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2024 Road To The Mint 400: The Grabowski Brothers

Press Releases — Sat, 09 Mar 2024 17:27:51 +0000

The Grabowski Brothers climbed their way up starting in Class 5 to become a force in unlimited spec trucks winning multiple races including the Mint 400 and treacherous California 300 overall beating the unlimited trucks. The three brothers, Troy, Dustin, and Jack have become the team to beat in the spec class. Watch as they run to the 2024 BFGoodrich tires Mint 400 to back up their previous...

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Gray Leadbetter: “Whatever I Drove Last Is My Favorite Thing To Drive”

Chris Leone — Wed, 14 Jun 2023 18:27:50 +0000

At just 18 years old, North Carolina native Gray Leadbetter has already accomplished so much in her racing career. From being discovered by WRC and Global Rallycross standout Patrik Sandell as a teenager to establishing herself with some of the top teams in short course and rallycross, Leadbetter scored the biggest championship of her career last year when she took the Championship Off-Road Pro...

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Dylan Parsons: “I Hope We Can Hit The Ground Running in Pro Spec”

Chris Leone — Wed, 24 May 2023 16:49:57 +0000

One of the top names in 1600 Buggy racing in the Midwest for the better part of the past decade, Dylan Parsons will take on the growing Pro Spec category of Championship Off-Road for the 2023 season starting at Antigo Lions Roaring Raceway next month. It’s the latest step in a journey that started in Parsons’ childhood, and has taken him from convincing his parents to get back into the sport after...

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Cayden MacCachren: “I Feel One of Our Cars Will Win Every Race This Year”

Chris Leone — Tue, 25 Apr 2023 14:00:27 +0000

He’s only been racing for a few years now, but Cayden MacCachren has done plenty to live up to the legacy created by his father, Off-Road Motorsports Hall of Famer Rob MacCachren. After plenty of successes in everything from WORCS to SCORE to the California 300, the younger MacCachren was a well-deserved pick to join the all-new Polaris Factory Racing team for the 2023 SCORE World Desert...

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Rodrigo Ampudia: “We Stuck to the Plan in San Felipe”

Chris Leone — Thu, 20 Apr 2023 19:00:37 +0000

When it comes to recent results in the SCORE World Desert Championship, there aren’t a lot of drivers with more momentum right now than Rodrigo Ampudia. Racing his Ramp SXS-built Can-Am Maverick X3, Ampudia’s last two starts have seen him take a pair of Pro UTV Forced Induction podiums: a second place finish in last year’s Baja 400, and a win to kick off this year at the San Felipe 250. They’re...

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Chasing Down Johnny Greaves

Chris Leone — Fri, 23 Jul 2021 14:49:00 +0000

Few drivers in short course off-road racing can boast a resume with close to as many wins and championships as Johnny Greaves. The Wisconsin native has won everything there is to win at the highest level of the sport, multiple times—more than 30 victories at Crandon and championships across a number of sanctioning bodies are a testament to that. In recent years, he’s also gotten to share the track...

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Racer Profile: Miguel Sandoval

Kilian Hamlin — Fri, 09 Apr 2021 18:35:17 +0000

As a kid who grew up watching the offroad races with his family, Miguel Sandoval quickly wanted to get involved into the Off-Road scene, in the 90’s Miguel went to try luck in a fuel injection shop where he met Abelardo Grijalva (current SCORE race director, we did a story on him HERE) creating a long-last friendship. Grijalva started racing in Class 7sx where Miguel helped as a crew member...

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Sharing a Beer with Sombrerito Racing

Kilian Hamlin — Tue, 19 Jan 2021 08:00:00 +0000

I gotta be honest, this is a very special story for me. Ramon and Tomas Fernandez from Sombrerito Racing have a special place in my off-road heart. Sombrerito Racing is one of the greatest Class 11 teams in recent history and to me that means they are one of the greatest off-road teams in the history of off-road. The Fernandez brothers are based at La Jolla Beach Camp, just five minutes south of...

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Racer Profile: The Sourapas Brothers

Matt Martelli — Tue, 25 Aug 2020 07:00:00 +0000

Being born into off-road racing culture, twins Christian and Brett Sourapas certainly have the “Go Fast” gene, likely inherited from their father and off-road champion Steve Sourapas. Christian and Brett, grew up in the pits of off-road races watching their father race. The weekends they weren’t racing they spent going to the Gordon’s Well Sand Dunes in Imperial County, CA, a meca for off-road...

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Racer profile: Jorge Sampietro

Kilian Hamlin — Mon, 03 Aug 2020 07:00:00 +0000

Born in the US but residing in Mexico, Jorge Sampietro is a rising star in Baja. Growing up watching his family race in Class 9, he rapidly got the itch to get more involved in off-road racing. In 2008, at 13 years old he was part of his cousin’s team racing Class 9, when a few years later Sampietro’s cousin had retired. Jorge then had taken over the team, thus starting his off-road racing career.

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Racer Profile: Robby Bell

Kilian Hamlin — Mon, 27 Jul 2020 07:03:53 +0000

We recently sat down and chatted with championship racer Robby Bell. From countless wins and championships to a life altering injury, Bell no longer races professionally, but has continued to stay deeply involved in the sport that has completely shaped his life. We touch on his career, management of his race team, and how much family means to him. Off-Road Racer presents… Robby Bell Robby Bell...

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Racer Profile Austin (AJ) Jones

Matt Martelli — Thu, 16 Jul 2020 07:00:00 +0000

Son of off-road racing champion Jesse Jones, Austin or as most people call him “AJ” Jones grew up in off-road racing in the pits of his fathers race teams. AJ grew up watching his father racing short course and desert racing and quickly started driving UTV’s under the careful tutelage of his father. In 2017 AJ started navigating with his dad in the Best In The Desert series.

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