Best in the Desert explained

Assocname:	Best In The Desert
Abbrev:	BITD
Sport:	Desert off-road racing
Headquarters:	Las Vegas Valley
Url:	www.bitd.com

The Best In The Desert Racing Association (BITD) is an American desert off-road racing association, based out of Las Vegas, Nevada. It was founded by Casey Folks in 1984,^{[1] [2] [3]} and is currently owned by his sons Daryl and Bryan Folks. The BITD was originally a motorcycle-only series, until the Vegas To Reno, the longest off-road race in the United States, was introduced in 1996 with four-wheel classes.

Events

2023 season

• Vegas to Reno (1996-present): The flagship event of the series.
• Silver State 300
• Laughlin Desert Classic
• UTV Legends Championship (motorcycles, quads and UTVs only)

Former

• Mint 400 (2012-2019)
• Parker 425 (cars and trucks only): The event began in 1971 as a NORRA event. SCORE International sanctioned the event until 1998. Whiplash Motorsports held the event the next four years, until BITD began sanctioning it in 2003.^[4] The 2008 had over 300 entrants. The 2023 edition was cancelled, and BITD dropped its sanctioning for the 2024 edition.
• Parker 250 (motorcycles, quads and UTVs only)
• Bluewater Desert Challenge
• Henderson 250
• Battle Born 200
• Adelanto Grand Prix (motorcycles only)
• World Hare & Hound Championship (motorcycles, quads and UTVs only)

Media

Events are nationally televised on MavTV, its website, and the America One Sports Network.^[5]

Divisions

Best In The Desert has classes of Trick Trucks (aka Trophy Truck), buggies, motorcycles, Quads.^{[6] [7]} Various events have different classes of racing vehicles.

Notable drivers

• Steve Olliges
• Robby Gordon^[8]
• Mike Groff^[9]
• Robbie Groff
• Rod Hall
• Rob MacCachren

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: BITD: Five Minutes with Casey Folks. Rousseau. Scott. August 21, 2008. Offroad.com. 2009-01-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20081226160453/http://www.off-road.com/dirtsports/Desert+Racing%3A+BITD/BITD-Five-Minutes-with-Casey-Folks/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/543837?contextCategoryId=46499. December 26, 2008. dead.
2. Web site: Best in the Desert . Hot Shoe Hall of Fame.
3. Web site: Casey Folks, founder of Best in the Desert Racing Association, takes the final flag . Autoweek . 13 January 2017.
4. Web site: Parker 400 Through The Years . MotorTrend . 13 November 2017.
5. Web site: Best in the Desert Television Listings and Online Broadcast . 2008 . 2009-01-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090205093548/http://www.bitd.com/downloads/2008/MediaStuff/TelevisionListings2008.pdf . February 5, 2009 .
6. Web site: 2008 Best in the Desert Parker 425. Perronne. Craig. February 4, 2008. Off-road.com. 2009-01-17.
7. Web site: 2009 Race Schedule . 2009 . Best In The Desert . 2009-01-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090117082543/http://www.bitd.com/downloads/2008/2009RaceSchedule.pdf . January 17, 2009 .
8. Web site: Best In The Desert Racing Association . 2006 . . 2009-01-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080803234928/http://www.toyo.com/docs/teamtoyo/bestinthedesert.asp . 2008-08-03 . dead .
9. Web site: The Best in the Desert: Nevada 1000. 2002. Motor Trend's Truck Trend. 2009-01-17.