Team RZR's Kristen Matlock Takes First Win At "Vegas To Reno"
Minneapolis, August 21,
2017 - Polaris RZR demonstrated why it is the
recreational side-by-side leader and overwhelming choice of desert
racers by representing 60-percent of the field at Best in the
Desert's (BITD) General Tire "Vegas to Reno" presented by
FOX. When the dust settled, Team RZR's Kristen
Matlock had her first Pro Production win in her No. 1954
RZR XP4 1000.
"I did it!!! I got my first win in the UTV Pro Production class,"
said Matlock. "I can't stop smiling, I'm so pumped right now!"
Matlock, a role model for female off-road enthusiasts, piloted her
RZR through 540 miles of harsh desert terrain and extreme
heat which claimed nearly half of the UTVs entered. RZRs
finished one-two in the Pro Production class with seven of the
top-ten finishers racing them. Additionally, professional action
sports legend and stunt performer Travis Pastrana raced the Polaris
RZR Star Car, a 2017 Polaris
RZR XP 4 Turbo EPS, in the Pro Production class but
suffered an aftermarket suspension failure and after making it to
Pit 11, was not able to finish the race.
"I drove the Polaris RZR Star Car for 300 miles
of some of the craziest desert terrain in the Vegas to
Reno and it held up to an amazing amount of abuse," said
Pastrana. "There were jumps and rocks and silt and every other kind
of obstacle out there and the UTV handled it all."
In the Turbo class, Sven Ellstrom, alongside Mark Holz, took a
second-place finish in a RZR XP Turbo EPS. Half of the
top-10 class finishers raced RZRs with Team RZR's
Mitch Guthrie Jr. taking a fifth-place finish, Wayne Matlock taking
sixth and Brandon Scheuler taking eighth.
The next BITD race is the Polaris RZR Silver State 150
presented by Method Race
Wheels, in Caliente, NV, Sept. 23.