Great American Off-Road Race | Throwback Thursday

Legendary Mint 400 Off-Road Race

The origin of the Mint 400 dates back to 1967, and the first race was in 1968. Here’s a look at some of the old footage of The Great American Off-Road Race.

Great American Off-Road Race

Great American Off-Road Race

Great American Off-Road Race

The Mint 400 dates back to 1967 when Leroy Wickham and John Sexton spent a week driving two Koyote Dune Buggies from Fremont St. in Las Vegas to the Sahara Hotel in Lake Tahoe.

Great American Off-Road Race

Great American Off-Road Race

The following year was the first Mint 400 race, and the rest is history. The 2018 Mint 400 is one of the races in the Best In The Desert series and runs from March 7-11.

Great American Off-Road Race

Great American Off-Road Race

Great American Off-Road Race

Here’s a look at some of the old footage of the iconic Mint 400.

Legendary Mint 400 Off-Road Race

Great American Off-Road Race

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ABOUT Best In The Desert®

Best In The Desert, Inc. Racing was founded by the late Casey Folks. BITD consists largely of volunteer off-road racing enthusiasts dedicated to the sport of racing. The Philosophy of the organization is to provide top quality, world-class off-road-racing events, and, more importantly, to make those events exciting, spectacular, fun, different, well paying, and most of all, affordable.