The Xtreme Outlaws 250 was a great race! Even qualifying was extra exciting with Koenig Racing driver Troy Robinson pushing so hard he put our Total Chaos Toyota Tacoma racer up on two wheels for a long, long way.
Team owner Mike Koenig was in the driver’s seat for the first two laps. “Halfway through lap one our Goodyear tires were hooking so good we easily caught up to three other Group T trucks. From then on it was 30 miles of bumper-to-bumper action going up hill climbs so close to each other rocks were flying through the windshield. Finally I got past one guy and then another. Near the start of lap two, we passed one more on the inside as he put it up on two wheels. Then, still in the dust of a truck we were chasing down, he suddenly gets stuck in a tree trying to pass a Class 11 car. We make the pass and boogie down to the end of the second lap, 5th overall and first in class by five minutes ready for the driver change…”
Now Troy “Bicycle Man” Robinson was behind the wheel. “We were flying right up until we came up to the first hill climb. A Class 9 car was stuck smack in the MIDDLE of the road. We tried slipping past on the low side but our race truck slid off the track and got stuck right on the edge of a cliff. Our only choice was to back slowly down the cliff. Finally back on the course, a mystery vibration is making the whole truck shake at anything over 54 mph. Not fun. And it was therockiest course we’ve ever raced. Thank goodness for our Goodyear tires. We didn’t give up and fought our way back, ending the day in fourth place.
The first ever VORRA sanctioned Xtreme Outlaws 250 was a blast for us, thanks to our great sponsors, Total Chaos, Goodyear, Currie, Doug Thorley, Desert People Films, Off Road Warehouse, King Shocks and the tireless support of the Koenig Racing Team. Watch for us at Fallon!
NEXT RACE: VORRA FALLON NIGHT RACE, JULY 16-18