“Casey Folks” Vegas to Reno Wrap-Up

Posted August 20, 2024

MORE THAN 250 RACERS LEFT THE START LINE AT THE 28TH RUNNING OF THE ‘ CASEY FOLKS” VEGAS TO RENO

The 2024 “Casey Folks” Vegas to Reno is in the record books – and what a record day of racing it was!! We had our first ever Vegas to Reno back-to-back-to-back-to-back winner, thrilling close finishes and racers praising the entire event from start to finish.

The week started with some very close Time Trials at a superior Jean Dry Lake Bed location. Comments from racers included “great course, fast, technical and fun.”

The Event Expo and Tech next to the South Point drew thousands of racers, fans and locals who enjoyed getting up-close and personal with the throngs of racers and off-road parts vendors.

Highlights from “Casey Folks” Vegas to Reno:

TRICK TRUCK
In a tight battle for most of the race with Nic Whetstone, Ryan Arcerio became the first racer to win Vegas to Reno 4 consecutive times. Back-to-back-to-back-to-back! Congrats Ryan on this stunning achievement.

MOTORCYCLE OPEN PRO
Motorcycle was just one of the classes deemed epic by the racers. The top 5 overall MC racers were within 30 seconds of each other until pit 5, when Ricky Brabec jumped out front and passed it off to Skyler Howes, who then crashed hard. All the racers stopped to help. Preston Campbell, son of renowned motorcycle racer Johnny Campbell took the overall win in a very close battle with Bryce Stavron and Jack Mentha, from Mount Helen, Australia.

UTV OPEN
Any of 10 UTV competitors could have won, it was that close. Dustin Jones was running away with it, then had issues. Josh Row and Preston Axford took the win.

4400 ULTRA 4
Brothers JP and Marcos Gomez Captured the win in Ultra 4

YOUTH
11 year old Brian Fulcher landed the #1 podium in the Youth Race.

6100
Jason Coleman took the win, but Jack Olliges was a very close second in the down-to-the-wire battle.

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The LiveStream production by King of the Hammer’s Dave Cole was a huge favorite, enjoyed by thousands of fans and racers on the BITD site and YouTube.

Thanks to the South Point Hotel for helping create a great environment for off-road racers to get ready for this epic event.

Our Facebook and Instagram views and comments were blowing up the entire race! Thanks to our Webmaster and FB-IG guru Scott Socia for a great job.

Thanks to all the racers, fans, volunteers and Best In The Desert staff, especially our Race Director, Megan VanCleve, that made the 2024 “Casey Folks” Vegas to Reno an event to remember.

Join us in October for the Laughlin Desert Classic!

Thanks and Credit to DirtNation for all photos.

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