Baja 500/1000 Trophy Trucks

[Captain Ahab Jr]

As this board has a wealth of knowledge.....

Hoping there are a few desert racing enthusiasts on here that can help point me in the right direction as I'm a complete newbie to this category of racing

Found a couple of Trophy Truck chassis builders that look like they're serious about winning

Brenthel Industries and 1nine Industries, sure there must be more

Really interested in approaching the right people/companies to explore if there might be any opportunities of applying some of my motorsport experience to help improve their racing performance/results

[dlockhart]

just a fan

the multi stage suspension is very cool/nuts to see in action. I often go to Jean dry lake with my bike and there is a whoop section of the mint that parallels the road to the cement plant. I have been there several times and watched them test. Blast down the whoops, return to their truck, make changes and repeat. Cool to sit on my bike 30' off the track and feel the trucks blast by.

[herr_oberst]

what a cool video! 8 minutes of nothing but what you want to see and hear. The truck tailgating right on the bumper at full throttle made ME pucker! How'd you like to be the driver in front!? (I'm assuming he was doing that to avoid the roostertail?)

[cjh]

Check w/ Robbie Gordon.

[Tobra]

Right now there is a crew out there that has no idea how lucky they just got

[dlockhart]

Originally Posted by herr_oberst

what a cool video! 8 minutes of nothing but what you want to see and hear. The truck tailgating right on the bumper at full throttle made ME pucker! How'd you like to be the driver in front!? (I'm assuming he was doing that to avoid the roostertail?)

I discovered the channel looking for mint 400 bike videos. The car stuff is cool too.

A little F1 tie-in for the captain

[unclebilly]

I think the tailgating is to stay ahead of the dust cloud.

[dlockhart]

A interesting vid. They don't let on too much, but I'm guessing electronically controlled / adjusted damping.
Some cool onboard in the truck around Jean NV.
You have to like riding sand. Other than the dry lake, lots of sand.

[3rd_gear_Ted]

I have done chase support for Class 12 & Class 1 Buggies in multiple Baja 1000's since the 90's .
Going to find a broken race car in the middle of Baja @ zero dark thirty and getting it going again is a lot of fun and different than the Paddock @ COTA.

Base logistics in the local area by Ensenada is where I can help you, give me a PM, I have a complete garage for race support in a gated guarded community if you hook up with a team.

The race is one thing, but the party on the Herbst Bros. yacht in Cabo is the best part.
My brother & I drive the big rig back from Cabo and have a great vacation on the teams dime.

Robby Gordon has his shop in Orange CA and others are in the region.
The Mexican teams is where the opportunity is most likely, they are really upping their game.

[Captain Ahab Jr]

Thanks Ted and thanks Paul and Jeff, very kind of you to think of me

This video of Brenthel's shop made me think about Trophy Trucks, really impressive set up

https://youtu.be/NxybpOCkuqs?si=xpEIMrjO0AA7OnvO

Really like some of the design/engineering on this truck from 1Nine Industries

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6HQRFqvdfl/?igsh=NTdleHYwMmo1czc=

https://www.race-dezert.com/home/1nine-industries-trophy-truck-251747.html

Trying my best to imerse myself in this parallel motorsport universe in an attempt to grasp the huge challenges involved in this type of racing

Kind of reminds me of land based Class 1 Offshore powerboat racing ie beyond impressive

Both defy the laws of physics to travel so fast in such rough/harsh conditions

[dlockhart]

The season getting rolling and the terrain sucks horsepower. Never enough.

[Captain Ahab Jr]

Group B extreme type racing is alive and well

Love it that this type of ball out, foot to the floor, mentalist motorsport can still exsist

[dlockhart]

KOH 25

[3rd_gear_Ted]

^^^^ Its a learned skill from driving in Baja on how to design balance into the vehicle to allow high speed jumps. Note how they do the short course races with the Baja spare tire package which is part of the vehicle balance.

First words you learn in Baja while doing chase support; TOPE & VADO (speed bump & speed booby trap), the locals have a way of adding a degree of chaos to the course that is unlike any other form of racing. The wild west still exists with 700 HP now instead of 1 HP.

[dlockhart]

When you run out of HP on the jump face.

[Cajundaddy]

A couple of guys from my hood have played this game for a long time, Larry Roeseler probably being the most successful. There is a lot of money and cutting edge R&D going on out there and I suspect the barriers to entry are significant if you plan to win.

Best of luck!

[Captain Ahab Jr]

Thanks, Cajandaddy

Good to know money is being spent on R and D as this is the area I'm sure I'll be able to add the most value to

Already booked flights to SEMA, hoping to visit/meet up with a few manufacturers/teams to discuss ways in which I could help

Been taking winning seriously since 1995, with a bit of luck, might just reach 100x F1 wins this year

Fully expecting barriers as I'll be just a desert racing newbie and pavement racing older timer

[Cajundaddy]

Originally Posted by Captain Ahab Jr

Thanks, Cajandaddy

Good to know money is being spent on R and D as this is the area I'm sure I'll be able to add the most value to

Already booked flights to SEMA, hoping to visit/meet up with a few manufacturers/teams to discuss ways in which I could help

Been taking winning seriously since 1995, with a bit of luck, might just reach 100x F1 wins this year

Fully expecting barriers as I'll be just a desert racing newbie and pavement racing older timer

Success in F1 should translate well to Baja competition and you might just fall in love with it. Prepare to get dirty.

[Captain Ahab Jr]

Originally Posted by Cajundaddy

Success in F1 should translate well to Baja competition and you might just fall in love with it. Prepare to get dirty.

should be plenty of cross over but suspension travel/ride height won't be one of them

[astrochex]

Originally Posted by Captain Ahab Jr

Thanks, Cajandaddy

Good to know money is being spent on R and D as this is the area I'm sure I'll be able to add the most value to

Already booked flights to SEMA, hoping to visit/meet up with a few manufacturers/teams to discuss ways in which I could help

Been taking winning seriously since 1995, with a bit of luck, might just reach 100x F1 wins this year

Fully expecting barriers as I'll be just a desert racing newbie and pavement racing older timer

Cool, hope you have a blast in the LV. Please let us know how things go.

Would love to hear your CV pitch.