Following the engine choice of the factory teams, the HS Rally Team will use now also diesel technology. Matthias Kahle and Dr. Thomas M. Schünemann start in the future with a diesel powered SMG buggy. Premiere race is the Silk Way rally 11. to 18. September 2010. The racing season highlight will be the 2011 Dakar Rally. The new “company car” for the marathon rally specialist Matthias Kahle and Dr. Thomas M. Schünemann will be a diesel powered SMG Buggy. The new vehicle of the HS rally team from Hamburg is prepared by the French designer Philippe Gache. The inherent design made its debut at the Silk Way Rally 2009 and impressed on the Silk Road and in the Dakar Rally in 2010 with fast times. Read More→
Baja 500 late entries are accepted up to race morning, off-road racers from 26 U.S. States from Hawaii to Connecticut, and additional countries of Mexico, Austria, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Italy and Japan are ready to tackle the 2010 version of the Tecate SCORE Baja 500 desert race.. The green flag will drop for the race at 6 a.m. on Saturday (June 5) for the motorcycle and ATV classes in the Tecate SCORE Baja 500, followed by the car and truck classes three hours after the last ATV at approximately 10 a.m. The elapsed-time race will start and finish in front of the Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center on Boulevard Costero in the heart of Ensenada, leaving and returning into the city through the spectator-laden Arroyo Wash. Read More→
Those familiar with the blaze orange streak of Letner Racing’s Alpha, Class One car as it passes by, won’t know what hit them as the car has taken on a whole new look. The Alpha is now drenched in satin black with silver highlights and a stunning King Shocks blue. The unique paint treatment applied by Robert Alatorre at Radesigns looks like it was painted over brushed aluminum even though the Alpha’s body panels are constructed from fiberglass. The King Shocks blue perfectly matches the anodized billet aluminum parts on the 3.5 and 4.0 inch King Bypass Shocks front and rear. “Since we Read More→
Pre-running begins Saturday in Baja Mexico on the rugged 438.81 Mile race course for 42nd Tecate SCORE Baja 500. With the release of the official course map, GPS files and course notes this week, pre-race activity increases significantly starting Friday when desert racers officially begin their pre-running and course logistics activities for next month’s 42nd Annual Tecate SCORE Baja 500, the second-oldest desert race in the world. Round 3 of the five-race 2010 SCORE Desert Series will feature nearly 300 entries, competing in 28 Pro and 6 Sportsman classes for cars, trucks, motorcycles and ATVs, Read More→
Round 3 of the five-race 2010 SCORE Desert Series will feature nearly 300 entries, competing in 28 Pro and 6 Sportsman classes for cars, trucks, motorcycles and ATVs, will be held June 3-6 in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico. A popular events on the SCORE schedule, with over 100,000 spectators are expected to enjoy the desert racers in action at this year’s 42nd running of the Tecate SCORE Baja 500. Below you will find the Baja 500 course map showing major differences compared to the 2009 Baja 500 at the northern loop out of Tres Hermanos to Hwy 3/KM 77 and at Llano Colorado, where course goes south towards Johnson Ranch Read More→
El Pato Rojo, what’s up with you guys??? We try for days to send an e-mail to you. Better, we try to answer an e-mail from, send to us by a Roberto Herrera about 2 weeks ago. We post that all below with screen shots that way we don’t need to explain ourselves as “negative” people – as we had to do in the past to BCS race folks when we talked facts. Just follow step by step and ones see that’s all facts. So no “you not very nice” statements please. As well please no unqualified remarks as of “not my problem that your computer does not work….blablabla”. Everything’s works just fine, we got 5 different options, Read More→
Uncompleted permit procedure forces organizers to postpone the Baja 300 Powerdays event, new attempt in 2011. “This unique motor sport event will go on.” This is the promise from Germany’s rally ace Armin Schwarz as initiator as well as organizer Sal Fish, President of the SCORE International Offroad Racing Series, the world’s largest off-road racing association, after the resounding success of last year’s inaugural Baja 300 Powerdays. “Interest is huge, whether in the USA, Europe and in northeast Germany,” states initiator Armin Schwarz and explains: “Such a large event needs a huge amount of preparation. We work extremely well with the residents, associations and authorities. Our ideas have been welcomed with enthusiasm and we have agreed with public and private representatives that the Baja 300 Powerdays Germany Read More→
A Bowler from Germany? Not really, the constructor of the new “Lennson CC” said it’s the German answer to the Bowler. The “Lennson CC” is a tubular chassis with 90% Mercedes production parts and can be used for FIA sectioned events as well for amateur sport.
This is not the future, this is reality, two of those vehicles are nearly completed and the planning is to start at the BAJA SAXONIA coming May. The construction of the third vehicle already started.
LeTech does the design and construction of the “Lennson CC”. LeTech owner Andreas Lennartz is the former ORC-designer and developed different ORC rally raid vehicles as well as the Mercedes ML EVO. Read More→
We had the chance to have some quick chit-chat with Roger Norman before he went to the ceremonial start at the 2010 edition of the Dos Mares 500 off-road race. He will race the first 175 miles before turning the Zorro Camaro Trophy Truck over to the team owner Francisco Cervantes. Roger talks about the Dos Mares race as well his first 2 days doing shared driving with Mark Post at the NORRA Mexican 1000 Rally. The last leg of the Mexicana 1000 today was piloted by Larry Roessler and Mark Post from Loreto to La Paz. Read More→
