On January 10, 2014, a stampeding herd of 900-horsepower trucks will attack Maine’s Sunday River ski resort for Red Bull Frozen Rush. Eight off-road drivers in Pro4 race trucks will square-off in head-to-head combat on a snow-covered mountain slope normally reserved for skiers and snowboarders. It’s snowsports, redefined.
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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
Luxury takes on new meaning when one attempts to live out of one’s car and, on road trips, it can be especially tricky to navigate your increasingly shrinking living space. But master a few simple rules of the road and you’ll save both time and money so you can get where you’re going faster—and enjoy the road how it’s meant to be enjoyed: by car. Here, a few suggestions for making the most of your auto-shelter:
Bring along the baby wipes and dryer sheets
The first thing to go on a road trip? That fresh, just-showered scent. Baby wipes are … More