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Nic Whetstone Breaks Four-Minute Barrier, Tops 2024 BFGoodrich Tires Mint 400 Qualifying

Chris Leone — Sat, 09 Mar 2024 06:48:16 +0000

Rubik Racing’s Nic Whetstone surprised the Unlimited classes in Friday’s qualifying session for the 2024 BFGoodrich Tires Mint 400 by posting the top time in a 2WD Unlimited Truck, besting more than 60 teams that laid down lap times in front of the fans in Primm. Besides being the only driver to break the four-minute barrier, Whetstone’s 3:57.240 was more than eight seconds clear of Parker 400...

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Conner McMullen Wins 2024 Parker 400 Unlimited Race

Chris Leone — Sun, 14 Jan 2024 17:00:11 +0000

After a dramatic final-lap shake-up, Conner McMullen declared the return of Class 1 in a big way in the Parker 400 Unlimited Race, the opening round of the 2024 UNLTD Off-Road Racing Series season. McMullen worked his way up from seventh place in qualifying to hang tough with top qualifier Justin Lofton and his 4WD Unlimited Truck all day, and capitalized on an unlucky break for Lofton just miles...

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Lofton, Binnquist Post Top Qualifying Times for 2024 Parker 400

Chris Leone — Fri, 12 Jan 2024 02:54:21 +0000

Justin Lofton and Bruce Binnquist were Thursday’s top qualifiers for the 2024 Parker 400, as race events commenced for the opening round of the UNLTD Off-Road Racing Series season. The afternoon saw racers from numerous combined car, truck, and UTV classes take on a seven-mile qualifying course to set their places in the starting order for Friday’s Limited Race and Saturday’s Unlimited Race.

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Road to The Mint 400: Conner McMullen

Matt Martelli — Tue, 31 Jan 2023 19:30:18 +0000

22-year-old Conner McMullen is a second-generation off-road racer. His father Kevin McMullen was so passionate about off-road racing, he started an off-road repair and fabrication shop to create the opportunity to race more with his customers. That passion for off-road racing was passed on to Connor who started racing at just 5 years old in trophy karts. After a solid 11 years of racing trophy...

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Hustead, Johnson, McMullen Take Legacy Stateline Shootout Victories; Terrana Tops UTV Field

Chris Leone — Mon, 09 May 2022 17:14:28 +0000

Images via Harlen Foley Defending Legacy Racing Association Unlimited Truck champion Eric Hustead remains the racer to beat in the second-year series after scoring another victory in Friday and Saturday’s Stateline Shootout in Primm. Hustead extended his class win streak to three after wins in last fall’s VT Construction Battleground race, also in Primm, and this January’s 4WP Desert Showdown in...

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King Shocks Racer BJ Baldwin Tops Best in the Desert Parker 425

Chris Leone — Thu, 27 Jan 2022 21:25:21 +0000

It was an overall 1-2 finish for King Shocks in Saturday’s Parker 425, the season-opening event for truck classes running for the 2022 Best in the Desert title. BJ Baldwin’s three-lap time of 5:45:55.050 was good for the Trick Truck class and overall victories, while Conner McMullen topped the 6100 class with a time of 5:53:09.094. Baldwin’s winning time was more than 13 minutes faster than...

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Justin Lofton Wins Best in the Desert Laughlin Desert Classic

Chris Leone — Thu, 30 Sep 2021 15:31:54 +0000

With the top time of the day on Saturday and second-best result on Sunday, Justin Lofton was the Trick Truck and overall winner of the weekend’s Best in the Desert Laughlin Desert Classic with a combined time of 2:05:00.268. The unique two-day event saw racers take on four laps each day on Laughlin’s treacherous 17-mile race course, with the series’ top points contenders each looking to make the...

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Best in the Desert Laughlin Desert Classic: Race Preview

Chris Leone — Sat, 25 Sep 2021 15:07:54 +0000

One of the most unique challenges of the year for Best in the Desert’s car and truck teams takes place over the next two days, as the King Shocks Laughlin Desert Classic pits teams against one another on the always grueling 17-mile course in Laughlin, Nevada. With four laps today and four laps tomorrow for the premier Trick Truck teams in the sport, Laughlin’s split race format requires drivers to...

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Best in the Desert Vegas to Reno: Race Preview

Chris Leone — Fri, 13 Aug 2021 00:54:40 +0000

One of the premier desert racing events in North America goes green on Friday, as the sport’s biggest names take on Vegas to Reno, the crown jewel event of the 2021 Best in the Desert schedule. With a robust entry list that includes dozens of Trick Trucks and hundreds of UTVs across the Pro classes, not to mention the usual assortment of motorcycles, quadss, and additional four-wheel vehicles...

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Concrete Motorsports Wins BITD Season-Opening Parker 425

Chris Leone — Tue, 19 Jan 2021 03:42:20 +0000

In their first race with the number 1 plate after winning last year’s Best in the Desert points championship, Concrete Motorsports drivers Kevin Thompson and Harley Letner topped a field of 18 Trick Trucks in Saturday’s BlueWater Parker 425, the first of five rounds in the 2021 BITD season. Their winning time of 5:35:27.383 on three laps of the familiar Parker course beat Adam Householder by just...

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Alumi Craft Racers Conner McMullen Sweeps The BlueWater Desert Challenge And Is Crowned Back-To-Back BITD Champion

Kilian Hamlin — Mon, 09 Nov 2020 22:03:48 +0000

Parker, AZThe Best In The Desert (BITD) Series completed the 2020 season with its final race, the BlueWater Desert Challenge. Two days of sprint off road racing, taking place on Saturday and Sunday, which saw the Class 1000 division mixing it up and giving it there all. When it was all said and done, Alumi Craft Race Cars took 6 out of the top 7 finishing positions, with #

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