boot and by the end of the race the CV joint was clicking bad but it made it.

This was complete torture test for all parts.

The following parts were being tested:

New front HD spindles
HW Piston/Cam combo kit
HW OD Sliding weights

I am writing this the next morning after the race but it appears everything held up fine. I will have to pull CVT cover off to check the OD weights but there were was no degradation in performance.

Actually the RZR guys said, "You changed something since the last race" I said nothing but went down in cam size and our OD weights. Acceleration was awesome, was able to pass the the RZR's at will.

We will call the spindles and piston cam kit torture tested and they get a big pass!!

I am sure the weights are fine but want to look at them. If nothing melted in seven straight hours of pure hell then they are good to go.

Hunterworks, we don't just sell the parts!!

great job you two! 7 hrs in the heat takes a toll on MAN and machine, let us know how the weights and sliders held up!

Congrats bro, Did you ever find out if you could get the 12 gram weights? I am looking for the 10+2 for the cover for 12 total.

CONGRATS !!!

Way to go Todd.....Hunterworks rules

Good Job Todd. It is great that you won and even better that nothing broke.

Congratulations!

Thanks all and nothing on 12 gram yet. What would you want 12 gram for? Can't think of a reason to have 12 gram total weight.

I will let you guys know how the weights and sliders held up. They still run good.

Gonna have some pics soon.

hunterworks wrote:

Thanks all and nothing on 12 gram yet. What would you want 12 gram for? Can't think of a reason to have 12 gram total weight.

I will let you guys know how the weights and sliders held up. They still run good.

Gonna have some pics soon.

I am running the 450 and currently running 14 gram total but would like to get the revs up just a little quicker.

Way to go Todd.....

mud-and-guts wrote:

hunterworks wrote:

Thanks all and nothing on 12 gram yet. What would you want 12 gram for? Can't think of a reason to have 12 gram total weight.

I will let you guys know how the weights and sliders held up. They still run good.

Gonna have some pics soon.

I am running the 450 and currently running 14 gram total but would like to get the revs up just a little quicker.

I don't think it will make it run up quicker just higher RPM at shift speed which is not such a good idea unless you have done motor work.

Todd