I am not a Dangercam Damn It!
After a short break from off road racing the 2010 season opened with the BITD Parker 425 on February 4 in Parker, AZ. Technically the season starts with Laughlin but dwindling entries and a weak course means I don’t really count it. I often have close calls with race cars, in fact if I don’t [...]
Danger Cam Revisited – Now With Extra Danger!
Over the years I have often wondered what my reaction would be if I ever found myself in the situation to be looking down the muzzle of a loaded gun followed the eruption of noise and flame exiting the muzzle in my direction. Would I spring into action and fight the good fight? Would I [...]
Giving Back with Banning Motorsports
I recently received a call from Andy the Crew Chief over at Banning Motorsports about a project they were working on. Banning along with the help of many other sponsors was building a new Dual Sport buggy to be raffled off by the American Sand Association (ASA) to raise money. The car will tour the [...]
Prudent Posturing in Primm does not Pay Off
It is Saturday, September 12, 2009, 2:30 PM, raceday for the SCORE Terrible’s 300. Trophy Truck driver Robbie Pierce has just gone wheels up and I am getting jacked by a BLM Ranger again. This adventure starts two days earlier with a drive to Las Vegas. The Primm area is rapidly being shut down to [...]
Siltbeds and Rocks and Brothels! Oh My! – Vegas to Reno, The Long Way.
For 2009 Best In The Desert (BITD) decided to up the ante on its annual Vegas to Reno off road race. Traditionally it is a 1 day point to point race from Beatty to Dayton, NV and approximately 500 miles. This time it would be a three day race covering 996 miles of tough Nevada [...]
Vegas to Reno Part II
Vegas to Reno Part II About 7 years ago I drove from Tahoe to Phoenix on this same route and I have always remembered this “adult building” as it was a mobile home surrounded by freestanding roman columns. While it always made me laugh I never had a photo of it so I had to [...]
A Flock of Fourteen Fifties Flog Lucerne – MDR Night Race
After a two month break from desert racing I ventured out to Lucerne Valley, California on August 15th for the MDR California Championship Series, California 200 night race. It has been a couple of years since I shot this race and being the final night race of the season I was not going to miss [...]
Lights, Camera, Action….SHIT! No Lights!
On July 23rd I headed out to Lake Elsinore Motorsports Complex for rounds 7 and 8 of the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series (LOORRS). After holding rounds 5 and 6 at the same location in brutal 105+ degree heat and humidity the organizers decided to do this one at night in hopes that the [...]
Shooting Baja – On a 3 hour tour……A 3 hour tour.
It is 4:38PM, Saturday, June 6, 2009 – raceday for the Tecate SCORE Baja 500. I am sitting in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Erindira in Baja California, Mexico in a 15 foot panga, which is a Mexican fishing boat. The boat is heading south along the coast in 3-4 foot waves and [...]
