Disco Derek West spills on family, racing, opportunities, and why he’s retired now. A twenty-year career with over 100 wins in all elements of off-road, Derek has always been a wheelman. He can drive anything and podium. 

3:54 – Four wheelers started the driving bug

9:03 –my very first race is a holeshot race and everyone’s wrecking!

14:07 – John Lloyd was the one who got me into off-road

16:12 –Camp Jeep in Branson is where I met Ritchie

20:17 – Ashley was driving my comp rig to college

24:18 – I learned you have to trust your rig and trust your spotter

28:00 – the sponsors weren’t interested, nobody was interested

30:48 – I am just the monkey behind the wheel 

33:32 – I hated optional lines

37:58 – got invited to KOH in 2009

43:40 – I got second place, and somebody said “What happened?” I was proud of that second place

51:39 –that was the hardest race

58:11 – the solid axle is actually doing extremely well

1:02:05 – the origin of “disco”

1:05:03 – if you can swing it, pay for it yourself, sponsorship is a job.

 

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