This is a story about a very unusual race team. This reporter first met them in the parking lot prior to the 2014 Mint 400 Race Car Parade down the Las Vegas Strip. I have met a lot of great people in my lifetime, and have met race car drivers from Paul Newman to Rodger […]
The 2015 Polaris RZR Mint 400 presented by General Tire will roar through our little village, March 11-15th, and feature a host of spectacular new events. After last year’s massive, record-setting event, (Mint 400 race owners) the Martelli Brothers are once again doubling down on “The Great American Off-Road Race.” The partnership between The Mint […]
“The Great American Off-Road Race,”™ set a new world record this week, when it announced that the 2014 Mint 400, will field 57 Trophy Trucks on Saturday March 15th, for the annual epic 400-mile off-road marathon. Trophy trucks are the premier class of off-road racing vehicles, and lead the massive group of vehicles, spread across twenty […]
Think you have what it takes to join the ranks of “Wheel of Fortune’s,” Vanna White and “Wonder Woman’s” Lynda Carter? Then enter the 2014 General Tire Miss Mint 400 competition, presented by Metro Honda, for your chance to win a three-night stay in Las Vegas at the Golden Nugget Hotel and Casino, and a […]
Let me say one thing right off the bat. There are actors who pretend to be racecar drivers, and then there are racecar drivers who think they are actors. There are a few actors, who were and are real true-to-life racecar drivers, and I have had the pleasure of knowing three of them: Steve McQueen, […]
Well, gang, it’s that time of the year again, when the adrenalin in my body begins to anticipate the smell of high-test fuel in the air, the noise of 800 plus horsepower motors shaking the earth beneath ones feet and the Boys of Thunder begin coming alive once again. Yep, gang, it’s time […]