Dirt Riot Mountain & Southwest Round 3 Cortez CO

An amazing weekend with over 71 entries! Full Results of the Olympus Off Road Cortez Dirt Riot Race below! Congratulations to the class winners: Pro 4400 4×4 Chris Hoyt, Pro 4500 Kevin Rants, Pro 4600 Matt Peterson, Unlimited Trail Dom Vallejos, Mod Trail Cody StClair, Stock Trail Carlos Banegas & UTV Brian Fisher.

CLICK TO MAKE BIGGER::: Full drill down on results: http://www.moto-tally.com/WERock/DR/Results.aspx

Awesome Video Compliments of LS3 Ariel:

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Cortez Colorado is once again the location for the Olympus Offroad Mountain & Southwest Dirt Riot double header race! As drivers compete for the series points in each respective class, they are also competing for the National Dirt Riot title.

Please note:

Tech and Registration will be from 3pm – 6pm at Jimmy’s Outback 4×4 – 1780 Sagebrush Circle – Cortez, CO

37 Teams Pre-Registered for Dirt Riot Double Header at Cortez Putting a Very Competitive Group of Racers on the Track
Racing Saturday August 16^th 9am

Tech & Registration at Jimmy’s Outback 4×4 Friday August 15^th

Battle Rock Offroad Park, Cortez CO

BLACKFOOT, ID AUGUST 14, 2014: Dirt Riot is a family off the track, and true brothers and sisters rivalry on the course as they battle to be first across the finish line. This weekends Olympus Offroad Dirt Riot 4×4 Endurance race will conclude both the Mountain and Southwest Series and leaves only one race to determine the 2014 National Points for all 7 classes of racers. The gloves will be off. The 4×4 racers will be pedal to the metal. Watch the full day of action at Battle Rock Offroad Park in Cortez, Colorado on Saturday at 9am. Meet the drivers on Friday night at Jimmy’s Outback 4×4 in Cortez, Colorado from 3pm to 6pm. The address is 1780 Sagebrush Circle, Cortez, Colorado, less than an hour from Durango and other surrounding popular offroading towns.

“We have always concluded these series’ together and it has always turned into a great show of racing and sportsmanship, in some manner,” said Rich Klein, President and founder of W.E. Rock Events. “With the close of the third year of Dirt Riot approaching as we finish this event, next weeks Central Series Final and then the National Rampage, we are sincerely appreciative of the racing community and excited about the continual growth of every event this year.”

The course is about ¾ mile longer than last year including a new water crossing, eliminating the old bridge that was washed out in a recent storm. Also new for this year, is an exciting rock section that all classes except the UTV class will be required to crawl through. It has some great spectator areas, with multiple viewing locations that can give completely different experiences.

The Pre-registration list includes Pro 4400 4×4 current Mountain Series points leader Rock Addicts Racing Chris Hoyt and Southwest Series points leader LetzRoll Offroad Andrew McLaughlin. Also preregistered for the Pro 4400 4×4 race is Goodall Racing Kenneth Goodall, Desert Fab Motorsports Todd McCullen, Money Pit Mafia Kyle Roach, Black & Blue Racing Todd Seawell, Home Grown Racing Ben Swain, Simms Racing Eston Simms and Rock Addicts Racing Hunter Sparrow.

Pre-registered for the Pro 4600 4×4 class include current Southwest Series points leader LetzRoll Offroad Matthew Salyers, Higher Limits Racing Kevin Crocker and Four Corners 4×4 Jason Kaminsky.

Pre-registered for the Pro 4500 4×4 class include Southwest Series points leader Muddnutt Racing Kevin Rants, Larson Built Geoff Larson, Letzroll Offroad Racing Alan Johnson, Mitch Funk and Olympus Offroad Daniel & Keith Sach.

The always highly anticipated Unlimited Trail class is once again packed with trail rigs ready to give it their all. Pre-registrations include Southwest Series points leader Miller Racing Ryan Miller, and Mountain Series points leader McGhie Offroad Racing Rawlin McGhie. In addition, Short Bus Mafia Racing Carlos Gonzales, Fly-N-Hi Racing Jayson Mitchell, NF Motorsports Greg Neff, Pandemonium Motorsports Chad Schoonover, Rock Reaper Holbrook Stillman, Rolling Gnomes Paul Tyler, Money Pit Mafia Dom Vallejos and JSE Racing Joseph Whitcomb are ready to take the green and checker. Modified Trail Goodall Racing Shannon Goodall and Team SCR Texas Cody StClair will take the course at the same time along with Stock Trail pre-registrant Strange Fab Racing Tim Adkins.

UTV Class is already rounding out with pre-registered Southwest Series points leader Undertakers Racing Frank Minice, Red Fish Racing Brian Fisher, Two Bar M Cross Racing Justin Meader, ME Racing Jared Murch and Funk-n-Fast Offroad Brad Witbeck.

There are 3 Professional 4×4 classes, a Trail/Sportsman 4×4 class and a UTV class. The classes are built to encourage local 4×4 or UTV participants to join us in a day of fun racing. For fees and payout information go to http://www.werocklive.com/2013-fees-payout. Dirt Riot is an Endurance Racing series that is composed of 4 series of 3 races that stretch across the country.

Spectators are encouraged to come and enjoy the day of entertainment on Saturday August 16th. Racing will be on course from 9am to 4pm, with awards immediately following. Admission is $15 for adults, $5 for ages 8-15, children 7 and under free, Military with ID $5 off and there will be 20% off coupons at Jimmy’s 4×4 on Friday night. There are vendors, food and amenities on site, and we encourage you to bring chairs and shade structures. For additional details go to http://www.werocklive.com/events/dirt-riot-southwest-round-3-2.

After the event we will have the results, pictures and stories posted at http://www.werocklive.com/2014/dirt-riot-mountain-southwest-round-3-cortez-co.

Past Event Coverage: http://www.werocklive.com

Event Sponsors: Maxxis Tires, Artec Industries, Nitro Gear & Axle, Trail Gear, Branik Motorsports, ASR Offroad, Fox Racing Shox, Crown Performance, Superchips, Dirt Skins, MetalCloak, PSC Motorsports, Currie Enterprises, Spidertrax Off-Road, Axel Off Road Gear & Apparel, PCI Race Radios, Advanced Adapters, The SickLine.com, Race Team Store