Puro Offroad

The only driver to finish the 63 km in less than 40 minutes was Spaniard Carlos Sainz (VW), who won the first special stage for cars in the Central Europe Rally, but with only a short lead of 41 seconds over Robby Gordon.

The American, who started in 12th position, managed to prevent a one-two for the Wolfsburg-based constructor because South African Giniel De Villiers (VW) took 3rd place. In 4th position, Stephane Peterhansel is the leading Mitsubishi driver and is 1′02″ behind the day’s winner.

It was in fine spring sunshine and in front of large crowds that the caravan set off from the podium in Budapest this morning, Read the rest of this entry »

Finishing as the fastest overall 4-wheel vehicle was the blended racing team of two the legendary families of the sports as driver of record Andy McMillin, Poway, Calif. and team owner Robby Gordon, Charlotte, N.C. pulled off a SCORE Trophy-Truck winning run of 19:15:27 in the Red Bull Chevy CK1500

Robby Gordon wins Baja 1000

 Robby Gordon and Andy McMillin raced a nearly flawless race over some of the roughest terrain that Baja had to offer. With a time of only 19hours and 30 minutes the Red Bull Trophy Truck piloted by Robby and Andy was the first Four Wheeled vehicle to cross the finish line in LaPaz Mexico, beating all other vehicles in the 1050.83mile course.

"We had a flawless run," said Gordon upon his arrival in Miami, Fla., at 9 a.m. Friday for this weekend's season-ending NASCAR Nextel Cup Series race.  "We had absolutely no issues and I'm really happy that Andy was able to get his first win with us, and I'm pumped that we got a win on Toyo Tires."

Congratulations to Robby on a great finish, to Andy on his first win in a Trophy Truck, and to Toyo tires for dethroning BFG after 21 years of dominance in Baja!