Best in the Desert

A Class 1 Buggy racing in the 2008 Vegas to Reno event
Best In The Desert
Sport desert off-road racing
Abbreviation BITD
Headquarters Las Vegas, Nevada
Chief Exec Casey Folks
Official website
www.bitd.com
United States

The Best In The Desert (BITD) Racing Association is an American desert off-road racing association. It is operated by Casey Folks[1] and it is based out of Las Vegas, Nevada. BITD runs the Vegas To Reno, The longest off-road race in the United States and since 2012 is the sanctioning body of the Mint 400.

Events

It has 9 events scheduled for the 2015 season (2015 Schedule).

Media

Events are nationally televised on MavTV, its website, and the America One Sports Network.[3]

Divisions

7300 class

The Best In The Desert has classes of Trick Trucks (aka Trophy Truck), buggies, motorcycles, Quads.[2][4] Various events have different classes of racing vehicles.

Notable drivers

(Marc Stein) Class Champion 10 times www.aceuniforms.com Ford Expedition Ford F150 Ford Explorer Winner of the Neveda 2000 and 30 other BITD Races

References

  1. 1 2 Rousseau, Scott (August 21, 2008). "BITD: Five Minutes with Casey Folks". Offroad.com. Retrieved 2009-01-24.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Perronne, Craig (February 4, 2008). "2008 Best in the Desert Parker 425". Off-road.com. Retrieved 2009-01-17.
  3. "Best in the Desert Television Listings and Online Broadcast" (PDF). 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 5, 2009. Retrieved 2009-01-17.
  4. "2009 Race Schedule" (PDF). Best In The Desert. 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 17, 2009. Retrieved 2009-01-17.
  5. 1 2 "Best In The Desert Racing Association". Team Toyo. 2006. Archived from the original on 2008-08-03. Retrieved 2009-01-17.
  6. 1 2 "The Best in the Desert: Nevada 1000". Motor Trend's Truck Trend. 2002. Retrieved 2009-01-17.
  7. DR Staff. "Acerbis’ Quinn Cody Wins Vegas To Reno And Sets A New Record". Retrieved April 5, 2014.


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