Reigning Dakar Rally Champ Ricky Brabec on the JCR/Honda won the Best in the Desert Casey Folks Vegas To Reno race. He took the overall motorcycle win riding solo with a time of 7:53:54 giving him the second-fastest time overall in North America's longest off-road race!
The 2020 Maxxis Tires Casey Folks “Vegas to Reno” Presented by Fox saw a record 394 vehicles turn out, including 34 Trick Trucks and 38 Class 6100 trucks. 53 UTV Turbo Pros and a staggering 111 UTVs overall. In fact, entries were up in every class with the motorcycle division showing a huge turn out as well.
Brabec had a tough battle going head-to-head with defending champ Skyler Howes for most of the race. However, Howes crashed hard near the finish, Ricky stopped to assist and unfortunately Skylers day ended, while Nic Garvin, who also put in an incredible solo ride of his own, ended up finishing second place overall. Third overall for Open Pro MC went to Nic Colangeli.
The 514-mile point-to-point course saw some new challenges including a new starting area in Amargosa Valley, some completely new sections, and other routes that haven’t been raced in years on the way up to Dayton, Nevada. That didn’t seem to slow the UTV Turbo pros any, though. The UTV Turbo Class was one of the most tightly-contested classes of the day with a little under four minutes separating first place from third. Once again, Can-Am’s Phil Blurton and Beau Judge took the win in a time of 9:52:26 followed by Polaris driver Mitch Guthrie in second place in 9:55:21 and Dustin Jones driving another Can-Am in third at 9:56:11. Polaris driver Seth Quintero once again won the UTV Production class with a time of 10:34:39 followed by Kolton Hustead and one of our Ironwoman Kristen Matlock. Wes Miller won the UTV Unlimited Class in 10:44:15.
“Everyone that participated in the 2020 Maxxis Tires Casey Folks Vegas to Reno Presented by Fox can look back on it with pride,” says CMO Bryan Folks. “Best In The Desert staff and sponsors can rest easy knowing that coordination and communication were the best they could be, and racers and fans will always remember meeting in the desert amidst a global pandemic.”
Full results here: https://bitd.com/race-results/