The avalanche risk is part of the thrill in this macho sport where men drag-race up the mountains and ‘want to have the baddest sled in the land’
Quintin Raasch’s snowmobile bucks like an unbroken stallion, its nose and skis leaping out of the deep snow on a steep mountain slope. Snow flies as the deep paddles on the snowmobile’s track thrash the powder.
Mr. Raasch cracks the throttle, and his machine wails like a chainsaw, lunging forward into a brief moment of flight before landing back on level ground … Details
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Peugeot claimed a straightforward 1-2 finish in the Sebring 12 Hours, having taken command of the event from the start of unofficial testing. The No. 07 car of Alex Wurz, Anthony Davidson and Marc Gene took victory, just ahead of their team-mates Pedro Lamy, Sebastien Bourdais and Nicolas Minassian.
With Audi unable to gain Peugeot’s dispensation to race at Sebring in a modified version of its 2009 car that did not quite fit the 2010 rules, the French squad was the only diesel entrant and was an overwhelming pre-race favorite …Â Details
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A key component – and a major attraction to spectators – of short-course racing as practiced by the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series is the air. No, we’re not talking about the atmosphere, mixed with the lovely smells of race fuel and a bit of dust; we’re talking hang time, the big air the trucks and buggies get when they leap off the tabletop jumps.
To spectators it’s exciting, especially when you have a host of trucks coming off the jump at the same time. It appears to be a few seconds of uncontrolled chaos followed by a big thump at the end … Details
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The Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series has announced the complete 2010 SPEED television broadcast schedule. The entire SPEED package encompasses 30 hours of original programming featuring Pro 4 Unlimited, Pro 2 Unlimited, Pro Lite Unlimited and Pro Buggy Unlimited racing action.
“The relationship we enjoy with SPEED has allowed us to assemble this attractive programming package for the 2010 short course season …Â Details
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