“I rolled the car the first day… and my Dad beat me”
CREW FACTS
Z.L.
- For many years Zachary’s Dad Craig used to take his son to dirt bike races and fully supported his passion.
- Then, as the injuries started to mount up, father and son started discussing making the transition to four wheels and began entering stage rallies.
- From there they switched to Trophy Trucks and racing down in Mexico on mythical events like the Baja 1000 and the Nora 1000, and as is now becoming increasingly common over in the States, got interested in rally raid.
- The next logical step was a T4 entry in the Sonora Rally and from there the decision was made to enter the 2025 Dakar.
- Away from racing Zachary’s big passion is snowboarding in the nearby Colorado mountains, while to finance the fun he works in real estate with his father and will shortly be going back to school to increase the knowledge base.
S.M.
- Shannon Moham was a successful road racer in the States, competing in various categories. He also just happens to be the youngest ever person to be inducted into the Colorado Motorsports Hall of Fame, thanks to no less than 100 series championships, 435 race wins and more than 33 class track records!
- A family man, married to wife Segren with two daughters Denver and Dakota. Denver plays for a national level soccer team, while Dakota is a competitive cheerleader competing all over the country. Both Shannon’s kids grew up at the race track.
- A neighbour of the Lumsdens, Shannon helped them out when Zachary was racing moto-xand got recruited as a stage rally co-driver before they all made the switch to desert racing.
- Having raced as Zachary’s co-driver in the Baja 1000, Shannon is now keen to race it on a bike. Not difficult to imagine that once he’s raced the Dakar in a T3 he could be tempted to return on two wheels.
2025 AMBITIONS
Z L: “We entered a pretty stock Can Am in the T4 class in the Sonora Rally. It took us a while to get our heads round the navigation, but we were starting to get the hang of it when unfortunately, we ran out of petrol on the last day in sight of the finish line. That didn’t do our overall result any favors but we really enjoyed the experience and so decided to press on with our plan of entering the Dakar. As a warm up for that we raced the Rallye du Maroc back in October a T3. It was really exciting to go and race overseas and see everything that we’d only ever seen on YouTube before. We really enjoyed the race. I rolled the car the first day but after that we settled down and had no further issues, though of course the roll meant my Dad beat me!”
S M: “We were all really impressed with the Rallye du Maroc, the time spent racing and the general level of organization. People tell us that compared with the Dakar it is small scale so we’re looking forward to seeing that with our own eyes. As far as results are concerned the main goal is to finish -nothing very original there I know but for us it would be an amazing achievement.”
