Update: And..............They're in!!! Ran every mile they could...The race organizers shut down the race course after the first overall winner came in, not allowing anyone back on the course after that....What they call a "grand prix" finish....So Xterraracer (Dave Blakely) and his co-driver (Fastdrmr) completed one full lap of approximately 100 miles in a total time of approximately 4 1/2 hours. Some basics of what occured are that they passed all the class 3000 trucks with ease showing them to be more than capable of beating any of them on any given day. They even ran up with the class 3100 vehicles at different points!! Issues with the truck?? Well, some of the same ones that have plagued it in the past...the radiator fan failed and 4WD is believed to have failed (though this is not 100% confirmed)...Given that each of these issues have come up each time in previous races you '05 owners may want to watch these parts!! HP was all and more than what was needed, suspension was soft. Both Dave and Fastdrmr and in one piece and very happy with how it performed...The Xterra was still running hard when the course was shut down....final results and times won't be available untill at least tomorrow but for now it looks like a very strong run and its possible they may have taken the Sportsman class victory, we will have to see...

Oh...and be on the lookout for some AWESOME pictures as Dave considered this a "test" run to prepare the truck for a full season of racing next year and really slammed the gas in front of each photog and reportedly got some massive air...Fastdrmr said he may post in here iwth an update and personal observations so stay tuned for more updates and pics and the final results over the next day or two!!