Posts Tagged ‘Roger Lovell’

Casey Folks of Best in the Desert says, “Life is an adventure. Come live your adventure with Best in the Desert.” It’s not just a slogan. Adventure is the one word I come back to time and again to describe off-road racing. Things can be going smoothly before a dramatic change occurs and all is thought lost. Full story

the Lovell brothers put the hammer down at the XRRA finals in Colorado. Full story

The team’s domination played out under the stifling hot sun of Oroville, CA at the last We-Rock Western event before the Grand Nationals in Farmington, NM. The “man-enhanced” course proved brutal on both man and machine. The sharp edges mangled axles and nearly sent spotter Mike Shaffer to the hospital with a cut wrist. Full story

While most racers chose to have a second person in the truck, Roger Lovell made the call to tackle the race solo. “I wanted to see what I could do and push the limit while only risking my own neck,” recalled Roger. The decision was an important one to make as the unforgiving gap jumps stretch out to 35 ft. Roger became increasingly confident from ... Full story

Ray Mandel and Andrea Mecham were first up. Mandel took the lead then lost his gas cap while taking on the first hill. His spotter quickly ran to get another cap while Andrea struggled off to the side with some difficult rocks. The spotter returned to the scene, jumped in the rig finishing with a 1:51. The crowd roared at their amazing victory. Full story