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Lovell Racing Crawls Back to the Top/ Back to Back Wins on the Rocks
Cedar City, Utah (June 1, 2008) - After a setback in Albuquerque, NM the Lovell Racing Team regrouped and head off to the rocks of Cedar City, UT. Three Peaks Off-road Park would be the location of choice for the second event in the 2008 WE-Rock Western Series.
As the sun warmed the rocks a record number of Pro Modified teams slowly trickled into the event site. With 25 teams ready to compete the rocks were busy with tight lipped talk of strategy and who to watch. An adventurous excitement filled the air that can be best described as a realization that this was a return to old school rock crawling. The courses were tight, technical and consisted of awe inspiring climbs and amazing drops.
Brad and Roger got off to a quick lead on the first course with a successful run but the first day of competition would still present challenge. After watching fellow competitors struggle with the bonus line on the B1 course the brothers decided to take the risk and go for the hard line. Brad carefully lined up the Fabtech Ford Ranger and Roger worked to place rocks in the perfect location. The Ranger bridged the enormous gap and as the nose pointed skyward Brad settled into the driver’s seat and lost his view of the rocks below. Driving by nothing but feel and the direction of Roger, Brad slowly tip-toed the Ranger through the gates. The gamble worked and team Lovell took a commanding lead over fellow competitors. “Brad did and incredible job, if he only knew how close he was to the edge” commented Roger.
After the end of the day, the brothers found themselves with a six point lead over veteran rock star Jason Paulie. “It’s a real honor to compete with Jason, he’s a smooth driver and always has a trick up his sleeve. Tomorrow is going to be a hard day.” Brad said and the sun dipped behind the rocks.
Day two brought new challenges and the W.E. Rock courses proved to be brutal on all competitors. Brad and Roger had another near flawless day and after battled though four courses to find themselves with a growing lead on Jason Paulie. Paulie was competing in Pro Modified for the first time in a borrowed truck. As the Unlimited Finals wound down six Pro Modified teams could be seen studying every rock of the final course. “We have five teams to watch before we run, so I feel pretty good but 12 points is not much of a lead” commented Brad. The course that had been set for the final round was the longest of the day and would push every team to the limit. The course also had two bonus lines but every team stuck to the regular course, except for Jason Paulie. After Paulie had competed his run, and under incredible pressure, team Lovell did some quick math and made a plan. But was their math correct? Would their plan work? After a long day of competition the Fabtech Ford roared to life the team was off. Careful planning paid off and Brad piloted the Ranger through gate after gate until the final climb. The team knew they had to make the last climb in one shot and Roger stood back and directed Brad to the perfect line. Like a pilot on a launch pad Brad romped on the gas and the BF Goodrich Krawlers pushed the Fabtech Ford to the top of the rock. With a single turn to the right the two carefully crossed the finish gates and captured their second victory in the W.E. Rock Western Series. With back to back first place finishes in a four event series Lovell Racing has a commanding lead in the series.
June 14th will find Brad and Roger racing head to head in the Fabtech Ranger and the Dirt Logic Ranger in XRRA round thee in hometown Colorado Springs, CO.
