Barnes has 2 Podiums in a Row Heading into Red Bull
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Darlington, IN (March 11, 2023) The Mid West Cross Country (MWXC) season opener was Saturday the 11th at the Swamp Rat Run. The weather was chilly at 35° with great soil conditions. It was neither dusty nor muddy. The race time started at 4PM Eastern. Barnes fired his Polaris RZR Pro XP to a fourth place start into the woods. By the end of the first lap, he was in third. Barnes commented, “I had mountain biked the trail earlier in the day and found a spot with some saplings that I could run over within the allowed 25 ft from the race trail. It worked when it mattered.” Then, on the second lap, Barnes caught second place. With a similar move as the lap before, he progressed into second.
From there, it was onto the leader. Catching the leader on lap three, Barnes was looking to make a pass. Unfortunately, a front end component started to fail, and the fight was then on to not lose second. Conservative, but fast driving was the key to take the checkers in second. Barnes commented, “We had a good chance to win today, but unfortunately, the front end was damaged and our handling was sacrificed. It was a fight to keep the car in one piece. We held onto second and we’ll take the podium.”
The podium marks two in a row with the last one a week ago at the IXCR.
The team heads to Dallas, Texas next week for Round 3 of the Red Bull Scramble Series occurring on April 1. Barnes sits in third place in points. A good finish will keep the team in the hunt for the championship. The team currently sits in third.
The team would like to thank the 2023 sponsors:
Polaris RZR, Yokley Racing, Super ATV, Big Country Powersports, Highlifter Tire & Wheel, Elka Suspension, Millennium Technologies, Epowersteering.com, VP Racing Fuels, Double E Racing, Trinity Racing, SSI Decals, CP Carrillo, MTNTK Performance, IMS, PPEI, Coffman Custom Machine, Longhorn Fab Shop, PRP Seats, Razorback Technology, Mid TN Off-Road, STM, RZR Extreme, Alba Racing, Hess Motorsports, Tire Balls East, Barnes Off-Road Marketing, LLC.