SPECIAL TO THE PVT Chuck Hovey, left, and Brian Collins combined to win the overall and unlimited truck categories of the Mint 400 Saturday south of Las Vegas. Advertisement

LAS VEGAS -- Native Las Vegan Brian Collins carried on a family tradition Saturday when he teamed with Chuck Hovey of Escondido, Calif., to win the Overall and Unlimited Truck victory in the Mint 400 off-road race south of Las Vegas.

Hovey drove the first three laps, while Collins took over on the final lap of the event promoted by the Southern Nevada Off Road Enthusiasts (SNORE).

Driving the Mopar Dodge Ram truck, the Collins Motorsports team bolted to an early advantage with a first-lap effort of 1 hour, 32.27 minutes before following with laps of 1:40.55, 1:39.45 and 1:43.48 for an overall time of 6 hours, 36.55 minutes on the 96-mile layout.

Collins, 45, comes from a family of talented off-road racers. His dad, Mart, and Uncle Al, each won the Mint 400 when the race was run north of Las Vegas more than 30 years ago.

Bobby Baldwin of Las Vegas finished runner up in the Unlimited Trucks with a 6:45.53, while Scott Steinberger of Cyprus, Calif. was third with a 7:21.32.

Collins was coming off a big win in the 22nd Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250 March 16. He took his fourth San Felipe win with a solo effort.

Other winners included T.J. Flores in Class 1; Ruben Rodriguez in Class 1-2 1600; Donald Moss in Class 3; Rulo Solano in Class 5-1600; Joe Stone in Class 7; Carlos Sosa in Class 7S; Mike Horner in Class 8; Brandon Hughes in Class 9; C.J. Hutchins in Class 10; Lee Banning Sr. in Class 12; Briana Bradley in Class 13; Wesley Stephens in Class 15; Ken Redelsperger in Class 18; Gary Messer in Mini Metal; Kent Kroeker in Stock Full; Eric Ludian in Class 1450; Ed Mahoney in Stock Bug; and Monte Tibbitts in Heavy Metal.

More than $100,000 in cash and contingencies were awarded in 19 classes.

NOTES -- The Terrible's 250 at Primm -- which replaces the Terrible's Town 250 that was contested in the Pahrump-Beatty area -- will be April 17-18-19-20 ... Draw for starting positions is Thursday ... According to the Best in the Desert Web site, more than 1,100 hotel rooms have been set aside for race participants and fans ... The Vegas to Reno Fun Run is Aug. 1-2, with the race to be contested Aug. 21-22-23 ... Check www.bitd.com later on for information.

Mint 400

Final results

Four 96-mile laps

Saturday

Promoted by the Southern Nevada Off Road Enthusiasts (SNORE)

Overall: Chuck Hovey, and Brian Collins 6:36.55.

Unlimited Truck: 1. Collins and Hovey, 6:36.55; 2. Bobby Baldwin, 6:45.53; 3. Scott Steinberger, 7:21.32; 4. BJ Baldwin, 7:33.29; 5. Rick Johnson, 7:43.55; 6. Bill McBeath, 8:23.01.

Class 1: TJ Flores, 6:53.11; 2. Harley Letner 6:54.37; 3. Cam Theriot, 7:55.43; 4. Jeff Perkins, 5. Todd Welling 10:52.15; 6. Bill Gasper 12:14.47.

Class 1-2 1600: 1. Ruben Rodriguez 8:44.12; 2. Jay Shain 8:53.46; 3. Curt Geer 8:54.15; 4. Kenny Freeman 8:55.02; 5. Orlo Cox II 9:15.21; 6. Jeff Farshler 9:21.32; 7. Rick Gutierrez 9:35.02; 8. John Grosssini 9:46.10; 9. Jasper Dyer 9:54.43; 10. Brian Collins Jr. 10:21.54; 11. Mike Simpson 10:44.15; 12. Tom Burns 10:51.21; 13. Sergei Maffei 10:53.57; 14. Dan Martin10:56.29.

Class 3: 1. Donald Moss 11:07.48; 2. Michael Dehaas 11:34.20; 3. Ken Leavitt 13:36.06.

Class 5-1600: 1. Rulo Solano 9:50.06; 2. Jason Lakin 10:17.47; 3. Guy Sevedra 11:20.21; 4. Glen Mayernick 12:16.28; 5. Ruben Gutierrez 12:18.12. Patrick Dailey 13:10.53; 13. Allan Gross 13:27.19.

Class 7: Joe Stone 10:17.02.

Class 7S (1 lap): Carl Sosa 2:56.57.

Class 8: 1. Mike Horner 12:30.02; 2. Eric Gremm 15:47.41.

Class 9: 1. Brandon Hughes 10:40.17; 2. Chris Haney 11:11.09; 3. Jack Randall 14:01.13.

Class 10: 1. C.J. Hutchins 7:34.51; 2. Robert McBeath 7:57.10; 3. Cortney Whipple 8:00.57; 4. Will Higman 8:01.13; 5. Michael Deardorff 8:24.25; 6. Todd Bauman 8:43.25; 7. Rick Lance 8:53.42; 8. Kyle Woodward 9:40.07; 9. Dave Terrell 9:42.57; 10. Danny Prestin 9:43.35;

11. Jesse McClain 10:18.05; 12. Rick Poole 10:28.07; 13. Steve Fuller 10:46.05; 14. Jeremy James 10:56.10; 15. Debi Tapert 11:06.50; 16. Nic Lyon 11:36.22; 17. Tim Jones 11:47.50; 18. Garfield Davies 14:15.27; 19. Carlos Cortez 15:57.26.

Class 12: 1. Lee Banning Sr., 9:04.40; 2. Rob Fiege 9:13.07; 3. Dave Matsui 11:21.08; 4. Sigel Greenberg 11:35.45; 5. Jessica Freeman 13:12.09; 6. Charlie Philpot Sr. 15:58.47.

Class 13: 1. Briana Bradley 9:53.53; 2. Ashley Davis 9:55.25.

Class 15: 1. Wesley Stephens 9:04.05; 2. Terry Collis 9:57.32; 3. Rory Ward 10:31.00; 4. John Pfeiffer 10:33.29; 5. Polo Ramirez 13:34.57; 6. Jerry Stewart 14:40.30; 7. Joe Cota 15:06.48.

Class 18: 1. Ken Redelsberger 10:25.31; 2. Kevin Streety 10:48.10; 3. KJ Howe 11:39.48; 4. Alan League 11:51.34.

Mini Metal: 1. Gary Messer 10:57.38; 2. John Murray 11:03.17; 3. Bruce Finchum 11:47.34; 4. Neal Mason 14:45.29.

Stock/Full: 1. Kent Kroeker 11:59.22.

Class 1450: 1. Eric Ludian 7:52.34; 2. Bryan Zeigler 8:43.29.

Stock Bug: 1. Ed Mahoney 10:25.40; 2. Mark Murrell 12:16.44; 3. Robert Johnson 12:34.17; 4. Richard Nichols 15:56.38.

Heavy Metal: 1. Monte Tibbitts 8:19.15; 2. John Vaughan 9:52.36.