Question: The Mint 400 is an annual American desert off road race, a format of racing where various classes of specially modified vehicles, compete in races through off-road environments, and was resumed in which year?

Context articles: Ryuji Yokoe
Off-road racing
No. 1 Long Range Flight RAAF
Grand National Cross Country
Tatsuya Yamaguchi (motorcycle racer)
Best in the Desert
1:10 radio-controlled off-road buggy
Mint 400
Short course off road racing
J.N. Roberts

Ryuji Yokoe (横江竜司 , Yokoe Ryūji , born 18 January 1978) is a Japanese motorcycle racer.
 He currently competes in the All Japan Road Race ST600 Championship aboard a Yamaha YZF-R6.
 Fastest lap record holder in Sugo race way on ST600, he won the MFJ All Japan Road Race ST600 Championship in 2015 for the Yamaha Thailand Racing Team aboard a Yamaha YZF-R6.
 Yokoe has previously competed in the MFJ All Japan Road Race GP125 Championship, the MFJ All Japan Road Race GP250 Championship – where he finished as champion in 2006 – and the MFJ All Japan Road Race JSB1000 Championship.
Off-road racing is a format of racing where various classes of specially modified vehicles (including cars, trucks, motorcycles, and buggies) compete in races through off-road environments.
No. 1 Long Range Flight was a temporary Royal Australian Air Force unit formed to participate in the 1953 London-to-Christchurch air race (also known as the Christchurch Centenary air race).
 The flight was established in February 1953 and was equipped with three Canberra bombers, specially modified between June and August.
 Following extensive training, two Canberras departed for the UK in mid-September.
 The race began on 9 October, and one of the flight's aircraft placed second, with a total flying time of 22 hours and 29 minutes.
 The other aircraft was forced out of the race when one of its tyres burst while landing at Cocos Island to refuel, but completed its flight to Christchurch after being repaired.
 After a brief period in New Zealand both aircraft returned to Australia to be modified back to a standard configuration, and the flight was disbanded in November.
The AMSOIL Grand National Cross Country Series is an American motorcycle racing series.
 The off-road race series was founded by Dave Coombs in 1975 and is sanctioned by the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA).
 The competition is similar to motocross but, instead of using an enclosed race track, it features extended cross-country, off-road courses of 8 to 12 miles in length and competitions lasting up to 3 hours.
 GNCC races are physically demanding, leading as many as 2,200 riders through tracks ranging from woods, to hills, mud, rocks, roots, motocross track sections and more.
 The series has classes for off-road motorcycles, ATV and UTV vehicles.
 GNCC Racing is open to both professional and amateur racers in a variety of skill level and age classes.
 The current title sponsor is Amsoil, a synthetic oil company.
Tatsuya Yamaguchi (山口 辰也 , Yamaguchi Tatsuya , born 11 February 1976) is a Japanese motorcycle racer.
 He currently races in the MFJ All Japan Road Race Championship JSB1000 class aboard a Honda CBR1000RR and the Asia Road Race SS600 Championship aboard a Honda CBR600RR.
 He has also competed in the MFJ All Japan Road Race GP250 Championship, the MFJ All Japan Road Race JSB1000 Championship (where he was champion in 2002), the MFJ All Japan Road Race J-GP2 Championship, and the MFJ All Japan Road Race ST600 Championship, where he was champion in 2010 and 2011.
The Best In The Desert (BITD) Racing Association is an American desert off-road racing association.
 It is operated by Casey Folks and it is based out of Las Vegas, Nevada.
 BITD runs the Vegas To Reno, the longest off-road race in the United States, and since 2012 is the sanctioning body of the Mint 400.
The 1:10 radio-controlled off-road buggy is a 1:10 scale radio-controlled dune buggy designed for off-road racing.
 These cars are originally based on their full-scale equivalents that are commonly found in desert racing.
 The buggies are split into two race categories, two (2WD) and four-wheel drive (4WD).
 These can easily be distinguished visually by their wheel size at the front.
 Cars are typically electric powered, but nitro versions do exist but are less common because racing classes exist for electric cars.
 The class is inexpensive and similar to a number of other classes, and this makes them popular with newcomers.
 The cars are also known as 1/10 off-road.
The Mint 400 is an annual American desert off road race that was resumed in 2008 after a 20-year hiatus.
Short course off road racing is a form of auto racing involving the racing of modified vehicles on a dirt road closed course of a short length (tens of kilometers / miles or less).
 It is distinct from long course desert racing such as the Baja 1000, which consists of racing at least hundreds of kilometers / miles over a quasi linear (non-closed) course from one point to another.
James Nelson "J. N." Roberts is an American former professional off-road and enduro motorcycle racer and a film industry stuntman.
 In the 1960s and early 1970s, he was a dominant motorcycle competitor in American desert racing centered in the Mojave Desert of Southern California.
 At one point in his desert racing career, Roberts won 27 consecutive desert races, earning him the unofficial nickname of King of the Desert.
 Roberts was inducted into the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 1999 and, into the Off-road Motorsports Hall of Fame in 2009.