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December 1 st marked the start of the last race of the season for the Best in the Desert Racing Association, and there were perfect conditions for racing. |
It had rained, no flooded, in the Las Vegas valley on Friday during tech held in the Henderson downtown area. All the drivers were getting creative with their umbrellaing of their vehicles as they waited to have them inspected. We saw people carrying EZ-Ups over trucks and some simply had umbrellas sticking out of the windshields of their buggies.
Normally the Henderson course is quite dusty being so close to the dry lake bed (that was under a foot of water on race day), but on race day it was nice and moist. these conditions made for some really fast and exciting racing since dust was not an issue.this race had the racers running 4, 3, or 2 laps depending on their class.this made for some interesting mixing of vehicles on the course.
the start of the race began at 7:45am with the number one qualifier Chuck Hovey in the number 1518 Jimco car. Hovey was also the first to cross the finish line. His overall time was only 5:59:46.
Taking 2nd overall and 2nd in class 1500 was Shawn Croll, Ray Croll and Brandon Johnson in the #1586 car with an overall time of 6:03:39.
Third overall went to the first place finisher in Trick Truck, Steve Olliges, Wayne Lugo, Bart Walker and Derek Tenney in the Team Ford #36 truck with a time of 6:28:39.
4th overall went to Ron Whitton, Garron Cadient, Gerald King and Brian Godfrey the second place finishers in Trick Truck. they had an overall time of 6:43:48 in the #39 Ford truck.
5th overall and 3rd in Trick Truck went to Bruce and Glen Greer, Brad Kline and Mike Kerr in the #37 Dodge with a total time of 6:44:56
6th overall and first in class 7200 was the 7220 Ford truck of John Swift, Jonathan Swift, Andy Waters and Chad Shuffield with an overall time of 6:47: 46
Derrick Sproule, Lloyd Sproule and Darren Burns took 7th overall and 3rd in class 1500 in the #1516 car with an overall time of 6:55:46
8th overall and 2nd in class 7200 was the 7201 Ford Truck of Larry Roeseler, Mike Ruane, Jason Ruane and Nicholas Cone. there total time was 6:56:00
The 9th finisher of the day was Mark Beeler, Brendan Beeler and James Cantelme in the 8001 Ford to take the win in class 8000 with a time of 6:59:01
Rounding out the top 10 finishers for the 4-lap classes was the 1544 car of Tom Gilchriese Sr., Doug Young and Tom Gilchriese Jr. with a time of 7:09:22
Some of the other top finishers in their class are the 8026 Ford of Tammie Gubler, Regan Gubler, John Koeth and Jim Kirchefer finishing 2nd in class 8000 with a time of 7:39:46.
Curt LeDuc, Todd LeDuc, Brent Wendt and Thomas Andreoli took 3rd in class 8000 in the 8043 truck with a time of 8:03:24
Finishing 3rd in class 7200 was the 7218 Ford truck of Randy Sorensen, Joe Stone, Micah Gibson andthomas J Bell with a time of 7:44:09.
Taking first in class 1000 is the 1021 car of Steve Brown, Randy Knutson, and Butch Anderson with a time of 7:47:38.
2nd in class 1000 was the 1055 car of Johnny Harrah, John Harrah, Mark Levrett and Kody Harrah with a time of 8:04:53.
Rounding out the top 3 in class 1000 was the 1029 car of Eric Jacobs, Ray Becker, and Jay Clark with a time of 9:31:57.
In Stock Full class 8100 Greg Foutz, and Doug Ranch took the win with a time of 6:16:08
Taking 2nd was the team of Mike Alden, Robby Woolworth, Matt Wonders and Anthony Napolean in the 8131 Ford with a time of 7:72:29
The Donahoe crew took 3rd in Stock Full in the 8108 Ford truck with a time of 8:13:32
Closing out the 2007 season with a class win and a win for the day was the Dixon Bros Racing crew in the class 7100 with their 7177 Ford truck and a time of 6:19:52
2nd in class 7100 went to the 7101 truck of Wayne Demonja, Bob Nance, David Ryan and Sean Noyd with a time of 6:53:49
Rounding out the top 3 in class 7100 was John M Copitas Jr., Matt Costic and Kevin Ludwiszewski in their #7138 truck with a time of 7:11:13
Overall it was a great day of racing. I would have like to see more of the Trick Truck competitors in the race, but many of them did not compete since they were out of the points race.
We are looking forward to the season opener in Parker Arizona coming February 1st 3rd for the Bluewater Resort & Casino Parker 425. Make plans to see the seasons first race!!! It is going to be an even better season of racing in the Best in the Desert Racing Series.
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