Over $800k in Cash and Prizes up for grabs at The 2016 Polaris RZR Mint 400 presented by BFGoodrich Tires
Over $800k in Cash and Prizes up for grabs at The 2016 Polaris RZR Mint 400 presented by BFGoodrich
The Mint 400 has raised over $800k in cash and prizes for racers and fans. The Martelli Brothers continue to build The Mint 400 into a global marquee event for racers and enthusiasts all over the world! The Best in the Desert off-road racing series also has the largest pool of cash and product prizes for racers, totaling nearly 3 million dollars for the six race series.
“The Mint 400 historically was the richest off-road race in the world and it has been our goal to restore that position. Since we have taken over ownership of this historic race, we have been increasing sponsorship activation and now have prizes exceeding $750,000,” stated Mint 400 COO Joshua Martelli. “This is our way of adding excitement and returning value back to the racers and fans. It’s important to us that the drivers feel the respect they deserve. Just coming to battle The Mint is a victory in itself.”
The combination of top tier sponsorship and supporting contingency sponsorship has accumulated a combined cash and prize pool of over $800,000.00 for participating racers. Top level sponsors include:
Polaris RZR overall winner prize
$54,000 – Two Polaris RZR XP Turbos
BFGoodrich overall winner prize
$5,000 – Cash to overall winner on BFGoodrich Tires
RIGID overall winner prize
$5,000 – Cash to overall winner in Trick Truck running RIGID products
$2,500 – Cash to overall winner in UTV’s running RIGID products
FOX Shoxs overall winner prize
$10,000 – Cash to overall winner on FOX Shoxs
Method Race Wheels overall winner prize
$5,000 – Cash to overall winner on Method Race Wheels
Method Race Wheels Time Trials
$5,000 – Cash to Overall winner on Method Race Wheels + Custom Trophy
Method Race Wheels Pit Crew Challenge
$25,000 – in prizes (FOX Shox’s, Method Race Wheels, BFGoodrich Tires, and Speedstraps) + Custom Trophy
Rigid Truck Round Up
$20,000 – Cash and prizes
EraThr3 Desert Warrior Award
$3,000.00 – Custom Mint 400 Riffle
Miss Mint
$10,000 – Finalist Las Vegas Travel Packages
$5,000 – Cash to Overall winner
$10,000– Photoshoot with Mad Media
Driver Packages
$17,500 – Custom Mint 400 Backpacks
$7,000 – Custom Mint 400 Driver shirts
$9,800 – Custom Mint 400 EEKOE socks
$14,000 – Custom Mint 400 Heat Wave Visual Sunglasses
$17,500 – Custom Mint 400 Sin City Whisky
$17,500 – Custom Mint 400 Event Book
$83,300 Total
Win a Trip to the Mint 400 Contest
$5,000 – in travel and prizes
FORD
$80,575.00 GC – Cash Contingency
DWT Wheels & Tires
$800 – “Hard Charger Award” for the fastest lap by a UTV set of DWT beadlock wheels.
Additional supporting series sponsors include:
212 Gloves, ADS Shocks, Advanced Air Cleaners, Alumi Craft, Arciero Motorsports, Autometer Products, Baja Designs, BFGoodrich Tires, Bilstein, Boulder Boats, Camburg Engineering, Canidae Pet Food, Crew Gear, Dirtbagz, Dougan’s Racing Engines, F&L Fuel, “F.A.S.T. (Fuel Air Spark Technology), “F.A.S.T. (Fuel Air Spark Technology) Ignition, Figspeed Speed Shop, Foddrill Motorsports, Ford Motor Company F150 EcoBoost Performance Awards, Fortin Racing, Inc, Fox Racing Shox, Geiser Bros, General Tire, Got Throttle Racing, Harmon Racing Cells, Hawk Performance, Hostyle, Howe Performance, Jamar Performance, Jimco Racing, Inc, Kartek, KC HiLiTES, Kevin McMullen Fab, King Shocks, KMC Wheels, Lazer Star Lights, Lucas Oil, Magnaflow Exhaust, Maxima Racing Oils, McKenzie’s, Monster Seal, Neo Oil Company, Ntensetees, Off-Road International, Off Road Warehouse, Optima Batteries, Outlaw LED, Parker Pumper, Patton Racing Engines, PCI Race Radios, Performance Products & Machining, Power Steering Solution, Pro-Strap, Pro Eagle Off Road, PRP Seats, PRT Wheels, R2C Performance, Raceline Wheels, Racer X, Radflo Suspension, Rancho Drivetrain Engineering, Rigid Industries, Rugged Radios, Scrubblade, SDHQ, Sierra LED Lights, SignPros Custom Lettering, Slime, Sunoco Race Fuels, Sway-A-Way, Tatum Motorsports, Torco Race Fuel, Total Power Batteries/EDP Performance, Toyo Tires, TrailReady Products, Ultra Wheels, UMP, UPR Racing Supply, US Wheel Repair & Polish, VisionX Off Road, VP Racing Fuel, Weddle Industries, Walker Evans Racing
Endemic Contingency Cash and Prizes = $496,390.00
Special Awards Cash and Prizes = $328,875.00
Total Cash and Prizes = $825,265.00
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