Side by side racing.

I am going to be racing side by sides this weekend at a huge company party. The biggest race I will be in is a 10 car race around a motocross track. Basically going up against 9 other guys (who are all regional managers in my company). We will be racing race preped(mostly safety stuff) Polaris 800 RZR base models. The winner will take home the ride of their choice. I have driven these a good bit, but never in a short track environment. Anyone ever done this type of racing and/or have any advice?

When in doubt, throttle out!! Jk I don't have any advice but this sounds like a hell of a fun time good luck an keep us updated!!!

hell ya! i got a idea... " GO PRO NE1??????????" would be sick!

This is only a small part of the party but the most exciting to me (racing duh) to give you an idea of how big we go with these parties 2 years ago we had the entire nitro circus crew do a full on allout show as a part of it.

Geez I wish I worked for cool companies like that.

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Originally Posted by stumpy

Geez I wish I worked for cool companies like that.

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If you want a door to door job and don't mind travel and making $500/sale I have a job for you. :lol:

Ive pit crew'd for mini sprints and that shits intense! I dig anything racing except nascar!

If yall hot lap find a good line and stick to it! Sometimes the fastest way around the track aint the shortest.

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Originally Posted by Crazy Blu

Ive pit crew'd for mini sprints and that shits intense! I dig anything racing except nascar!

If yall hot lap find a good line and stick to it! Sometimes the fastest way around the track aint the shortest.

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This is good advice. Find a line that works for you and stick with it. Don't get caught up in trying to pass because YOU will end up the one getting passed. I have several family members that are into dirt tracking and a couple that race ATVs/Motorcross and the best advice I can add is BE FEARLESS! Don't be scared to hit a corner hard...brake early and throttle through the curve. Most novice riders will brake late and come out of the corner soft.

It's not your RZR. Best advice right there. Don't f'ing lift

Thanks for the encouragement fellas. Anyone have any idea if it would be better to run in 2wd or AWD/4wd? I know some machines run a lot slower in AWD, but I'm not that familiar with these.... I will have some track time to figure it out, but only like an hour or so of practice.

2wd for sure. You will be fighting to steer in 4wd and you are better off letting the tail drift.

Okay, that was my initial thought. I know in the Lucas offroad series the pro2 trucks can't touch the pro4 trucks. I figure with something this small 2wd will be the way to go. I am open to addition advice though, I really want to win this shiz.

It really depends on how tight the track is. If you're in a RZR S 800 or 900 then you won't worry about fighting steering. 4x launches out of loose corners better.

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It really depends on how tight the track is. If you're in a RZR S 800 or 900 then you won't worry about fighting steering. 4x launches out of loose corners better.

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Well he did say base model. I think the new ones have AWD that can't be turned off. I've read many people say even in 2wd it will engage the AWD when you spin. My neighbors have three of the 800 RZR and one of their buddies has the RZR S.

My polaris operates the same in awd as it does in 2wd cuss of the electric ps. it is a bit slower though.
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Originally Posted by ss454327

Well he did say base model. I think the new ones have AWD that can't be turned off. I've read many people say even in 2wd it will engage the AWD when you spin. My neighbors have three of the 800 RZR and one of their buddies has the RZR S.

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Ah, ok then. My only experience with them has been in the sand and I don't think we ever ran them in 2wd. Hell, best advice is to just floor it haha

Sweet thanks for the help fellas. Should be fun I wish I had a go pro to get it all on video. Maybe my wife will get a video on her phone.

So how did it go?

Sorry forgot to post. Well I was expecting a medium sized motocross track and I was dead wrong. Try instead a enduro/trial style track. Out of 13 RZRs 6 flipped at some point 1 blown motor due to destroying the radiator lots of lost body peices several got stuck and one even lost an axel. Stupid fun for sure. My car got 5th overall. Not too bad, but I didn't get to take one home either.

Amazing how much damage will be done when you don't have to worry about fixing them. Sounded fun.