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 wildest Class [...]
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 Race Dezert.
I came across an interesting page that has a lot of old Mint 400 and other desert racing photos on the WT4x4 website.
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 and a 3-speed. [...]
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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. This thread on desert racing Jeeps has some great photos of Jeep CJ-5 and CJ-7’s. Guys like Don Adams and Ray Russell [...]
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 NORRA 1000 vintage race in April. We thought it would be neat to post some photos of when Ron found the car and [...]
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 almost dominated his [...]
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 NORRA 1000 vintage off road race coming up on April 28-May 2 [...]
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. Spalind has some great photos on his flickr site!
Ron Johnson has made some huge progress on the former Vic Hickey Olds 442 desert race car that was formally driven by James Garner. Check out the new suspension! Ron has posted photos on the restoration thread on Race Dezert. Great job Ron!