Your Basic Masterpiece Scott Gailey's GET Performance Class 10 buggy is radically simple and simply radical May 1, 2008 By: Scott Rousseau

While he may not share the family legacy of, say, Robby Gordon, Evan Evans or Todd LeDuc, Scott Gailey was probably equally destined to become an off-road racer, and his VW-powered GET Performance Class 10 Buggy was all but preordained to become a Masterpiece in Metal.

Million-Dollar Monster Robby Gordon's Off-Road Dakar Hummer Apr 1, 2008 By: Scott Rousseau

What happens when you spend over $1 million on a vehicle built specifically to dominate just one race on planet Earth, and then drop another $2-3 million into the logistics of ferrying that vehicle halfway around said planet to the starting line of the race, only to have the race organizer cancel the event at the 11th hour? You end up with Robby Gordon's Monster Energy-backed Hummer H3, a seven-figure showcar that's as much an exercise in frustration as it is a worthy Masterpiece in Metal.

First Edition MasterCraft's Jimco Chevrolet is Both a Perfect 10 and a Number One Mar 1, 2008 By: Scott Rousseau

If you are at all familiar with this magazine or have ever set foot in the desert during an off-road race, then the name Jimco should require no introduction.

Probably more so than any other type of vehicle, the single-seat buggy is the historical platform in the history of off-road racing. Drino Miller and Vic Wilson provided the genesis by flogging a single-seater of Miller's own design to victory in the 1970 Baja 1000, and a young Ivan Stewart earned his "Ironman" moniker in a single-seat car. Times change, and the trucks may have taken over, but make no mistake: the buggy has kept its place in the hearts of the Off-Road Nation. And manufacturers such as Alumi Craft are keeping alive the venerable single-seat concept started by legendary companies such as Chenowth and Funco.

T Force Motorsports is all about doing things correctly. In the past, the company campaigned a Wide Open Baja Challenge buggy under the name of its parent company, Chupacabra Racing. It was there that its owner, Dan Friedkin, received the insight into what it takes to mount a full-scale competitive effort. The Friedkin family are long-time Toyota dealership owners as well as avid outdoorsmen; they even have experience as stunt pilots. To say that the Friedkins are thrill-seekers is an understatement, but it should also be noted they've always been professional in their business-outlook and demeanor. Now, T Force has put that hard-won knowledge and professionalism into its latest effort, the 2007 Toyota Tundra Trophy-Truck you see before you. In keeping with the company's Toyota roots, the T Force Tundra is the first Toyota powered Trophy-Truck since Ivan Stewart's back in 2000.

For years, Dean Bulloch and his trusty little Suzuki Samurai have been at the top of the Pro Modified class. While his Suzuki has always seemed hopelessly outgunned by vehicles with more than double the horsepower, the Sammy was a perfect match for Dean's cool and calculated approach to the rocks.

In every sport there are icons that not only define an era, but are also unparalleled in their timelessness. Their image, be it people or machinery, somehow transcend the past to become treasures of today. Proving this also holds true in off-road racing is the unmistakable beauty and grace of Parnelli Jones' priceless Big Oly Bronco–a machine worthy of the term "icon."

There may be nothing more American than the idea of fair play. As Americans, we believe everyone should be able to compete on a level playing field, where the difference between winning and losing simply comes down to the victor being the one who is better, tougher and faster.

After 25 years of treating other people's race frames, Jeff Davis decided he wanted something more. So when it came time to envision his 2003 Ford Ranger in off-road trim, he saw it as a prerunner–a modified rig he could roll through the desert in, without having to give up the finer things in life such as air conditioning. However, Davis' longtime association with Sandy Cone, Baja winner and owner of Cone Industries, helped Davis' thinking evolve even more. A call went out to Mike Normile of Normile Concepts in Atascadero, Calif., and such was the birth of Davis' race truck. Working closely with Cone on the overall design, Normile retained the stock Ford frame rails but supplanted them with a hand-built, 4130-chromoly tubular chassis, resulting in a chassis and suspension system that would be more at home in The Museum of Modern Art than in the desert.