When I agreed to build a BMW for the Baja 1000, I knew it would be a mess. In the 50-year history of the Baja 1000, no one had ever entered a BMW. There’s a reason for this. It’s way easier to just weld tubes together than it is to start with someone else’s work and convert it for desert racing. It’s why there’s not…

We’re taking the Baja Pig back to the Baja 1000 this year and we want you to come down and join us. It’s one of the largest races in the world and less than 2 hours away from San Diego. Fly in, rent a jeep and come have fun. You can also fly right into Tijuana and rent a jeep there. I met some guys at the Baja 500…

When I wrote the first article DIY BAJA – Return of the PIG, I forgot so many details that I decided to tell a bit more of the story before getting into how we built the pig. When I say I forgot some details, I really mean that I forgot about all the mistakes we made. So throughout the article I decided to include…

Six years ago I built a BMW for the Baja 1000 in just 14 days. We knew the car wouldn’t survive the full 1000 miles but Miller Welders dared me to even make the starting line. Even one mile in the race would be a huge success.

We all know that Robby Gordon won the NORRA Mexican 1000 in his crazy cool Gordini but what about the other vehicles in the race? There were vintage vehicles, bikes and ATVs and a class called Evolution with an assortment of modern race vehicles ranging from Robby Gordon’s Unlimited entry all the way down to mini…

I'm single again and Valentines Day is coming up. The last thing I want to do is buy roses. The first thing I want to do is drive sideways on snow at Team Oneil Rally School! Best part is they will open on a weekend and give us 20% off if we get four or more guys to show up!

So you need less vacation time than the…

For the past week or so, Red Bull Global Rallycross has been running a bracket for voting your favorite driver. Today is Bucky Lasek against Geoff Sykes. Who is Geoff Sykes? Well that's exactly why you should vote for him. I'm friends with both drivers and know Bucky reads Jalopnik and will see this, so Bucky I hope…

The Nürburgring is different than other racetracks. It was built when safety and motorsport where opposites. There are jumps and a straight so long you have time to ask yourself "How fast am I really going?" There are 73 official corners on the Nordshliefe plus another 11 on the GP course, but that's not what makes…

I am now four days away from my dream. If everything goes right, I will race at the Nurburgring on Sunday. And if that goes well, I qualify for the 24hr in June! Then I sell my rally car and buy a seat! I've wanted this since I first realized that regular guys like me could race cars.

First off, if you haven't heard of King of the Hammers, watch this:

One of the coolest rallies in the United States is this weekend. No its not in Florida. If you go to watch, you will be cold. Very cold. But you will be in the woods with hundreds of other rally fans parting your ass off as rally cars come thru the night sideways. I can promise that part is awesome. And its something…

Come to Team O'Neil rally school with me this January 26-29 in Dalton, NH and get 30% off the regular price! This was their Black Friday sale, but it's now valid until this Friday by signing up at the following link. I thought it would be cool to put a bunch of guys together and asked if I could try to fill a week…

I've never been to Subiefest. I've been a BMW guy most of my life, but lately I've been driving for Crawford Performance which is a Subaru shop. You mostly likely know them from Matt Farah's show on the Drive Channel where he checked out Crawford's 450hp turbo BRZ street car. But they are also the performance shop…

You need to see rally in person to truly understand how awesome it is. Tv and slow motion WRC cars are cool but its 100 times better in person. If you've never been to a rally in the US, this weekend is you're best chance - if you live on the east coast. Nasa Rallysport is hosting Rally West Virginia at Snowshoe…

I think someone knew we were tired of Top Gear racing helicopters...Clarkson in a Lotus, Tanner in a Viper, and a Mercedes.  And now we have Gangham style Tanner doing it with a Corvette.  The only downside is it looks like they got to film the segment first.