The Mint 400 is here this week, and of course downtown Las Vegas will be a busy village for the rest of the week. There was a huge parade of the various race vehicles from Sunset Blvd. to Fremont Street earlier today, ending with a party at Atomic Liquors around 2:00 p.m. As many of […]
A wonderful friend of mine, and a lot of history, has left this land he loved so much for a special place, on what I figure is a “Big Ranch in the Sky.” Darwin Lamb, the last of the iconic family that included Senator Floyd Lamb, and Sheriff Ralph Lamb, passed away the other day […]
Medal of Honor recipient, Sgt. Dakota Meyer, is headed to Las Vegas, NV to race in “The Great American Off-Road Race,” the world famous Mint 400 on March 14th, with the Roberts Racing Team. Dakota will be piloting the Roberts Racing #1588 Class One Car. Dakota earned his Medal of Honor during the battle of Ganjgal […]
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 […]
I have been one of the lucky guys who met and befriended a great guy: James Garner, actor, racecar driver, humanitarian, damn good all-around guy, and a guy who loved off-road racing. Well, he’s gone now! He has gone to a place that we all strive to go to (I think), by living life to […]
March has turned out to be “The Month,” for those of us who appreciate fine cars, speed, and drivers that know only one thing—Putting the foot to the metal. The first motor sport event this month (March), was NASCAR weekend at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway (LVMS), followed almost immediately by the “Great American Off-Road […]
Was invited to attend the opening of Da Vinci the Exhibition, inside the Imagine Gallery at the Venetian Hotel Las Vegas last week. Now, I had seen a da Vinci exhibit before, when the City of Henderson, hosted it a few years ago. But, I had been told that this was a completely new experience, […]
“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 […]
This is the week everyone who loves Motorsports waits for in Las Vegas. It’s when a bunch of men and women, from a very exclusive club, arrive in the city to do a wee bit of noise making. Yep, gang, it’s NASCAR week, and the “Gang from Thunder,” are here, and raring to drive their […]