2011 Bonneville Off-Road  UTV Class Definition and Rules

UTV Sportsman Stock Class Under 750 cc

Class Notes

Maximum engine size 750cc
All UTV’s in this class must have originally come from the factory with 4 wheel drive and a bed. Two seats positioned side by side are required. Seating for more is allowed.
Maximum occupants are one driver and one passenger.

Competition Regulations

This is a sportsman class and may/will run less miles in a race then other pro UTV classes.

Safety Equipment

4 point harnesses is required for all occupants. 5 point harnesses are highly recommended for your
safety.
Full factory Roll Cage
ABC type fire extinguisher on board (1)2.5lbs external min
First aid kit on board
Side doors or nets are not required but highly recommended for your safety.
If UTV was equipped with side nets or doors from the factory they must be in place.
All occupants must wear full protective clothing to include at least a SNELL approved helmet, goggles, gloves. All other clothing must provide full coverage.

Suspension Components

Suspension parts may be strengthened, reinforced, or replaced but must remain OEM or OEM
Replacement parts.
Pivot points must remain in stock location.
Mounting points may be strengthened. Ball joints and bushings are open to any manufacture.
Shock location must remain in stock location.
Wheelbase must remain stock.
Aftermarket Shock Absorbers may be used as long as they mount to stock locations.
Bolt on Suspension kits may be used as long as the mount in factory locations including shocks.

Wheels and Tires

Maximum tire size is 28”.
Aftermarket wheels of any backspacing may be used.
Wheel spacers are not permitted unless equipped from the factory. (Yamaha Rhino Rear)

Lights

Factory tail and brake lights must function.

Engine, Transmission and Driveline

Maximum engine size of 750cc
Engine must remain stock other then aftermarket ignition system and aftermarket exhaust will be allowed.
Transmission and differential gear must remain stock
Clutch is open to new springs and weights only.

Steering and Brake Components

Power steering is not allowed unless it came from the factory.
Power or vacuum assist brakes are not allowed

UTV Modified B Class Under 850 cc

Class Notes

All UTV’s in this class must have originally come from the factory with 4 wheel drive and a bed Two seats positioned side by side are required. Seating for more is allowed. Maximum occupants are one driver and one passenger unless it came with a more seats factory (a.i. Razor 4)

Competition Regulations

This is a modified class and all items will be open unless it says otherwise in these class rules.

Safety Equipment

4 point harnesses is required for all occupants. 5 point harnesses are highly recommended for your
safety.
4 wheel drive does not have to operate
Full factory Roll Cage
ABC type fire extinguisher on board (1)2.5 lbs ABC
First aid kit on board
Side doors are required.
Window nets are required.
All occupants must wear full protective clothing to include at least a SNELL approved helmet, goggles,
gloves. All other clothing must provide full coverage.

Suspension Components

Pivot points must remain in stock location.
Track width may not be increased by more than 8” per side for a total of 16” wider than stock. This is
measured at the wheel mounting surface. Or may not exceed 75” total track width.
Wheelbase may not be increased by more than 2” per axle for a total of 4” longer then stock.
Only one shock per wheel is allowed.
No external bypass shocks
No secondary suspension allowed.

Wheels and Tires

Maximum tire size is 28”
Wheel spacers are not permitted

Lights

Must have tail and brake lights

Engine, Transmission and Driveline

Maximum engine size of 850cc
Motor must be of same manufacture as UTV
Must use stock center cases
No turbo or superchargers allowed
The only motor swap allowed is Brute Force 750cc or Rotax 800cc

Steering and Brake Components

Power steering is not allowed unless it came from the factory stock.
Power or vacuum assist brakes are not allowed

UTV A Open class Under 1300cc

Competition Regulations

This is an open class and all items will be open unless it says otherwise in these class rules. This class is for mini buggy and big cc SxS and full race SxS.

Safety Equipment

5 point harnesses are required for all occupants.
Full Race Roll Cage or Modified full factory cage to tech inspectors approval
ABC type fire extinguisher on board
First aid kit on board
Side doors are required
Window nets are required
All occupants must wear full protective clothing to include at least a SNELL approved helmet, goggles,
gloves. All other clothing must provide full coverage

Frame

Custom Frames are allowed as long as the BOR inspector deems it safe

Suspension Components

Front and rear suspension must be independent.
Only one shock per wheel is allowed.
No secondary suspension allowed.
Maximum Track Width 75”
Maximum Wheelbase 95”

Wheels and Tires

Maximum tire size is 30”

Lights

Must have tail and brake lights

Engine, Transmission and Driveline

No turbo or superchargers allowed
Engine must originally have come from a UTV, ATV, Snowmobile, On or Off-road motorcycle
Automotive car and truck engines are not allowed unless it came stock from factory.
Two Cycle engines are not allowed. Maximum engine size 1300cc
Reverse not required

Steering and Brake Components

Power steering is not allowed unless factory installed
Power or vacuum assist brakes are not allowed
Must have Front Brakes
Must have minimum one rear brake. (Single driveline brake is allowed.)

Fuel System

Safety fuel cells are not required but very highly recommended.

If it is deemed at any time to be unsafe because of speed, more safety will be required to protect the occupants.  This includes fire suits, fuel cells and full race cage.

At any time a vehicle is deemed to dominate it can and will be limited by air intake restrictor plate or by any means determined by BOR.

Their will be some racing going on again staring spring 2010. Watch borracing.org for info. You should make a trip even if its just once and you will see why we love the desert.

Some in the lower front a arm mounts. My old Rhino frame did the same thing. I think its a weak spot on all of the UTV's. Luckily its not hard to fix and improve where Kawasaki should have. Other then the fact I'm kinda burnt out from working on this thing, its not that bad. I priced out some of the plastic parts that broke today and I was pleasantly surprised how inexpensive they are. I have a front and a rear bent wheel but I also have a front and rear spare so I will be ok their for awhile. As you can see a new cage is in order as is a new front bumper. All in all the Teryx took her beating well.

Just wanted to let every one know the race happened and was a blast. Their where only 4 UTV's that showed up and I was the only one to have a DNF. The course was a blast! Alot of fun for UTV's. It kinda suck their was really no interest in it. Great course low entry fee well planed plus it was just cool to be their and see the other trucks and buggies. I talked with the owner Allen at the race and it sounds like they will try and keep the UTV class open next year with maybe three different classes stock stock modified and modified. He said they had a ton of phone calls emails and all around interest but for what ever reason people just didn't show. So for any one interested in desert racing with BOR sounds like they will give us at least one more shot. Next race will be spring 2010.

I didn't even get to race. My friend was driving for the pre run so I could mark the GPS and just past mile 10 we came over a double roller at what would be safe to call "speed" and the rear caught the second roller and put us into a front flip. We hit on the driver A piller first and then it all went fuzzy but from the distance from the rollers and where we ended up I would guess we rolled 3 times. We ended up on the passenger side. We both walked away with very minor injury's.  I had a very small cut on my hand from not wearing gloves since I was supposed to be taking notes. The the driver Andrew had some harness burn on his neck I don't think his belt was as tight as it should have been.

It was a very disappointing way to start the weekend after all the time and money I had invested into racing this race. But like I was told 100 times at least one one was hurt.

I wish I had time to paint it before the race.

This is the last race for the year. The next one will be spring. As far as a class for you it will not be UTV but maybe you can fit some where else. What does your buggy weigh? and what size and material is the frame? Their are fairly strict rules about that stuff. But remember racing can be hard on stuff so it needs to be built safe. Just download a BITD ( Best In The Desert ) rule book and see if you can fit any of those race classes and also see what you need to work on getting ready for next year.