Imperial Valley, CA – Alumi Craft racer Todd Winslow took the class 10 victory at the SCORE International Off-Road Racing Series, Imperial Valley 250 while finishing an amazing second place overall. According to Winslow, he had an uneventful day while beating all but the winning Trophy Truck to the finish line. Fellow Alumi Craft racer Jared Teague also stood on the podium; finishing third in class 10 and taking seventh place overall. While the Alumi Craft racers prospered, the brutal terrain and scorching heat took a toll on the rest of the field. The finishing rate of those who entered was an astonishingly low 31.76 percent.
“It was brutal, our Alumi Craft car is the one to have,” said Todd Winslow, “It was tight and rough. We were prepared to hammer it if necessary but we didn’t need to. We had to do well here because we didn’t do the Baja Sur race. We finished 3rd at the 500, and 3rd at San Felipe, so it’s great to take a win. My son Matt and his co-rider Zack took the first two laps. The only issue they had was the late afternoon start. Matt had a dark visor on his helmet for the setting sun. He did not want to stop to change it once the sun went down, so he and Zack switched helmets instead. I got in to do lap three with my co-rider Kyle. I think this was the roughest course of the series. There was no wind so the dust was hanging in the valley and the heat was just awful. I didn’t prerun in the dark, so it was very challenging to stay on course. I had a couple close calls,but we made it. We hope to take the championship for Alumi Craft this year with a win at the Baja 1000. We are also thinking of getting another Alumi Craft chassis, a 2nd Gen car, because it’s longer. We do all our own prep but you have to start with the best platform. Whoever wins the thousand will probably win the championship.”
Todd is well on his way to a great season while Jared Teague is just getting started. Jared purchased an older Alumi Craft that he is preparing for a run at the Best In The Desert series next year. He was surprised by the customer service provided by Alumi Craft on a used car. “We bought the car in March and John Cooley at Alumi Craft told us if there was anything we needed to let him know,” said Jared, “John came out before the race and did some tuning on the car that helped tremendously; it’s great to have that kind of support. The course was beat up pretty good and it was hotter than the gates of hell. We saw a lot of cars on their lids or broken down in the first 60 miles of the race. We were out front but missed a turn; letting a couple cars get past. We caught and passed a car and went back and forth with another. It’s hard to race wide open in the dark when there was so much potential for tearing up the car. It just wasn’t intelligent to push it in the dust with so many bad areas that could take you out. We had a slight electrical problem that we fixed right away. I can’t complain, for just a tune-up race we finished on the podium in third.”
No matter how tough the challenge, Alumi Craft racers have proven again and again the superior performance provided by their meticulously crafted cars. Alumi Craft is committed to providing you with excellent service and a competitive, safe and reliable vehicle that exceeds your expectations. They offer many types of cars for competition or pleasure and a long list of services and support. If you demand the best, give Alumi Craft a call at 619-596-9841 or go to: http://alumicraft.info/ to find out more about our race products and services.
About Alumi Craft
Alumi Craft is the premier racecar chassis manufacturer in the off road industry. Crafting cars from lengths of 4130 Chromoly tubing is our specialty. We offer a variety of vehicles to accommodate the professional off road racer to the recreational driver. Since 2004, Alumi Craft racers have earned countless wins and twenty-one points championships; eight in short course and thirteen in the desert. Rob MacCachren, Chuck Cheek, Cameron Steele, Luke McMillin, CJ Greaves, Matt Cullen, Darren Hardesty, Darryl Smith, Gunnar Peterson, Mike Porter, Mitchell Dejong, Roger Starkey and owner John Cooley have all won championships behind the wheel of an Alumi Craft race car.
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