Desert racing – the Baja 1000, particularly – has its own unique challenges and obstacles, but to Saab in the late Sixties, it stood to reason that if its cars and its drivers could hold up under the...
Photo courtesy Rod Hall Racing. Racing Baja in the Sixties took place at a far different pace than today’s races. One could get lost a dozen times driving used four-wheel-drive rigs and somehow still...
Photo courtesy Rod Hall Racing. Racing Baja in the Sixties took place at a far different pace than today’s races. One could get lost a dozen times driving used four-wheel-drive rigs and somehow still...
Parnelli Jones at Indy in 2015. Photo by Sarah Stierch. He was successful as a driver, on pavement and off, and later enjoyed wins and championships as a team owner. Mario Andretti called him “the gr...
We’re only linking to this Detroit Free Press article about a Pinto at the bottom of Lake Michigan for the “mussel car” pun. * Anybody interested about the general history of bookmobiles after readin...
If you plan to race in Baja’s Class 11, be prepared to meet Eric Solorzano and come away from your encounter with a tale or two, as this Playboy profile of the long-time racer illustrates. * Do you t...
Volkswagen-powered Baja racers. Photos courtesy Volkswagen of America. In the late summer of 1967, the newly formed National Off-Road Racing Association (NORRA) enlisted the help of Bruce Meyers, bui...
Still from “ 27 Hours to La Paz.” It started out as little more than a lark, an informal competition among off-road racers to see who could make it from one end of the Baja peninsula to the other the...
From left: Bud Feldkamp, Don Amador, Jim Ober, Larry Raglun, Tracy Valenta. Photo courtesy Off-Road Motorsport Hall of Fame. Established in 1978 by National Off-Road Racing Association (NORRA) co-fou...
This year’s Retromobile had a special display of what they called rhomboids – cars with their wheels laid out in a diamond pattern – and Goodwood’s videographer was there to get some footage of the u...
Race-dezert.com spent some time with the Desert Assassin's ring leader, Cameron Steele as he walks us through the entire 2010 Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 race course. Watch part 1 of this 3 part series.
Jesse James & the #54 Trophy Truck and the Goodwood festival of Speed in England