CODE ST. PETER’S CARR ONE RZR RS1

Code St. Peter won six 2024 Texas Outlaw Youth 1000 rounds and only finished off the podium once in nine rounds, and he clinched the Youth 1000 championship in his Carr One Polaris Racing RZR RS1. Code moved up with four 2022 RZR 170 Limited and Mod titles from MidAmerica Outdoors and Texas Outlaw Series (see February, 2023 UTV Action). St. Peter also races select desert races, as his dad Tom races trophy trucks, and MAO and Texas Outlaw sat out 2023. Let’s look at Code’s winning RS1, which is more like Code’s Limited 170 because of Youth 1000 rules.

CARR ONE/ST. PETER RACING BUILD

Carr One did the RS1 race build, fabricating the frame, cage with intrusion bars, bumpers, nerfs, plus-three A-arms and tie-rods, trailing arms and radius rods, rod plate, fire wall, dash, doors, number plates, and roof. The bumpers and nerf bars are easily replaced if crash damaged, and the build uses the OEM RS1 radiator with twin fans. Carr One’s heavy-duty A-arms have adjustable castor and camber and over-sized Heims for durability, and it also has a Carr One aluminum fuel cell. Also, the frame is fabricated around E2E Racing’s adjustable rear torsion bar, and the RS1 Walker Evans needle shocks also get E2E Racing tuning and Seal Saver protection.

For the 2022 championship RZR 170 Modified #63, Tom St. Peter cut six inches out of the frame so it looks like an RS1, and the Youth 1000 RS1 looks like the 170 on steroids. St. Peter Metal Works CNC’d the front roost screen, which clamps onto the Carr One cage. The entire build was powder-coated an orangish Striker Gold, and the black RS1 bodywork replicates the 170 Mod build. An Antigravity battery rides on a custom mount over the front diff, and Graphics Guys did the wrap with sponsor logos.

COMPLETING THE CHAMPIONSHIP BUILD

Like the Mod 170, the #63 RS1 is armed with CMI heavy-duty racing hubs, but the rear carriers are Hess Motorsports’ aircraft-grade aluminum that’s hard anodized. They are much stronger than stock and have military grade Polaris bearings in cartridges, so bearings can changed without removing the knuckles. They’re $600 a piece, or buy the pair for $1,100 and get the cartridge removal tool in the kit. Hess also has 7075 aluminum hubs for $200 and Chromoly hubs for $400 each. The build also uses Hess’ steering quickener kit ($700). For uninterrupted racing, the RS1 also get a Hess EPS over-ride ($80), 4×4 over-ride ($125), and fan over-ride switches ($115).

With engine mods limited for Youth 1000s, the RS1 breathes through a Bikeman intake with K&N filter and a blacked-out HMF Racing Big-Bore Full Performance system ($1,054.95), which shaves more than 15 pounds of weight  off of the OEM muffler. The engine tune is by PPI, and the CVT belt is Gates. While RS1s come stock with 29-inch tires, most racers go smaller for a lower center of gravity, and Code used four 27x9R15 Maxxis Ceros at Eagle Canyon Raceway’s Off-road Campus launch, mounted on Raceline bead-lock wheels.

Code’s cockpit has a Sparco EVO seat with a booster cushion so he can see over the hood, and he uses a MPI D-shaped suede steering wheel. Side nets are by Strout. Race comms are a PCI Race Radios hand-held unit, and he gets fresh air from a PCI pumper. An Aim MX-UTV unit collects data, displays speed and more, and integrates with the Smarty Cam over Code’s right shoulder. Texas Outlaw rules mandate a minimum class weight of 1,650 pounds, and they had to add a 50-pound lead ballast under his seat to meet it.

MORE ON CODE’S 2024 SEASON AND 2025 PLANS

Texas Outlaw switched venues mid-season, so the series had A and B class winners plus overall. Code won both Youth 1000s and the overall, plus he bumped up to Amateur 1000s for the B series and won that. He also won both Youth Mod 250 segments and the championship, along with the Unlimited Off-Road 250 title (via Parker 400 and California 300 wins) and a TX4 title. Code’s RS1 isn’t nearly as trick as his Mod 250, and Tom sold it to make room for Code’s 2025 rides. With so many Texas Outlaw titles, he’s Rookie of the Year in Youth 1000s and the series MVP for 2024.

The St. Peters secured permission for Code to compete in Champ Off-road Sportsman UTVs at 11 years old, and he’ll be racing a very tricked-out Carr One RZR XP (1000). He’ll also race Texas Outlaw in a RZR XP and the King of the Hammers UTVs, and they also have a RZR Pro R build in the works. His future is bright!

Code beat Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone at the TX4 200, and he switched to a Pro S for the King of the Hammers.

Contacts:

Carr One Fabrication

504 Chaney St. #A

Lake Elsinore, CA 92530

(951) 833-8061

www.carronefabrication.com

 

Double EE Racing

29888 DuBois Rd.

Holden, LA 70744

(985) 507-3307

 

Hess Motorsports

202 N. Mesquite St.

Muenster, TX 76252

(940) 759-4597

www.hess-motorsports.com

 

HMF Engineering

5111 West 164th St.

Brookpark, OH 44142

(216) 631-6980

www.hmfracing.com