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Randall Racing Jeep J-10 Desert Racing Truck

The Randall family has been racing Jeeps in the desert long than I have been alive. Now the 2nd (or is it 3rd?) generation is racing a Jeep J10. Talk about old school! I love it…the red Jeep pickup reminds me of the old Roger Mears and John Dyck Jeep Honchos from the 80′s. You [...]

A Legend To Drive A Legend

Ron Johnson, owner of the James Garner driven Goodyear Grabber Olds 442 race car , is happy to announce that Rick Johnson will drive the restored race car in the upcoming NORRA Mexican 1000. Rick Johnson (no relation to the Ron Johnson, the owner of the car) is fresh off the Trophy Truck win at [...]

Frank “Scoop” Vessels Desert Race Blazer

Some of you may recall our Big Oly Bronco articles here and here . While the Bill Stroppe truck was ahead of it’s time, there was a lot of wild vehicles that followed a few years later. Take for example, Frank “Scoop” Vessels Chevrolet Blazer. I came across these photos on the Old Photos thread [...]

More Photos Of The Vic Hickey 1969 Chevrolet Race Truck

Almost a month ago we did an article on the Vic Hickey 1969 Chevrolet race truck owned by Ron Johnson. At that time, we promised your more photos and here they are! Cliff Coleman is one of the original drivers and will be driving the race truck once again in the upcoming NORRA Mexican 1000 [...]

Tom Strong Class 4 Chevy Photos Or Info Wanted

Mark Newhan has recently picked up the old Tom Strong Class 4 Chevrolet race truck and is looking to restore it. He has posted on Race Dezert that he is looking for photos or information about the truck. Anyone have any info on this old workhorse? I know he ran a lot of off road [...]

James Garner “Goodyear Grabber” Olds 442

You may recall our article on the Vic Hickey 69 Chevrolet race truck owned by Ron Johnson as well as the article on the announcement of the NORRA Mexican 1000 vintage off road race coming up in September. In the Hickey article, we mentioned that Ron Johnson owns a number of Hickey built race vehicles, [...]

Canadian Desert Racing CJ-7 History

A while ago, my friend Dale Nyeste scanned some old photos and has invited me to post them here over time. For those of you that do not know Dale, he is a second generation racer that works at Baja North , the only off road racing and prerunner shop in Canada. Ironicly, the owner [...]

From The Archives #4

Here is a picture that I forgot I had! Bill Stroppe in the infamous Big Oly Bronco. Anyone know what year and where this is from?

NORRA Mexican 1000 Returns!

The original NORRA Mexican 1000 returns on September 16-20! This is the big daddy…the forefather of desert racing. This race, originally started in 1967, eventually became the infamous Baja 1000. The National Off Road Racing Association (NORRA) is proud to present the 2009 NORRA Revival of the 1967 Mexican 1000 Rally. This event, “Honoring the [...]

69 Vic Hickey Race Truck!

I have been talking to Ron Johnson from Washington state for the last year or so. He is, from what I have seen, the worlds best historian on Vic Hickey race vehicles. Not only does he own an incredible amount of photos, magazines and other Hickey memorabilia, but he also owns a few original Hickey [...]

RIP Romeo

Romeo was a long time member of the now defunct Kamloops Bronco Busters. He was one of those guys that would do anything to help put on the races, no questions asked. Here is some pictures that he took of local Kamloops BC races while he was out on checkpoints, as a corner marshal or [...]

1983 Baja 1000 Photos!

Once again, Trackside Photography has scanned some great old photos and added them to an exisiting old school photo thread on Race Dezert

1980 Mexicali 250 Photos

Ace Photo from Trackside Photo has posted some recently scanned photos from the 1980 SCORE Mexicali 250 on Race Dezert.com There is some great black and white photos!