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March 26-29 marked the date of the General Tire Mint 400. Now the second year since its come back with a new course that proved to be more than most racers could handle.
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The action started with a huge fan party in downtown Las Vegas at the Fremont Street Experience. Off-road Racing Fans were able to meet the drivers and see the race vehicles up close, and even get a picture or two with some of the drivers.
BJ Baldwin showed up to the fan party after the pre-run with only half is truck clean.
The Moapa Indian reservation off the Valley of Fire exit off of I-15 was the host of the start/finish line for the 2009 Mint 400. Being on Indian land gave spectators the opportunity to see the action without the threat of getting a ticket from the BLM.
We had the opportunity to pre-run the first 38 miles of the course and the racers were in for a fun ride. Seeing the results my suspicions were correct, this was a rough course. There were quite a large number of DNFs for this race.
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The McMillin Team were definitely on their game holding the overall lead for the entire race. Driver Andy McMillin had an overall time of 8:27:35 in the #31 Unlimited Truck.
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Cameron Steele and the Desert Assassins crossed the finish line next in the #1 truck with a time of 8:32:53.
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Rick Johnson finished 3rd for the day in the #71 truck with a time of 8:40:52.
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Bill McBeath in the #91 Unlimited Truck got the 4th place finish with his time of 8:46:07
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Taking home the win in Class 1 and taking 5th overall was TJ Flores in the 100 car. His time for the day was 8:46:39, just 32 seconds behind McBeath.
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Sixth overall and second in Class 1 we saw Steve Raskett in the 154 car with an overall time of 9:18:26.
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Seventh place went to Rob MacCachren in the #1603 Class 1600 car. Taking 7th overall just goes to show you what kind of driver Rob is, beating out racers with much faster cars and trucks. Rob’s time was 9:24:22.
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Eighth overall went to the #122 Class 1 car driven by Rick Romans. His time was good for 3rd in Class 1 with a time of 9:30:28.
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Ninth place saw another Class 1 car, the #116 car driven by Todd Welling. His overall time was 9:37:28.
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Rounding out our top 10 was the #117 car driven by Pierre Lavie. His time was 9:43:55, but he got a speeding penalty in the 3rd lap that bumped his overall time 30 minutes to 10:13:55.
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