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On This Week’s Show: Desert Explorer Billy Creech Toyota Land Cruiser is Dead Top Selling Trucks of 2020 Welcome back! The guys are excited to release their first episode of 2021 and welcome explorer Billy Creech to the podcast to talk about the Eastern Mojave Heritage Trail and exploring the Mojave in his modified View the full article

On This Week’s Show: Jeremiah Proffitt’s Resurrection Land Cruisers 2021 Ford F-150 Hybrid truck review with Truck Trend’s Jason Gonderman Know Your Note Come along for the ride with Jeremiah Proffitt of Proffitt’s Resurrection Land Cruisers and hear all about Toyota Land Cruisers and Mega Cruisers from one of the premier restorers in the country. View the full article

On This Week’s Podcast: 2020’s Parting Gift Enjoy 50 minutes of TSP mediocrity that you’ll never get back! The guys sneak in one last episode for the year to go over forgotten messages and talk about their favorite shows of 2020. Check Out Your Favorite Shows of 2020: Finnegan’s Six-Door Fummins Truck: Episode 112 of View the full article

Beard Motorsports on Thursday announced Gragson will drive the team’s No. 62 Chevrolet and attempt to make the field for the Feb. 14 Daytona 500. The team runs a partial schedule so Gragson, who won his first Xfinity Series race at Daytona last season, will have to make the field through time trials or his 150-mile qualifying race. Brendan Gaughan, a Las Vegas native who made 17 Cup Series ...Keep reading View the full article

Starting third on the road, Peterhansel grabbed an early lead in the shortened 464km test between Alula and Yanbu, heading X-raid Mini teammate Carlos Sainz and the PH Sport Peugeot of Khalid Al Qassimi. While both Sainz and Al Qassimi enjoyed brief stints in the lead later on, Peterhansel remained predominantly at the top throughout the stage, arriving at the final waypoint with an advantage ...Keep reading View the full article

Sunderland scored his first stage win of the 2021 Dakar on the shortened 464km Al Ula-Yanbu stage, more than halving the 10-minute deficit he faced to Honda man Benavides. The British rider, who is chasing a second Dakar win, took control at the 215km mark and from there extended an advantage of 2m40s over Husqvarna's Pablo Quintanilla. Benavides was third-fastest, dropping 6m24s on ...Keep reading View the full article

Based out of the city of Rovaniemi, and taking place from February 26-28 in temperatures that can dip to -30 degrees Celsius, Arctic Rally Finland will be the calendar’s sole snow meeting after Rally Sweden was called off due to COVID-19. Confirmation of the rally's inclusion to the WRC calendar means the series will visit Finland twice this season, with the other coming at Rally Finland ...Keep reading View the full article

Barreda had entered the shortened 464km Al Ula-Yanbu stage third overall with 15 minutes 40 seconds to make up on Honda teammate Kevin Benavides. Starting second, the Spaniard quickly caught and surpassed teammate Ricky Brabec, who opened the road, and had pulled more than two minutes clear at the 127km mark. At the next waypoint, located at 215km, Barreda was credited with a lead of over ...Keep reading View the full article

One of the great things about a 4-Wheel Jamboree is that these events draw hundreds of 4x4s. This offers the opportunity to easily peruse a wide range of four-wheel-drive rigs sporting a wide range of modifications. The three-day 39th Annual O’Reilly Auto Parts 4-Wheel Jamboree Nationals was held at the Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis, View the full article

If you own a truck, there’s a high likelihood that you’ll be not only towing a trailer at some point but owning a trailer, as well. We’ve learned a lot from years of hauling trailers around the country and want to take the opportunity to share the tools and other gear that we keep in View the full article

Sure, you’ve seen mud trucks lifted sky-high, tube buggies, and Jeeps of all kinds at the mud bogs—but have you seen a Ford Mud Bus that started life as an unassuming Ford E-350? We found the Ford Mud Bus at Yankee Lake Truck Night, in Brookfield, Ohio, cruising the deepest mud pits the private off-road View the full article

Grala will kick off his 2021 schedule running the Feb. 14 Daytona 500 for Kaulig. The team previously announced it would compete in several road course and superspeedway Cup Series events this year and Grala will run several of them. “This is a huge opportunity for me both personally and professionally,” said Grala, the youngest winner ever at Daytona International Speedway (NASCAR Truck ...Keep reading View the full article

The 557 km (511 timed) stage between Al Ula and Yanbu was to be a last stern test for the competitors, but organiser ASO decided this Wednesday afternoon to reduce the Thursday stage by 47 km to a total of 464 timed kilometres "due to the bad weather in the area over the last few days which has erased the tracks". That implies that the finish line of the stage will be drawn earlier and that the ...Keep reading View the full article

The three-time Dakar winner trimmed overall leader Peterhansel’s advantage by 49 seconds on Stage 10, finishing second to Yazeed Al Rajhi on the stage, to see the French driver’s lead stand at 17m01s ahead of the penultimate day. Despite remaining in the victory fight throughout, the Qatari feels he’s been on the backfoot against the X-raid Mini buggy runners which have been able to cope ...Keep reading View the full article

JR Motorsports on Tuesday announced the 37-year-old native of Brazil would compete in three Xfinity Series road course races this season, driving the organization’s No. 8 Chevrolet with sponsorship from Brandt. Paludo’s first race will be the Feb. 20 event on the Daytona International Speedway Road Course, followed by the May 22 race at Circuit of the Americas and June 5 at the Mid-Ohio ...Keep reading View the full article

GCK Energy and Saudi-based solar energy firm Desert Technologies are ramping up its provisions for solar energy to power the Dakar bivouac and supply charging points for electric vehicles in preparation for its shift towards entries run on renewable power. GCK Energy’s demonstration at this year’s Dakar is part of the ASO’s plan to run an autonomous bivouac structure ...Keep reading View the full article

Starting fourth in the 342km loop between Neom and Alula, Al-Rajhi snatched the lead from fellow Saudi Arabian driver Yasir Seaidan at the second waypoint and never looked back, claiming a second stage win of 2021. With Al Rajhi out of reach, Al-Attiyah and Peterhansel were locked in a tight scrap for the best of the rest honours, with the X-raid Mini driver holding the initial advantage. But ...Keep reading View the full article

Honda rider Cornejo had held a substantial 11 minute lead heading into the 342km test between Neom and Alula, with a maiden win in his sight. But the Chilean rider suffered a major crash 252km into the stage and, although he was able to make it to the finish, it was later announced that he has been forced to retire due to possible injuries sustained in the crash. Organiser ASO said that ...Keep reading View the full article

The Australian was airlifted to hospital in Tabuk after crashing 155 kilometres into the ninth stage of the event. He had been sitting second in the Bikes class, within striking distance of a third Dakar crown. After initial concerns he had broken both of his wrists, it's since been confirmed that he has in fact suffered a broken collarbone. and extensive bruising. "The Australian, who ...Keep reading View the full article

We live in a golden era of instant gratification, where every appliance is another appliance, and single-purpose products are benign and unsellable to the masses. Need proof? Your cell phone is a calculator, social media broadcast station, and gaming console, and there’s a chance—however ridiculous—that it gets texts from your refrigerator alerting you when to View the full article

We, and countless others, love Jeep Wrangler Unlimiteds, but long before there were four-door Wranglers with the name, either in JK or JL form, there were other longer-bodied, open-top Jeeps available, namely the TJ Unlimited or LJ. But those are hardly the first long wheelbased versions of the open-top Jeep. The first “long Jeeps” were View the full article

Kohler Generators, a leader in home backup generators which operates under the umbrella of Kohler Co., will make its debut as a primary sponsor on Newman’s No. 6 in the Feb. 14 Daytona 500. Kohler Generators will also serve as Newman’s primary partner for races at Atlanta in March, Darlington and Charlotte in May, Road America in July, Bristol in September and Talladega and Martinsville in ...Keep reading View the full article

What had been a six-minute gap between Peterhansel and Al-Attiyah was nearly tripled as the X-raid Mini driver secured his first stage win of 2021, boosting his chances of securing a record-extending 14th Dakar title. While Peterhansel was at his usual best, consistently running at the front, Toyota driver Al-Attiyah lost a heap of time with two punctures and navigation troubles on a day that ...Keep reading View the full article

Both Honda rider Brabec and KTM man Sunderland sacrificed considerable ground when they attended to Price following the Australian's crash at the 155km mark. It left them ninth and 10th respectively at the end of the stage, as Kevin Benavides bagged his second win of the event and Jose Ignacio Cornejo extended his overall lead. However, Dakar organisers have now revised the day's results ...Keep reading View the full article

Cornejo entered Tuesday's 465km loop around Neom with one minute and six seconds in hand over KTM rider Price, having taken his first win of the rally on Monday. Despite opening the road, Chilean came close to making it back-to-back successes, leading at the 198km point before losing ground to Honda teammate Kevin Benavides. He eventually finished 1m34s behind Benavides, who notched up a ...Keep reading View the full article