Racing has been back to back this month, from John Brock driving Dirt Riot Southwest #3 on August 16 to Mike Klensin driving the Ultra4 American Rock Sports Challenge on August 23.

Dirt Riot Southwest #3 – Cortez, CO – August 14

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Photo by Brian O’Day, HigherGround4x4.com

The W.E. Rock site announced “37 Teams Pre-Registered for Dirt Riot Double Header at Cortez Putting a Very Competitive Group of Racers on the Track.” They wrote “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.”

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Photo by Brian O’Day, HigherGround4x4.com

John Brock finished 9th of 16. “It went ok. It was extremely dusty.”

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Photo by Brian O’Day, HigherGround4x4.com

John continued, “Cortez is the last of the western series; we still have a nationals event in Bridgeport, Texas. It’s the big race of the year – and the last. Dirt riot racers from all over the country will be there.”

Dirt Riot National Rampage will take place September 27 in Bridgeport, Texas. Find details at http://www.werocklive.com/events/dirt-riot-national-rampage-2/

A slight delay between races

Mike said John would be heading straight to Tooele after the race, so I was surprised when he called in from Cortez. “The car ran good, but the transmission is still giving us problems. We’ve been going through a transmission every race, so we brought an extra knowing we’d need to change it.”

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Photo by Brian O’Day, HigherGround4x4.com

This will be their 14th or 15th transmission.

John’s having it changed in a local 4 x 4 shop; then it’s on to Tooele, Utah to meet Mike at Miller Motorsports Park.

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Photo from Miller Motorsports Park Facebook Page – “Ultra4 Racing on our Rock Crawling course!”

Ultra4 American Rock Sports Challenge – Tooele, Utah – August 23

John said “Mike won’t need a co-driver on that track. It’s a short course track with a man-made rock section. It’s a lot of fun, I drove it last year. It’s very spectator friendly, you can see virtually all of the track from the grandstands.”

Mike Florian and Ruben Aguilar will be on hand to help them in the pits.

We wish the best of luck to Mike Klensin and the crew.

Find race details on the Ultra4 site:
http://ultra4racing.com/event/american-rocksports-challenge-822-823/

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Support John, Mike and the crew on Facebook as follows:

John Brock – Rocking J. Offroad
https://www.facebook.com/RockingJOffroadRaceTeam?ref=br_tf

Mike Klensin – Team Crossed Up Off Road
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Team-Crossed-Up-Off-Road/255556821123771