From $1200 and a laptop to $15,000 to our veterans. Check out our past year donations! our ORIGIN story Ahhhh....The Fern 45! Where do I start? It started out just wanting to have a poker run in the desert with friends and family so I could share some cool trails and views with them. Shortly after...it was planned! It just happened to be Veteran's day 2015! Figured we would charge our buddies 25 bucks, winner takes all with a party afterwards, sounded great! THEN IT CLICKED! "It's Veteran's day, why don't we donate to them?" After a couple calls to Mr. Brett Palmer of the Nevada Veteran's Coalition, it was known that they could use a new laptop, we were on it! We will get you two! (Me being confident our friends could raise enough money to handle it) Thinking if we had 30 people show up it would be super fun and a party for the books. Boy, oh, boy... I was mistaken! Somewhere around 135 people showed up, including the coalition themselves! We ended up getting them that laptop and 1200 bucks! The support from friends, family, and the community of Fernley was so awesome. I, personally, will never forget the parade of rigs marching up the dirt road to participate. The sense of pride, overwhelming, to the point i almost cried. (Okay, not gonna lie, I shed a few tears) The team of my immediate family and a few friends has turned into a committed organization that's willing to donate their time, money, and huge efforts each year to keep the drive alive. I like to call it "fun"draising! This will be our 6th year raising money for veteran's and their programs. On behalf of each crew member that has ever volunteered, no matter amount of time or energy; to all the sponsors, no matter amount donated; and especially to the 95 Motorsports Complex for providing the area to stage all you "off-road crazy-heads" ! We have donated somewhere around $50,000 now!! I never thought this would be an annual event, but here we are. Lets do this, have fun, be safe always... THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! -Kelly Walsh (President/Founder of the Fern 45) P.S. Catch me at the campfire and I'll fill ya in on the rest!

Take look at the festivities happening this weekend! EVERYONE in the vehicle MUST have a wristband ALL VEHICLES MUST BE SIGNED UP If your vehicle does not have a course entry sticker (received at check-in) you will not be permitted on the course EVENT SCHEDULE REMINDERS Day of Event Pricing GA - $100 (unless Veteran) 18u - $40 6u - Free Vehicle Entry - $10 Camping - $60 VENDOR RUN IS THURS/FRI WINNER ANNOUNCED 6:30p Friday! THURSDAY 11/6/2025 12:00p - Gates, Fern45 Bar, Registration, Vendors, Merch & Boys & Girls Club Bounce House 1:00p - Food Trucks 4:00p - Sergio Gutierrez Live Music 5:00p - Texas Hold Em Check-in 6:00p - Texas Hold Em Begins 8:00p - Merch begins to close 11:00p - Bar Closes FRIDAY 11/7/2025 7:00a - Breakfast, Coffee & Fern45 Bar Open 9:00a - Registration & Merch 11:00a - Food Trucks 12:00p - Vendors (some may open earlier) 3:00p - Tap Wagon Open 4:00p - Registration Closed, Cornhole Check-In 5:00p - Cornhole Begins 6:30p - VENDOR RUN WINNER ANNOUNCED- must be present to win (will pause cornhole to announce) 7:00p- or after Cornhole LIVE MUSIC with the band Repeat Offenders 9:00p - Merchandise & Tap Wagon Closes 11:00p- Bar Closes SATURDAY 11/8/2025 6:30a - Breakfast & Coffee at Food Trucks, Registration, Merch 8:00a - Opening Ceremonies & Mandatory Riders Meeting Honor Guard & Flyover by Dream Flights / Legacy Air Base National Anthem by Trisha Zinda Registration & Merch Closed - Merch Re-Opens at 12:00p 9:00a - Course open - Sasquatch Hunt begins! 11:00a - Starting gates to course - CLOSED. Nobody enters course after 11:00a! 12:00p - Vendors, Bar & Tap Wagon, Merch, Food Trucks, Boys & Girls Club Bounce House 3:00p - Cardstops on course CLOSE & Poker Board goes up 4:45p - POKER WINNER & DOOR PRIZE WINNERS ANNOUNCED ON THE DOT 5:00p- GUN RAFFLE WINNERS ANNOUNCED ON THE DOT - must be present to win Raffle, Live Painting & Live Auction Begins AFTER Raffle & Live Auction LIVE MUSIC with Madeiro Drive! 9:00p - Tap Wagon & Merch Closes 11:00p - BAR CLOSED EVERYONE in the vehicle MUST have a wristband ALL VEHICLES MUST BE SIGNED UP If your vehicle does not have a course entry sticker (received at check-in) you will not be permitted on the course FOOD TRUCKS- Dee's Potato Box Hungry Digger Freedom Espresso Hello Sugar ..more to come!

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