Our first race coverage of 2021 recently took place at the PSDA Arizona ATV Nationals at Dome Valley Raceway in Wellton, AZ. This was the first Pro Sand Drag Association race on the West Coast in roughly 4 years, so it was a highly anticipated event.
In typical PSDA fashion, the event stretched 5 days with the first two being dedicated to Test & Tune. The racers and teams would get their combinations ready for record breaking passes and/or the competition throughout the weekend.
Day 2 of Test & Tune saw a highly anticipated event with the East vs West Team Relentless (Ricky Thorpe/ Misty Barton) vs Team Velocity (Carlos Correia/ Jared Azevedo) grudge race. The internet battle turned to the track with bragging rights and a myriad of undisclosed bets up for grabs. Both competitors lined up straight off the trailer with the East Coast team seemingly at the disadvantage being 2000 miles from home. Team Relentless would prove this wouldn’t matter with a 3.525 to Team Velocity’s 3.556, but Jared’s near perfect 0.004 reaction time to Misty’s 0.051 meant the West Coast would take the win with just a 0.016 margin of victory.
Racing would officially start on Day 3 with the Bracket & Index Classes hitting the track. Each racer would get a single test pass before the bracket class began. A Field of 47 would make its way down to 2, with Oregon’s Andy Seiver taking on Michigan’s Dave Turner.
Andy would take the win, which was accompanied by quite a few cheers from the Oregon crowd.
Bracket:
1st Andy Seiver
2nd Dave Turner
Index classes were next to take the track. Same as the bracket class, each racer was allowed a test pass before competition. Only the first round of each class was run through before the track staff decided to postpone the remainder of each class to Friday afternoon due to getting late in the night.
Here are the winners of the Index categories:
3.39 & Faster Index:
1st Charlie Smith
2nd Jeff Patterson
3.40-3.59 Index:
1st Eric Wells
2nd Fernando Romero
3.60-3.79 Index:
1st Tommy Springer
2nd Misty Barton
3.80-3.99 Index:
1st Gunnar Goodridge
2nd Burt Boatman
4.00-4.19 Index:
1st Doug McCrory
2nd Andy Seiver
4.20-4.39 Index:
1st Michael Farmer
2nd Joseph Weaver
The Limited classes hit the track after Index wrapped up. No power adders are allowed until the Unlimited classes on Saturday, so these were all motor competitions. Each class would get one Qualifying pass and get paired up in a ladder format.
Rigger Racing’s “Relentless” machine would break the 425cc Record (with jockey Misty Barton), during eliminations, lowering the time to a 3.466 E.T. from a 3.474 held by Angel Estevez & Luis Garcia. Misty & Rigger Racing would end up winning the 0-425cc Twin class, to boot.
Jayden Muchmore and Willis Racing would become the world’s fastest twin, breaking both the PSDA 2 Stroke Twin Cylinder Unlimited 651-775cc record with a 3.163 and securing the WSDN D/ATV record with a 3.147 E.T.
The Limited classes results were as follows:
Limited 0-425cc Twin Cylinder:
1st Misty Barton
2nd Fernando Romero
Limited 0-525cc Twin Cylinder:
1st Dave Turner
2nd Misty Barton
Limited 0-650cc Twin Cylinder:
1st Jayden Muchmore
2nd Dave Turner
Limited 0-775cc Twin Cylinder:
1st Jeff Patterson
2nd Bruno Ayala
Limited 0-900cc Spreadbore Twin:
1st Jeff Patterson
2nd Jayden Muchmore
Open Twin and Spreadbore:
1st Jeff Patterson
2nd Jared Azevedo
Big Block 771+ and up:
1st Andres Hernandez
2nd Lacey George
Single & CVT Twin 4 Stroke & 2 Stroke Open:
1st Sammy Varela
2nd Matt Sasselli
Limited 0-1325cc NonSpread Triple:
1st Jeff Patterson
2nd Fernando Romero
Limited 4 Cylinder Open:
1st Charlie Smith
2nd Jeff Guillot
Limited Open:
1st Jose Luis De Jesus
2nd Jeff Patterson
Day 5 started off with the kid’s racing. Three different age groups, with 4 classes total. Michigan racer Dakota Viers would be the MVP of the youth categories and take the victory in both of the 13 to 15 kids classes.
Joseph Zavala would take the win in the 9 & Under kids class marking his first ever win and Maddox Pena would take the win in the 10 to 12 kids class.
9 & Under Kids:
1st Joseph Zavala
2nd Daniel Wehrer
10 to 12 Kids:
1st Maddox Pena
2nd Calista Summerlin
13 to 15 Kids:
1st Dakota Viers
2nd Jayden Pena
13 to 15 Kids – Heads Up:
1st Dakota Viers
2nd Tessa Nunez
Next would be two classes rising in popularity, the 450lb/475cc class & the No Bar class. Andy Seiver would get his second win of the weekend in the 450/475 class and add to the substantial pocket change he was racking up this weekend. Our current A/No Bar Pro ATV record holder, Jared Azevedo, would take the win in the No Bar class with a dominating performance on Arlo Cully’s triple.
450lb/ 475cc Class:
1st Andy Seiver
2nd David Markle
No Bar Class:
1st Jared Azevedo
2nd Isiah Espinoza
The Unlimited classes would then take to the track. Nitrous, turbochargers, and superchargers are all fair game. Once again, all classes would get a Qualifying pass before eliminations.
Ricky Carroll’s “Blood Money” machine (with jockey Charlie Smith) would lower his own PSDA Limited Open 4 Cylinder record to a 3.06 from their previous 3.072.
K&T Performance would win big this weekend with 10 total 1st Place wins and 3 Runner-Ups in the heads up categories, showing off that Muchmore Power.
The Unlimited classes results were as follows:
Unlimited 0-650cc Twin:
1st Jeff Patterson
2nd Angel Castillo
Unlimited 0-775cc Twin:
1st Dale Solberg
2nd Jayden Muchmore
Unlimited 0-900cc Spreadbore Twin:
1st Jayden Muchmore
2nd Jeff Patterson
Open CC and Spreadbore Twin:
1st Jeff Patterson
2nd Jayden Muchmore
Open Single:
1st Isaac Conchas
2nd Troy Weber
OEM Frame Single & CVT 4 Stroke Open:
1st Tim Wilson
2nd Andres Hernandez
Unlimited 0-1325cc NonSpread Triple:
1st Jayden Muchmore
2nd Fernando Romero
Open CVT:
1st Erik Eshbaugh
2nd Jeff Guillot
Open CC & CVT Triple:
1st Jayden Muchmore
2nd Fernando Romero
Unlimited 4 Cylinder Open:
1st Charlie Smith
2nd Chris Carlson
Unlimited Open:
1st Charlie Smith
2nd Jeff Patterson
