Racing

1984 Dakar Rally Video

The Dakar is known as one of the longest and hardest off road races in the world.  This is a vintage Dakar film from 1984.  It’s long at almost 90 minutes long but worth it if you are an off road racing fan. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2thf2NwMYE

Mickey Thompsons Challenger IV Part 1

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 [...]

Baja 1000 50th Anniversary Celebration

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 [...]

2012 Julian Classic Motoring Show

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 [...]

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Awesome Vintage Sand Dune Photo

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

Marina Dunes 1965

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?

From The Archives #122

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.

4 Days Actions Old School Off Road Racing Promo Video

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 [...]