3-Wide Triple Threat At BITD Parker 425

“Pistol” Pete Sohren has been a character charged personality of the off road motorsport industry for over a decade. For more reasons than many will ever know, Pistol enjoys a large following of fans and is often considered a favorite to win at any race he enters due to the all or nothing driving style. His fellow Trophy Truck peers deem Pete a highly skilled driver and respect him for the many personal sacrifices arranged just to make it to the race.

The opening event for the Best In The Desert Series has been a favorite among Trophy Truck Drivers and sets the mood for the rest of the season. The terrain is usually wet and wild. The Course is fast and unforgiving. Pistol Pete Sohren has been itching to enter and as of late really shown his skills and resilliance. On the January 27th edition of Totally Off Road Radio it was announced that Pistol would be handing over the famous center driven #2 Three-Seater Trophy Truck for only the third time ever to another driver.

Jason McNeil, young gun driver of FiberwerX Racing’s #50 Trophy Truck (the only other 3-seater truck in the division) will be taking the wheel of Pete’s notoriously “Phast” Ford for the second half of the BITD Parker Race. Not only will Jason bring the truck to the finish line, he will act as co-pilot during Qualifying and is scheduled to ride passenger during the first half of the race as well. Fellow Trophy Truck driver Cameron Steele will co-dawg as well, filling out the third seat and making this one interesting cockpit.

What gives you ask? “Well,” Pistol explained “I see a lot of me in Jason and I want to give him the chance no one ever gave me.” Jason and the FiberwerX Team did not have the BITD Race on the schedule and are currently preparing the #50TT for the next event. During the recent SCORE Laughlin Desert Challenge, Jason showed up hot for the race and qualified in an impressive 6th place with minimal seat time. Pete, however stole the show and qualified 3rd. Jason’s luck ran out on the first day when an upper control arm folded and ended the effort for the weekend.

The strategy for Parker is to qualify well, and from there, “Go all out for the WIN”. With the truck holding together and with Jason riding the first half gaining knowledge of the course and the truck he should have no problem bring it home in top finishing order. Pete continued jokingly, “He’s destroyed a Class 8 and Trophy Truck in his last 2 races so I hope he has some skills left that I keep hearing about.”

“I am very excited with the chance to get to drive the #2 TT for the 2nd Half of the race.” Jason beamed with excitement. “I would like to thank Pistol for this tremendous opportunity. I have always thought of him as one of the top drivers in the sport just without budget of these big teams” “I feel like Pistol Pete is a lot like me in the fact that we make so many sacrifices to make these races. We have similar driving styles and we work every day on our own trucks because we do not have the same fortune as our competitors. For both of us, our lives nearly revolve around this sport. I am looking forward to showing what I can do and to do a good job for Pete”