Check out these two great photos of Marina Dunes in 1965! Love the whitewalls! Anyone else have any 60's sand dune photos or video?
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Let's just admit it. Steve McQueen is a guys guy. There is very few men in his caliber of coolness. He had the beautiful women. Hell, I am not to proud to admit that he was a damn good looking guy. He could race anything with two or four wheels. He had it all!...
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#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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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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>#75Race has posted some more photos of off road race buggies and a Baja Bug that his dad was involved with or drove during the 70's. The old school photos thread on Race Dezert has become epic in so many ways. Do you have any vintage desert racing photos that you would like to...
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Here is a great vintage photo from the midwest short course racing vault. I have heard comments that it is Rod Attig’s buggy in the front with his brother Sid’s off road race buggy in the back. Also, it may have been taken in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. Can anyone confirm this or provide more...
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Rory Ward and Jeff Furrier recently purchased Mark Stahl's vintage 1977 Chenowth 1000 desert racing buggy with plans on racing it in the NORRA 1000 vintage off road rally next spring. The buggy has a well decorated past, having won Class 1 in the infamous Baja 1000 three times, including twice overall. Stahl also...
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What an awesome video! This video, taken in 1976 or 1977, features some Canadians that made the long haul down to Florida to race off road with their buggies.
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In response to our previous post about the life size Tamiya Sand Sand Scorcher Baja Bug , we have some more photos and a video of the buildup. The builders also have a new website. Click the photos below to see them larger. Note: If you are reading this via email or Facebook, you...
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Tamiya recently commissioned a life size replica of their famous Sand Scorcher remote control Baja Bug that they sold over 20 years ago. The 1:1 replica has been built to celebrate the release of the new updated version of the famous Sand Scorcher. Make sure to check out the vintage 80′s RC videos below....
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