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Best in the Desert Celebrates Their 10th Anniversary of the Vegas to Reno Race

Las Vegas, Nevada (August 24, 2006)

Herder will be charging hard through the desert in search of his third consecutive win this season.

The third race of the BITD Series is set to go off with a bang this weekend as racers, pit crew and fans all make their way through the Nevada Desert to the infamous Vegas to Reno Race. Known to the world as the longest race in the United States, Vegas to Reno is over 600 miles and one of the toughest races in the United States. This race will take racers and their crew from Southern Nevada through the famous "Pony Express Trail" all the way to the Northern part of the state in Reno, Nevada.

At the two previous BITD races John Herder set the pace for all four wheel vehicles. Proving that he was out there to finish on top Herder set the fastest lap in time trials for both races, giving him the opportunity to start out front and leave everyone in his dust. That's just what he did. John Herder ran his Jimco single seat Class 1500 wire-to-wire blowing everyone away and capturied victory at both the Parker 425 and Terrible's Town 250.

Garron Cadiente celebrates his first year in Trophy/Trick Truck Desert Racing and is ready to push hard in the deserts of Nevada.

In the Trick Truck class a rising star to watch is none other than Garron Cadiente. At the Terrible's Town 250 Garron got out in front and put his Geiser built truck through the paces showing his race fans that he was ready to race with the big boys and captured a first place victory for G&R Racing. Garron is going into this race third in the points, following "Pistol Pete" Sohren and Curt Leduc, and will be the first truck off the line.

"Pistol Pete" will be running his three seat Speedway truck through the Nevada Desert with only one thing on his mind, defending his current points lead and coming out on top. Capturing second place at the Parker 425 and fifth at the Terrible's Town 250, "Pistol Pete" will be looking for his first win of the season this weekend.

In the Pro-Motorcycle class Baja 1000 Champions Mike Childress and Steve Hengeveld have teamed up once again. At the Parker 425 they teamed together to race the #76 Trick Truck of Jesse Jones, splitting the driving and co-driving time to capture a third place finish in their first ever Trick Truck race. They then went back to racing in the Open Pro division for the Terrible's Town 250 and captured victory, leading the next bike by 39 minutes. They will be determined to capture yet another victory for Honda here this weekend before they get ready to conquer the Baja desert for the longest race in the world, the 2006 SCORE / Tecate Baja 1000, stretching all the way from Ensenada down the peninsula to La Paz, Baja California.

The Dirtnewz crew has arrived to Las Vegas, Nevada and will bring you the action live from the Nevada desert. Stay tuned to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the BITD Vegas to Reno race promoted by Casey Folks and his staff at Best in the Desert.

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