$500 Founder Casey Folks Best In The Desert Co-Owners Bryan Folks and Daryl Folks CFO Sheri Folks Race Operations Manager Donald Jackson Event Coordinator Schedule of Events Liz Marshall THURSDAY, MAY 2 Project Manager Miguel Gonzalez 8:30 AM to 9:30 AM Business Development / Marketing Director Registration for Time Trials for Class 1400, 1500 & 6100 Only Scot Harden Buffalo Bills Casino, Primm, NV email: [email protected] 9:30 AM Staging – 10 AM Escorted Lap Starts phone: 951-491-1819 10 AM Escorted Lap Starts for Class 1400, 1500 & 6100 Only Course Marshals Time Trials Immediately follows the escorted lap Jim Glimp - Charla Glimp 7:00 PM Communication Coordinator Welcome Party Keith Purmal Garage Bar, Texas Station Scoring Art Verling - Colleen Verling FRIDAY, MAY 3 Julia Sahlstrom - Anna Lewis 9::00 AM to 5:00 PM Start / Finish Line Coordinators Drivers / Riders Registration Doc Lippmann - Casey Dallaire Dallas Ballroom, Texas Station Bridget Black - John Black Finish Line Announcer (Ford Mesa) 9:00 AM to 5:30 PM George Antill Car, Truck, Motorcycle, Quad, UTV Contingency & Technical Inspection North Parking Lot, Texas Station Drivers / Riders Registration Liz Marshall - Julia Sahlstrom - Kathie Landers 6:00 PM Bridget Black - Colleen Verling - Jen Yeager MANDATORY Drivers/Riders/Pit Crew Meeting Kristy Jackson - Christy Sahlstrom - Sheri Folks Dallas Ballroom, Texas Station Car / Truck Technical Inspectors Darryl Putman - Scott Freebarin SATURDAY, MAY 4 – RACE DAY Lynn Jackson - Andy Studer 5:00 AM Motorcycle / Quad Tech Inspector Motorcycle / Quad Staging Jeff Landers 5:45 AM Stop Check Captains 1st Professional Motorcycle Starts Jeff and Kathie Landers 10:30 AM Medical Director Dr. Fredrick (Doc) Lippmann, M.D. Car / Truck / UTV Staging First Aid Coordinator 12:00 PM David Nehrbass - Motorsports Safety Solutions 1st Professional Car/Truck/UTV Starts Car / Truck Contingency 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM Jamie Fagan - Cyndie Parks After-Race Party – Garage Bar, Texas Station Kimberley O’Keefe Media Directors SUNDAY, MAY 5 Don Fall (email: [email protected]) and Russ Turner 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM Program Publisher & Advertising Opportunities: Continental Breakfast – Dallas Ballroom, Texas Station Fall Advertising - (619) 742-9977 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Front Cover Photo: VT Construction Silver State “300” Awards Presentation Class 1000 car of Connor McMullen jumps for the rising sun Dallas Ballroom, Texas Station 2 at the Mint 400: photo by Bink Designs GRABBER™ A/TX GRABBER™ APT GRABBER™ X3 Aggressive All-Weather Mud, Dirt & Rock All-Terrain All-Purpose-Terrain Extreme Terrain WWW.GENERALTIRE.COM 3 Greetings to all of my fellow off-road racing enthusiasts, The VT Construction Silver State “300” presented by Polaris RZR is truly a favorite for Best In The Desert racers in the great high desert of Eastern Nevada. It offers not only scenic value, but also a very challenging race course. The course features a mixture of high-desert mountains, sand-washes, and some of the most panoramic views. Racers travel through the Pahroc Summit area where they will see unbelievable rock formations and the Delamar Valley, where the ghost town of Delamar is located and gold was discovered in 1890. Then the race passes through the Cathedral Gorge, an area of eroded spires, towers and columns of tan bentonite clay. Then, on to Pioche, a city that in 1870 was considered to be one of the wildest mining camps in the West. Pit 3 is in Caliente, a town dating back to the late 1800’s! The race starts 15 miles north of Alamo, an area established in 1901 that was important for cattle ranching and still is today. From there, it continues north through Caliente, a town where in 1901, the Union Pacific Railroad and the Oregon Short Line claimed the same territory and the same set of tracks. The course also travels to the Caselton area where silver was discovered in 1868 at the Prince Mine. The entire area is rich in history, and this race provides an opportunity to go back in time and experience what it must have been like to live as a cattle rancher, a miner, or a railroad man. This is not only a great race, but also a great event for your entire family and race team. Remember, Best In The Desert is about creating memories. That’s why the VT Construction Silver State “300” presented VT Contruction’s by Polaris RZR will continue to be a racer Ladd Gilbert photo by RnR Photos favorite. I would also like to give a big THANK Donald Jackson photos by YOU to our great sponsors for all of their Daniel Curiel Photographic support; VT Construction, Ford Motor Company, Lucas Oil Products, VP Racing Fuels, Rugged Radios, Fabtech, Polaris RZR, KC HiLiTES, Beta Motorcycles, Method Race Wheels, Trophy Tractor, R-N-R Steel, American Fastbacks, Donald Tactical Recovery Equipment, Sportsman Jackson Cycle Sales, Dicks Racing Suspension, Race TrueTravel Dynamics, DirtNation.com, Operations McKenzies and Slime. Manager Welcome to the Silver State “300”! Best In The Desert Racing Association 4 Points for all classes. For information contact: Best In The Desert Racing Association | (702) 457-5775 | Website: www.bitd.com | Email: [email protected] 6 Best in the Desert is excited to announce that along with the F150 EcoBoost Performance Awards, Ford is also presenting the F150 EcoBoost Year End Long Haul Awards that will include all classes. Bryan Folks, Best in the Desert CMO, said, “Ford Motor Company’s new program is the first of its kind in off-road racing, offering cash to racers not only in car and truck classes, but also in UTV, Quad and Motorcycles. Highlights of the F150 EcoBoost Awards Programs include large cash payouts within the F150 EcoBoost Performance Awards, and the all new Year End Long Haul Awards available to all classes based on their performance over the entire season. Now, even if racers don’t race a Ford, but drive a Ford truck support vehicle, they can qualify for Ford cash payouts.” Best in the Desert Race Operations Manager Donald Jackson, added, “At Best in the Desert, we always strive to give back to the racers that support our series. We’re extremely excited to see Ford Motor Company add an awards program that now includes all of our classes.” Interested racers must register at: https://performanceparts.ford.com/contingency 7 TRICK TRUCK CLASS 1000 CLASS 1100 Unlimited Trucks One or two-seat open-wheeled One or two-seat open-wheeled or SUVs. cars. Unlimited suspension. cars. Twin beam front suspension. Limited displacement engine. Limited displacement engine. CLASS 2700 CLASS 3700 CLASS 4400 Jeepspeed Cup - Jeepspeed Outlaws - Ultra 4 - intermediate class. modified class. King of the Hammers type vehicles. CLASS 6100 CLASS 6200 CLASS 7100 Spec Engine Trick Truck - Unlimited one or two-seat Sportsman Mini or Unlimited Truck or SUV. Sealed open-wheeled cars. Sealed Ford Mid-sized Trucks or SUVs. Ford and GM spec engine and GM spec engine. PRO TURBO UTV PRO PRODUCTION UTV PRO UNLIMITED UTV Turbo charged production UTV. Normally aspirated production UTV. Pro UTV Unlimited (2900-2950) OEM stock 1000cc engine. OEM engine, 1000cc max. Sportsman (2951-2999) (T800-T999) (1800-1999) UTV Rally Sportsman (U900-U999) 8 CLASS 1500 CLASS 1700 CLASS 2000 Unlimited one or two-seat Jeepspeed Challenge - Open-wheel single & two-seat cars open-wheeled cars. stock class. limited to 1600CC VW engine & VW type-1 suspension system CLASS 4700 CLASS 5000 CLASS 6000 Jeepspeed Trophy - Unlimited TrophyLite open class. Baja sedan. trucks. CLASS 7200 CLASS 7300 CLASS 8100 Unlimited Mini or Pure-Stock production Unlimited Sportsman Mid-sized Trucks or SUVs. Mini or Mid-size Trucks or Trucks or SUVs open-wheeled cars. PRO MOTORCYCLE MOTORCYCLE QUAD Open Pro (N) - 300 Pro (X) Open Exp/Am (300) - 300 Exp/Am (200) Quad Pro (Q) Over 30 Pro (P) Ovr 30 Exp (500) - Ovr 40 Exp (700) Exp/Am (400) Over 40 Pro (C) Ovr 50 Exp (800) - Ironman Exp/Am (O) Ironman Exp/Am (600) Photos by Bink Designs, Daniel Curiel Photographic, DirtFocus.com, Harlen Foley (DirtNation.com), Jason Zindroski (HighRev Photography) and RnR Photos 9 ™ PREVENTS VAPOR LOCK OFFICIALUTV FUEL OF 96 UTV96 ECO96 LATE MODEL PLUS C12 VP110 CONTACT YOUR VP REPRESENTATIVE TO ORDER TODAY! 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