With a 3rd class win in as many races finally weekend’s Laughlin Desert Problem, 18-year-old Ryan Prosser is the youngest driver to win Finest In The Desert‘s Trick Truck championship.
Though Trick Vans are usually among the many high autos in desert racing, the category was comparatively quiet in 2024 outdoors of the premier Vegas to Reno. Prosser was the one TT driver to enter all 4 races, and even then he did the V2R in a UTV Open as an alternative. TT was a Prosser-only present on the season-opening Golden State 250, whereas defending champion Jonathan Brenthel was his solely different competitors on the Silver State 300 the place the latter retired.
In Laughlin, the one different Trick Truck entered was Jordan Dean who retired. Prosser completed seventh general amongst Limitless autos.
Whereas competitors was definitely scant, BITD awards forty-five factors for merely ending, that means a retirement may have simply thrown issues out of order. Moreover, if no driver runs no less than three races (the fourth might be dropped as one’s worst end), a trophy wouldn’t be awarded.
In addition to the title, Prosser additionally claimed Rookie of the Yr honours. Because the reigning champion, he can be allowed to swap his #42 quantity plate out for #1.
Sarcastically, TT nonetheless had the closest factors battle of all vehicles and vehicles. David Ziegler held off Connor McMullen with a powerful outing at Laughlin to assert the Class 6100 title. Chris Woo and Chad Corridor have been the one full-season opponents within the Inventory classes, as was Jeff Harmonson within the Jeepspeed Trophy.
On the other excessive, the battle for the highest motorbike title got here all the way down to only a single level. Though Shane Logan completed behind Hayden Hintz at Laughlin (third to Hintz’s first), Logan’s consequence was dropped for being his worst outing of the season and allowed him to carry off Hintz for the championship.
Can-Ams swept the three UTV championships. Dustin Jones, in his first full season with the Can-Am Maverick R after successful the 2023 Silver State 300 in its racing début, held off Colt Brinkerhoff for the UTV Turbo Professional title. One other Maverick R topped UTV Open with Josh Row, who was the quickest UTV outright on the Vegas to Reno, beating Laughlin general winner Cody Bradbury.
Bradbury, Jones, and Row completed 1–2–3 amongst all UTVs at Laughlin.
Brief course racing happened the Friday earlier than the primary desert occasions. Joe Terrana gained the Class 11 race forward of Brian O’Dor, whereas Chase Mankin and Mason Cotter respectively topped the UTV Brief Course and Youth lessons. Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone pulled double obligation by getting into each the Class 11 and UTV Brief Course occasions, ending second within the latter and 5 laps down within the former.
ClassOverall FinishNumberRider of RecordTotal TimeMotorcycle 399 Expert28225Josh Newsom2:35:33.679Motorcycle 399 Pro7X69Branden Siebenhaar2:25:45.458Motorcycle Ironman Amateur29O63Kellen Davies2:41:08.210Motorcycle Ironman Expert13O27Remington Mathews2:32:33.918Motorcycle Ironman Pro5J40Aiden Poulson2:41:35.769Motorcycle Lites Amateur31G38Cooper Nugent2:26:58.979*Bike Lites Expert21K77Ethan Monrreal2:25:59.946Motorcycle Lites Pro33A99Andy Moore2:32:08.139*Bike Open Amateur25292Tyler Simpson2:32:10.179Motorcycle Open Expert6315Wyatt Seat2:25:24.830Motorcycle Open Pro1N1Hayden Hintz2:25:43.380Motorcycle Over 30 Expert14510Morgan Shultz2:33:05.012Motorcycle Over 30 Pro4P5Hayden Roberts2:35:46.257Motorcycle Over 40 Expert22O19Jayson Kidwell2:26:08.378Motorcycle Over 40 Pro27C1Brett Stevens2:33:29.170Motorcycle Over 60 Expert19923Dick Wilk2:40:37.579Quad Expert30458Dakota Hibler2:23:02.639*Quad Pro10Q2Bret Greenholz2:28:31.079* – Didn’t full all 4 laps
UTV
ClassOverall FinishNumberDriver of RecordTotal TimeUTV Naturally Aspirated Pro12R11Ethan Groom2:26:54.118*UTV Open1H1Cody Bradbury2:17:02.779UTV Tremendous Stock6S930Todd Zuccone2:26:25.775UTV Turbo Pro2T978Dustin Jones2:19:39.097* – Didn’t full all ten laps
2024 Finest In The Desert champions
Some lessons didn’t title a champion as a result of none of its opponents ran each race.
