Category: BITD
The Best in the Desert Silver State 300 course offers plenty of elevation change. It winds through high mountain passes before dropping back down to the silt laden valley floors but the terrain was not the tough hill to climb that daunted Justin Lofton. He would start the race from the 24th position. Many miles [...]
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Jason Voss showed competitors that he was on a mission to the top of the podium during Thurdsday’s qualifying where he qualified second behind Dondel. The two battled it out on Saturday afternoon and Dondel didn’t go down without a fight. Dondel ran his truck hard in the front of the pack until he broke [...]
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The dust hadn’t yet finally settled on the Mint 400 when racers were already getting prepped for the next big one, the Canidae Tap It Silver State “300” set for May 2-4, 2014. This race is rich in Eastern Nevada’s most scenic high desert beauty and history and features a 300-mile point-to-point course that starts [...]
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The Desert Assassins crew brought 3 trucks to Las Vegas, NV for the Mint 400 this year. It’s off-road racing at its finest, and with 40″ Yokohama Tires, the DA crew ate up the miles. See what it meant to the entire team in this video.
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Mad Media’s Martelli Brothers were on a mission to bring glory back to The Great American Off Road Race. Along with Casey Folks and the Best In The Desert team, they succeeded in spades. The General Tire Mint 400 was a 5-day, world class event that not only restored Vegas glamor to the Mint’s legendary [...]
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Andy McMillin’s FOX-equipped Trick Truck Bests the Most Talented Field Ever El Cajon, Calif. – The 2014 General Tire Mint 400 presented by Polaris was arguably the greatest assemblage of off-road talent in history, with 57 Trick Trucks and 38 Class 1 cars battling for desert domination in front of thousands of rabid fans. When the dust cleared, Andy [...]
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Two races and two strong finishes into a desert racing season that was planned as a diversion from the pressure of short course competition Stronghold Motorsports has made some schedule adjustments. “We’re going to try to go for that championship,” Brandon Bailey said after him, Larry Job, father Scott Bailey and Matt Salgado had [...]
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Full Unofficial Results *Official results are said to be released by officials on Wednesday March 19th* 2 Lap Race | 3 Lap Race | 4 Lap Race Trick Truck Sourapas/Andy McMillin Tavo Vildosola Dan McMillin Travis Pastrana Tim Herbst Troy Vest Clyde Stacy Travy Graf Carl Beal Bryce Menzies Will Staats Carty Beal Steve Olliges Scott Schovajsa Adam Householder [...]
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With Andy McMillin back behind the wheel of a Trick Truck all eyes were on him from the drop of the green flag this afternoon as the 2014 Mint 400 kicked off. A record breaking number of Trick Trucks’s and Class 1500′s entered in this years race the McMillin/ Sourapas team had their work cut [...]
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The 2014 Mint 400 is finally upon us and we now know who will start first off the line on race day. The 3.40 mile qualifying loop was held out in Jean, Nevada and had a mix of graded roads, sand washes, rutted out turns, and fast straight aways. Starting positions for this race is [...]
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Last Leg! Early Thursday morning competitors left the start line one last time for the final Leg of the rally. While the distances were shorter, the landscape was more variable, alternating between wide plains and steep valleys. In the distance the “Grand M’daouer” cliffs created one of the most beautiful backdrops in the world. [...]
2014 Rallye Aicha des Gazelles Rankings
Winners of the 24th edition of the Rallye Aïcha des Gazelles du Maroc 4WD Class 1st – Team 161 (Jeanette James and Anne-Marie Borg – VOLKSWAGEN VEHICULES UTILITAIRES) – France/UK - 59.24 penalty points. 2nd – Team 160 (Elisabete Jacinto and Valérie Dot – VOLKSWAGEN VEHICULES UTILITAIRES) – France/Portugal - 65.10 points 3rd – Team 118 (Catherine Houlès and Mélanie Suchet [...]
Gazelles: Another long Marathon leg – Day 2
At 6 a.m., the first teams check off CP6 before heading in the direction of the remaining 8 checkpoints along today’s route, always with the goal of driving the shortest distance possible. They have two options for reaching CP7: drive a straight line across a chaotic zone of sand and rocks, or go down into Oued Draa and zig-zag along the dried river [...]
LEG 4 – First marathon: charged with emotion
Day 1 There is never a dull moment at the Rallye Aïcha des Gazelles. The much-anticipated (or dreaded!) leg in the dunes was followed by the first of two marathon legs: two days of complete autonomy in the desert with no bivouac and no nighttime mechanical assistance. Relieved at having survived the dunes, the novices were now wondering what to expect, alone [...]
12 cities in Argentina, Chile* and Bolivia will play host to the 13 stages of the Dakar 2015 next January, for 14 days of sport in total. For the first time, whilst the competitors in some categories will be resting, the others will continue racing… The Dakar organisers have devoted their week to a first [...]
X-Raid MINI’s DOMINATE Dakar 2014
The Monster Energy X-raid Team and Team X-raid performed a true feat, this year: all the 11 MINI ALL4 Racing that started into the 2014 Dakar in Rosario, Argentina, also crossed the finish line on 18th January in Valparaiso, Chile. First of all, the Spanish-French pairing Nani Roma / Michel Périn who secured the win, [...]
The MINI ALL4 Racing dominates the 2014 Dakar Rally
• Nani Roma und Michel Périn win the legendary desert rally • Three MINI ALL4 Racing on the podium 13 stages, more than 13,000 kilometres, one of the most gruelling Dakars ever – and in the end, the conclusion has to be: the MINI ALL4 Racing dominated the 2014 Dakar in unique style! For the [...]
Peterhansel gives the Monster Energy X-raid Team its seventh stage win
• Fourth stage win for the Frenchman in the 2014 Dakar • Nine of the top-12 positions in the overall rankings held by MINI ALL4 Racing The French pairing Stéphane Peterhansel / Jean-Paul Cottret in the black MINI ALL4 Racing proved to be the quickest in the 350-kilometre special stage from El Salvador to La [...]
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