Desert Racing

From The Archives #122

January 17, 2012

Al Drews and Canadian Milan Mazanec take on the 1989 Mint 400 desert race near Las Vegas, Nevada. Do you have any old desert racing photos that you would like to share?
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Incredible 1979 Riverside Short Course Racing Photo Collection!

December 8, 2011

Larry Gaynor has one of the best collection of Riverside short course off road racing photos that I have seen! This set, of the 1979 race, has all the big names. Rod Hall, Frank Vessels, Walker Evans, Ray Russell, the Randalls, and more!
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4 Days Actions Old School Off Road Racing Promo Video

November 25, 2011

Have you seen the promotional video from 4 Days Actions? Their new movie will showcase vintage off road racing action from the 70′s through to the early 90′s. The video has all the big names from back in the day… Ivan “Ironman” Stewart, Rod Hall, Frank Vessels, Manny Esquerra, The Herbst’s, the Simon brothers,...
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Do You Remember The Don German Off Road Race Single Seat Willys?

August 19, 2011

Don German raced his lengthened single seat Willys Jeep in the VORRA series in the 80′s and 90′s. I always loved the desert race Jeep because it was odd looking…what can I say, I love the weird things! Does anyone have more photos of Don German and his unique race Willys Jeep?
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Another Dave Shoppe Desert Race Ford Photo

August 12, 2011

Last year, we wrote an article with a few photos of desert Racer Dave Shoppe. He drove Class 8 in the 70's and 80's and won a handful of races against the factory teams. In that article, we asked for more photos and received some great replies. Above is another photo that we recently...
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From The Archives #99

August 1, 2011

The note said "This is a picture of my Dad, Don Barlow racing in the Carrera 1000. How I understand it they only put on this race one time. I think it was around 1971 or 1972. The race started in Palm Springs and ran down to Mexico to the Bay of Los...
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More Vintage Desert Racing Photos

June 12, 2011

#75Race has posted a few more photos that he found of his dad desert racing his off road buggy in the 70's and 80's on Race Dezert. Do you have photos that you would like to share?
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Vintage Tandem Funco Off Road Racing Buggy For Sale

May 28, 2011

Do you remember the Funco tandem off road race buggies from the late 70's and early 80's? This Funco desert racing buggy is the infamous Patrick & Bowers buggy that won the Score 1980 Class 2 championship. It has won such races as the Mint 400 and Baja 500. If being a tandem buggy...
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1981 HDRA Colorado Desert Race Class 4 Photos

May 4, 2011

Frequent contributor Kevin Vaughan posted these photos on the Vintage Class 4 Photos thread on Race Dezert. Check out Roger Mears co driver!
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2010 NORRA Vintage Desert Race Video

April 26, 2011

> The NORRA Mexican 1000 vintage desert race is coming up in a few weeks. Below, we have a video of the 2010 event. If this does not make you want to attend, I do not know what will!
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