The YEAR-END AWARDS BANQUET will be on Saturday, December 19, at the Sunset Station in Henderson. It will be a lunch awards from 11am-3pm. The invitations will be sent in the next few weeks. Congratulations to all of the Motorcycle and Quad Class Champions, their championship was decided after the exciting Terrible's Gran Prix, which everyone loved! Please make your reservations for the Sunset Station by calling (888) 786-7389, code BITD Holiday Party for $79 per night.

The 2010 Schedule of Events is now posted but REVISED as of Monday 10/19/09, the April date is good, the race location is tentative. We have waited to post the schedule because there is one tentative race location. We did not want to wait any longer but please realize the schedule is subject to revision, keep checking it periodically and I will make an announcement when it is revised. I will let you know when the 2010 hotel list is posted, we are still working on securing some of the hotels.

The Henderson FabTech Desert Classic information letter is posted, this will explain many details. Also, the entry forms went out and they are posted on this site. The draw for start positions is Thursday, November 19, get your entry form in my Nov 19th!

Best In The Desert is proud to announce a new venue for the 2009 Henderson FabTech Desert Classic. After six months of working on a course with the City of Boulder City, BLM and the City of Henderson, because of all the new solar energy facilities being built on Boulder City land, along with the problems associated with the Mohave Desert Tortoise habitat, the best course we could have come up is a 12.5 mile loop, using last years private property as the Main Pit start/finish area. Best In The Desert feels, as always, safety is our #1 concern for our racers, 2nd is s good challenging course that everyone can have a good time racing on. So, I have changed the location of the course, pit areas, and start/finish and designed a course that will be fun and challenging. No, this year's course is not 12.5 miles, continue reading for details regarding the 2009 course, it's a 60.0 mile loop!

The 2009 Henderson FabTech Desert Classic will take place in the Jean Dry Lake Valley, with a redesigned approximate 60-mile course. Inside of the course will be two pit areas, as well as the start/finish area. The format we will run for the event will be two races; first race will be early in the morning, the second race will be in the afternoon with four-laps for each race.

There will be a Time Trials for top start positions for both races. The Time Trial for the first race will be for Class 1100 only. There will be a separate special made Pole Award for the Top Qualifier in Class 1100. The second race will have a Time Trials for Class 1400 and Class 1500 only and the Team Ford Pole Award and $1000 cash to be presented at the Drivers Meeting.

Hotel Rooms: I am requesting that all participants that are going to stay at a hotel PLEASE, PLEASE stay in a Henderson Hotel. The City of Henderson is a sponsor of the race and it's very important that we support all of our sponsors. The hotels in Jean do not support off-road racing, please do not stay in a hotel at Jean. It's important to the success of this race that you stay in a Henderson Hotel, the hotel list is in the Henderson file. Entry forms and information will be sent out in the next two weeks. All day Friday, Registration, Tech Inspectiona and Contingency will take place in DOWNTOWN HENDERSON, 200 Water Street!