Greg Foutz has been turning production Ford pickups into Baja 1000 beasts since the mid-1990s. When Ford wants to put a pickup through the gauntlet in the desert, Foutz spins the wrenches and makes it happen. Last year, the phone rang at Foutz Motorsports—Ford wanted to do something different. With the aluminum-bodied F-150 headed for production and an all-new 2.7-liter EcoBoost V6 coming to the order sheet, the company wanted to race a 2015 F-150 in the 2013 Baja 1000. The catch? No one could see the new truck before it was unveiled in Detroit … More
Archive for the ‘Off-road auto & ATV’ Category
The best of extreme motor sport from all around the world! A compilation with only the best of all the crazy things what we filmed in 2013!
Including:
Formula Offroad, Bålstad, Sweden
Torc series, MI
Huck Fest, Pismo Beach, CA
Rock Bouncing, Gray Rock Cable Hill, AL
Formula Offroad, Ler, Norway
Drag Racing, US 131 Motorsport Park, MI
Mud Race, MI
Formula Offroad, Skien, Norway
Sand Dunes, Silver Lake, MI
Sand Dunes, Glamis, CA
Nani Roma won the Dakar Rally as X-raid Mini teammate Stephane Peterhansel slowed on the final stage.
Roma led the majority of the event after a variety of dramas dropped main rivals Peterhansel, Nasser Al-Attiyah and Carlos Sainz back during the opening days.
Peterhansel recovered from nearly 40 minutes behind to catch Roma with three stages left, but … More
The path to the podium was not easy. The much-ballyhooed polar vortex dropped the temperatures early in the week, setting the frigid tone for Frozen Rush. Temperatures hovered in the single digits all week in Newry, Maine, keeping the ski slopes blanketed in snow throughout the competition. The first practice day was on Wednesday, where most of the drivers first had the opportunity to drive on the ski slopes and Thursday was qualifying.
On race day Friday, over 10,000 spectators lined up along the course carved out of the mountain that’s normally a ski slope. The format of the head-to-head festivities was a bracketed, single-elimination with two drivers on the course at the same time. Each race consists … More