Janey Lee and Kylie Walton will go from Monster Vitality Women to abandon racers after they enter this weekend’s NORRA 500. They’ll race a Can-Am Maverick R within the Evolution Manufacturing Turbo UTV class.
Monster Vitality Women function promotional representatives for the vitality drink, that means they’re current at just about each sporting occasion sponsored by Monster in a capability just like race queens. Their tasks usually have them working a wide range of roles, although there may be some specialisation based mostly on their pursuits. For instance, Lee is primarily assigned to Skilled Fighters League matches as an octagon woman whereas Walton does so for motocross and Monster Vitality AMA Supercross Championship races, although there may be overlap.
Lee’s first publicity to off-road racing got here when she appeared in RECOIL, a video sequence by Monster Vitality-sponsored truck racer BJ Baldwin. Since then, she has develop into an envoy for Can-Am who assisted in selling the Maverick R’s launch in 2023. Her husband Eric Lee has competed in races just like the Mint 400, and might be an extra driver for Lee and Walton.
She revealed her curiosity in NORRA on an episode of the Excessive Octane Hustle podcast in April, calling it “an incredible intro for me. It’s very a lot my type additionally.” A lot of this stems from its pretty relaxed environment in comparison with different desert races; its sister occasion Mexican 1000 is dubbed the “The Happiest Race on Earth” for a similar motive.
“[Kylie] and I began as Monster Vitality Women in 2015 and she or he’s been subsequent to me because the first time I took a experience in a SXS,” wrote Lee. “We’ve spent years beginning racers off. Come Saturday, we take off the road collectively in Baja!”
Their Maverick R was ready by Rodrigo Ampudia, a Can-Am UTV driver in SCORE Worldwide.
The NORRA 500 begins with UTV qualifying on Friday, adopted by racing on Saturday and Sunday from Santo Tomás to Ensenada.
