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  • Superlift Outfits Discovery Channel’s Red Jacket Firearms’ 4x4s

    West Monroe, LA – Custom guns shouldn’t have to ride in stock trucks. So Superlift decided to increase the firepower on Red Jacket Firearms’ “Sons of Guns” company trucks.

    Red Jacket’s “War Wagon” 1986 Bronco and “Light Recon” 1996 Mitsubishi Mighty Max have custom bumpers and racks made byMetalforms USA. Underneath, Superlift outfitted the Bronco with its full 4-inch Twin-Traction Beam lift system and Superrunner steering correction kit. The Mighty Max has custom Superlift spring spacers. Both rigs haveRamsey winches, KC HiLites driving lights, Interco tires, American RacingATX wheels, Yukon axle gears, Magnaflow exhausts and Kicker sound systems. (more…)

  • EIBACH-60 YEARS OF EIBACH HISTORY – FROM A TINY WORKSHOP TO THE TOP OF THE WORLD

    View This Newsletter On Our Web SiteFor 60 years now, Eibach has been known as the world standard for high-quality springs. On the occasion of this milestone in Eibach history, CEO Wilfried Eibach talks about how his father, and the rest of the Eibach family, created a worldwide industry leader from humble beginnings in a small workshop. (more…)

  • Yokohama Tire-Sponsored Off-Road Drivers “Steele” Show in SCORE San Felipe Race

    FULLERTON, CA. – (Sept. 11, 2011) – It was an exceptional day for the Steele family and Yokohama Tire Corporation at the Tecate SCORE San Felipe Challenge of Champions, September 10, in San Felipe, Baja, California, Mexico. Husband and wife team Cameron and Heidi Steele put on a show with Yokohama’s Geolandar® tires. Heidi – battling severe stomach flu – won the Class 6 division (with a lot of help from co-driver and Desert Assassins teammate Rene Brugger and his son Richie), while Cameron finished fifth in the ultra-competitive Trophy Truck division, and seventh overall among all 77 racers. (more…)

  • The 2011 General Tire SNORE Mint 400 airs on Fuel TV in Sept. with a YouTube teaser release

    • The 2011 General Tire Mint 400 will air on Fuel TV Sept. 18th, 21st, 28th and 29th, with October and November airing schedules to be announced at a later date
    • Intense, action-packed General Tire Mint 400 teaser hits YouTube Sept. 8 

    Las Vegas, Nevada – (Sept. 8, 2011) – Off-road racing fans and adrenaline junkies alike don’t have to wait till Sept. 18 to catch a glimpse of the 2011 General Tire Mint 400 madness. General Tire is releasing a heart-pounding teaser on YouTube that will leave you on the edge of your seat. Directed by the Martelli Brothers and produced by Mad Media with executive producer Dana Zamalloa at the wheel, the less than two-minute clip will give you just a taste of this year’s grueling desert race. But it’s bound to leave you hungry for more.  (more…)

  • KMC’S BRYCE MENZIES WINS SECOND VICTORY AT CRANDON TORC SERIES

    Crandon, Wis. (September 5, 2011) – Bryce Menzies continues his appearances atop the podium for the second consecutive day and clenching the win in the finale of the World Championship Off-Road races.

    Menzies lined up in the sixth spot for the “Land Rush” standing start in his KMC Wheels outfitted Red Bull Mopar Ram and powered his way into second as the field reached the first turn, on a very muddy track, as rain fell throughout the nine-lap event. (more…)

  • ROCKSTAR Energy Drink’s Rob MacCachren Goes Straight From The Big House To Baja- Watch Rob MacCachren Appear on Sunday’s Wind Tunnel on SPEED

    Hundreds gathered to pay tribute to Rob Mac
     Crandon, Wisconsin is a magical place for short course racing fans.  The “Big House” is where legends are made, and this Labor Day weekend more than 40,000 people gathered at Crandon International Raceway and honored one of those legends.  ROCKSTAR Energy Drink’s Rob MacCachren is scheduled to be inducted into the Off Road Motorsports Hall of Fame next month in conjunction with the Off Road Expo in Pomona; however he did not know that he would be the center of attention at Crandon last Thursday night.  The tribute to Rob Mac’s illustrious career included colorful stories from racing legend Curt LeDuc and fellow Rough Rider Scott Taylor, as well as Crandon Raceway owner, Cliff Flannery. (more…)