- July 28, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
2021 Polaris RZR Pro XP in Baja
DirtChronicles
Ask any veteran of off-road racing and they’ll tell you, it’s not so much beating your direct competitors to the finish line as it is battling the environment itself. Sure, in races like the Baja 500, Baja 1000, the Mint 400 there are hundreds of racers all battling it out, but as Wayne Matlock puts it, “ if you’re good, and running a good pace, it’s you versus the terrain.” It’s about survival, and Wayne Matlock and his wife Kristen have made a family business out of it.
As a six-times SCORE International champion, Wayne has won both the Baja 1000 and 500 seven times each. Kristen, also a SCORE International champion, has won her class in the Baja 1000 and the Baja 500, once and twice respectively. So this year’s running isn’t the married couple’s first rodeo. To top it off, both of them “Iron Man” and Iron Woman” their races. Meaning, while they have co-drivers they…