Posts Tagged ‘BFGoodrich’

Torchmate Racing Shaffer-Motorsports team car #401 finished second in class at the 2011 Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 after completing 705 miles with an official time of 24 hours and 40 minutes through the most grueling terrain in Baja. With only 10 minutes separating them from the leader, the third leg driver Daniel Aeberli said, “We gave it everything. It was a great race at ... Full story

Roger Norman #8 Wide Open Excursions, Crystal Bay Casino Trophy Truck has always finished the Tecate SCORE Baja 1000, and the 2011 race was no different. After fighting multiple setbacks, where many would have called the race, Norman persevered to get to the finish line. “I have never not finished a Baja 1000,” said Roger Norman. “This one had a lot ... Full story

The whole experience was different than anything Norman had participated in before. The spotter was outside the car giving directions via Bluetooth headsets. There are many controls not found in a trophy truck including a transfer case for controlling front wheel and rear wheel drive, front and rear air lockers and cutting brakes. The front and rear winches are not for ... Full story

The Mint 400 was a four lap race, which meant that not only was a good start important, but that lap traffic would play a role in the final outcome regardless of position. Roger Norman and co-driver Eric Branstrom started the race with the same strategy as last year when they started and finished First: to have no mistakes or issues and keeping a ... Full story

This is going to be a very difficult race to get the truck to the finish line, it is by far the roughest 250 miles of Baja I have experienced to date,” said Norman after pre-running for 4 days. The course is a 252 mile loop west of San Felipe running through three major washes including Matomi, Huatomote and Chanate with silt, jagged rocks, ... Full story

When the green flag dropped on race day, JT Taylor and Nick Socha were incredibly quick to settle into a rhythm in the new Torchmate buggy, passing over 40 competitors in just 20 miles. When the team got to the parking lot in Outer Limits the over temp light came on and they had to work through the obstacle 100 yards at a time, ... Full story

The Lovell brothers are back for another attempt at becoming the King of the Hammers. After losing the race by a mere 28 seconds in 2010 and pulling off a 2nd place finish in last fall’s Ultra 4 Stampede, the brothers are putting everything they have behind a shot at the win. “This is our chance to get that 28 seconds back,” said Brad, “Not ... Full story

Roger Norman will have two of the best spotters in rock crawling on his team, Mike Shaffer and Lance Clifford. “Lance co-drove for me at the Baja 1000, but this is a much different tempo,” said Norman. Clifford has spotted for three national championship titles, two with Shannon Campbell, one with Mike Shaffer and was a part of the Japanese National Championship with ... Full story

Roger Norman attended last weekends SNORE Rage at the River as a test of his equipment, and had a great weekend with Fastest Qualifying on Friday, Second overall by 16 seconds on Saturday, and then did not finish on Sunday. “After we finished the Baja 1000 there were some major and minor improvements that we needed to adjust for and test,” explained Roger Norman. ... Full story

The Crystal Bay Casino #8 truck sat up on the dirt mound at the Start of the Baja 1000. Proud to be the first truck off the line, Norman Motorsports had fresh air for the first third of the race until they clipped a rock and took a quick three minutes to change the BFGoodrich tire which allowed Gus Vildosola to pass for ... Full story