American Falls, ID (April 20, 2009) After an amazing start to the Lucas Oil Off Road Race Series in Primm, NV, the Speed Technologies/Bully Dog Race Team rolled back into Primm; this time for the Best of the Desert Terrible’s 250 desert race. The weekend started out on high note Thursday afternoon with John Herder qualifying 3rd and Chuck Dempsey qualifying 5th in Class 1.
Racing kicked off Friday with the Trophy Kart race. Last year, the team’s young gun Mitchell DeJong, dominated this race. This year he pushed hard, battling for the lead for some time, and then once out front, checked out on the field. However, luck was not on his side. The reigning champ had mechanical issues the second half of the race, putting him out of contention. Meanwhile, in the team’s pit, the Speed Technologies team worked well into the evening prepping the cars for the race the next day.
Anyone that has spent time in Primm knows that the weather is usually always horrible. Saturday morning awoke with near perfect conditions. The team was excited to get the race underway. John Herder, leaving the line in 3rd rocketed off chasing after Jerry Welchel. Three quarters of the way through the first 80-mile lap, the car suffered transmission problems, losing fourth gear. Herder being the competitor that he is, pushed on; but was soon side-lined after the first lap due to the worsening transmission issue.
Chuck Dempsey on the other hand, was running flawless. Now fourth on road, he was catching the competitors ahead of him each mile. At the conclusion of the second 80-mile lap, Chuck was vaulted into the lead on road when Welchel and McMillen collided. However, avoiding their accident, the car’s right front tire impacted a rock causing the team to have to pull over for a quick tire change. Co-driver, Lil John Amas, must have thought he was on a formula one pit stop crew as he was out of the car, tire changed and back in only losing 2 minutes on road to the competitors behind. The 3rd and final lap, Chuck drove his heart out reminiscent of his drive at last year’s Baja 1000; where he was victorious. At the conclusion of the race, the corrected times were so close it was anyone’s guess whether the Speed Technologies/Bully Dog Team had captured the overall. Confident that they had claimed the Class 1 victory, they waited for Casey and the crew at BITD to figure the outcome. In the end, Chuck and Lil John just barely missed the overall, but secured the Class 1 win.
Also running at the same time, Johnny Harrah had teamed with legend Chad Hall in the Speed Technologies Class 10 car. Johnny coming off his win in the SuperLite class at the Lucas Series, had his sights set on victory, however like Dempsey, an impact with a rock slowed the team down, landing the team of Harrah and Hall 3rd place in class.
The Speed Technologies/Bully Dog Team would like to thank their sponsors: Goodyear Tire for providing an amazing tire, SolTek Lights, Ringers Gloves, and Exotic Engines. See you out in the dirt at the next race!
Bully Dog Technologies, LLC is a team built on integrity that is dedicated to leading the vehicle performance with an uncompromising code of ethics demonstrated in the soundness of its employees, excellent customer service and superior products.
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