Race or Chase?

[Jim Oaks]

That's the question.

Is there anyone here that either races or chases in the desert? If so, what sanctioning body (BITD, SCORE, etc) and what class?

Also, if you fit in to either catagory, post up a pic of your ride or a link to you or your teams site.

Let's see who's out there.

[BDAB]

are you building a Desert truck Jim? is that what TRS 3 is going to be?

[Jim Oaks]

Who me?

We don't have any deserts in Ohio.

[BDAB]

you mean you don't have fantasies about conquering the baja 1000?

[ckblum]

Heck I even do and I live in the coast mountains.

Are you putting together another page or something? You've been asking quite a few questions in the "PreRunners" forum lately :icon_thumby:

[84projectFORD]

i think he is more interested than anything.

We race and chase. At first we raced a yamaha rhino in BITD under the pro class and some of the Whiplash sieres here in AZ.

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f88/james450r/l_35afb234143972481f9d6caad4dcfc70.jpg
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f88/james450r/080320_111935.jpg
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f88/james450r/080320_224515.jpg

we chase with my diesel when needed and it also is the rescue vehicle

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f88/james450r/my%20truck/23.jpg
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f88/james450r/my%20truck/PICT0067-1.jpg

And now i am buildin my 84 ranger into a full race truck. I will be racing some BITD (when i can afford it) under the 1450/7 open class and Whiplash.

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f88/james450r/48.jpg
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f88/james450r/53.jpg
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f88/james450r/080622_160917.jpg
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f88/james450r/080622_160939.jpg

[ckblum]

Oh buddy that Rhino is sick. You should post some more of it, I think it would still fit pretty good in the prerunner forum since it's all long travel and custom fabricated.

When I finish my aircraft fab course I hope I'll have enough money to build a decent truck and race up in Kamloops. Hopefully by then they have some kind of long distance/semi-long distance race going on. I also wanted to try out some RallyCross and buy an old VW or something and just beat it for fun.

[Jim Oaks]

Building a race truck in Ohio is a pretty costly dream. If the cost didn't break you, the long haul out and back would. Especially to do something you've never experienced first hand.

I would like to go out and see a race first hand though.

My purpose of this topic was to see how many people we actually have around here involved in desert racing.

[84projectFORD]

jim if you make it out here hopefully ill have the ranger done by then and id be more than happy to give you a ride in her at the price of a sticker lol. but seriously the offer is out there for ya. hell if its even a whiplash race i might eve let ya be my co-pilot lol

ckblum here are a few more pics. I built the car at JaggedX when i worked there over a summer. If you go to www.jaggedx.com and look up therace rhinos or custom rhinos the build pics should be in there. here are some from me painting the whole frame last spring break and some other ones. it is for sale by the way lol

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f88/james450r/080320_111728.jpg
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f88/james450r/080320_111835.jpg
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f88/james450r/080320_111908.jpg
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f88/james450r/080320_111921.jpg
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f88/james450r/080320_111935.jpg
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f88/james450r/080320_224432.jpg

tear down and build up

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f88/james450r/P71800011.jpg
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f88/james450r/P71000131.jpg
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f88/james450r/P71000091.jpg
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f88/james450r/P53001161.jpg
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f88/james450r/P52601091.jpg
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f88/james450r/P52601041.jpg
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f88/james450r/AVI_150-361.jpg
this last pic is of our first win. we had a broken clutch,broken LR axle, RR tire goin flat(by the time we got off the podium it was flat), dead batt, ran way too hot (220-230) for 150 miles, and had no power due tot he clutch bein stuck open insead of expanding back and forth like it should (CVT drive system) lol. it was awesome

[fordwheelinman]

is that where they unveiled the new raptor?

[84projectFORD]

is that where they unveiled the new raptor?

what do you mean?

[hutch]

he might be talkin about this

http://www.leftlanenews.com/ford-f-150-raptor.html