The first General Tire sponsored race vehicle was this Desert Rat 1980 Toyota 7s race truck. After contacting them for sponsorship General Tire started supplying them with tires that were built in their “hand built” shop with heavier sidewalls. The tire at the time was the Grabber AP and the program ended when Continental bought [...]
Sal Fish recently retired as CEO of SCORE International after 39 years of putting on some of the greatest desert races in the world. This video is a tribute from some of the people within the off road racing community and it shows some great vintage photos throughout the video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLpl_fBOYvU
Last year we posted about the GAZ-M-20 prototype which could be the worlds first SUV. Recently during some more searching I came accross the Mitsubishi PX33 which is the first Japanese built sedan to have full time four-wheel drive. This prototype built in 1933 was commissioned by the Japanese government in 1934 for military use. [...]
The 2013 King of the Hammers is over, but you can watch all of the live recordings right here from the entire day of racing.
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This is a great shot from a late 1970’s Mint 400 desert race. All of the race vehicles lined up during the parade down the street in Las Vegas Nevada! Thanks to Jeff from UPR for the picture.
Check out the videos below of the ESPN coverage of the 1989 SCORE Parker 400. The first race of the 1989 season had some interesting developments. Robby Gordon, who won the 1988 Class 8 championship in his 1966 Ford truck, was disqualified prior to the race for modifications to the cab location. He borrowed a [...]
The third post of Dakar legends videos brings you two great videos from the 80’s and one from 1994. The 2013 Dakar Rally comes to and end this week on the 20th. Be sure to check out all of the up to date coverage on RDC. 1983 Tenere (Niger) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQtyZcBUk28 1987 Saint Louis (Tenere) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VGmjMvU6OQ [...]
Part 2 of the Legends of Dakar video series brings three more vintage videos featuring the Marreau brothers in 1980, Stéphane Peterhansel and Jacky Ickx. 1980, Marreau brothers (Africa) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ffi7at2pono Legends of Dakar – Stéphane Peterhansel – Stéphane Peterhansel’s maiden win http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3Zb-QnWQWU Legends of Dakar – Jacky Ickx http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdWg43MgqVI
The 2013 Dakar Rally is happening right now, January 5th – 20th in South America. While covering the event for race-dezert.com I came across these great vintage videos of older Dakar rally drivers and events. I will be posting up more videos over the next week showing more of these awesome videos. And if you [...]
With the Christmas holiday now a fading memory and the promise of a new year just around the corner, the National Off Road Racing Association (NORRA) announced it has put the final touches in place for opening registration for its fourth annual General Tire Mexican 1000 Rally. In what has become an off-road motorsports New [...]