03/10/2026
Huge thank you to everyone who made this year’s Mint 400 possible. Incredible weekend for the sport.
The dust has settled on the 58th BFGoodrich Tires Mint 400 — and what a weekend it was.
One of the biggest Mint 400 races in modern history is officially in the books. Hundreds of race teams, thousands of fans, and an incredible community came together in Las Vegas and the Nevada desert to celebrate the sport we all love. 🏆🚙💨
And together, we removed 20.07 tons of trash from the desert, bringing our 10-year cleanup total to an incredible 681,500 pounds removed.
What follows is a long list of the racers, partners, volunteers, and crew members who made the 2026 Mint 400 possible.
🙌 First and foremost, thank you to our racers, teams, volunteers, staff, and partners. You are the heart and soul of this race. This event simply does not happen without your dedication, grit, and passion for off-road racing. THANK YOU for showing up and making this year’s Mint 400 one for the books. ❤️🏎️
🚛 Huge thanks to Steve Orrico, the crew at Republic Services, and our Desert Cleanup volunteers. Together we removed 20.07 tons of trash this year alone, pushing our 10-year total to 681,500 pounds removed from the desert.
🌿 Thank you to the Bureau of Land Management Southern Nevada Field Office, especially Stephen Leslie, Kenny Kenneth, and Courtney King, for being incredible partners in protecting and managing the public lands that make this race possible.
🏙️ Huge appreciation to the City of Las Vegas, along with key partners Marja Bigas and LVMPD Event Planning Officers Steve Hutchason and Trevor Arevalos, for helping keep this massive event running smoothly.
🚙💨 A huge thank you to BFGoodrich Tires for a full DECADE as title sponsor of The Mint 400. Your commitment to off-road racing continues to elevate this race and the entire sport.
🥤 Monster Energy — thank you for once again fueling The Great American Off-Road Race and bringing the energy to our racers, musicians, and fans.
🏆 CageWRX — thank you for crafting the Mint 400 class trophies and the Overall Champion trophy.
🔧 O’Reilly Auto Parts — four fantastic years supporting the Limited Race and grassroots racers.
💥 MagnaFlow — thank you for helping bring the sound and performance of this race to life.
⚙️ Camburg Engineering — huge thanks to Jerry and the entire crew for years of support and friendship.
🏁 Chevrolet Performance — thank you for expanding your commitment to desert racing with $110,000 in contingency across all five rounds of the American Off-Road Championship.
🍻 Belching Beaver Brewery — thank you for brewing the best b**r on the planet, including our custom Mint 400 brew.
The list of sponsors supporting the Mint 400 this year was massive: Thank you to Can-Am, Polaris RZR, Toyota, Rugged Radios, Sylvania Off Road, CageWRX, Eibach, Diode Dynamics, King Shocks, BetOnline, Maxxis, Bilstein, Action Sports Canopies, Ford Racing, and KMC Wheels.
Additional thanks to PCI Race Radios, Dirt Co., Triple R Lights, VP Racing Fuels, Heatwave Visual, Rigid Industries, Republic Services, Site Solar, MHA Nation, El Cortez Hotel & Casino, Doffo Winery, The City of Las Vegas, Fremont Street East, Tread Lightly, ORBA, the Off-Road Motorsports Hall of Fame, and Area 51. Your support makes this race possible.
💥 Massive thanks to our Event Director Kilian Hamlin, whose leadership and behind-the-scenes work keep this massive operation moving.
❤️ Huge shoutout to CJ Martelli, Brooke LaValley, and Jenell Acrea, the real MVPs who keep us sane and organized during race week. And thank you to the Hamlin, LaValley, and Swedlow families for bringing their support and energy to this wild event.
💪 Huge thanks to Race Operations Manager Johnny Savino and Candice Savino, along with their crew Ayden Ford and Brett Geiser, for their tireless dedication to the race.
🙌 Shoutout to Assistant Race Operations Manager Jason Prichard and the entire Prichard family for their loyalty, friendship, and years of support.
🎪 Brandon Friese and the entire Outlier Productions team—that was our biggest and best Mint 400 Midway yet! 🚀🔥 Thank you for your hustle and vision—it’s next-level!
🚦John Savino and the entire staging crew were the first ones in and last ones out. Huge thanks to the crew including Andy and Dianne Remp, Dennis and Vickie Gowey, Don and Roxanne French, Roland Walker, Dennis Karnuski, Bill and Ann Slainina, Jef Johnson, Brian Glass, and Rick Chilia.
🔧 Huge thanks to Randy Perry, the man who builds it, tears it down, builds it again when the wind says “not today,” and somehow keeps everything rolling.
🦺 Thank you to David Nehrbass and the entire Motorsports Safety Solutions team for keeping racers, teams, volunteers, media, and spectators safe.
🙌 Huge thanks to our Best in the Desert family, including Bryan Folks, Megan Van Cleve, Brandon Dubuc, Nick Van Cleve, Rod Glotkoski, Walker Andreason, Bobby Howen, and Aaron Rogers.
⛽ Thank you to our pit captains and patrol units, including Aaron Rogers, David Watkins, Charise Fallon, Dave Cutting, Scott Eakens, and Darren Ballein, for keeping the race running smoothly in the desert.
🔎 Huge thanks to Bill Savage and the entire technical inspection team for the long hours ensuring the race stays safe and fair.
🏍️ Thank you to Joe Amey and the MRAN moto volunteer crew for continuing to keep the moto race strong.
🎥 Huge thanks to the broadcast team including Lonnie Peralta, Jason Markham, Chris Lincoln, Bob Bower, Ricky Johnson, Jim Marsden, Jim Beaver, Tiffany Stone, Hurricane Hannah Felton, and the entire Flying Fish production crew for capturing the heart of the race.
🏁 Tim and Maria Shelman, Chloe Martelli, Jeff Adams, Kathi Adams, Justin Hamlin, and Corey McCarty—thank you for making sure every single Mint 400 finisher gets their moment in the spotlight. 🌟 Your work makes this race extra special!
Marcial "Max" Caceres – Thank you for being our incredible VIP Campground manager and host! 🏕️🌟 Your dedication and hospitality made the VIP experience top-notch. We couldn’t have done it without you! 🙌🔥 Grazie di cuore, amico! 🇮🇹🙏
🎤 Big shoutout to Jimi Switzer for holding down Fremont Street once again! 🏁💥 Another year, another killer job. Appreciate you, man! 👏🔥
🎬 MAD MEDIA — 16 YEARS OF MINT 400 COVERAGE!! Congratulations to Cameron Johnson, Jeremy Huelsman, and the entire Mad Media team for covering every Mint 400 since 2010.
📢 Huge thanks to Chris Leone for outstanding PR support at all hours.
📸 Thank you to Ernesto, Connor, and Louis for capturing incredible photography from the race.
🦺 Huge thanks to Brian Agee and the waiver team, including Irish Reeves, Nicole Foster, Mark McGrath, Francine Giglotto, Christine Crosgrove, Jody Grace, Chloe Martelli, Kim Lovelady, Darryll DiPietro, Olivia Smith, Melissa Crosgrove-Lain, Skyler Jensen, Shayne Jensen, Justin Jensen, Cora Bender, Jason Raley, and Logan Raley, for keeping waiver operations running smoothly.
📝 Huge thanks to Katie and JJ Johnson and the Mint 400 Registration Team, including Abi Hazzard, Jeff Adams, Kathi Adams, JD Adams, Katie Adams, Talia Adams, Breanna Leach, Ashley Averett, Sterling Reese, Julie Kovacevich, Ted Kovacevich, and Mary Hamlin, for absolutely crushing registration.
👨🍳 Thank you to Chef Roger “Roddy” Browning and his staff for two days of incredible meals in the BFGoodrich VIP Experience.
🛒 Huge thanks to Tim, Elena, Meagan, and the Piston Driven family for setting the gold standard in off-road merchandise.
🎨 Thank you to Jeff Ray and the branding team for making everything look absolutely MINT.
💪 Huge thanks to Andre and the Rangers, and to Walter and Andrew, for stepping up and helping keep everything organized.
⏱️ Huge thanks to the Live Time Scoring team for handling timing, staging, and race operations support.
🎚️ Thank you to Tyrone Jackson and the entire Rhythm Tech Productions crew for making the event sound and look incredible.
📡 Thank you to the RacingTrax team and David Clay for outstanding tracking coverage.
🚁 Huge thanks to Jim McCoy and the heli cine crew for the incredible aerial footage.
🙌 Huge thanks to Kim Simpson for coordinating volunteers, managing lodging, and putting out fires all week long.
🎥 Thank you to Christy Melville for wrangling the guest media crew.
🌎 Thank you to Laura Butcher, Matthew Giltner, and the NVORA family for helping clean and protect the race course.
🏗️ Huge thanks to the Dirt Engineering crew — Matt, Steve, Shannon, Chris, Tyson, and Brian — whose work literally builds the foundation of this race.
🚦 Thank you to Paul, and Jarett and the MOB crew for expert traffic and parking control.
🎰 Huge thanks to Michelle Massaro and the entire Affinity Gaming team for their continued partnership.
🔥 Thank you to Sharee Bruscher, Lee Flint, and the VVR team for another great year.
🎲 Huge thanks to Mike Nolan, Adam Wiesberg, Joe Woody, and the El Cortez Hotel & Casino for their continued partnership.
🍽️ Thank you to Tiffany Twohig and members of FEED for their support.
🎪 Thank you to Troy Mitchum and the Wynn team for their help.
🐢 Thank you to SNEI for professional desert tortoise monitoring and protection.
🏁 To the fans who traveled from near and far — and the hundreds of thousands who watched online — THANK YOU.
💙 And to every volunteer, course worker, and checkpoint crew member who stood in the cold, rain, wind, and dust to make this race possible… we couldn’t do it without you.
🏁🔥 The 59th BFGoodrich Tires Mint 400 returns March 2027.
📅 Join us next at the Silver State 300 in Tonopah, Nevada, the next stop of the American Off-Road Championship.
👊 See you in the dirt.
Matt & Josh Martelli
A special dedication to our friend and brother Vincent Knakal.
This was the first Mint 400 without you in many years, and your absence was deeply felt. Your craftsmanship, creativity, and passion helped shape the modern Mint 400 and our entire sport. More importantly, you were our friend and brother. We think about you often and miss you every day. Thank you for the friendship, the laughter, the work, and the belief you had in what we were building together. Your work set the gold standard and your spirit will always be part of this race. We love you, brother.
