UNLTD Off-Road Racing is proud to announce Rugged Road as the Official Cooler of the 2026 Laughlin Desert Classic, taking place October 15–18 in Laughlin, Nevada.
Some people spend their lives doing one thing really well. Lou Peralta was never one of those guys. He raced motorcycles. He promoted races. He published magazines. He built skate parks. He got into RC racing. He put on events all over Baja. He was one of the early people to recognize what UTVs could become. And whenever you talked to him, there always seemed to be another idea, another race or another thing he wanted to try.
Cole talks about what it takes to race at the front of the field in some of the fastest desert races in the country, including the unique challenges of Vegas to Reno and how quickly things can go wrong when you are running 120 plus mph for miles at a time.
Mitch Guthrie Jr. and co-driver Kellon Walch finished second overall at the 2026 Casey Folks Vegas to Reno, delivering an overall podium in the Ford Raptor T1+’s first race on American soil and its first competition outside international rally raid.
Missed us at the festival? No problem. We’re taking online orders for the next two weeks and shipping orders daily. These are limited-edition 2026 Vegas to Reno pieces — once they’re gone, they’re gone.
Polaris Off Road and the RZR Factory Racing Team added another historic victory to its growing list of accomplishments at the 2026 Vegas-to-Reno desert race. For the first time in the race's 30-year history, the course was run “the other way,” with Brock Heger powering his No.T96 RZR Pro R Factory to the UTV Overall and the team’s first-ever win at this legendary event.
