Posts Tagged ‘TORCHMATE’

JT Taylor loses it on Monarch Mountain! JT is no stranger to risk as anyone that has followed his career will tell you, but this one could have been a lot worse. I am sure that was a ten on the pucker factor scale! Wickedmag.com Brian Gray. read the official media release below. JT Taylor participated in the third race of the Colorado Hill ... Full story

JT Taylor is one of those guys everyone likes, and anyone can talk with. JT served our Country in Iraq and started a racing career when he returned. Below is his history making run on Pikes Peak Hill Climb. Check it out and be sure to watch the videos. Congrats to you JT! Brian Gray Wickedmag.com 2010 JT Taylor Places First and Creates History at Pike ... Full story

I think WE Rock should do more night events. A few years ago they held a killer night event in Henderson Nevada at the Fiesta Casino! The event was my first night crawl. We had some difficulties covering it with stills and video but it was a huge success. We Rock is always unique and entertaining! Wickedmag.com Brian Gray. Check out the official release below. Full story

We Rock at Donner Ski Ranch! This is the one event in the middle of summer that is a sweet break! The weather up there is cool to say the least, the lodge accommodating and a good time for all. I have to admit I was attending another off-road race on father’s ... Full story

After a long and successful 2009 campaign, the racing season for the Torchmate team has concluded with the BITD Henderson Desert Classic. The race was seemingly simple compared to the challenges of the Baja 1000 yet still an extremely rough and dusty course. The team of Greg Jones and Nick Socha would start the 240 mile, 4 lap race. Lap races cause the course to ... Full story

The Baja 1000 is the toughest off-road race in the world. Some are longer and some are rougher, but no other competition creates the same challenge. The race is equally hard to explain. It is frustrating, rewarding, threatening, hospitable, exhausting, and beautiful all at the same time. There is triumph, injury, breakage, and even death. Full story

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

This weekend I stood on the side lines in Reno and watched as Bill and Brad drove through nearly impossible courses, but what I was most amazed at was the wives and mothers that stood on the sidelines and cringed at every cone mowed and hung their heads low when transmissions blow-up just 20 feet from the finish (as is the case for Bill and ... Full story

The adventure of Baja racing is more extreme though and I once again felt the hair raising thrill that I have spent years attempting to numb. Full story