Thread: 2012 Mint 400

With the truck almost done. Team 1456 is planning on racing the Mint 400. Whos up for a good long race?

Whos gonna be there racing?
What hotel are the 1450 guys staying at?


Discuss.

Kevin you gonna run Safari Sportsman or whatever they call it since BITD doesnt have a "1450" class?

How much is the entry going to be.

pro 1300 sportsman 700. Not as bad as I though...

I thought there was a 1400... I'll run whatever sportsman they have. 7200 is way too unfair of a playing field....


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Nevermind 1400 appears to be TT...

Guess I'm 1856 now


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well be there with the trophylite... staying at the nugget of course!

I believe I will be pitting for a Pro truck. 7200 is a fair playing field as long as you have a $80,000 truck, unless the new Geiser Bros 6 truck comes to play.

The sportsman class isnt fair either its full on unlimited .

The 7200 class had a great turnout at parker I want to see results see how the 2-300 up guys did compared to 400+ guys. Also beams vs arms

The hdra race is going to be a 500 mile race
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# 7214 checking in. About to show these boys what a steel cab, frame, 4.0 Ranger can do. Yeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!

Im probably gonna end up going. The 7S I codawg is skipping San Flippy and running this I guess, my kidneys thank them for their decision.

Originally Posted by TMorf

Im probably gonna end up going. The 7S I codawg is skipping San Flippy and running this I guess, my kidneys thank them for their decision.

We are doing the same. We'll have 1 TT at San Felipe and all 3 trucks at the Mint.

Originally Posted by pdailey

We are doing the same. We'll have 1 TT at San Felipe and all 3 trucks at the Mint.

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7S isnt racing both, just the Mint I guess. Ill be at SF for sure and prob the Mint as well although probably no codawging since theres a cap of four people per vehicle with BITD.

Originally Posted by TMorf

Chris Allen likes this.

7S isnt racing both, just the Mint I guess. Ill be at SF for sure and prob the Mint as well although probably no codawging since theres a cap of four people per vehicle with BITD.

Haha. Actually, we have a good plan in place. Just need to stay on top of the vendors, I'll be in SF as well.

Originally Posted by TMorf

Im probably gonna end up going. The 7S I codawg is skipping San Flippy and running this I guess, my kidneys thank them for their decision.

need pit help?

Ill be racing in the TL at the Mint. Im starting......

Originally Posted by doyouquaxu

need pit help?

Im sure Ill have room as usual. Ill keep you in the loop.

Looks like the protruck guy is coming through with Hotel rooms, gas, and food, so we'll be pitting them somewhere. Sunds like a great time to be had.

Draw results


http://www.bitd.com/images/stories/p...StartOrder.pdf

I'm either gonna be pitting for Green Army or just spectating, either way can't wait for it!!!

I'll be there pitting/spectating, and filling up on In n Out for the first time in a long long time.

codriving in a 5open, we start 4th it looks like! alright!

Originally Posted by DoWN4GLaMiS

codriving in a 5open, we start 4th it looks like! alright!

<-----jealous!

Who's car?

Steve Alexander. super old jimco but its pretty solid. he won the mint last year and we are sponsoring the car so my hotels are covered and im getting paid cause its r&d on our shocks

Originally Posted by DoWN4GLaMiS

Steve Alexander. super old jimco but its pretty solid. he won the mint last year and we are sponsoring the car so my hotels are covered and im getting paid cause its r&d on our shocks

Steve's a good dude. Good luck!

i think danny and I are going to head out to watch.

Originally Posted by DoWN4GLaMiS

Steve Alexander. super old jimco but its pretty solid. he won the mint last year and we are sponsoring the car so my hotels are covered and im getting paid cause its r&d on our shocks

He is a cool dude. I sold him his trans at a nice price.

Question: what is the best for painting coilover coils? Powder coat? I'm going to be copying Steve's paint setup. Yellow coils and Beadlocks

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I'll be there Thursday night!! Just going to watch and party. And maybe put for Kirby.

Got a text this morning I'll be in a 7S for the third lap. Pretty stoked, can't be worse than SF at the 1000 last November.

Heading out Friday morning, going to be pitting for my buddy Ryan Frisby #3053. Our whole group is staying down town at the Plaza

Well be at the Fremont. Be there around mid night. Gunna be poundin roadies all the way there so I'll be tuned up already ready to party.

Mint400 is off the hook. Congrats to Rick D Johnson and his team for there win in the Pit Crew Challenge last night.

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Cant wait to get there!

welll...... i drove the first lap, did good. got one flat. gave the truck to tyler for the last two laps, and somehow our AN fitting on out tranny cooler broke along with another AN fitting on spare fuel pump. long story short we couldnt get it fixed and cross the start finish before 1230. we made it to main at about 1. so that ended our race day...
and another fun event, if any of you saw some drunk idiot getting arrested on fremont for fighting some dumb ass black dude.... allow me to introduce myself. cause that was me.
haha spent all sunday night in city jail. ridiculous.

Did you win the fight? And were you guys the ones in the TL with "Thanks mom" on the side and orange rims?

I was in pit 1 from 530am to about 730pm. Our car 3053 did good all morning was 6th off the line and was in 2nd by the time they came by us on the first lap, had a long pit on the 2nd lap in pit 2 and was passed but was back in 2nd by the third lap came in to us filled up and back out to catch first but broke the rear arm at MM63 and ended the race. Then stayed for race 2 pitting for 1032 who was 8th off the line and when they passed us he was in 2nd, had 2 flats on the first lap, came to us in the 2nd lap got fuel and fresh spare and ran hard the rest of the race finishing 2nd for class 10

Couple pics from this weekend. First time shooting off road!

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Originally Posted by Thugl1fe07

Did you win the fight? And were you guys the ones in the TL with "Thanks mom" on the side and orange rims?

I was in pit 1 from 530am to about 730pm. Our car 3053 did good all morning was 6th off the line and was in 2nd by the time they came by us on the first lap, had a long pit on the 2nd lap in pit 2 and was passed but was back in 2nd by the third lap came in to us filled up and back out to catch first but broke the rear arm at MM63 and ended the race. Then stayed for race 2 pitting for 1032 who was 8th off the line and when they passed us he was in 2nd, had 2 flats on the first lap, came to us in the 2nd lap got fuel and fresh spare and ran hard the rest of the race finishing 2nd for class 10

i think i won the fight? hah i honestly dont remember much of it. and yeah "thanks mom" is us!

Good times driving the truck around Fremont after being up for over 40 hours straight to finish it. Race day 7111 blew up an axle on the first lap just after Pit 2, our guy got it fixed ASAP after I found a brake line cap to give to BITD along with some more gear oil. With the time limit we didn't get to start the third lap, which I was gonna be in the truck, so I hopped in and rode from Pit 2 to the finish for 20 miles or whatever it was. Watched the TTs for a few then jammed home.

I loathe the Mint 400 yet again....

i will NEVER race any of my own vehicles in that race ever lol.

i think its safe to say BITD can change the numbers on the 7200 trucks to... 1450 lol! it was a 1450 graveyard out there! every 10mi there was one broken, rolled, missing a wheel, or 2 people hovering over the motor... all within the 1st lap! we passed so many 8s and 7s it was crazy! caught some 10s and didnt get caught by the TT's till right before pit 1 on our 2nd lap.

Ended up with the worse combo ever, used our spare tire, then got 2 rear flats 1.5mi later! were pretty much stuck, swapped flats to the fronts and put good ones in the rear to move forward. made it 4-5mi like that but got high centered .5mi from the pit! rover picked us up and towed us in, fixed it ASAP with help from the LVDC guys. Finished that 2nd lap and handed it off to the 2nd drivers. they finished the 3rd lap but not with enough time to start their last lap. think we finished 4-5th out of 10 5 opens. we started in the 3rd row, and by the 1-2nd spectator area had passed the field, we were charging as much as a bug with some 2.5" ICON shocks can!

all in all it was a super fun trip! free drinks thursday night, blast on fremont friday, raced on sat, took mojave trail back on sunday. doubt all of them will be that fun but it was better than last year