Desert Racing

Here is another interesting article that I came across the other day. A collection of 4 photos of Jeeps desert racing in the late 60’s and early 70’s. The article was printed in JP magazine, but is available online
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Mark Cowan is restoring the infamous Robby Gordon 1966 F100 multi championship winning race truck. The truck, which was nicknamed the “Hay Hauler”, is one of the most memorable desert race trucks in my mind. The truck debuted at the 1987 and while it had old school looks, it was one of the...
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The short course races in the 70’s and 80’s at Riverside Raceway is one of the big races that I really wish I was able to watch. Some of the best off road racing action of the era! Here is a few photos for you that I found on
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I came across an interesting page that has a lot of old Mint 400 and other desert racing photos on the
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Recently, Kevin Vaughan sent me some photos of the 1972 Jeep CJ-5 that his uncle Jim Vaughan used to race in the desert in the 70’s. I will let Kevin tell the story in his own words. “In 1973, my uncle, Jim Vaughan, bought a 1972 Jeep CJ5 with a 304 V8...
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The Pirate 4×4 forum is usually made up of hardcore rock crawlers. However, they started a desert and short course racing section about a year ago and it is picking up in popularity.
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Last week, we showed you photos of the James Garner Olds 442 off road race car rebuild. Owner Ron Johnson is putting his heart and sole into restoring the car the for
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I just recieved a great email from a gentleman by the name of Brad Russell. Brad is the son of Ray Russell, who raced a Jeep CJ-7 in the 70’s and early 80’s. I can remember reading about Ray in the magazines when I was a kid. From what I remember, he...
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Ron Johnson, owner of the infamous vintage James Garner Goodyear Grabbler Olds 442 off road race car has sent me some more photos of the cars rebuild. Ron is rebuilding the car, which we featured HERE and HERE , to race in the
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While you do not see many Nissans racing off road these days, they were a force to be reckoned with in the 80’s to mid 90’s. Roger Mears, Spencer Low, Jack Johnons and other infamous drivers brought the Nissan brand to the winners circle often.
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