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Garron Cadiente "the story"
Garron Cadiente "the story"
Garron Cadiente arrived to the professional desert racing scene in the fall of 2005. Technically a rookie throughout the entire 2006 season, this thirty-year old Mesa Arizona native proved early on that he was the "real deal," and a force to be reckoned with in the high competitive desert racing scene. Racing against the nation's top professional off road racers in the famed SCORE Trophy Truck class, Cadiente, a self-described "off-road junkie," captured three different off road racing titles by the end of the 2006 season. The most significant title was winning the Best in the Desert Trick Truck Championship, after racing door-to-door with some of the best racers in the world. Placing an exclamation point on the 2006 season, Garron ran a flawless race at the BITD Terrible's Henderson 400 final event and he crossed the finish line welcomed by a large crowd of family, friends and fans. Racing in the SCORE Desert Series, Garron was awarded the 2006 SCORE International "Rookie of the Year" award at the SCORE Awards. This prestigious award is voted upon by the members of SCORE International, many of them who are his peers. One week later, he was awarded the Best in the Desert "Rookie of the Year" Award. Garron was introduced to off-road racing like many enthusiasts, driving sand rails and motocross bikes in the dunes of California. He became completely hooked on off-road after winning his very first race, "First in Class" at the MDR Barstow Race in a dual-purpose buggy. (This was after testing the car for a mere 100 miles!) "I was completely stoked! I have competed in a lot of sports, baseball, wakeboarding, etc... but nothing compares to off-road," said Cadiente. Garron has always had a hunger for competition, and who wouldn't with such a competitive family. His brother played professional baseball with the Rangers, and Garron himself played college baseball for 3 years before succumbing to a bad shoulder injury. Never one to sit still, Garron re-focused and turned his part-time love of wakeboarding into a serious career, competing and winning several events and stepping into the national wakeboarding spotlight. Fueled by watching off-road films such as the Desert People series, Wasteland Warriors, and the Robby Gordon Films, Garron became interested in competing in off-road racing and the coveted Trophy Truck Class, but worried it might be cost prohibitive. His fears were put to rest after partnering with his father-in-law, Ron Whitton. They met with the Geiser Brothers and bought a Geiser built Trophy Truck, and the rest as they say is history. "Once you drive a Trophy Truck, all you can think about is... how can I do this all of the time?" commented Garron. "It just takes a hold of you and it's over. I was going to do anything I had to do to race Trophy Trucks."
YouTube | April 1, 2007
