Since the Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 is happening this week I think this is a fitting post for today. My friend just forwarded this link to a Three-Time Mexican 1000 Finishing truck. It’s painted just like Ivan “Ironman” Stewarts old race truck and looks great! Check out more pictures and info about the truck and [...]
Jeep Cherokee during the sunrise at Bay of LA, Baja Mexico
I recently came across this picture I shot a few years ago on a trip for the SCORE Baja 1000 desert race. This shot during the sunrise at Bahia De Los Angeles (Bay of LA) shows one of the local fishermen in his older Jeep Cherokee and reminded me how beautiful Baja really is. Here [...]
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 [...]
1973 Triumph 750cc raced in the 1973 Baja 500 & Baja 1000
The Baja 50th Anniversary “Warm up Celebration” was held August 4th 2012 in Mission Viejo, CA…
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You may notice that we have been featuring a lot of articles recently about off road race cars like the Paris Dakar Rolls Royce , the Peter Brock Datsun 240Z that raced the Baja 500, and the James Garner Olds 442. When I started writing this article, I knew that there was a group of [...]
You may recall that last month we did an article on a Bill Stroppe prepared Ford Bronco that raced the Baja 500 while towing a trailer in 1971. Andrew from Baja Bronco.com located the Bronco a few years ago and now has the Bronco up for sale. Via…
Bill Stroppe was behind some of the wilder off road racing vehicles of the 70’s, like the infamous Big Oly. To find out that he was the one that contacted Carl Jackson to tow a trailer behind a Stroppe Baja Bronco WHILE racing the Baja 500 does not suprise me! Andrew over at Baja Bronco [...]
Here is a collection of Baja Bug photos from what has been termed The Greatest Thread On The Internet . I believe that claim. The photos on this thread date from the 40’s to the 80’s and started as a thread about old car photos but has morphed into a thread about everything in the [...]
Mike Lund drove this huge rig in the 1994 Baja 1000. 11,000lbs, 1800lbs of torque! It started last, after the Class 11 Beetles. Imagine racing in a stock VW Beetle and this beast coming up behind you! Make sure to click on the photo to read the whole story and view the video! This thread [...]
Here is a set of 70’s photos about a desert racing bronco that has had a run of bad luck. “Johnnie Crean’s Bronco during a race at Borrego (Ocotillo Wells) was disabled with a broken rear differential. I removed the rear driveshaft and was trying to deflate the front tires for more traction to climb [...]