The Race is On!!

Thank you for your interest in our racing endeavor. We are really excited to be back at it and look forward to sharing with you.

As some of you know John told himself he would never venture back to Baja without over 20" of travel. For some of you.. that is how far the wheel can cycle up and down without bottoming out and being able to soak up the enormous 24" to 3' whoops in the road! Some trucks will navigate this at over 90 mph.... OUCH if you dont have good shocks!! Our poor 2007 jeep had great shocks but only 8" of travel. It could only handle 19 mph though the whoops!

Over the last 2 years John has been building a specialized class 3 4x4 to be able to run at the speeds of a trophy truck but due to the economy the funding for this program ceased late last year in the middle of a half finished race project. Some of you know how wild this vehicle is... completely handbuilt with specialized metals and state of the art computer engineering.

Four weeks ago John recieved an unexpected phone call from a competitor within our pro class at Baja. He had a friend who was looking for a driver for his refurbished winning class 3 vehicle. John said No! (???!!!) Not this year... (Ha.... no one believed him!!) Work is too busy. (ok we will give him that one).

After hanging up the phone Nancy said "you should go John". Later that day Jeremy our mechanic said "Are you crazy John??? How many people in your life are going to call you up and ask you to professionally drive their race car as fast as you can in the toughest race in the world??" When John talked to Rod and Dave they were both in. 24 hours later the race was on!

Due to some circumstances out of our control the offer was off for John awhile. Rod and Dave already had a week to think about it and were not about to turn back. They signed on with Vic Curl at Trackside to help the Yokohama team.

Last Thursday while in Hawaii basking in the sun...with all race preparations stopped.... John recieved the news that the race was back on! Johns thumbs ran their own Baja1000 texting everyone he could to reestablish the team.

To be fair to Vic Curl Rod will be helping the Trackside team while Dave and John will be with JTR racing for Bob Morton in vehicle 303. So this blog will be tracking the 303 team and Rods trackside teams... race vehicle numbers to follow.

So sit back and enjoy the ride.. glad you could join us.

God Bless you all and thank you for your support.