#75Race has posted a few more photos that he found of his dad desert racing his off road buggy in the 70’s and 80’s on Race Dezert. Do you have photos that you would like to share?

Do you remember the Funco tandem off road race buggies from the late 70’s and early 80’s? This Funco desert racing buggy is the infamous Patrick & Bowers buggy that won the Score 1980 Class 2 championship. It has won such races as the Mint 400 and Baja 500. If being a tandem buggy is not enough, it has the typical 80’s parts like yellow Bilstein shocks, Cibie lights and a windshield. I am not sure I would like to be the passenger in this one…what do you think?

Frequent contributor Kevin Vaughan posted these photos on the Vintage Class 4 Photos thread on Race Dezert. Check out Roger Mears co driver!

> 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!

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.

Our good friend Doug Sutton posted some awesome vintage desert race photos on his facebook page. In the 60’s, 70’s & 80’s, Doug travelled all the way from Ontario, Canada to race in events all over the states and Mexico. Today, we have a look at his photos from the 1971 Mint 400. Enjoy! Do you have any vintage off road racing photos that you would like to share?

Lately, we have featured some posts with lots of vintage off road desert race Jeep photos. There has been lots of discussion about Ray Russell in this article, this one and this article, along with some photos that Kevin Vaughan sent of the desert race Jeep CJ-5 that his uncle used to race in the 70’s. Ed Bray from Tacoma, Wa lvoed the vintage desert racing photos and sent us some photos of the Jeeps that he used to race. The Willys is at Riverside and the Mint 400 in 1978, which the CJ-7 was at the 1982 Baja 1000. We love the photos Ed! Do you have old off road racing photos that you would like contribute? Contact us!

Last Jauary, we posted some photos that Kevin Vaughan sent us of the 1972 Jeep CJ-5 that his uncle used to desert race in the 70’s. After seeing the interest and discussion that the Jeep off road racer Ray Russell photos and article created here and here, he decided to send me some of the photos of Ray that his uncle had in his photo album. Two of the photos are from the 1976 SNORE 250 while the other two are from the 1976 WRA 300. Note that the WRA 300 photos must be of Ray and his co-driver prerunning as they are not wearing helmets. Also note that these photos are from before Goodyear sponsored Ray Russell. He is running Cooper tires. Do you have any more photos of Ray Russell or off road desert racers from the 70’s?

>#75Race has posted some more photos of off road race buggies and a Baja Bug that his dad was involved with or drove during the 70’s. The old school photos thread on Race Dezert has become epic in so many ways. Do you have any vintage desert racing photos that you would like to contribute?