Brief course off-road racing is again within the West.
On Friday, Limitless Off-Street Racing introduced brief course racing has been added to the 2025 Mint 400 weekend. A brand new course will probably be developed alongside the Mint’s begin/end line in Primm, which is able to then be used for 2 days of racing on Friday, 7 March, and Saturday, 8 March.
Though not competing within the characteristic Restricted or Limitless races, the brief course autos will be part of their desert counterparts for the parade on the Las Vegas Strip and the Off-Street Pageant on the Fremont Avenue Expertise, the latter the place technical inspection will happen.
“We have now been desperate to deliver brief course racing to the Mint 400 in a extra profound approach than ever earlier than, harkening again to the Mickey Thompson period,” Limitless CEO Matt Martelli acknowledged. “We grew up attending the Mickey Thompson stadium races in addition to desert races, and it was at all times a united tradition. From racing at Riverside, to the LA Coliseum to downtown Tokyo, Mickey confirmed us that something is feasible.”
The Mint 400 begins and ends in Primm, a city roughly forty miles from Las Vegas, significantly by the Buffalo Invoice’s Resort and On line casino. Primm isn’t any stranger to brief course racing, having beforehand hosted the inaugural spherical of the now-defunct Lucas Oil Off Street Racing Collection in 2009 in addition to the season finale; nevertheless, it solely lasted that one 12 months as Alex Striler, then the gross sales and advertising and marketing director for Lucas Oil, recalled in 2017 that it was “too windy and didn’t entice lots of spectators.”
Nice American Shortcourse was initially resulting from race at Primm in 2023 however it was ultimately moved. GAS shut down on the finish of the 12 months, leaving the West Coast with no main brief course presence.
“We’re trying ahead to increasing our infrastructure and have these outstanding autos to the huge built-in viewers of the Mint 400,” commented UNLTD occasion director Kilian Hamlin. “We’re thrilled to unleash Professional 2s, Professional 4s, and extra Professional lessons on a newly prepped brief course observe on the official begin/end line in Primm, Nevada. Prepare for some mind-blowing door-to-door off-road motion, we’re excited to welcome the brief course racing group to the Mint 400.”
