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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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?
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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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Once again, Trackside Photography has scanned some great old photos and…
Ace Photo from Trackside Photo has posted some recently scanned photos from the 1980 SCORE Mexicali 250 on Race-Dezert…
Big Oly…the original Trophy Truck. Years ahead of the sport. An icon in off road racing. There is so many things that can be said about Parnelli Jones and the Stroppe built Big Oly Bronco. There are some great stories on Baja Bronco.com and Off Road