Chaparral Motorsports 2018 ATV / UTV Sand Tire Flat Drag Challenge At Glamis Results

When it comes to running your UTV in the sand there's plenty of fun to be had spinning in and out of bowls, whipping a fat wake of sand off the peak of a dune, climbing the steepest hills you can find, and of course drag racing your buddy back to camp across the flats.

To get the most out of your dune experience you want to make sure you have the best tires for the job, which in this case means a good set of paddle tires or sand tires depending on what camp you come from. With our extensive inventory of UTV paddle tires we wanted to know how some of our more popular sand tires would perform head-to-head in various tasks out in the mecca of all sand pits, Glamis.

So we loaded up two Can-Am Maverick X3 rs' and mounted up six different rear sand tires: AMS Sand King, STI Sand Drifter, System 3 DS340, Quadboss QBT34, EFX Sand Slinger, and the Sand Stripper XLs from GMZ. With temperatures over 100 degrees in the middle of August out at Glamis, we decided to keep the day relatively simple and perform the two test that matter most to sand enthusiasts: hill climbing and drag racing. You can see the full hill climb results here.

For this article we are simply going to focus on going fast and which three sand tires performed that task best.

Our Flat Drag course consisted of a 1/8^th-mile stretch of sand across the base of Comp Hill. All the tires were set at 7.5 PSI and all the runs were performed in 2-wheel drive, High. It should also be noted that we used the same front sand tires, GMZ Sand Stripper XL-TT, on both cars for all of the races. We lined up the two cars and fired them off in head-to-head full throttle drag races that reached speeds up to 80mph over the 660 foot strip. We ran three races with the cars switching lanes after each race to try and keep things as even as possible. After the three races were completed we would drive back to camp and swap out the rear tires on each car for a different set.

Top Three Sand Tires in our Flat Drag Challenge

1. EFX Sand Slinger
2. System 3 DS340
3. Quadboss QBT346

Individual run results:

		Time				Feet Traveled Per Second
	Tire	1st run	2nd run	3rd run	Averaged Times (3 Runs)	1st run	2nd run	3rd run	Averaged Feet Per Second (3 Fixed Start Runs)	X Feet Behind the 1st Place Winner
Silver	EFX Sand Slinger	10.39	10.58	n/a	10.485	63.523	62.382	n/a	62.947	Winner
Silver	System 3 DS340	10.45	10.54	11.18	10.723	63.158	62.619	59.034	61.548	15.00
Black	Quadboss QBT346	11.07	10.60	10.79	10.820	59.621	62.264	61.168	60.998	21.09

Averaged	Tire Name	Average ET		Feet Per Second		Behind 1st Place Finisher in Feet
1st Place	EFX Sand Slinger	10.5		62.947		660 Feet in 10.485 Seconds
2nd Place	System 3 DS340	10.7		61.548		15.00	Feet
3rd Place	Quadboss QBT346	10.8		60.998		21.09	Feet

Single Run Fastest Tire of the Day		Run Time in Sec		Feet Per Second		Winner by x Feet
1st	EFX Sand Slinger 1st Run	10.39		63.523		660 Feet in 10.39 Seconds
2nd	System 3 DS340 1st Run	10.45		63.158		3.81
3rd	Quadboss QBT346 2nd Run	10.60		62.264		13.34