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        On a light breezy Saturday morning with the sun keeping it around 80F, the teams unpacked trailers and setup. Radio crews and volunteers had been busy getting ready for the four new miles of road that would bring competitors excitement and smiles for the rest of the day. This new section [...]

Day three and four use new roads and new areas of Baja not seen by competitors before.

Map of Day Two of NORRA Mexican 1000 2012. Starting in Bay of Los Angeles and finishing in Loreto.  Crossing from the gulf side over to the tide pools of the Pacific side and then back again to the Gulf.

The NORRA Mexican 1000 starts this morning with over 100 bikes and cars crossing the line. The entries represent over 40 years of racing history on the Baja Peninsula.

  COLORADO SPRINGS, CO APRIL 22, 2012  – JT Taylor will be taking the Torchmate / Tube Shark Ultra4 car south of the border to compete in the four day 2012 General Tire NORRA Mexican 1000 Race. This will be the first effort for an Ultra4 car to compete in this style of race. “This [...]

New Product, Same Price: Race-Keeper Releases 10Hz GPS Systems Race-Keeper announced today the immediate availability of its new Race-Keeper SE-10 and Race-Keeper HE-10 systems. The two new systems feature upgraded electronics, including an all new 10 Hz GPS engine. Race-Keeper’s new, robust GPS engine delivers 2.5x the number of data points of the previous Race-Keeper [...]

You shift into top gear and plant the throttle. Strange looking plants, native cacti, and chaparral blur past your windows. At the crest of the next hill you can see the valley floor of Mojave expand out hundreds of miles ahead of you. You have only seconds to enjoy the view as you negotiate the [...]

Knoxville, TN, USA, February 14, 2012 Today Rally West Virginia formally announced its new date for the 2012 season. The race will be returning to Snowshoe Mountain for two days of racing at the end of July. Friday July 27th and Saturday July 28th will witness the roar of race engines and the excitement of [...]

– Longer New Route, Cabo Finish and More To Redefine Unique Event — January 24, 2012: In today’s new age of off-road competition that has promoters fighting over an economy-strained group of racers, the National Off-Road Racing Association (NORRA) is taking a different course in preparations for it’s upcoming Mexican 1000 Rally – it’s working [...]

Bilstein has just announced their new line of Universal 46mm Motorsports Struts. These are equivalent to existing 50mm struts offered by most other companies. Final price points have not been set yet, but these should be very competitively priced against others in this market. Parts should be available as soon as March of 2012 and [...]