2010 General Tire TROPHYLITE Race Series kicks off at the BITD Parker 425
February 3, 2010 Chandler Arizona – As we head for the first round of the 2010 General Tire TROPHYLITE Race Series held in Parker Arizona, TROPHYLITE competitors prepare for a grueling Parker Arizona course. The first stop in the 2010 General Tire TROPHYLITE series, hosted by the Best In The Desert race series, is the Blue Water Resort and Casino Parker 425. This being one of the longest race distances that the TROPHYLITE teams will run for the entire year, it will prove to make the 2010 championship battle interesting. Teams with the best preparation and smart race strategies will shine on the differing course conditions found in the Arizona desert.
Join in on the 5th Annual Desert Assassins Rip to the Tip
Apply NOW!! 2010 Rip to the Tip invite/info now available
January 31 ,2010 - The 2010 Desert Assassins Rip to the Tip is now locked and loaded for April 23-30 for the projected ride days that will span the distance of the Baja Peninsula. This is the 5th annual event that takes a group of Dirt Bikers over every conceivable obstacle Baja has to offer before a multiple day vacation with the ladies in Cabo and awards party after the ride.
Fox Sports Network Will Air Coverage of BITD’s Henderson Fabtech Desert Classic Race on February 4
Andy McMillin leading Overall and SCORE Trophy-Truck point Standings after Round 1 of five-race 2010 SCORE Desert Series
4 McMillins in top 20; Leaders include MacCachren, Villagomez, Caspino, Lawrence and Bacal; Computerized start draw for 24th MasterCraft Safety Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250 on Feb. 13
LOS ANGELES—Opening the books on the 37th year of the World’s Foremost Desert Racing Series with a major race victory at last weekend’s 16th SCORE Laughlin Desert Challenge, third-generation Southern California desert racer Andy McMillin has also taken the early lead in the Overall and SCORE Trophy-Truck point standings for the five-race 2010 SCORE Desert Series.
Andy McMillin Shows His Hand at 16th SCORE Laughlin Desert Challenge: ACES!
Official RESULTS | VIDEO | UPDATES
San Diego, California (January 17, 2010) Andy McMillin, the SCORE Baja 1000 Champion, returned to racing action kicking off the season with a commanding victory at the 2010 SCORE Laughlin Desert Challenge. Held along the banks of the famed Colorado River, the San Diego racer beat an elite field of 28 racers entered in the SCORE Trophy Truck class.
The two day combined race event was held over a brutal 6.25-mile race course that tested every aspect of man and machine. Andy McMillin averaged 49.16 miles per hour and had a total time of 2 hours, 2 minutes and 3 seconds driving his McMillin Realty Ford F-150 to the overall victory. He began Sunday’s race setting the fastest lap of the day with the 7 minute,10 second lap. Andy went on to win the first SCORE Laughlin Desert Challenge race of his career.
LAUGHLIN, Nev.—Adding some major drama and extra excitement to the marquee SCORE Trophy-Truck racing division for this week’s 16th Annual SCORE Laughlin Desert Challenge was the announcement today that SCORE desert racing stars Robby Gordon and B.J. Baldwin will return from the international desert rally they are competing at in Argentina and Chile in time for Sunday’s final day of the two-day race in Laughlin, Nev..
Laughlin, Nevada will set the stage for this weekend's season opener of the 2010 SCORE Desert Racing Season where Robbie Pierce, amongst other racers, will buckle in to his MasterCraft Race Seat and take to the 6.25 mile race course. Pierce is entered in the premier Trophy Truck class and will be behind the wheel of the #30 MasterCraft Jimco for the 2010 season. This weekends racing will take place on both Saturday and Sunday with results based on the total accumulated elapsed times for both days. Robbie Pierce and co-driver Joey Westhoff will be racing the #30 both days so be sure to tune in to our LIVE coverage here on DIRTnewz to follow the #30 MasterCraft Trophy Truck as they kick off their 2010 desert racing season this weekend in Laughlin, Nevada.
Results/Standings | Today's Stage 9 UPDATES>> | Latest Videos
January 11, 2010: The 9th stage of the Dakar was like an exciting sprint finish between the rally favourites. Although the first ten to finish yesterday started side-by-side, Marc Coma was the quickest over the 170-km route. The Catalan picked up the 10th special stage victory of his Dakar career by beating general standings leader Cyril Despres by only 4 seconds.
The stage was shorter but no less difficult for the competitors in the Dakar, with an especially spectacular start side-by-side for the best 10 finishers the day before. They were then followed by the rest of the riders in waves of 20. Very soon, Marc Coma took control, leading the pack over the 170-km route almost entirely made up of the dunes around Copiapo. In the dunes, the Catalan tried to leave the other race favourites in his wake… in vain. In fact, at CP1 (at the 117-km point), it was the general standings leader Cyril Despres who put in the best time, with a lead of only 4 seconds over Coma and 20’’ over Pal-Anders Ullevalseter, now the nearest rival to the French race leader.
Three "Blues” top the leader board: Volkswagen comfortably defended its first three positions overall on the Dakar Rally’s eighth stage between Antofagasta to Copiapó.
Carlos Sainz/Lucas Cruz (E/E) finished second on the day and continue to hold the overall lead by 14 minutes 35 seconds ahead of their team mates Nasser Al-Attiyah/Timo Gottschalk (Q/D) and 22 minutes 28 seconds in front of Mark Miller/Ralph Pitchford (USA/ZA).
January 8, 2010: Before the day of rest that the Dakar will be spending in Antofagasta on the coast of the Pacific Ocean, Cyril Despres wins a stage in which Marc Coma has returned to being his fiercest contender in the overall standings. In the car category the day’s stage won by Al-Attiyah also allowed the BMW X-3 of Guerlain Chicherit and Stéphane Peterhasel to reposition themselves in 4th and 5th places in the overall standings. With a sixth stage victory in seven stages, Vladimir Chagin is more than ever THE race leader.
January 5, 2010: Robby Gordon was surprising today - and made "Double Work" for many Press-Officers. After all told about the second Stage-Victory of Stéphane Peterhansel, the US-American "came from behind" and made the victory perfect. For X-Raid´s Stéphane Peterhansel also a great day. He won a great duel between the BMW and Nasser Al Attiyah plus Carlos Sainz in their Volkswagen.
Results/Standings | Today's Stage 4 UPDATES>>
Click HERE to Listen to Robby Gordon's Winning Interview NOW!!
Jan 5, 2010: Dakar Rally - In the car category, the desert gave Robby Gordon’s Hummer wings; the US driver wins the stage thanks to a tiny second lead over Stéphane Peterhansel. Rally raid experience teaches that victories are built in the long run. After losing more than 40 minutes in two days on grounds of penalty and multiple failures of a moody engine, title holder Marc Coma is fighting hard to regain ground in the general standings.
January 5, 2010: Robby Gordon was surprising today - and made "Double Work" for many Press-Officers. After all told about the second Stage-Victory of Stéphane Peterhansel, the US-American "came from behind" and made the victory perfect. For X-Raid´s Stéphane Peterhansel also a great day. He won a great duel between the BMW and Nasser Al Attiyah plus Carlos Sainz in their Volkswagen. Al Attiyah won the Volkswagen-Race - and Peterhansel strengthen his overall lead. "This was a superb performance by Stéphane after starting first on the road," said a delighted team director Sven Quandt.
January 5, 2010: All Volkswagen again in the Top 10: Nasser Al-Attiyah/Timo Gottschalk achieved third place at the demanding crossing of the Andes on the fourth leg from Fiambalá to Copiapó with a gap of 2:26 minutes behind the stage winners Robby Gordon/Andy Grider in the Hummer and Stéphane Peterhansel from the X-raid team.
January 5, 2010: Unfortunate circumstances plagued Team Hummer Monday afternoon in the dune sections of Stage 3. The team had first thought that the these set of dunes would be a good stage for the Hummers but due to a smaller restrictor cutting the horsepower down, the Hummers couldn’t carry the momentum needed to get through the heavy sand that was featured during Stage 3.
The 5th Annual Lucas Oil Geoff Bodine Bobsled Challenge presented by Whelen Engineering
LAKE PLACID, N.Y (January 4, 2010) - The field is set and the weather is forecasted to be quintessential Adirondack in January.
With ample snow, a typical chill in the air and the 30th anniversary of the 1980 Winter Olympics just a month away, Lake Placid will present a Currier and Ives winter scene Jan. 8-10 to the drivers from NASCAR and NHRA. These competitors will converge on the two-time Winter Olympic village for the fifth annual Lucas Oil Geoff Bodine Bobsled Challenge presented by Whelen Engineering.
CORONA, Calif., (Dec. 28, 2009) - What began as a relatively calm morning in the southern California foothills just outside San Diego literally became the stuff Guinness Book of World Records are made of when TORC driver Johnny Greaves came roaring down a dirt road at 105 mile per hour and launched his 3,800-pound, 800-horsepower TORC off-road PRO 2WD Toyota through the air over the length of an NFL football field.
Landing quite peacefully some 301-feet later despite the overall violent nature of the jump. Greaves looped back around and was met by his Monster Energy/Toyota Motorsports team and off-road racing teammate McGrath.
LOS ANGELES (December 28, 2009) -- McMillin and Wilson, two of the biggest names family names in the world of desert racing, have both made big plans for the new decade, starting with commitments to run high-profile, multi-vehicle teams in the 2010 SCORE Desert Series, the world’s foremost desert racing series.
Both with second and third generation drivers, McMillin Racing of San Diego and Wilson Motorsports of Long Beach, Calif., each are planning on having five entries in January’s season-opening 16th Annual SCORE Laughlin Desert Challenge. The computerized drawing for starting positions for the pre-registered entries in the unique two-day race will be held Wednesday at the SCORE headquarters in Los Angeles.
Computerized start drawing on Dec. 30; pre-race festivities include
$16,000 SCORE Laughlin Leap & SCORE Trophy-Truck Qualifying
LOS ANGELES( December 17, 2009) --For the 16th straight year, motorsports fans and racers from across the United States, Mexico and Canada will gather in Laughlin, Nev., the desert resort town near the shores of the Colorado River, for the popular SCORE Laughlin Desert Challenge. The first major motorsports event of the year in the United States will be held Jan. 15-17, launching the five-race 2010 SCORE Desert Series, the World's Foremost Desert Racing Series.
Yokohama racers finish 1-2 overall in off-road season finale in Laughlin
FULLERTON, CA (Dec. 17, 2009) – Cameron Steele, a longtime Yokohama Tire Corporation-sponsored off-road racer, captured his second consecutive SNORE Unlimited Truck Class championship by winning the BMS Rage at the River season finale, December 12-13 in Laughlin, Nevada.
Steele and his Desert Assassins teammate Josh Daniel both won their respective classes and finished 1-2 overall among all racers competing in the event.
The definite look of the 32th edition of the legendary Dakar in Argentina and Chile was officially unveiled in Paris on November 24. Ales Loprais and his Tatra special will be at the starting line again, marked with No. 502.
The Team is heading to South America with the well tested Tatra 815 4x4 special, which was already used at Silk Way Rally. Ales Loprais scored a solid podium placement, though having been initially outnumbered by a fleet of domestic Kamaz trucks. "We have placed maximum focus on all fine tunings including every single detail. The last two rallies, the bad-luck Dakar 2009 and Silk way Rally, provided us enormous amounts of technical feedback and experience. All the bad things turned up to be good for something. The preparation was to be responsible to make the truck faster but we still managed to counter all difficulties we had met in the past year. I believe it will be this kind of prep that will pay in the end. My feelings based on the handling of the vehicle are great. It is more powerful again, faster and more balanced in terms of weight distribution. We have made a tuneup of the damping, at which we benefit from four years of steady development. I think we are ready enough to be a solid rival for both Kamaz and Ginaf. However, the race is too long with very concentrated difficulty sections. Therefore, we intend to concentrate and a steadiness of solid stage results without any major drops because they are increasingly harder to eliminate," Ales concludes.
FULL RESULTS
Las Vegas, NEVADA (December 15, 2009) -- Determination. Enthusiasm. Knowledge. Endurance. These are just a few words that describe the internal workings behind the Rockstar Energy Racing off road team led by 19 time off road racing champion, Rob MacCachren. Racing multiple series in four different race vehicles, Rob MacCachren earned two championships in 2009, one in each off road racing discipline.
Phoenix, Arizona (December 9, 2009) -- After a victorious 1st place at the Silver State 300 in September, Jones Motorsports set out to the Nevada desert for the BITD Henderson Desert Classic in search of another win. Like the Silver State race, the Henderson Desert Classic was a last minute addition to the race schedule and the Jones Motorsports team headed out with a lean, but efficient crew of 4 to support the Trick Truck in the 240 mile race through the dust.
FORT MILL, SC (December 9, 2009) -- Team General Tire driver Marc Burnett of Chula Vista, CA, finished the 2009 SCORE Desert Racing season in second place in Class 6. Burnett finished the five-race SCORE season with 240 overall points.
“The 2009 season saw some of the toughest, most challenging courses ever, and for Marc to finish second in a class of very talented drivers is quite an achievement,” said Travis Roffler, director of marketing, General Tire. “His accomplishments really underscore everything we’ve been working toward for the past two seasons. Our General Grabber competition tire is now, solidly, the tire to beat. We congratulate Marc, and all of the Team General Tire competitors, for a stellar 2009 season!”
Las Vegas, Nevada – The final race of the 2009 Best in the Desert Series ended with Rockstar Energy Racing’s Rob MacCachren claiming the runner-up spot at the Henderson Desert Classic. The solid performance earned Rob MacCachren a podium finish in the series point’s championship.
Ford Racing worked closely with Rob MacCachren and his teammate, Steve Olliges, in hosting NASCAR driver, Greg Biffle, in the final race of the season. Greg Biffle took the green flag and charged the Ford Raptor race truck into the desert for his first ever desert racing experience.
Only two weeks after landing in the Winner's Circle at this years 42nd annual SCORE Baja 1000, Andy McMillin charged to the front of the pack capturing the Overall WIN at yesterday's BITD Henderson Desert Classic. The #31 McMillin Homes Trick Truck flew through the desert to claim this years 2009 Best in the Desert Trick Truck Championship!!
OFFICIAL RESULTS HERE
DIRTnewz' Own Tim Sanchez Named 2009 SCORE Journalist of the Year
LAS VEGAS—BFGoodrich Tires, Honda, Wilson Motorsports and NASCAR Cup team owner/driver Robby Gordon were all big winners Saturday as SCORE International officially concluded the five-race 2009 SCORE Desert Series with the annual SCORE Awards Night at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. Among the others earning SCORE Off-Roadsman of the Year awards were Baja Pits, COPS Racing, and Mike Stapleton.
December 7, 2009 MOTOCROSS superstar Chad Reed, one of Australia's greatest sporting exports, is poised to turn his back on an annual $8 million income racing motorbikes in the US to become a V8 Supercars driver.
Reed said yesterday he would return to Australia when his two-year deal with Kawasaki ends in 2011 to join his good mate Jamie Whincup in the V8 Supercars series.
Ranked No. 3 on the list of highest-earning Australian sportsman behind Greg Norman and Harry Kewell, Reed will end his reign as the world's best motocross rider in what will be a major coup for the V8s.
Only two weeks after landing in the Winner's Circle at this years 42nd annual SCORE Baja 1000, Andy McMillin charged to the front of the pack capturing the Overall WIN at yesterday's BITD Henderson Desert Classic. The #31 McMillin Homes Trick Truck flew through the desert to claim this years 2009 Best in the Desert Trick Truck Championship!!
Sam Berri pushed his Class 1500 to the limits during today's qualifying session in front of Chuck Hovey, Andy McMillin, Kevin Conlan and Derrick Sproule. Racers are gearing up to battle it out on the race course one last time this year in the Best in the Desert Racing Series, all vying for one last win and to be named 2009 Champion. Andy McMillin proved to be the fastest Trick Truck in the field today as he pushed the #31 McMillin Homes Truck to third place, first Trick Truck in the field. Shannon Campbell debuted his all new Class 1500 with a top 20 showing for his first BITD race in this new vehicle. Stay tuned as we continue to bring you updates and the latest news from this weekends racing action.
Click FULL ARTICLE above to view video as the Father and Son duo take the win at this years SCORE Baja 1000
Click FULL ARTICLE above to view video as JCR Honda captures another win at the 42nd annual SCORE Baja 1000
