Today’s contingency festivities allowed folks like Rod Hall, the top dog at Team HUMMER, a chance to meet and greet some fans and members of the media. But now that today is almost over – it’s time to think about the start of the Terrible’s Town 250 that starts early …
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Racing with Team HUMMER: Terrible’s 250 Pre-Run
The purpose of a pre-run event in any off-road race is so racers and their crew can get an idea of what they’re for in the next day or two. Today was the pre-run for the Terrible’s 250 – and I was along for the ride with Team HUMMER. The …
Read More »Racing with Team HUMMER: Viva La Primm
Tomorrow is day one of my trip to Primm, NV to race alongside Josh Hall in Team HUMMER’s racing H2. Primm is located about 45 minutes southwest of Las Vegas, and is the home to a few hotels, a huge outlet mall, and nickel-slot-loving Californians who are too lazy to …
Read More »Riding with Team HUMMER: Terrible’s 250
One week from today I’ll be hopping on a jet and heading to Nevada for this year’s running of the Terrible’s 250. Seeing this race in person would be exciting enough, but seeing the race from inside Team HUMMER’s 2008 SUT takes on a whole new level of excitement. I’ll …
Read More »Team HUMMER Scores Two Victories in San Felipe 250
Team HUMMER continued it’s dominance in production class off-road racing last weekend in the San Felipe 250. Lead by off-road racing legend Rod Hall, Team HUMMER took first and third in the stock-full class, and first in the stock-mini class. The #861 HUMMER H2 SUT raced without competition most of …
Read More »Newly Released Team HUMMER Baja Video
Here is some new footage of Team HUMMER barreling through the Baja peninsula, narrowly dodging awestruck locals, during the 2007 SCORE International Baja 1000. You’d think that they may have signs pointing the way to go, but hey, two guys frantically pointing in the middle of the road seem to …
Read More »Team HUMMER Finishes 1st, 2nd in 2007 Baja 1000
2007 marks the 40th Anniversary of the Baja 1000 off-road race, and two H3s from Team HUMMER were the first two stock class vehicles to cross the finish line. Both H3s, however, took first place in their respective classes (stock full and stock mini). The stock class requires vehicles use …
Read More »Team Hummer Begins Final Preparations
The start of the Baja 1000 is now just a day away, and in the last couple weeks, Hummer has been putting the finishing touches on two new race trucks. The new Hummer H3 and Hummer H2 SUT race trucks started out like any other production trucks, then shipped off …
Read More »Q & A with Team Hummer captain Rod Hall
Last week at SEMA we went to the Mile Marker booth only to find out Team Hummer captain and off-road racing legend Rod Hall had left a day earlier. We still lucked into some autographed posters, but it would have been great to meet him in person. Even though we …
Read More »Team Hummer plays in Baja
During one of Team Hummer’s recent trips to Baja, they took a little time off to play around in some silt beds. Josh and Rod Hall are Team Hummer’s primary drivers, and it looks like they have some stock units to ‘field’ test in between races. The stock H3’s performed …
Read More »Riding Shotgun with Team Hummer – Video!
Ever wonder what its like to ride in the Team Hummer H3? The GM Marketing site igotshotgun.com recently had a contest do just that – and had the cameras rolling. The video shows the modified Hummer H3 racing through the Baja at crazy speeds. Imagine driving like that for 500 …
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