[{"id":535,"permalink":"https:\/\/dirtsportsworld.com\/2020\/02\/23\/heartbreak-and-triumph-at-bitd-laughlin-desert-classic\/","title":"Heartbreak and Triumph at BITD Laughlin Desert Classic","content":"The Best in the Desert Laughlin Desert Classic went off without major issues despite mother nature soaking the course Saturday morning. Racers battled muddy and wet conditions. At least one race vehicle was partially submerged after driving into a mini-lake on the course. In the afternoon, it was all sunny skies for the unlimited classes.\r\n\r\n\"\"\r\n\r\n\"\" \"\"\r\n\r\nJason Voss took the top spot on Saturday\u2019s podium in Trick Truck. Voss\u2019 victory was short lived after a tire change put him down a few spots on Sunday. Apdaly Lopez was on a mission, leading all of the laps in the Smiley Motorsports truck. At one point he had over a 1-minute lead on the field. Heartbreak struck just before the finish line as Apdaly\u2019s truck broke. Adam Householder moved into position to take the top spot on the podium just seconds ahead of Concrete Motorsports. The win gave Householder the overall trophy. Householder says he hasn\u2019t won in Laughlin in the unlimited class in years.\r\n\r\n\"\" \"\"\r\n\r\n\"\" \"\"\r\n\r\nThe day wasn\u2019t all bad for Jason Voss, as he picked up an overall in Class 8. Kyle Craft took an overall victory in 6100 driving a Brenthel built race truck. Other wins went to Garrett Allred in the 4700 class and Connor McMullen in Class 10. Official results can be found here<\/a>. The teams will be back in the desert at the end of April for the Silver State 300.\r\n\r\n\"\"","excerpt":"

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RPM Racing has announced through SCORE International, the team will not race in 2020. Team co-owner and principal driver Justin …<\/p>","date":"February 18, 2020 12:09","categories":[{"id":25047610,"title":"Desert Racing","slug":"desert-racing"},{"id":25047612,"title":"News","slug":"news"}],"tags":[{"id":25047704,"title":"apdaly lopez","slug":"apdaly-lopez"},{"id":25047701,"title":"baja","slug":"baja"},{"id":25047702,"title":"baja 1000","slug":"baja-1000"},{"id":25047659,"title":"desert racing","slug":"desert-racing"},{"id":25047697,"title":"justin matney","slug":"justin-matney"},{"id":25047688,"title":"mint 400","slug":"mint-400"},{"id":25047703,"title":"off road race team","slug":"off-road-race-team"},{"id":25047632,"title":"off-road","slug":"off-road"},{"id":25047698,"title":"rpm racing","slug":"rpm-racing"},{"id":25047705,"title":"sara price","slug":"sara-price"},{"id":25047700,"title":"score","slug":"score"},{"id":25047699,"title":"score international","slug":"score-international"},{"id":25047707,"title":"surgery","slug":"surgery"},{"id":25047638,"title":"trophy truck","slug":"trophy-truck"},{"id":25047706,"title":"valley fever","slug":"valley-fever"}]}]{ "version": "https://jsonfeed.org/version/1.1", "user_comment": "This feed allows you to read the posts from this site in any feed reader that supports the JSON Feed format. To add this feed to your reader, copy the following URL -- https://dirtsportsworld.com/tag/apdaly-lopez/feed/json -- and add it your reader.", "home_page_url": "https://dirtsportsworld.com/tag/apdaly-lopez", "feed_url": "https://dirtsportsworld.com/tag/apdaly-lopez/feed/json", "language": "en-US", "title": "apdaly lopez Archives - DirtSportsWorld", "description": "The Voice of Off-Road Motorsports", "icon": "https://i0.wp.com/dirtsportsworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-DSW-Web-Icon.png?fit=59%2C59&ssl=1", "items": [ { "id": "https://dirtsportsworld.com/?p=535", "url": "https://dirtsportsworld.com/2020/02/23/heartbreak-and-triumph-at-bitd-laughlin-desert-classic/", "title": "Heartbreak and Triumph at BITD Laughlin Desert Classic", "content_html": "

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RPM Racing has announced through SCORE International, the team will not race in 2020. Team co-owner and principal driver Justin …

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