McBeath, MacCachren and Lavie take top drawing spots for legendary Mint 400

Las Vegas, NV- Las Vegas native Bill McBeath will be the first Unlimited Truck off the starting line at the 24th General Tire Mint 400 to be held next weekend at the Moapa Indian Reservation. Starting positions for the historic race were drawn Wednesday night at the El Cortez Hotel and Casino on Fremont Street and announced live on Totally Off Road Radio.

Television color commentator Cameron Steele drew the 2nd position with George Rosenbaum taking 3rd draw in unlimited truck. Pierre Lavie will drive the first Class 1 off the General Tire Mint 400 starting line. Following Lavie will be Rick Romans and Chuck Roderick. Legendary racer and Las Vegas local Rob MacCachren will lead the charge in the 1600 class at the Mint. Behind MacCachren will be Patrick Nirshl and David Schweigart. Vehicles will start single file on race morning.

A total of 240 race vehicles are entered to race the General Tire Mint 400, with more entries expected up to race day. Festivities will kick off with a special FanFest meet & greet/autograph party on Thursday March 26th 2009 on Fremont Street from 6pm-8pm. Fans can get up-close with the race vehicles and meet the drivers. Friday March 27th from 8:30 am-7 pm, the incredible sighs and sounds of the General Tire MINT 400 continue with the famed Tech/Contingency inspection being held the world-renown Fremont Street Experience and Fremont East Entertainment District.

The green flag will drop on Saturday March 28th at 7 am on the Moapa Indian Reservation Travel Plaza 25 minutes north of downtown Las Vegas.