🇺🇸 VEGAS TO RENO 2026 | QUALIFYING – RESULTS/REPORT + Onboard DAKAR MACHINE Ford Raptor T1+!

Qualifying Ford Raptor T1+

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The UTV Pro entries, with more than 60 registered to take times on Wednesday. Most of the session saw racers take their best shots at Phil Blurton, who won this race four times in a row from 2017 to 2020, but none could top his 3:47.992. Back-to-back Mint 400 winner Brock Heger came closest, coming within .532 seconds of Blurton, while the top 15 qualifiers were split by just 15 seconds in total.

Group 2 (UTV Pro) qualifying results for Vegas to Reno were as follows:

1. #T44 Phil Blurton, 3:47.992
2. #T96 Brock Heger, 3:48.524
3. #T25 Corbin Leaverton, 3:50.474
4. #T74 Ethan Groom, 3:53.464
5. #T52 Ronnie Anderson, 3:54.076

The third group would see the debut of Rally Raid vehicles at Vegas to Reno, qualifying alongside many of AORC’s more familiar unlimited class entries. In the North American debut for the Ford Raptor T1+ rally raid car, Mitch Guthrie would post the top time in the group, becoming the only racer to break the four-minute barrier. Fellow rally raid veteran Brian Baragwanath was second in the group in the other rally raid entry, a 2WD Century Racing CR6, while Unlimited Truck SPEC points leader Kyle Jergensen was third and best in class.

Group 3 qualifying results for Vegas to Reno were as follows:

1. #RR228 Mitch Guthrie, Rally Raid 4WD, 3:59.399
2. #RR288 Brian Baragwanath, Rally Raid 2WD, 4:05.336
3. #222 Kyle Jergensen, Unlimited Truck SPEC, 4:10.549
4. #251 Dane Miller, Unlimited Truck SPEC, 4:11.961
5. #280 RJ Stidham, Unlimited Truck SPEC, 4:12.859

Unlimited Truck 4WD and 2WD entries wrapped up the qualifying sessions with more than 20 of the top entries in the sport, and their speed was no joke: 16 of them posted times faster than any other class. Dave Mason set the initial top time in the 2WD class before Nic Whetstone outpaced him by 8.809 seconds, but the 4WD trucks would finish things up with four of the fastest five times in the group. Tracy Graf set the initial high water mark, withstanding challenges from Bryce Menzies and Robby Gordon before Anderson shattered it by 4.330 seconds in the penultimate run of the session.

Group 4 qualifying results for Vegas to Reno were as follows:

1. #20 RJ Anderson, Unlimited Truck 4WD, 3:19.986
2. #58 Tracy Graf, Unlimited Truck 4WD, 3:24.316
3. #18 Nic Whetstone, Unlimited Truck 2WD, 3:26.259
4. #7 Bryce Menzies, Unlimited Truck 4WD, 3:30.356
5. #5 Robby Gordon, Unlimited Truck 4WD, 3:33.280

Qualifying Group 2

Qualifying Group 3

Qualifying Group 4

Source / Pictures: BITD.com, American Offroad Racing, UNLTD Off-Road Racing