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How to drive a Trick Truck: Part 5
Welcome students. The weekly tutorial of our Method Race Wheels “How to Drive a Trick Truck” series is now is session.
This lesson in high-performance off-road driving once again features off-road racing champion Justin Lofton, who just completed the Yokohama NORRA Mexican 1000 behind overall winner Rhys Millen. Held over five days and covering over 1,100 miles of twisty Baja desert, the rally’s route included thousands of corners – none of which are exactly the same.
Thankfully for us, former ARCA champion Lofton is a master of the fine art of cornering on asphalt and dirt. This installment shares the rather unorthodox quest of finding speed via a few different techniques. As you will see, it’s all fun to watch dance of gas pedal, traditional brakes and cutting brake (which locks one rear wheel at a time).
Watch this week’s episode of “How To Drive A Trick Truck” and learn from the best. Like all forms of racing, anyone can stomp on the throttle in a straight line (FYI, next week’s episode gets into the nuances of doing that on rough terrain), but ultimate speed is found at the apex.
Marty Fiolka
A lifelong enthusiast of off road motorsports, Marty Fiolka raced his first Baja 1000 in 1992 and still enjoys getting behind the wheel via his annual BFG Team Rennsport NORRA Mexican 1000 effort. A graduate of University California at Long Beach, he founded The Rennsport Group in 1995 to execute motorsports public relations programs for Nissan, Infinity, Exxon, Mitsubishi, SCORE International and later became the editorial and marketing director for Dirtsports Magazine. Marty is a current contributor to RACER Magazine and RACER.com as well as operating the promotional agency for Crandon International Raceway and annual Red Bull Crandon World Cup. Fiolka was a 2014 Inductee to the Off Road Motorsports Hall of Fame (ORMHOF) and was instrumental in founding the Wide Open Baja adventure business and Ensenada's Horsepower Ranch. He also served as the associate producer of the original Dust to Glory documentary film and author of two books; 1000 Miles to Glory: The Baja 1000 Story and The Big Blue M: The History of McMillin Racing.
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