Sneak peek!  Paid the Reynolds boys a visit over at the GentBent fab shop last week for a weekly race meeting.  I wasn’t standing around too long before I was put to work.  Although it wasn’t too bad once they fed me some pizza and Bud Lights.

They’re redoing the “Black Pearl” Trophy Truck body with 2008 Chevy fiber panels. We at Pure Racing cant wait to get our hands on this beast to give it the finishing touches with a custom designed wrap.

If you need any fab work done, get a hold of Brent Reynolds at GetBent. He’s the master and can fab anything, not just bad boy offroad toys. He just moved into a new larger shop to accommodate his growing fab business.  Check em out!

Check back for more updates on the Truck.  Also, keep an eye out for them at the Whiplash Halloween Race at Firebird!

Photo by DGP Photography

Labor Day Weekend in Snowflake, AZ was a blast for the Pure Racing posse. We got to the track around 7am on Saturday, parked the trailer and proceeded to get ourselves some breakfast burritos to get the motors running from the night before. Little did we know, the sunshine and 70 degree weather wouldn’t last long. About halfway through our tasty breakfast burros, the rain gods decided it was time to let it all hang out. As we woofed down the last couple bites, we spotted a trailer with an awning and figured it would be a great place to keep dry for a few seconds. To our surprise, this awning belonged to a man named David with DGP Photoraphy who was snapping pictures of the racers in various events. Right place at the right time? We thought so…

DGP Photography is a proud supporter of Whiplash Off-Road Racing along with other circuits including the SCORE Baja 500, Best in the Desert, CORR, NASA and many more. They also make their way to the Porsche Club of America, rodeos and air shows when there’s time. Being that David’s been photographing the race scene for a few years, it’s no surprise he knows the right spots, for the right shots, at the right times. His ability to capture the perfect action shots of buggies, trophy trucks, UTV’s and other off-road vehicles is second to none. David is truly a master at his craft, and the crew here at Pure Racing is looking forward to working with DGP in the future.

While photography seems to be David’s forte, he takes it a step further at the races and offers race teams the opportunity to get some prints and other schwag items produced. From 5” x 7” prints to jumbo 20” x 30” prints, all the way to coffee mugs and mouse pads, he’s got quite the setup to turn race photos into souvenirs. For more information and to see all the photos from “The Race” in Snowflake, AZ, check out the DGP Photography site here.

Known as “The Race,” this weekend is sure to be one to remember for the Pure Racing crew. As we finish up a few things in the Phoenix, AZ area this afternoon, we’re packing up the trailer and heading north to cool off, enjoy some kick ass racing and support the guys from Reynolds Off Road Racing Development. This weekend, the RORRD crew will have two vehicles (the Novocaine Pre-Runner and the Sport Modified UTV) battling it out in 2 different races. Naturally, the Pure Racing team will make an appearnce to show the Reynolds crew some love.

Typically the highest turnout of the season for a Whiplash event, “The Race” takes place between Heber, AZ and Snowflake, AZ along Highway 277. It’s sure to be a fun-filled weekend of Off-Road action as Trophy Trucks, Buggies, Bikes, ATV’s and UTV’s gear up to take on a challenging off-road course.

If you’ll be in the area, drop us comment or shoot us an email. We’ll be staying in the Show Low, AZ area for the weekend and look forward to taking in some race action and meeting new people. We’ll be crusing around the track on the day of the event, so if you see a group of guys wearing bad ass shirts that say “Pure Racing,” make sure to flag us down and say hello.

For more information on Whiplash Motorsports and “The Race” visit their website here.

Last week we were out at Firebird Raceway in Phoenix, AZ checking out the fresh look the Whiplash Motorsports team has given the off-road course. After bringing in several tons of dirt, bull dozers, front end loaders and the like, the once Jeep off-road rock climbing area has been transformed into a bad ass dirt track for dirt biking and quad mashing.

While myself and the Pure Racing crew were out there, we had the pleasure of meeting the guys behind Sport-TAG and Checkpoint Scoring. Together, they were installing several transponder checkpoints throughout the new dirt track at Firebird in order to help the team at Whiplash integrate the new technology into upcoming races.

For those of you who aren’t in the know, Sport-TAG is a racing transponder system that uses the latest technologies to integrate its service with existing race scoring systems. Their main goals are to accurately read and process hundreds of riders at once while also providing a speedy registration process. Some other cool features of the racing transponder are its impeccable 99.9% accuracy rate (even in rain and muddy conditions) and the fact it requires no charging. The Sport-Tag racing transponder is truly state of the art software, and is quickly becoming the transponder of choice in the motocross industry for dirt bikes, quads, rally cars, trophy trucks, buggies and class 1 cars.

Granted, the Sport-TAG racing transponder is easily integrated into most scoring systems, but if we had to recommend one on our own, it would be the CheckPoint Scoring system. I mean, if Whiplash Racing uses it, its gotta be good, right? CheckPoint Scoring is a complete scoring system that integrates an easily managed software on your pc with bar codes, bar code readers and other RFID equipment. They are big advocates of testing their products before they release them on the market to ensure the highest level of accuracy and quality. CheckPoint’s scoring software has been used in numerous National Off-Road Events and for good reason. Their software features real time scoring, post race reporting, easily exportable data and electronic display compatibility for on track signage.

After getting the 411 on this awesome new racing system, we’re excited to check it out in action this weekend at the Snowflake 250 taking place between Heber, AZ and Snowflake, AZ this weekend. If you can’t make it up there for the race, make sure to come party with us on the dirt track at Firebird Raceway in October.

For more information on Sport-Tag, check out their website here.

Want some more info on the CheckPoint Scoring system? Check them out here.