> The NORRA Mexican 1000 vintage desert race is coming up in a few weeks. Below, we have a video of the 2010 event. If this does not make you want to attend, I do not know what will!

In October, we featured a vintage sand drag racing Ford Bronco that was originally built in the 70’s and was being restored to its former glory. The owners have been working extremely hard and finished it in time to bring it to a local Southern California Ford car show. They have done an amazing job and the attention to detail is incredible. Read all about the restoration on this Classic Broncos.com thread.

I recently came across these TV coverage videos of the Bill Stroppe Ford Broncos racing in the 1968 Baja 1000. Can you imagine racing back then?

Check out the vintage videos of the first Mexican 1000 off road desert race from 1967. This race started as the NORRA Mexican 1000 and later evolved into the infamous Baja 1000.

We have not featured older sand drag photos for a while, so I thought I would showcase some new photos from the Old School Pics thread on Sand Drag Central. Do you remember the sand drags from the 80’s? Supercharged engines in rigs that weighed less than 1000lbs, dual paddle tires….awesome memories!

A flatfender Willys Jeep, Desert Dog tires and some mud…what an awesome photo! This was shot sometime in the mid 90’s in Lisbon, OH.

I have always loved International Scouts. They are like the girl next door that is not as pretty or popular as the other girls, but surprises you by being just as good or better in bed than the more popular girls. The International Scout was never as popular as Jeeps or Broncos, but performed just as well on and off road as them. Frequent Off Road Action photo contributor Kevin posted some more photos on the Ultimate Class 3 Photo thread on Race Dezert. In September 1978, International Harvester sponsored the Coors Off Road Championship in Colorado, a 100-mile race held on a closed course near Indian Springs. The day before the race, the competitors were all invited to display their rigs at Colorado Springs Equipment Co. All these Scouts were on display there; one that wasn’t there was Sherman Balch’s green-and-white machine that won the race the next day.

Did you know that 4 time Indy 500 winner Rick Mears started his career as an off road racer? Mears, who also holds the record of 6 Indy 500 pole position starts, raced buggies with his off road racing star brother Roger Mears. There was a few other rides, such as the Parnelli Jones Chevrolet pictured above, but most fans remember the Mears brothers battling it out at Riverside Raceway. Do you have more photos or information about Rick Mears and his off road racing career?

Do you remember the old days of desert racing? Larry Minor, Rod Hall, James Garner, Walker Evans, Ray Russell? We have discussed the Old Off Road Pics thread on Race Dezert a few times. However, they have added a whole vintage section to the forum and a lot of previously unseen photos have been posted, so we thought we would mention it again.