Robby Gordon will be competing on King shocks in the upcoming King of the Hammers race (KOH) in Johnson Valley, CA. on Friday, February 9th. KOH is one of the most challenging races on the planet. Competitors negotiate several of the toughest rock crawling trails in Johnson Valley known as “the Hammers” with sections of open desert thrown in on a 165 mile long course.
Robby has already had great success competing in some of the most iconic races including the Baja 1000, the Indy 500 and the Dakar Rally so it’s probably natural to add KOH to his long list of accomplishments. Read More→
Toyo Tire U.S.A. Corp. announces “Ballistic” BJ Baldwin is the newest member of Team Toyo Off-Road. Considered one of the fiercest competitors in the sport of off-road racing, Baldwin will ride on championship-proven Toyo Open Country M/T-R tires through 2014. His 800-horsepower Chevy Silverado trophy truck known as “Fedor” will carry the Toyo Tires name during major SCORE International and Best In The Desert off-road races.
BJ Baldwin is a 15-year veteran of off-road racing and is a former 2006 and 2008 SCORE-International Trophy Truck Champion. He also won the Best In The Desert Trophy Truck Championship back-to-back in 2010 and 2011. In addition to representing Toyo Tires during races, Baldwin will also promote the Toyo Tires brand through appearances and additional marketing efforts. Read More→
For all Racers, Race-Fans, Baja Desert Race Lurkers, Pacenos, Bajanereos – at home or up-road: Happy New Year! may 2012 bring you all you hope for!
General Tire is pleased to announce their partnership with Baja Automotive to sponsor three entries in the 2012 Dakar Rally. The event begins December 29, 2011 in Mar de Plata, Argentina and finishes January 15, 2012 in Lima, Peru, a pan-American adventure of more than 5,590 miles (or 9,000 kilometers). Darren Skilton will pilot an Unlimited car in the Open Production 1 (OP1) class while Joaquin De Uriarte and Mark McMillin will pilot a Raptor and JeepSpeed in the Open Production 2 (OP2) class respectively. Dakar is one of the world’s great adventures and a true test of the human spirit. This is simply the ultimate event that the General Tire Grabber has been designed and built for. Read More→
It’s half the nascar season in 15 days, the race is a navigational nightmare, there is no GPS equipment and no course pre-running, the Baja 1000 is maybe 1 1/2 long Dakar Rally days in comparsion! It’s like running from Ensenada to La Paz and back 15 times with a rest day in between. The Dakar it’s the toughest endurance race in the world. It’s the last true form of endurance racing! This are some of the words by Dakar competitor Robby Gordon. Since his very first Dakar Rally 2005 in a Volkswagen Touareg Robby Gorden strives to achieve the ultimate goal of any racer: winning the event and become victorious. He has won specials, he did lead the Dakar several times but no victory so far. Gordon feels that his team, Robby Gordon Motorsport Read More→
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Everything for the Menzies Motorsports team boiled down to one last race and what may be the biggest race of their 2011 season. Their first ever SCORE Baja 1000 took place just over a week ago and they continued right where they left off and that is by letting the fans, sponsors and fellow drivers know that they are an unstoppable team. The 44th annual Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 was said to be one of the toughest Baja 1000’s to date, but that didn’t stop Bryce Menzies and Co-Driver Peter Mortensen from taking to the start line. The race was set to start with the first Trophy Truck off the line at 11:30am but with racing and staging ahead of schedule, the race started roughly 15 minutes ahead of the planned start time. Jesse James was the first Trophy Truck Read More→
Andy and Scott McMillin captured SCORE Trophy Truck & overall 4 wheel victory and Norman/Cody/Holladay win overall Motorcycle at 44th Tecate SCORE Baja 1000. Menzies finishes third in SCORE Trophy Truck to capture class & 2011 overall Desert Series SCORE point title. The 705-mile loop race started and finished in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico. Nick Vanderwey, Trophy Truck #84 after the race: “What a race – holy moly!” Vanderwey finished second in class and second overall four-wheel vehicle. Vanderwey shared driving duties with Curt LeDuc. For the second time in three years, the Southern California son and father race team of Andy and Scott McMillin have etched Read More→
Baja 1000 best story in a long time. Kane Fraser watched “Dust to Glory” last year and said to himself “I can do that”. He is a paraplegic who doesn’t sit around feeling sorry for himself. So he gets a UTV, pimps it out including hand controls and heads to Baja and the start line for the 1000. Out in front in the middle of the night he heads off towards the Mike’s section without doing the SF loop. He finally figured it out, got an access road back to Valle de Trinidad and then the highway back to Borego. He overshoots the turn down to Matomi but eventually gets back on course. So over 12 hours later running the San Felipe loop and he is going to do the Mike’s section again. Hammering away at it with a bunch of new fans he doesn’t yet know he has. Trophy Truck #7 Read More→
