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BEST IN
THE DESERT Series
ATV / UTV Race Report
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2009 Best in the Desert ATV
Racing Season Wrap-Up Report
Skat Trak Racing & Christy
Racing Win ATV Championships
Primm, Nevada - As the 2009 Best
in the Desert series came to an end at Buffalo Bills
Casino in Primm, Nevada, the veteran ATV race teams
of Greg Stuart (Pro ATV) and Craig Christy (Expert
ATV) both came away with class championships in
their respective classes.
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final round of the 2009 BITD ATV Racing
Series was held at Buffalo Bills Casino
in Primm, Nevada on October 17, 2009
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| (left
to right) Danny Prather, Greg Stuart, Nic
Granlund claim the 1Q plate for 2010 with
the Pro ATV class Championship
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The Skat Trak Racing Team of Greg Stuart, Nic
Granlund and Danny Prather had an amazing race
season, winning every race in the Quad Pro class
to take the 2009 championship.
Although the first couple rounds of the BITD
series went well for both Granlund and Stuart,
Granlund had his season cut short when he broke
his femur, just before the Vegas to Reno round.
“I was really disappointed to have my season
cut short, but Danny Prather stepped in and was
able to take over my spot for the rest of the
races. Danny did a great job as my stunt double
out there!” joked Granlund.
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| Skat
Trak Racing's Nic Granlund, Greg Stuart
& Danny Prather claim the 2009 BITD
Championship on their hybrid YFZ450 with
a XR650 engine and 450R rear end, which
are just a few of the many mods to this
one of a kind desert racing ATV |
In desert racing, where reliability and consistency
play a huge part in results, and a perfect season
is almost unheard of, the Stuart team admits that
luck was on their side for the 2009 season. “At
the Silver State round there was some excitement
for sure. We were in about 4th off the start and
there was no way we would be able to catch the
leaders unless something drastic happened,”
said Granlund. Lady Luck was certainly on their
side for that round because at the last pit stop
before the finish line, a dirt bike rider pulled
into the pits to fuel up and inadvertently caught
the entire pit area of fire, burning all of the
gas supplies on hand as well, leaving racers low
on fuel with no reserves. “We always keep
an extra gallon on board with us just in case,
and this time was when we needed it. Everyone
else was running out of gas because of the fire,
but we had that extra gallon of gas that allowed
us to finish the race when every one else ran
out of gas,” explained Granlund.
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