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  • BFGoodrich® Creates Customized Tire for 2018 Dakar Rally

    BFGoodrich® Creates Customized Tire for 2018 Dakar Rally

    Off-road racing data and engineering drove development of Alabama-manufactured BFGoodrich® All-Terrain T/A KDR2+

    GREENVILLE, S.C., Jan. 4, 2018 – BFGoodrich® Tires is seeking its 14 th overall Dakar win as it launches a custom tire to compete at the legendary off-road endurance race known for pushing vehicles, and drivers, to their limits. (more…)

  • Low Range Off-Road – Toyota Upper Front Tower Shock Mount Kit

    Low Range Off-Road – Toyota Upper Front Tower Shock Mount Kit

    Need to mount up shocks but don’t like the typical “tube style” shock hoops? These shock towers are a great alternative and offer a few added benefits compared to other similar products. Originally designed for the Samurai and, by popular demand, now available for Toyota models as well. (more…)

  • Blue C Adopts Service Members in Support of Operation Christmas Spirit 2017

    Blue C Adopts Service Members in Support of Operation Christmas Spirit 2017

    This holiday season, the Blue C team has adopted a single service member for Christmas through Operation Help a Hero’s Operation Christmas Spirit Program.  Roughly two thirds of our fighting forces are single service members. The program’s focus is to provide Christmas cheer to single service members who will spend Christmas in the barracks away from family.

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  • King Shocks’ Apdaly Lopez Wins the 50th Baja 1000

    King Shocks’ Apdaly Lopez Wins the 50th Baja 1000

    Lopez captures third straight SCORE-International points championship

    In the 50th running of the SCORE-International Baja 1000, Apdaly Lopez was first to the finish line and took home the overall win.  After spending weeks pre-running in preparation for the longest, most grueling race in off-road racing, Lopez earned his first career overall Baja 1000 victory and finished with a time of 19:53:36.312, nearly an hour faster than second place finisher.  (more…)

  • PRESTONE ANNOUNCES PARTNERSHIP WITH  PROFESSIONAL DRIVER AND TV PERSONALITY JESSI COMBS

    PRESTONE ANNOUNCES PARTNERSHIP WITH PROFESSIONAL DRIVER AND TV PERSONALITY JESSI COMBS

    The automotive industry icon will drive a truck powered by Prestone products in one of the longest off-road endurance races in the world

    Chicago, Ill. (2017) – Prestone Products Corporation, the leader in underhood chemicals, announced its partnership with automotive industry icon Jessi Combs ahead of an upcoming race in Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula, where Combs will Iron (Wo)Man 1,300 miles of off-road driving. The partnership comes after Combs hosted the unveiling of Prestone’s 90th Anniversary project car, a 1972 AMC Javelin AMX built by Ringbrothers, at the 2017 SEMA Show. (more…)

  • BFGoodrich® Tires Debuts as Title Sponsor of the SCORE Baja 1000

    BFGoodrich® Tires Debuts as Title Sponsor of the SCORE Baja 1000

    On the 50th year of the epic desert race, BFGoodrich ups the ante with a $50,000 contingency prize

    GREENVILLE, S.C., Nov. 13, 2017 – BFGoodrich® Tires will be the title sponsor of the SCORE Baja 1000, running from Nov. 14 through Nov. 18, expanding the company’s long-term commitment to desert racing and the racers who challenge themselves on the world’s toughest terrain. BFGoodrich has been associated with desert racing for more than 40 years and sees the title sponsorship as an opportunity to further its theme this year: Decades of Desert Dominance. (more…)