Lasher Motorsports

In Part 3 of our Teryx Rebuild, Paul at Zero Tolerance fab has been working on rebuilding the front end of the car.  We decided it would be best to start from scratch so we could guarantee that everything was square as we had crushed on of the lower rear suspension mounts on the car.  I couldn’t be happier with the work that Paul has done and in the time that he has done it.  Seeing the progress that he has been making has me itching to get behind the wheel and try the car out.

Enjoy the next set of photos.  We will have more next week.

Paul has been working away in the shop getting the car ready. He has made some great progress in the last week on the rear end of the car. We completely cut out the rear section of the car and rebuilt it. We had drug the car in the dirt too much and the frame rails were twisted pretty bad. We utilized the factory rear uprights and identical tubing for the frame rails. we reinforced certain areas for additional strength as well. The next project is to do the same thing with the front end. Stay tuned for part three.

With the way the Best in the Desert season works, our off season could be considered the break between the first and second race of the year as it is almost 4 full months with no racing action. During this time we are taking the opportunity to make a few changes to the car and do some repair work that was long over do. What do we have in store for the down time? Well you could say that the car will be a whole new vehicle when it’s all said and done! We will be making changes to the suspension, Motor package, and Chassis. Stay tuned as we will post regular updates of the car and the progress that is being made.

To get the ball rolling, we took our Kawasaki Teryx over to Paul at Zero Tollerance Fab to repair some damage that was done to the frame rails. The quality of work that Paul delivers is unbelievable! Follow along as Paul gives us a first hand look at what he has done!

Here is a video from the in car camera of our Car from the race this weekend.  For more photos and info you can visit www.offroadpress.com

K&N filters did a nice write up on our season and team for their website.  You can check out the article here. http://www.knfilters.com/news/news.aspx?ID=2435

Lasher Motorsports Kawasaki Teryx Finishes the BITD Season in Second!

With the season coming to an end with the completion of the Best in the Desert Henderson Fabtech Classic this past weekend the Lasher Motorsports team has finished the year on a high note.  The team finished a respectable fourth place out of 9 cars in the field which gave them a second place in the points standings for the year.

The plan for the Henderson race was to take it slow and easy.  As long as the car could finish, the team would sustain a third spot in the season points battle.  Mike Lasher and Rick “Wally World” Wallace battled cold weather as the thermometer only read 22 degrees when they started the race.  Along with the cold weather, blinding dust made for a slow first lap as to make sure the car didn’t get damaged.  The team ran the race without a hitch completing two 60 mile laps in just under four hours giving them a fourth place finsih.  The 60 mile course was filled with boulders silt and sand!  The terrain proved to be no mach for the ITP wheels and tires as they were pushed through the desert with ease from the power of the Lockmann Precision built Muzzy’s motor.

2009 marked the first year that the team ran a complete season consisting of 7 races in the grueling deserts of Arizona and Nevada.  Tackling such race as Vegas to Reno “the long way,” the Silver State 300, and the Parker 250 the Kawasaki Teryx built by Side X Side Outfitterz saw over 1800 race miles during the season and was able to finish every single race.  With the 1924 Kawasaki Teryx piloted by Mike Lasher and Rick Wallace they were able to obtain a second spot for the Best in the Desert season amongst some great competition.

The team at Lasher Motorsports would like to take this opportunity to say thank you to all of the people and companies that made this year so successful and look forward to another great year in 2010!

The six race 2010 Best in the Desert season kicks off January 8-10, 2010 in Parker, Arizona.

Sponsors of the 1924 Lasher Motorsports Kawasaki Teryx include Pro Armor, Hostyle Racing, Side X Side Outfitterz, Wally World Designs, Fox Shox, CST Performance, ITP Tires, K &N, Lockmann Precision, Muzzy’s, OMF Performance, UTV Guide, Beard Seats, Simpson, Billet King, and UTV Underground.

For more information on Lasher Motorsports please visit www.lashermotorsports.com. If you’re interested in becoming a part of the Lasher Motorsports Team for 2010 season feel free to contact Mike at mike@lashermotorsports.com for more information.

Taken at the BITD Parker 250