Tag: Best in the Desert (BITD)
MURRAY RACING PILOTS CAN-AM MAVERICK TO BITD VEGAS TO RENO VICTORY
First-Ever Vegas To Reno Win For Can-Am Valcourt, Québec, August 21, 2013 – Team Murray Racing / Del Amo Motorsports / Yoshimura / Can-Am® made history as it won the UTV Pro class at the 2013 BITD Vegas to Reno race in Nevada. The Can-Am Maverick™ 1000R X® rs team completed the 540-plus mile course in 12:05:22.689 to […]
Jesse Jones battles for another Vegas to Reno win
It was only a few brief months ago that Jesse Jones was plagued with bad luck at the Baja 500. Now it was time to settle the score. This past weekend was the 2013 Best In The Desert, Vegas to Reno. The longest off-road race in the United States. Jones and his crew made only minor changes […]
Impact and MasterCraft Safety Go All In With Best In The Desert
Best In The Desert (BITD) continues to set entry records with every race, and Impact by MasterCraft Safety has taken notice. The ink is still drying on their commitment to be the presenting sponsor of the “BlueWater Parker 425 Presented by Impact” for 2014 and beyond. “We welcome Impact on board as the presenting sponsor of […]
TJ Flores Caps Off the First Half of the Best In The Desert Season with His First Overall Victory and a Fat Bonus Paycheck at the Silver State “300”
The Canidae Tap It Silver State “300” marked the third race on Best In The Desert’s 2013 six-race schedule. TJ Flores took full advantage of the great race day conditions and the fast course as he drove to his first overall victory of the season along with his first win in his new McMurrough Racing […]
TJ Flores and McMurrough Racing Overall the 2013 Silver State 300
McMurrough Racing crew anxiously waited at the finish line of the 2013 Best In The Desert Silver State 300, as TJ and Stephanie were just mere seconds from making their last left hand turn of the race and coming into the checkered flag. Even though the finish is where winners are announced, it is not […]
Freitas Motorsports Back on the Podium at Silver State 300
Northern Nevada must be a favorite location for Garrick Freitas and the Freitas Motorsports crew. They always do well on the high-speed point-to-point courses there. The team won back-to-back Vegas to Reno races on some of these same roads that were run at the Best in the Desert Silver State 300. Point to point races […]
Banning Motorsports Keeps Incredible Streak Alive
To the Banning Motorsports team, the Best in the Desert Silver State 300 is no ordinary race. They won their first Silver State race in a class 2000 car back in 2008. After moving up into the faster 1100 cars, they went on to five more Silver State victories in a row winning in 2009, […]
Back-to-Back Wins for Alumi Craft’s Prescott and Himel
Chip Prescott and Ben Himel won the second race in a row driving their Alumi Craft Class 10 car to victory at the Best in the Desert Silver State 300 in Northern Nevada. The two won the brutally tough Mint 400 just over one month ago, one of the roughest races in memory. The race […]
Controversy Strikes Trophylite Field at Silver State 300
Alamo, NV Ben Abatti III had a great race at the Best in the Desert Silver State 300. He drove the first half of the race and then turned his Trophylite over to his father Ben Abatti II to complete the race. They built an insurmountable lead on the rest of the field, taking the […]
Coastal Racing Takes the Silver State 300
After a win at the last Best in the Desert Race, The Mint 400, Holz Coastal Racing’s Scott Kiger and Mark Holz in their No. 1934 RZR XP 900 would line up for the Canidae Tap It Silver State 300 with hopes to make it two in a row and their second Silver State 300 […]