While in Phoenix for spring training, Tim Lincecum took the opportunity to meet up with champion TORC off-road truck driver Bryce Menzies at Firebird Raceway. After suiting up, Lincecum went for a wild ride in Menzies’ 800 horsepower Trophy Truck, sliding through turns and catching air over the jumps. But it’s one thing to take a ride, and quite another to do the driving yourself
I was halfway home from from the Baja 250 just outside of Yuma when a text came in.
Some background for those who don’t know me, I drive a freight liner and tow a big ol’ enclosed “vendor” trailer for Super Duty Headquarters” (SDHQ). We drag this beast around to all the stateside races and sell parts, safety equip, go pros, videos t-shirts etc. I am one of the few people in the world who get paid to go to races and I love it  … More
Nissan’s ad campaign for the Frontier has the pickup engaging in absurd and impossible stunts like snowboarding, dune-riding and catching an airplane wheel in the bed of the truck. The commercials are, in word, terrible. Let’s use physics to show you why.
Watching Nissan’s series of wildly hyperbolic ads for their Frontier pickup, it’s hard not to imagine  … More