The Story of Challenger IV, By Rory Ward   It was mid to late 1977 when Mickey Thompson (MT) decided it was time to build yet another new race car for the desert.  I’m speculating that he was not too happy with the performance of his single seat “Marines” sponsored class 1 buggy so he [...]

The Baja 50th Anniversary “Warm up Celebration” was held August 4th 2012 in Mission Viejo, CA. This event was a celebration of the promotional ride that Dave Ekins and Bill Robertson Jr. did 50 years ago from Tijuana to La Paz to test the durability of the new Honda CL72 250cc Scramblers. This ride created [...]

The Julian Classic Motoring Society’s Vintage Car Show was held July 14-15 in Julian California.  This show started in 2005 and has a theme each year for the show.  This years show was a salute to the 45th running of the SCORE Baja 1000.  Ivan “Ironman” Stewart was the grand marshal of the event and featured [...]

Check out this awesome vintage photo of the sand dunes! Do you have more vintage sand dune photos or movies? Photo via The Hamb

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?

Check out these vintage sand drag photos in this thread. I think they are from Iceland, but am not sure…can anyone help us?

Al Drews and Canadian Milan Mazanec take on the 1989 Mint 400 desert race near Las Vegas, Nevada. Do you have any old desert racing photos that you would like to share? Via Canadian Off Road Racing On Ning.

Larry Gaynor has one of the best collection of Riverside short course off road racing photos that I have seen! This set, of the 1979 race, has all the big names. Rod Hall, Frank Vessels, Walker Evans, Ray Russell, the Randalls, and more!

Have you seen the promotional video from 4 Days Actions? Their new movie will showcase vintage off road racing action from the 70’s through to the early 90’s. The video has all the big names from back in the day… Ivan “Ironman” Stewart, Rod Hall, Frank Vessels, Manny Esquerra, The Herbst’s, the Simon brothers, Larry [...]