Laughlin/Nevada (USA), 8 January 2012. The new year has only just begun, and already things get serious for Armin Schwarz and the All German Motorsports squad. The Laughlin Desert Challenge (13 to 15 January 2012) in the Nevada desert kicks off the 2012 US Score Championship. It marks the first season where Schwarz and his [...]
STAGE 5 RECAP Gordon on podium once again, Nasser finds trouble late in stage Fiambala, Argentina (January 5, 2012) – Robby Gordon and his SPEED Energy/Toyo Tires HUMMER did exactly what needed to be done in the 5th stage of the Dakar Rally to gain time and position in the overall standings. The same can’t [...]
STAGE 4 RECAP Provided by Alison McCabe Gordon & Al-Attiyah lose ground Chilecito, Argentina (January 4, 2012) – Today was not what Team SPEED had expected; both Robby Gordon and Nasser Al-Attiyah would find trouble in different sections of the long 326km special stage. Gordon finished in 14th place, 18 minutes and 10 seconds behind [...]
CYPRESS, CALIFORNIA – Toyo Tires® is in the history books capturing the win and a third place finish in Stage 2 of the 2012 Dakar™ rally. Nasser Al-Attiyah and navigator, Lucas Cruz, piloted their #300 Qatar HUMMER to the Stage 2 win. Al-Attiyah made a remarkable charge from the 38th starting position for his well-earned [...]
KTM factory rider and three-times Dakar Rally winner Cyril Despres of France turned up the heat on Tuesday to take the Stage Three victory in the world’s toughest rally and assume overall lead. In a change of fortune in the KTM factory team, Despres crossed the line 13 minutes ahead of rival and teammate Marc [...]
After a strong finish on the first short special, Darren Skilton made the long liaison to Santa Rosa de la Pampa. The second day of the Dakar Rally started with another long drive, including deep silt beds and square ledges… and that was just on the liaison! When the 290 kilometer special stage started, initially [...]
In an environment notorious for destroying equipment and drivers’ will, La Paz Racing has found the secret to success in the desert. “Drive the vehicle you have, not the vehicle you wish you had,” La Paz driver Tim Casey shares. This philosophy has provided Casey with not just a rock solid finish rate, but an [...]
December 15, 2011, Sparks, NV. — Valley Off Road Racing Association (VORRA) today announced a revised race schedule, following input and voting at the Association’s December 10 membership meeting. The signature USA 500 desert race moved back to July, and members voted to continue with two double-header short course weekends at Prairie City following the [...]
Rialto, CA (December 8, 2011) - Chad George heads to Firebird Raceway for the final round of the Lucas Oil Off-Road Racing Series with his #42 Kawasaki/Yokohama SuperLite leading the points championship. In a triple threat weekend, Chad will also pilot his #1 Monster Energy Kawasaki UTV Unlimited toward his 10th podium of the season and [...]
Adam Householder just keeps getting faster and faster. After starting 28th off the line at Best In The Desert’s (BITD) Silver State 300 earlier this season, Householder shocked the competition and brought home his first Trick Truck win (BITD’s equivalent of SCORE Trophy Trucks). Since that time Householder has consistently put the No. 24 Householder [...]
Temecula, CA (December 07, 2011) – Mitchell DeJong cleaned house during the 2011 Lucas Oil Off-Road Arizona Regional Series (ASCC) by clinching his 7th career championship in only 5 years. With 4 wins and 2 second place finishes, Mitchell showed the world that the #1 plate belongs on the TRAXXAS/Red Bull DeJong SuperKart. Mitchell commented [...]
Last weekend, Valentino Rossi brought a ton of color and a different class of racing pedigree to the Monza Rally Show. The Doctor lit the place up with some spectacular performances behind the wheel and had the tens of thousands packed into the grandstands jumping all weekend long. Outside the garage for his 3 car [...]
THR Motorsports / Bonanza Plumbing team rider and past Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 winner Robby Bell started ninth off the line on the Precision Concepts-prepped Kawasaki KX450F and was physically third on course after the first 90 miles of technical terrain. Bell then handed the bike off to reigning Vegas to Reno champion Shane [...]
November 2011, California: Privateer Ultra4 team Race Prep Racing completed their rookie season with a solid finish at Glen Helen Motorsports Park last month. Richie Carter, driver, made 24 laps in the unpredictable endurance race that proved to be too difficult to finish for more than half the field. This Race Prep Racing result puts [...]
“When you are racing in Baja anything can happen,” Troy Herbst explained. “That is part of the appeal, but it sure makes it tough to plan ahead.” Troy’s No. 49 Terrible Herbst Motor Sports Ford was at the starting line for the Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 when word came across the radio that a semi [...]
Colorado Springs, CO 11/21/11 – For the first time in four attempts, I have finished the Baja 1000. The BFGoodrich Team of Bud Brutsman, Andrew Comrie-Picard, Roger Lovell, Joel Weinberger, Kyle Tucker, and myself overcame major mechanical issues to finish with of time of 27:42:26. We were 6th in Class 10. While I am proud [...]
Monster Energy Kawasaki’s EnduroCross Team Ends Season on a High Note Irvine, Calif. (November 21, 2011) – Monster Energy Kawasaki’s off road team wrapped up the season on a high note at the final round of the AMA EnduroCross series at Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, Nev. With two main events, and a [...]
Twelfth in the Trophy Truck category, twentieth overall. That’s a great result of the first outing of our new AGM-Jimco X6 SCORE Trophy Truck last weekend. We choose nothing else but the grueling Baja 1000 for our first extensive test run under competition conditions. The Baja 1000 is a killer in its own right. But [...]
Andy & Scott McMillin capture SCORE Trophy Truck, Overall 4wheel victory; Norman/Cody/Holladay win overall 2wheel at 44th Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 Davis wins Class 1, Matlock’s team captures overall ATV victory; Menzies finishes third in SCORE Trophy Truck to capture class & 2011 overall SCORE point title for 705-mile loop race that started and finished [...]
When the KTM Factory rally team went off to Fontjouncouse in the south of France recently it was all about carrying out final tests on the KTM 450 rally bike ahead of the challenge of Dakar 2012, to enjoy the camaraderie of the Orange Rally Family and to have some fun. Now the countdown is [...]
Riverside, CA 11/17/2011 – It was a big weekend in Las Vegas for rounds 13 & 14 of the Lucas Oil Off-Road Racing Series (LOORRS). With the stands packed in honor of fallen competitor Rick Huseman, the level of competition on the track was lifted to a level not seen all year. Racers in all [...]
(Click Thumbs For Hi-Res) Full-Bodied FJ Cruiser To Compete in 2012 King of the Hammers Rock royalty Jon Bundrant returns to hardcore competitionFormer SuperCrawl champion Jon Bundrant is coming out of retirement for King of the Hammers 2012. Bundrant will compete in Team All-Pro Off-Road’s new full-bodied Ultra FJ. This unique Pro Class [...]
Branik Motorsports to support top east coast Griffin King of the Hammers competitors November 17, 2011– Johnson Valley, CA: Today, Ultra4 Racing announced a new partnership with Branik Motorsports to create an exciting new opportunity for east coast Ultra4 drivers in 2012. “The Branik Beast of The East” will award multi-race vehicle transportation to [...]
A mere fourteen years old, Sheldon Creed has experienced more Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series (LOORRS) victories than birthdays. The three-time Kart champion took home his 17th short course win last weekend at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, this time in the ultracompetitive Super Lite class. It has hard to believe that Creed’s first time [...]
Today, the Lucas Oil Off Racing Series released its 2012 schedule featuring a return to locations familiar to spectators and competitors while the expansion of the sport of short course off road racing continues with a Labor Day weekend event at the series’ newest facility in Reno, Nevada. This weekend event, September 1st & 2nd [...]
