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Mike Vanden Heuvel to drive the #77 Pro 2wd for the 2011 TRAXXAS TORC Series
In 2010, Mike Vanden Heuvel more than proved himself a worthy opponent, winning the Limited 2WD Championship his first year ever in a truck. If that wasn’t enough, he also captured more wins and more points than anyone else in TORC, as well as earning the 2010 Sportsman Driver of the Year Award. All this […]
Zone Offroad Products Introduces The 1988-98 Chevy/GMC 1/2-Ton Truck 6? Suspension Lift Kit
Introducing the latest addition to the line of Chevy and GMC products, Zone Offroad is proud to release the new 6? suspension lift for ’88-98 K1500 trucks. This 6? system is an affordable lift solution offering a smooth ride and increased offroad capabilities. The kit utilizes 1-piece upper control arm drop brackets to correct balljoint […]
Roger Norman Rock Crawls For the Win at W.E. Rock
Roger Norman took the Pro Modified Win in the Torchmate Racing Pro Mod #8 rock crawler at only his second appearance in the W.E. Rock Western Pro Nationals. “I felt better having the one competition under my belt,” said successful Trophy-Truck racer Roger Norman. “I came knowing this was one of the hardest sets of […]
Torchmate Racing Ken Blume and Rusty Bray Compete in W.E. Rock Eastern Pro Series First Round This Weekend
Torchmate Racing Ken Blume and Rusty Bray will compete in this weekends W.E. Rock Eastern Pro Series National event in Dayton, TN. The opening round for the Eastern Series, both Ken Blume and Rusty Bray will be focused on winning the Pro Mod class and setting the stage for the rest of the season. Ken […]
W.E. Rock Western Pro Nationals Breaks All Barriers Setting Records in Oroville, CA Round 2
The second round of the W.E. Rock Western Pro Nationals concluded last weekend in Oroville, CA at the Urban Assault area at Surplus City. Brent Bradshaw took the Unlimited Class win in an epic battle to the end, and Roger Norman earned the Pro Mod class win in his rookie season. Victor Buress has his […]
Campbell Enterprises at the Bilek Silver State 300
Nick Campbell jumps into the driver seat of the Dynomax Performace Exhaust Class 1500 #1554 for the Best in the Desert/Bilek Silver State 300. Nick handed over Co-driving duties to long time friend and teammate Jason Berger. Together these two make quite the team. Taking off the line in the 44th position it wasn’t long […]
Ross Kenseth Wins ASA Season Opener with Roush Yates Power
Ross Kenseth, son of Ford NASCAR driver Matt Kenseth, is following in his dads footsteps in more ways than one. At the age of 17, Ross recently won the season opener for the American Speed Association at Madison (Wisc.) International Speedway driving the same technology and performance his dad utilizes every week in NASCAR’s premier […]
Sacalas’ Big Ugly “2.0” Proves Fast at Silver State 300
Best in the Desert Silver State 300 wasn’t the race that Kevin Sacalas of Big Ugly Racing was hoping for, but it did prove beyond a doubt, that his new car is fast; very fast. By the first check point, Sacalas had a 45 second lead on the next Ultra4 car being driven by 2011 […]
GenRight Off-Road Finished the BITD Silver State 300 in 3rd Place
Coming off of a second place finish at the 2011 Griffin King of the Hammers Tony Pellegrino and the GenRight team were ready to get back in the seat and go racing again. As race day grew closer the anticipation continued to grow. It all started with the results from the starting position draw where […]
Roush Yates Powers Sprint, Drag, and Dirt Racing Wins
Roush Yates experienced a weekend full of wins with their grassroots racing engines built and serviced at Roush Yates’ Performance Engine Group division. Johnny Bridges, Jeff Swindell and Mitch Runge brought home Sprint Car victories, Brian Williams won his first ever Big Dog trophy at Piedmont Dragway, and Rick Eckert earned his first win of […]