**ROSS RACING LDC race report**

**ROSS*RACING** · January 19th, 2010, 12:32

First off Congratulations to Kory and Letner Racing on a great weekend and keeping it together at the end. Also Dan Mcmillin on a great finish his first time out.

Prerun laps Friday went perfect; car was running great and flying over the holes. Racing at 110% would not win this race and the prerun laps proved that this was going to be a battle of attrition. Luckily our Racer Class 1 with Fox Shox eats 3ft curbs and holes for lunch!!

We went in to Saturday Confident and with a game plan, Get in front and stay there. Off the start the Danzio power kicked in and we pulled away from Theriot and quickly caught Parkhouse by mile 3. The track had gotten about 10 times rougher overnight and was absolutely brutal which played into our favor. Coming into the infield we caught Wilson and made a great pass thru the dust…we were in the lead. Lap 3 and we heard over the radio that we were 3rd on time and down by 1 min to Harley and Josh so we decided step it up a little. Kablewy!! The front right wheel exploded and took the brake line with it. Our day was done. We limped her into the hot pits and realized that the caliper was still there and we only lost the hard line. Vice grips, some zip ties a new tire and 6 min later we were on our way. We quickly picked off the field 1 by 1 and finished the day 4th.

A good driver and racer knows his limits and analyzes the course and situation and adjusts as needed. Besides, this is OFF ROAD racing we race in some of the roughest deserts in the world and knew to finish first we must first finish.

Sunday’s race comes around and we get right after it!! passing Wilson right away and working our way towards Kory. Mile marker 2 martin/bean COPS car is pulled off and we were running 2nd. We immediately set a quick pace that would make up time on Kory and go for the win. The Fox Shox were eating these VW sized holes alive. By lap 3 we get word on the radio that Josh is doing Mach 5 and catching us quick. We let him pass as the last thing we want to do is tangle with him cause he didn’t finish day 1 and could not go for the overall. Halfway thru that lap Josh pulls over and we are back up front. Lap 5,6,7,and 8 come quick and we finish 1st for the day and are now waiting to see when Kory is going to come in the infield.

In the end he got us by 1 min or so and we took 2nd for the weekend. Overall it was a great weekend and the car looked great, no damage and could have gone another 8 laps.

Stay tuned as we have all of Saturdays race footage shot in HD from our Helo mixed with in car cams coming soon!! We are definitely hungry for more and will be back in March for San Felipe!!

We would first like to thank all our family and friends for there support and cheers all weekend. Paul at Racer Services and his whole team for there support. But most of all our sponsors that gave us the tools needed to get the job done! Dale Dondel at RACER ENGINEERING for building us the best class 1 available today, Todd and his FOX SHOX which took a beating and asked for more, BFG tires for hooking up all weekend and getting us to the hot pits even with no wheel!! Chris and Josh at DANZIO giving us the horsepower needed to stay up front.

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**01_el_tiburon** · January 19th, 2010, 12:53

Grat race, incredible how fast your car and Danzios is, nobody was faster than you guys over the weekend.

el tiburon

**Andy Mac** · January 19th, 2010, 12:57

Awesome race report and awesome driving Robert. Your car looks dialed and you guys will be running up front at San Felipe. Congrats on a great finish!

**rsuarez77** · January 19th, 2010, 13:04

Originally Posted by ROSS*RACING

First off Congratulations to Kory and Letner Racing on a great weekend and keeping it together at the end. Also Dan Mcmillin on a great finish his first time out.

Prerun laps Friday went perfect; car was running great and flying over the holes. Racing at 110% would not win this race and the prerun laps proved that this was going to be a battle of attrition. Luckily our Racer Class 1 with Fox Shox eats 3ft curbs and holes for lunch!!

We went in to Saturday Confident and with a game plan, Get in front and stay there. Off the start the Danzio power kicked in and we pulled away from Theriot and quickly caught Parkhouse by mile 3. The track had gotten about 10 times rougher overnight and was absolutely brutal which played into our favor. Coming into the infield we caught Wilson and made a great pass thru the dust…we were in the lead. Lap 3 and we heard over the radio that we were 3rd on time and down by 1 min to Harley and Josh so we decided step it up a little. Kablewy!! The front right wheel exploded and took the brake line with it. Our day was done. We limped her into the hot pits and realized that the caliper was still there and we only lost the hard line. Vice grips, some zip ties a new tire and 6 min later we were on our way. We quickly picked off the field 1 by 1 and finished the day 4th.

A good driver and racer knows his limits and analyzes the course and situation and adjusts as needed. Besides, this is OFF ROAD racing we race in some of the roughest deserts in the world and knew to finish first we must first finish.

Sunday’s race comes around and we get right after it!! passing Wilson right away and working our way towards Kory. Mile marker 2 martin/bean COPS car is pulled off and we were running 2nd. We immediately set a quick pace that would make up time on Kory and go for the win. The Fox Shox were eating these VW sized holes alive. By lap 3 we get word on the radio that Josh is doing Mach 5 and catching us quick. We let him pass as the last thing we want to do is tangle with him cause he didn’t finish day 1 and could not go for the overall. Halfway thru that lap Josh pulls over and we are back up front. Lap 5,6,7,and 8 come quick and we finish 1st for the day and are now waiting to see when Kory is going to come in the infield.

In the end he got us by 1 min or so and we took 2nd for the weekend. Overall it was a great weekend and the car looked great, no damage and could have gone another 8 laps.

Stay tuned as we have all of Saturdays race footage shot in HD from our Helo mixed with in car cams coming soon!! We are definitely hungry for more and will be back in March for San Felipe!!

We would first like to thank all our family and friends for there support and cheers all weekend. Paul at Racer Services and his whole team for there support. But most of all our sponsors that gave us the tools needed to get the job done! Dale Dondel at RACER ENGINEERING for building us the best class 1 available today, Todd and his FOX SHOX which took a beating and asked for more, BFG tires for hooking up all weekend and getting us to the hot pits even with no wheel!! Chris and Josh at DANZIO giving us the horsepower needed to stay up front.

man this car was moving,saw it saturday,you definetly had the overall,you were flying car look very good.oh and hell yea paul and i think jake (if his still there are very talented, very very funny guys to be around.Let me know if you need any help for the 250.be more than happy to help your team out.

**01_el_tiburon** · January 19th, 2010, 13:21

is this team from la paz ?

**ROSS*RACING** · January 19th, 2010, 13:30

Originally Posted by 01_el_tiburon

is this team from la paz ?

No, Robert is from Cabo San Lucas, living in Chula Vista, CA

**chicken lips the ocho** · January 19th, 2010, 13:53

mexico's new top class 1 team! congrats on the finish guys we were rooting for you guys to win this weekend. bring home a victory in san felipe

**Josh @ DanZio** · January 19th, 2010, 13:58

Congrats on the great finish!!!! I had a great time shootin' the breeeze with robert and the team!!!! Maybe next time it'll be in Cabo on the fishing boat with a Pacifico in hand!!!!

I was real happy for your guys finish. Too bad the crummy luck the first day. You would have had it!!!

**C.Bojorquez** · January 19th, 2010, 16:48

Congratulations on the 2nd place....

hey what was the top speeds for those Danzio engines I heard you were damn fast...

**ROSS*RACING** · January 20th, 2010, 10:28

Originally Posted by Josh @ DanZio

Congrats on the great finish!!!! I had a great time shootin' the breeeze with robert and the team!!!! Maybe next time it'll be in Cabo on the fishing boat with a Pacifico in hand!!!!

I was real happy for your guys finish. Too bad the crummy luck the first day. You would have had it!!!

Hey josh, Robert said you are officially invited to our little place in Loreto, BCS for some fishing and relaxing. And trust me the Pacifico's will be flowing

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