Bacon Sizzles at USAC Race at Indy
USAC took over Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Wednesday and Thursday, September 5 and 6, to christen the Brickyard’s first dirt-track race.
USAC took over Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Wednesday and Thursday, September 5 and 6, to christen the Brickyard’s first dirt-track race.
When you think about racing, what comes to mind? Is it big stock cars going around an asphalt track for hundreds of miles? Maybe you think of large nitrous vehicles going hundreds of miles an hour down a mile-long drag strip? How about racing on two wheels on a treacherous wooded trail?
Everyone knew going into the 2018 running of Best in the Desert’s General Tire “Vegas to Reno” presented by Fox that this event would be exciting, but nobody anticipated just how intense the competition would be.
Whether it was trucks or UTVs, the winners of the Baja 500 all dominated their respective classes.
In certain areas of the USA, UTV racing is the most popular form of racing there is. One reason is that it’s the only type of professional racing that will allow someone with a “9-5” to be competitive at the professional level.
“We’re gonna do it right for the NORRA race this year.” That was what Don “The Snake” Prudhomme said regarding his return to the notorious Yokohama NORRA Mexican 1000 desert race in 2018. And he wasn’t lying!
If you could only choose one desert race to take on, we have a suggestion: Go to the Mint 400, The Great American Off-Road Race.
While most of those involved in the sport are brave, there are very few like this year’s Baja 1000 PRO MOTO IRONMAN winner, Jeff Benrud.
The Team TORQ Locker had a couple goals this season, the first was to be able to prove the durablility and quality of the new Torq Locker. The next goal was simply for driver Erik Jokinen to get familiar with the the vehicle and the type of racing.
The Polaris RZR Mint 400 Presented by BF Goodrich Tires is billed as the “Great American Off-Road Race.” This makes the announcement of the Grand Marshall for the event a big surprise to many people.