BEST IN THE DESERT Laughlin Desert Classic May 7-8, 2016

The BITD Laughlin Desert Classic started the UTV racers 3 wide for this special two day event with the UTV racers running 4 laps each day over the 17 mile long course. Starting on the front row for day one was Branden Sims, Justin Lambert, and Ryan Laidlaw

The short-course race was run on nearly same course layout used earlier this year for the UTV World Championship, but unlike the UTVWC, the event was broke up into a two day event with racers running four-lap each day over the 17 mile long course, which took just over an hour on the high speed track.

After finishing first with corrected time on day one, Burnett (#905 Monster Energy / Polaris / Fox) started on the front row on the second day. Jacob Carver caught Burnett at the end of the second day of competition, for the day two win, but Burnett secured the overall win followed by Carver in second overall. ITP’s Branden Sims who ran at the front of the field for all of the first day’s competition finished third overall. Bill Zemak made a huge charge to finish fourth. Jason and Derek Murray rounded out the top five in the Pro Turbo UTV class.

Monster Energy's Marc Burnett took the overall win on Saturday with corrected time in his Polaris RZR 4 Turbo

“It was awesome to come back and win the overall,” said Burnett. “The car is working awesome. The Polaris is amazing. It’s just getting better every time we race it. We’re looking forward to the Baja 500. The points are great and we’re close to (leader) Branden Sims. It’s going to be a race to the finish. We’re really doing our homework and a lot of testing. The Baja 500 is my race and we’re looking forward to going down there and bringing back the trophy for Polaris.”

ITP's Marc Burnett started on the front row on Sunday & battled with Mitch Guthrie Jr for the win till Guthrie Jr broke in the final lap with Burnett taking the physical win, but finishing 2nd on Sunday with corrected time, but he still brought home the overall win on the weekend

Carver, running one of the few privateer UTVs at the front of the field, actually caught Burnett on the fourth lap of the second day, but held back knowing he couldn’t make up to the time difference to get the overall win, so he raced smart in the final stretch to secure the second overall position.

LSR Racing's Jacob Carver launching over the road crossing on Saturday

“Our Fox Shocks and Lonestar Racing Suspension really cleared the whoops and we were fast in the FoX Proving Ground,” said Carver. “Toward the end of the fourth lap, we were running second. We were only 20 seconds back, so we put the hammer down to try to catch up to Burnett. Only a mile from the finish, we caught him, but he had a minute on us, so rather than blow a belt or hurt the car, we hung out behind him and finished second.”

Raceline Wheels's Jacob Carver took the win on Sunday, which moved him up to a 2nd overall finish on the weekend