Best in the Desert Silver State Series
Round 5: TSCD Vegas to Reno
Abbott, Esposito dominate Vegas to Reno
After starting fourth, dust proved to be an
insunnountable obstacle for Steve Hengeveld
(shownl and Johnny Campbell. They picked off all
but one of the teams in front of them, ending up
3:13 short at the finish.
STORY AND PHOTOS BY MARK KARIYA
DAYTON, NV, JUNE 27
fter getting hurt while practicing
earlier in the year, things
appeared a little bleak for Team
Green's Destry Abbott, but he turned
that around and proved he's fit and
fast once again by teaming with
Shane Esposito to win TSCO's Vegas
to Reno convincingly today in a stunning eight hours, 12 minutes and 36
seconds. In other words, they averaged more than 62 miles per hour for
the 511-mile event on their John
Braasch-prepared Chevy Trucks/IMS/
Maxima-sponsored KX500. It marked
the first Vegas-to-Reno victory for
Abbott and the second for Esposito
(his first was in 1999).
"All in all, it was one of those
great days," Abbott said. "It was really fun, and I had a good time - not
too many close calls. It was good to
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