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 [...]

Wow! That is all I can say about this group of monster truck and truck pull photos on Flickr! The photos look to date from the mid 80s through to the early 90s. What do you think of the photos? What was your favorite monster truck from the eighties?

Dave from Ewillys sent me this photo after seeing the Rapid Transit Jeep in an article about vintage BC sand drag photos on our sister site, Off Road Race Canada. Roger Mason (sp?) from BC owned this Jeep and travelled all over North America to race it. Probably the most interesting part is that the Jeep was powered by a 4cylinder Chevrolet engine and often beat the big horsepower V8 guys!

Actually, I do not know if the videos below are of off road racing in South America. I just saw Ecuador in there somewhere. Is your spanish better than mine? Where are these races? No matter where the location, they look like a lot of fun! They remind me of the obstacle races and wheel to wheel races that I used to attend with my parents in the 70’s and 80’s. There is no big suspension travel…just a lot of people out having fun! I see Jeeps, Toyota Land Cruisers, a 66-77 Ford Bronco and even the odd full size truck.

Don German raced his lengthened single seat Willys Jeep in the VORRA series in the 80’s and 90’s. I always loved the desert race Jeep because it was odd looking…what can I say, I love the weird things! Does anyone have more photos of Don German and his unique race Willys Jeep?

Last year, we wrote an article with a few photos of desert Racer Dave Shoppe. He drove Class 8 in the 70’s and 80’s and won a handful of races against the factory teams. In that article, we asked for more photos and received some great replies. Above is another photo that we recently came across. Again, we are wondering if anyone else has more photos to add? Email them to weskibble@offroadaction.ca

John A. “Farmer John” Konitzer, 72, Abrams, died Saturday, July 09, 2011 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Green Bay following complications from atrial fibrillation which happened at home four days earlier. The 2nd of 15 children, he was born October 2, 1938 in Oconto Falls to George and Irene (Van Haren) Konitzer. John grew up on the family farm in rural Oconto Falls where he attended St. Anthony Catholic Elementary School and graduated from Oconto Falls High School with the class of 1957.