Canidae Pet Foods Racing Looks to Bite Back at the Mint 400!

Canidae Trophy Truck team prepares for one of offroad’s toughest races; websites offer live tracking, blogging, and photos directly from the race.

San Luis Obispo, CA (March 18, 2010) – The Canidae All Natural Pet Foods Trophy Truck team has developed a new plan of attack for next week’s Mint 400 race in Nevada. By working around the clock since returning from the Baja San Felipe 250 race, the Canidae team has implemented several changes to ensure that mechanical problems do not prevent them from achieving victory.

Thursday night, March 25th will officially kick off the 2010 SNORE Mint 400 with a huge FanFest party on Freemont Street in Las Vegas starting at 6:00PM. The Canidae race truck will be on display with team drivers Scott Whipple and Scott Gailey signing autographs along with other drivers. The FanFest party is free, so all race fans are invited to come down and hang out with the Canidae Team.

Friday morning will come quickly after the FanFest party and the Canidae truck will leave the start line just after 7:00AM for qualifying. The team drew the 3rd place starting position for qualifying so the track will be ideal for putting the truck in a great starting position for Saturday’s race. Contingency will start at 9:00AM on Friday and will be held on the famed Freemont Street just as the original Mint 400 did years ago. All 300 plus competitors and their vehicles will push their way down through the vendors on their way to tech inspection. Canidae Pet Foods is proud to be a contingency sponsor for the Mint 400. Any racer, in any class, can win a bag of premium Canidae pet food, $50.00 or even $100.00 cash if they win their class. It is a huge street party and fun for the whole family. Don’t miss out! Read more

Hussong’s Las Vegas Hosts SNORE MINT 400 Kick Off Party

HUSSONG’S CANTINA Las Vegas

CALENDAR LISTING

WHAT:          SNORE MINT 400 RACE KICK OFF PARTY

Off road fans are invited to help kick off the Southern Nevada Off Road Enthusiast’s General Tire Mint 400 Race at Hussong’s Cantina & Taqueria

Race fans mentioning the Mint 400 or Azunia Tequila receive specials including:

24 ounce Tecate plus a Taco (excluding seafood) for just $5

$10 Azunia Tequila Premium Margaritas

WHEN:          Wednesday, March 24^th

11 am – 11 pm

WHERE:        Hussong’s Cantina & Taqueria

The Shoppes at Mandalay Place

3930 Las Vegas Blvd. South

Las Vegas, NV 89119

For information or group reservations call 702.553.0123

SNORE/General Tire Mint 400 set to make return to Nevada desert

Las Vegas, NV – Hundreds of racers are busy preparing and testing their off-road race vehicles for the return of the 2010 SNORE/General Tire Mint 400, set to take place just 25 minutes North of Las Vegas on March 27th. The historic race was started by Norm Johnson, former public relations director for the Del Webb Hotel, and was resurrected by the SNORE (Southern Nevada Off Road Enthusiasts) racing organization just 3 years ago. “General Tire was very excited to team up with SNORE to bring back the legendary race in 2008 and 2010 will prove to be even more exciting with an aggressive stable of racers and engaging events,” said Travis Roffler, director of marketing, General Tire. “The Mint 400 is one of the top racing titles to win in off-road racing and we are very proud and committed to keep the spirit of the Mint 400 race going for years to come.” Read more

2010 General Tire SNORE Mint 400 Officially Kicks-Off with Call for Entries to the Miss Mint 400 Competition

FORT MILL, SC – (January 15, 2010) – The General Tire Mint 400 race won’t officially roll off the starting line until March 27th, but the Desert Nation’s premiere event gets an early start with a call for entries to the Miss Mint 400 competition.

Think you’ve got what it takes? Upload your photo to www.generaltire.com before February 8th, and get your friends to vote for you. Voting will run from February 15 through March 15, 2010. Read more

2010 General Tire SNORE Mint 400 Officially Kicks-Off with Call for Entries to the Miss Mint 400 Competition

FORT MILL, SC – (January 15, 2010) – The General Tire Mint 400 race won’t officially roll off the starting line until March 27th, but the Desert Nation’s premiere event gets an early start with a call for entries to the Miss Mint 400 competition.

Think you’ve got what it takes? Upload your photo to www.generaltire.com before February 8th, and get your friends to vote for you. Voting will run from February 15 through March 15, 2010.
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Video of the Month – June 2009 featuring the SNORE Mint 400

RDC’s monthly Video of the Month features the SNORE Mint 400 in its June edition. Enjoy the show here on the site or add it to your Itunes subscription list. By subscribing to our videos you wont be left out and your computer, ipod or iphone get automatically updated to our latest installments of the RDC VOM series.
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Mint 400 on TV – Sunday May 24th

Team 71 – Driver Rick Johnson Podiums at The General Tire Mint 400

LAS VEGAS, NV – (March 29, 2009) – The General Grabber™ competition tires take home a third place podium at the legendary Mint 400 race in Las Vegas, Nevada.  Rick Johnson of Team 71 piloted his General Tire Trophy Truck to a podium finish in this punishing 95-mile lap course.

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Rockstar Energy Racing’s Rob MacCachren INVINCIBLE at ‘09 MINT 400

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General Tire SNORE Mint 400 – Best Race North of the Border?

North of the border most notable race of the year? You be the judge. Now we know that the season just started but we certainly feel that this Off-Road classic has transformed itself into a worthy adversary. SNORE sure isn’t snoozing on this one. SCORE and BITD… take note.

It all started with the prerun that they call “Fun Run” on Thursday and then Friday’s contingency activity held on Freemont Street. The race was held Saturday north of Las Vegas on parts of the historic Mint400 course. Four times 100.6 miles to be exact. Read more

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