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The Henderson Fabtech Desert Classic race marks the end of a great season of racing for the Best in the Desert Racing Association. At the close of last year’s season there was a press release stating the Eldorado Valley was to be closed to Desert Racing. Well be it his charm or his business savvy Casey Folks managed to put this race on one more time, with a bit of a twist.
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This year racers would only have one pit area that surrounded a large Grand Prix style finish. Most of this land seemed to be private property, it also made it great for spectators to get closer to the action than every before. Some fans got a little too close and didn’t know that you don’t stand close to the outside of a turn. Well how could they? Like I said this race gave fans the best opportunity to see the action like we do in the Media.
This race was broken up into 3 races mostly due to the limited lap mileage of 48 miles. With such a short course lap there is a risk of the slower cars and trucks getting mauled by an 800 hp Trick Truck.
The first race was the Motorcycles, Quads and UTVs. They started at an early 6am battling the cold and darkness of the morning. The worst part of an early start this late in the year is it makes it impossible for us to shoot pics or video of these dedicated racers. It’s simply too dark.
At 9:15 staging started for the “slower” vehicles. This included Classes 1100, 1700, 1800, 2000, 3100, 3700, 4100, 5000, 7100, 7300, 8100. After all racers were staged, the race began at 10am. What got the crowd so rowdy was the way the race started. Two racers side by side would leave the line heading for a tight left hand turn with only room for one vehicle. This made for an exciting drag race to be the first to the turn. This was true for 2 JeepSpeed racers as you will see later in this article. Staging for the 3rd race started at 1:15 for Classes 1000, 1200, 1400, 1500, 7200, 8000. The crowds swarmed when they heard the roar of the 800+ hp motors take life.
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Taking off first was Andrew McMillin in the #31 Trick Truck, and this proved to be the ace in the hole as he ended the race with the overall win and the Trick Truck class win. Their overall time was just 3:28:38.
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Charley McDowell in the #1551 Class 1500 almost had a rough day of racing from the scene in this pic, but he pulled out the win in Class 1500 and took second overall with a time of 3:35:20.
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Taking third overall and 2nd in class was the Speed Technologies #1528 car of Chuck Dempsey. Beating Chet Huffman by only 3 seconds with a time of 3:42:20.
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Fourth overall saw another Trick Truck, #42, skillfully driven by Chet Huffman. Taking 2nd in Trick Trucks with a time of 3:42:23.
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Kory Scheeler in the #51 Trick Truck took third in class and fifth overall with a time of 3:45:18.
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Will Staats in the 42 Trick Truck took 6th overall and 4th in class with his time of 3:51:04.
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Finishing just under the four hour mark was Gary Weyhrich in the #1588 car. This was enough to take 3rd in class and 7th overall with a total time of 3:56:41.
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The 8th overall finisher went to Steve Raskett in the #1546 car. This gave him a 4th place finish in Class 1500 with a time of 4:00:00:562.
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Ninth place overall went to the #57 Trick Truck driven by Scott Kincaid. Scoring 5th in class with a time of 4:00:42.
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Rounding out the top 10 for the 3rd race saw the #1220 ProTruck of Ryan Staats. This also gave him a class win with a time of 4:05:08.
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Other top finishers in their class saw Curt LeDuc take the win in Class 8000 in the #8001 truck with a time of 4:09:05.
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Class 7200 winner with an overall time of 4:29:47 saw the #7212 truck driven by Richard Blunk.
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Danny Ashcraft in the #1009 car took the win for Class 1000 with an overall time of 4:39:10.
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