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Best in the Desert has finished its 2019 season with the year’s final race: the Method Race Wheels Laughlin Desert Classic Presented by Jimco Racing. 2019 has been one of the most competitive seasons at Best in the Desert, with multiple class championships going down to the wire. Racer turnout, support and fan following have also never been stronger. To celebrate the champions, a special Year End Awards Banquet will be held in Las Vegas on Dec. 21st at the Sunset Station Hotel.<\/p>\n
Bryan Folks, CMO\/Co-Owner of Best in the Desert, commented, “2019 was very exciting, and hopefully a positive experience for our racers, sponsors, fans and the Best in the Desert staff. We had another great year in terms of participation with more excitement and more promise than any year in the 30 plus year history of Best in the Desert. We are looking forward to our 2020 season with renewed commitment and anticipation. I want to personally thank and congratulate all the racers who dedicated themselves to our series. We sincerely appreciate your support.”<\/p>\n
\u201c2019 could not have gone better. I want to personally congratulate all the champions, and more importantly thank everyone who supported us through another year of racing,\u201d added Daryl Folks, CEO\/Co-Owner of Best in the Desert. He continued, “I also owe gratitude to the BLM for working so closely with us throughout the year to assist us in managing our races.”<\/p>\n
Donald Jackson, Best in the Desert Race Operations Manager, said, \u201cWe have worked very hard to get great sponsors involved with \u201cThe American Off-Road Racing Series\u201d and we appreciate each one of them for supporting us and the competitors. We look forward to a great race program in 2020.<\/p>\n
\u201cMost of all,” Donald added, “I want to thank our hard working staff and all our volunteers who pour their heart and soul into keeping Best in the Desert the premier racing organization in North America. Without them none of this would be possible.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ford Motor Company continued the F150 Ecoboost Performance Awards in 2019, modified slightly to allow year end class bonuses. Ford included the Cars, Trucks, Bikes, Quads and UTVs as part of the \u201cFord Ecoboost Long Haul Award,\u201d which is given to the competitors in these divisions who complete every mile of every race in the least amount of time.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are very excited about the relationship we have built with Ford Motor Company and the Contingency program they offer,” commented Donald. “Not only were we able to offer this program to Cars and Trucks, but with Ford\u2019s help, we were able to expand this program to reach the Bike, Quad and UTV community.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ford Long Haul Year End Awards<\/strong> 2019 Class Champions<\/strong> Jeepspeed<\/strong> UTV<\/strong> Motorcycle & Quad<\/strong> Grand Champions<\/strong> Rookie of the Year<\/strong> Trick Truck Challenge Cup Champion<\/strong> Camburg Best In The Desert Award<\/strong> Best in the Desert has finished its 2019 season with the year’s final race.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":66158,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3470,5470,27,5029],"tags":[5710,41,28,3708,3735,1632],"class_list":["post-66157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-off-road","category-off-road-racing","category-racing","tag-best-in-the-desert","tag-news","tag-off-road","tag-off-road-racing","tag-press-releases","tag-racing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/unnamed-min-2.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p42YSK-hd3","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66157"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66159,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66157\/revisions\/66159"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nFor racers with the Ford Support Trucks that had the Lowest Elapsed Finish Time for the Year<\/em>
\nMotorcycle\/Quad \u2013 Danny Cooper
\nUTV \u2013 Michael Isom
\nCar\/Truck \u2013 Steve Olliges<\/p>\n
\nTrick Truck Jeff Terzo 37
\n1500 CJ Hutchins 1527
\n1000 Conner McMullen 1020
\n2000 Christy Sizelove 2050
\n5000 Travis Chase 5001
\n6000 Travis Williams 6077
\n6100 Brock Heger 6183
\n6200 Nick Carolan 6206
\n7100 Todd Walter 7122
\n7300 Chad Hall 7330<\/p>\n
\n1700 Rob Seubert 1724
\n3700 Robert Thomasson 3707
\n4700 Billy Bunch 4747<\/p>\n
\nTurbo Mitch Guthrie Jr T951
\nProduction Seth Quintero 1903
\nUnlimited Michael Isom 2939
\nRally Jack Olliges U927<\/p>\n
\nOpen Pro Skyler Howes N10
\n300 Pro Mason Klein X66
\nO-30 Pro Carl Maassberg P1
\nQuad Pro Erin Simmons Q1
\nOpen Exp Ryan Parszik 314
\nOpen Am Anthony Monachelli 356
\n300 Exp Daniel Markley 211
\nO-30 Exp Rhett Ogden 530
\nO-50 Exp Doug Clark 807
\nIronman Exp Warren Healey O38
\nIronman Am Dean Hawley O96
\nQuad Exp Bill Pierson 428<\/p>\n
\nFor racers with the most points in their race category<\/em>
\nCar Truck Brock Heger 6183
\nMotorcycle Warren Healey O38
\nQuad Erin Simmons Q1
\nUTV Mitch Guthrie T951<\/p>\n
\nCar Truck Jeff Bader 6166
\nUTV Billy Long T907<\/p>\n
\nJeff Terzo 37<\/p>\n
\nFor the racer who achieves the highest average speed for the season<\/em>
\nSteve Olliges 27<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"