Janey Lee and Kylie Walton will go from Monster Power Ladies to abandon racers once they enter this weekend’s NORRA 500. They may race a Can-Am Maverick R within the Evolution Manufacturing Turbo UTV class.
Monster Power Ladies function promotional representatives for the power drink, that means they’re current at just about each sporting occasion sponsored by Monster in a capability much like race queens. Their duties usually have them working quite a lot of roles, although there’s some specialisation primarily based 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 Power AMA Supercross Championship races, although there’s overlap.
Lee’s first publicity to off-road racing got here when she appeared in RECOIL, a video sequence by Monster Power-sponsored truck racer BJ Baldwin. Since then, she has turn 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 will likely 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 awesome intro for me. It’s very a lot my fashion 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 cause.
“[Kylie] and I began as Monster Power Ladies in 2015 and he or she’s been subsequent to me for the reason that first time I took a journey 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.
