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Another Baja 1000 (the 41st to be exact) is now complete and as we mentioned before this is the desert race to end all races. This years race set records for the ratio of starters to finishers with nearly 68% of the rigs completing the race. In the coveted 4-wheel class Norman/Roeseler powered their way to the top of the marquee SCORE Trophy-Truck division and took home the victory. And while we couldn’t be . . . → Read More: They Came, They Saw, They Raced Their Ass Off  Comments are closed  Rants, Raves and the Zen Art of Road Trip Management  baja 1000, baja mexico, desert racing, Larry Roseler, off road, race, Roger Norman, trophy truck, Winner On the road to the White House, both campaigns put a list of songs on their candidate’s iPod. These lists, carefully crafted by spin doctors, more focused on poll data than music charts, created play lists designed to make us identify with candidates who have more in common with Pennsylvania Ave. than Main Street. While I’m not going to bore you by publishing my Top 10, Greatest 80s or All Jimmy Buffet play lists, . . . → Read More: How Cares What’s On Your iPod One comment - (Comments are closed) Rants, Raves and the Zen Art of Road Trip Management bob rivers show, humorous songs, ipod, mp3, music, parody, play list, Twisted tunes Livingston I presume… We have been exploring our world ever since the day we first climbed down from the trees. Some expeditions have been more successful than others. Hilleray climbed high, Cousteau went deep and it cost Scott his life. Explores of the past followed the road less traveled to satisfy their curiosity of the unknown. Modern explores continue the tradition and all though there is less unknown, the opportunity to go further has . . . → Read More: Fame And Glory (aka Getting Lost With Purpose) 30,000 miles later we can now give our long-term report on the rubber that took us to the Arctic Ocean, Telluride, Inuvik and around town. Toyo’s Open Country M/T® are an aggressive mud traction radial. Running 295x70x17 on our rig provide sure footed traction and an additional inch of lift over the stock 265s. These tires fill the wheel well with massively lugged rubber just weeping testosterone. But the Open Country M/T® does more . . . → Read More: Long-term Tire Report – Toyo Open Country M/T 19 comments - (Comments are closed) off road adventure accessories auto, long term, off road, open country M/T, report, tire, Toyo, truck, write up If you wheel your rig on the sand, into the mud or along 4×4 trails you realize the advantages of letting a little air out at the start. Lowering your tire’s air pressure, known as “airing down” has a number of benefits including: In sand lower tire pressure increases the tire surface that comes in contact with the ground allowing your rig to float on top of the soft surface rather than sinking into . . . → Read More: What Goes Up Must Air Down If you’re into desert racing, and who isn’t, you feel me when I start going off on this tangent. You know what I mean… I start waxing about $100K trophy trucks flying through the sand and rocks at break neck speeds, where just finishing is as much an accomplishment as winning, where good times are measured by the amount of dirt removed from body cavities not intended to hold dirt and the number of . . . → Read More: The Greatest Race On Earth… One comment - (Comments are closed) Rants, Raves and the Zen Art of Road Trip Management baja 1000, baja mexico, desert racing, history, score Toyota came up with a great marketing plan… Put together a couple of teams of guys (remember gender neutral term use) in FJ Cruisers, send them out to hold workshops, run trails and give away some really cool swag that can only be had when you attend an event they show up for… Really, you can’t buy the stuff (eBay excluded), they just give it away! The Toyota Trail Teams have been making appearances . . . → Read More: Toyota Trail Teams Finish Another Season |
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