Dirtsports back issues from September 2008:
DIGITAL DIRT
Sep 01, 2008; ... So lately I've been spending most of my time focusing on this lovely thing that former vice president Al Gore invented, a.k.a. "the Internets." I'm not telling you anything you don't already know, but the Internet is and will continue to be the most effective means of disseminating ...
FINALLY!
Sep 01, 2008; ... Championship Off-Road Racing Pro 4 driver Scott Douglas had been looking for an elusive victory all season long, and at his home track of Chula Vista International Raceway during round eight of the country's premier short-course off-road racing series, he finally got it. After six podium ...
ACTIVISION TO RELEASE SCORE BAJA 1000 GAME
Sep 01, 2008; ... Activision, Inc. announced that it will be releasing the official SCORE International Baja 1000 video game version of the world's most grueling off-road race this fall. According to a release by the company, SCORE International Baja 1000 recreates the unforgiving conditions and blistering speeds ...
XRRA TITLE TO DUSENBERRY
Sep 01, 2008; ... Aaron Dusenbery arrived to the final race of the 2008 Xtreme Rock Racing Association series in Cortez, Colorado, focused on capturing the 2008 XRRA Championship. Leading by a mere five points in the standings, Dusenberry and his Team Carnage Crew were determined to fight for the event win, and ...
BANKS NAMED OFFICIAL POWER SYSTEM OF BITD
Sep 01, 2008; ... Casey Folks, director of Best in the Desert, announced that Banks Power has been named the "Official Power System" of the Best in the Desert series starting with the 2009 season. Folks made the announcement leading up to the longest race of the year, the Best in the Desert TSCO "Vegas to Reno" ...
STILL MORE TV FOR WSORR?
Sep 01, 2008; ... Hot on the heels of a successful weekend of first-ever back-to-back night races by the Lucas oil World Series of Off-Road Racing (WSORR) at Oshkosh Speedzone Raceway in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, comes the announcement of a special Lucas Oil "On the Edge" television program joining WSORR's television ...
CLAY EGAN PUTS ON DEMONSTRATION
Sep 01, 2008; ... Rock crawl and rock racing competitor Clay Egan held a demonstration at the Energy Solutions Arena in Salt Lake City, Utah, on June 9. The 36-year-old Egan, a quadriplegic with near legendary gusto for life, put on quite a show in his Clay Egan Racing/Wyotech/Tuff Shed rock buggy before a large ...
DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS
Sep 01, 2008; ... A couple errors soiled our August 2008 issue, the most heinous coming in our coverage of the Tecate SCORE Baja 500. So, how many of you spotted the fact that the headline and author credit was absent from the opening spread of the story? A file error very late in the production process caused ...
CHAMPIONS PAIR UP FOR W.E. ROCK GRAND NATIONALS
Sep 01, 2008; ... Team Rock Runner Racing's Jason Paule will be pairing up with recently retired Tracy Jordan to compete in the nation's most competitive crawl of the year, the W.E. Rock Grand Nationals in Hannibal, Missouri. Paule will be piloting the two-seat rear-steer car owned by Jordan, who will serve as ...
2008 TATTERSALL'S FINKE DESERT RACE
Sep 01, 2008; ... JUNE 8-9, 2008 Over the last 30 years, the Tattersall's Finke Desert Race has grown to become the "Holy Grail" of the Australian OffRoad Racing Championship. What started as a bike race amongst Alice Springs locals has developed into the highest profile off-road race in Australia, ...
COURAGE AND HEROISM
Sep 01, 2008; ... WHILE FIGHTING THE BATTLE OF HIS LIFE, TEAM HONDA'S BRUCE OGILVIE RESCUED JOHNNY CAMPBELL'S FUTURE. NOW CAMPBELL IS RESCUING OGILVIE RIGHT BACK. Just like every other form of human activity. God has staked his place in off-road racing. Make no mistake. Whatever views one might ...
ROOKIES IN THE BIG HOUSE
Sep 01, 2008; ... HOW TRAXXAS ROCKED CHAIRMAN'S CUP AT CRANDON When the nameTraxxas is mentioned in off-road circles, it conjures images of radio-controlled monster trucks such as theT-Maxx and Revo, or stadium trucks like the Rustler. However,Traxxas is changing that first impression by going from ...
EYE IN THE SKY
Sep 01, 2008; ... IRITRACK GPS ADDS SAFETY TO OFF-ROAD AND MORE During the 2004 Dakar Rally, racer Steve Myers ran into some trouble - serious trouble. Off course and out of gas, Myers was stranded in the desert with any real hope of retrieval looking very bleak. After a short time, Myers was surprised by ...
OUTSTANDING STANDOUTS
Sep 01, 2008; ... NICOLE JOHNSON AND JOHNSON MOTORSPORTS ARE HOPING TO BECOME AN UNCOMMON NAME IN THE SPORT OF ROCK CRAWLING Johnson is the second most common name in the USA, and with such a generic name you would think that a team with the name Johnson Motorsports would blend in with the competition ....
SAFETY FIRST PART TWO
Sep 01, 2008; ... HOW MAKING INFORMED DECISIONS ON YOUR SAFETY EQUIPMENT CAN HELP YOU FROM GETTING BURNED On November 4,1967, Vie Wilson and Ted Mangels won the inaugural Mexican 1000 by traveling 849 miles down the BaJa California peninsula in 27 hours and 38 minutes, for an average speed of 30.724 mph ....
Back 2 Cedar
Sep 01, 2008; ... W.E. ROCK'S RETURN ENGAGEMENT W.E. Rock returned to Utah's Cedar City, a.k.a. "Festival City," for yet another exciting rounf of rock crawling, only this time W.E. Rock was hoping to draw a bigger crown by pulling fans from another of Cedar City's signature events. Over the lasr ...
SHOCK BUYER'S GUIDE
Sep 01, 2008; ... A LOOK AT SOME OF THE COOLEST SHOCKS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE When it comes to off-road vehicles, any number of parts could be argued as being the single most important. But in reality, everything that makes up an off-road vehicle works in tandem like a symphony of technological ingenuity ....
PROJECT PLUG N' PLAY ALUMI CRAFT: PART II
Sep 01, 2008; ... GEARING UP OUR MENDEOLA S5D WITH WEDDLE INDUSTRIES & RANCHO PERFORMANCE At some point in any automotive project, there comes a time when the endless planning, the online research and the endless daydreaming come to a halt. Nothing gets built without putting the Coors Light-flavored ...
Pre-Runner Dunrite
Sep 01, 2008; ... REGIE DUNLAP AND DESERT DYNAMICS TEAM UP TO MAKE STEVE STAATS A VERY HAPPY MAN When it comes to the build-up and race prep of high-quality off-road trucks and racecars, Regie Dunlap of Oak Hills, California, just seems to be one of those go-to guys in the Off-Road Nation. The ...
SCOTT BRIDGES
Sep 01, 2008; ... BUILDING THE BRAND He's not quite the International Man of Mystery, but Scott Bridges' 43 years can fairly be described as interesting and adventurous. After having started and sold businesses while living everywhere from Maui to Europe, Bridges is now firmly planted back in the Southern ...
WHAT'S next
Sep 01, 2008; ... LIVORSI RACE, MEGA SERIES GAUGES Livorsi's new series of Mega and Race performance gauges are designed to handle the abuse that off-road vehicles dish out. Livorsi offers the new gauges in a variety of colors, and they feature plug-in connectors to simplify installation. The plug-in ...
HOUR GLASS
Sep 01, 2008; ... DATELINE: November, 1973 Location: Baja California, Mexico THE BACKSTORY: Veteran race photographer Jim Ober was standing on the side of the road in Baja, doing his thing, snapping action shots of competitors in the 1973 Baja 500 when a red, white and yellow BRE ...