Tag: Silver State 300
Hard Work Pans Out For Freitas Motorsports At The BITD Silver State 300
Las Vegas, NV – You would not think that patience and racing go together well but sometimes that’s the case. Freitas Motorsports would have to overcome a huge deficit at the Best in the Desert, Silver State 300 off-road race when they failed to start their qualifying lap due to a torque converter seal failure while […]
“Ballistic” BJ Baldwin Wins The Best in The Desert Silver State 300
The Silver State 300 is a 300 mile drag race on dirt. The course consists mainly of winding graded roads that allow racers to exceed speed of 100mph for much of the race with the exception of the notorious Nevada silt beds, which slow racers in blinding explosions of the talcum powder like silt. The […]
Will Robby Gordon Make it Three in a Row at the BITD Canidae Tap It Silver State “300” May 4-6, 2012?
April 27, 2012 – Casey Folks announced today that he expects more than 200 racers to challenge the Canidae Tap It Silver State “300” course. Robby Gordon appears to have the US desert courses dialed in, having grabbed wins at Parker and the Mint, the first two Best in the Desert Events of 2012. But he’s […]
Race Prep Racing – From Unknown to Top 10
At the Best in the Desert Silver State 300 this year a weekend jeeper qualified for the 2012 King of the Hammers (KOH). With no prior desert racing experience, Ultra4 driver Richie Carter took his Race Prep Racing #4474 car 303 miles in just under 8 hours, scooping up the 5th and final qualifying spot […]
Silver State 300 Race Recap for Lucas Hand and Lone Kid Racing John Deere Gator
The Best In The Desert Silver State 300 is the second race of the 2011 season for the UTV community, and would also be the maiden voyage for the Lone Kid Racing John Deere Gator. The team showed up at the Aliante Station Casino for technical inspection on Friday and proudly displayed their John Deere […]
Sacalas’ Big Ugly “2.0” Proves Fast at Silver State 300
Best in the Desert Silver State 300 wasn’t the race that Kevin Sacalas of Big Ugly Racing was hoping for, but it did prove beyond a doubt, that his new car is fast; very fast. By the first check point, Sacalas had a 45 second lead on the next Ultra4 car being driven by 2011 […]
RANGER RZRs One, Two at Best in the Desert’s Bilek Racing Silver State 300
Polaris RANGER RZRs had another great showing at Best in the Desert’s Bilek Racing Silver State 300 this past weekend, in Henderson, Nevada. Polaris Regional Sales Manager Matt Parks and his Holz Racing RANGER RZR 4 800 were victorious taking the “Pro UTV” class and the Pro Overall. The tight and technical terrain of the […]
Torchmate Racing Sends Three Cars to BITD Bilek Silver State 300 JT Taylor #4413, Jesse Haines #4499, Mike Shaffer #1066
Torchmate Racing JT Taylor will be driving #4413 and Jesse Haines will be driving #4499 at the Best in the Desert Bilek Silver State 300 race this weekend in the commonly known Ultra4 class which will be the largest class at this years Silver State event. Mike Shaffer will be running the Torchmate racing #1066 […]
Lucas Hand & Lone Kid Racing Head To The Silver State 300
This Saturday the Lone Kid Racing team is doing something a little different, they are racing a new class to them in the desert. The team is taking on the UTV class for the first time with Lucas Hand at the wheel of the new John Deere Gator XUV 825i. The new UTV was dropped […]
