Desert Racing

We are looking for older Dave Shoppe photos? He raced desert races for a number of years and drove both Chevrolet and Ford Class 8 race trucks. Can you help us?
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We are looking for more photos of the Miller Lite Oldsmobile Cutlass that Chris Robinson used to off road race in Class 6. Can you help us out?
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Do you remember Glen Harris and the Black Gold-Team Mazda off road racing team? They raced some desert races, but mostly the Mickey Thompson MTEG stadium races. They were a force to be reckoned with!
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For me, one of the best parts about Waynes World was the pimped out AMC Pacer. Did you know that there was a few AMC Pacers that were raced off road in the 70's?
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Off Road Action reader Rod Hafner sent us this great photo of the Condor off road racing motorhome. He took the photo in the 1969 or 1970 Mint 400.
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Earlier this month, we wrote a short article about 3 Ford Edsel that used to race in off road desert races in the 60's though to the 80's. With the Swift's racing their restored Ford Edsel off road race car in the NORRA Mexican 1000 this week, we have been coming across more photos...
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The NORRA Mexican 1000 vintage off road race held last weekend was an instant success! We have posted a few photos here and here, but we now have the first videos for your pleasure!
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Last week we posted photos of the ex Rod Hall 70's Desert Race Ford Bronco. Thanks to Classic Broncos.com member rhenrys68, we have some more! They have done a great restoration in such a short amount of time!
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We have located some starting line photos to follow up on our NORRA Mexican 1000 vintage off road race contingency photos we posted yesterday. Thanks to the folks at Off Road Mexico for the photos!
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The NORRA Mexican 1000 vintage off road race is on this week, so expect to see a lot of photos of vintage desert race vehicles over the next few days! This first group of photos are from this post on Race Dezert, along with this and this one from Off Road Mexico.
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