Long Beach Racers Battle Baja in San Felipe 250 March 10th 2012- The normally quiet town of San Felipe came alive with the roar of engines and bustle of people trying to make their way to the start of the SCORE San Felipe 250. Starting #779 was the Long Beach Racers Stock Mini Toyota Baja [...]
Race Day
March 10, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The sun rose over the Sea of Cortez on a beautiful day for racing. The LBR crew worked late into the night installing a new rear end into the race truck, but today it’s broken in and ready to race. Andy Bell and Chris Livingston will start in the #779 Long Beach Racers Baja Series [...]
LBR: Working Monday and Tuesday nights, space in San Felipe
March 4, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Racers – Thanks to Cesar, Mike Basch, Leonard, Doug and Greg we got a lot done yesterday, but have more to do to get the truck, trailer and parts ready for San Felipe. We could also use 1 more chase truck, so let me know if you want to come down. We will work at [...]
LBR: Testing Update, Working this weekend, Need a trailer
March 1, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Racers – Testing went well in Barstow. Tom Morris is the Shock Master, and he tuned the new Bilstein shocks with the monster 28mm shafts to ride like a Lexus through Barstow’s big whoops – We punished the truck and our newly heat-treated uprights did not bend! There is still a lot to do to [...]
Loaded up and Truckin’
February 29, 2012 By Leave a Comment
on our way to. Barstow to test and tune for the San Felipe 250.
Toyota Tacoma at the Summit in Baja with Skullcandy
February 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Andy Bell and Zach Zwillinger pre running for the Baja 1000 in our Baja Series Tacoma test mule. I can’t wait for San Felipe!
LBR: Working tomorrow night; RIP Pat Wynne
January 30, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Racers – We will be working at the shop tomorrow, continuing to prep the truck for the San Felipe 250. We will be installing new uprights, marking the new rod ends for machining, and assembling the new rear end. I’m sorry to let you know that Pat Wynne passed away last week. His funeral was [...]
Prep for San Felipe starts tonight
January 24, 2012 By 2 Comments
Racers – We’ll be working at the shop tonight at 7PM. Our goal is to inspect for damage from Laughlin and pull the front shocks and uprights for replacement next week. The San Felipe 250 is March 8-11. We have limited space, so let me know if you want to chase ASAP. Thanks for your [...]
LBR: 1st place in Laughlin, working tonight, truck @ Supercross this weekend
January 17, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Racers – First of all, Laughlin went well. We were the only Stock Mini truck that showed up, but we finished both days, which is more than 25% of the other trucks did. Tonight we will be working at the shop to get the truck ready for its debut at the Dodger Stadium Supercross event [...]
Long Beach Racers Take the Points at the SCORE Desert Challenge
January 16, 2012 By 3 Comments
New Year, new truck, and new season of the SCORE off road racing series. Long Beach Racers armed with a 2012 Toyota Tacoma TX Baja Series crossed the desert to compete in the first race of the season, the Laughlin Desert Challenge. This is a two day event on a closed 6.25 mile loop. The [...]