Mark Kariya | August 17, 2015
Guatemala’s Francisco Arredondo (pictured) teamed up with Shane Esposito to win the Vegas-To-Reno desert race. Photography by Mark Kariya
Francisco Arredondo and Shane Esposito combined efforts to win this year’s running of the Best In The Desert American Off-Road Racing Series’ Vegas-To-Reno, staged in Beatty, Nevada, August 14. The duo completed the run in nine hours, 20 minutes and 29 seconds, with the Nick Burson and Axel Pearson team finishing less than three minutes behind in 9:23:23. Max Eddy Jr., riding solo, crossed the line in an admirable 9:52:17 with Justin Morgan, also riding solo, fourth on his DP Racing/San Diego Powerhouse/Klim YZ450F in 10:15:41.
The father/son team of former winner Steve Hengeveld and 17-year-old Clay Hengeveld won 250cc Pro in 10:21:19 aboard their Northland Motorsports/Precision Concepts/Master Fabrication CRF250X.
Open Expert winners Ricky Dahlberg/Adam Thissen/Kyle Townsend were the sixth overall motorcycle in 10:40:45 followed by Over 30 Pro winners Chris Brown/Gabe Guerin, Open Expert runners-up Steve Luly/Wesley Luly/Mark Weirich, Ironman Expert winner Darrel Collins and Over 40 Pro winners Alan Cameron/Chad Thornton.
We’ll will have more on the Vegas-To-Reno race in this week’s edition of Cycle News magazine.
Mark Kariya | Contributor
Kariya spends way too much time in the desert, but we’re glad he does as he’s the man who gets us our coverage of all things sandy.
