While all of Justin Lofton’s previous lessons in off-road racing can be expected by most, one element of the art of high-performance desert driving is exclusive to the sport itself – driving properly in the dust.To the average fan or asphalt racer (even a dirt circle track driver for that...

Watching a modern Trick Truck blast across rough terrain is a thing of wonder, but even they can't traverse the desert at full speed all the time. In this week's lesson in high-performance off-road driving, three-time Mint 400 winner Justin Lofton explains how to tackle the big holes and elevation...

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...

If the previous two episodes of this innovative new film series were a bit rudimentary, this week’s installment of “How to drive a Trick Truck” gets down to some insights designed to expand our inner gearhead.Without question, the single most crucial element to modern off-road racing is not the engine...

In the second installment of this new film series, former ARCA champion and off-road racing veteran Justin Lofton offers up a short but very insightful look at what safety equipment and elements are necessary before strapping into a 1,100-horsepower unlimited truck. Piloting an exotic machine such as Lofton’s Fox Shox/Yokohama/Method...

For decades, those wishing to explore the experience of high-performance driving by learning time-honored techniques from the pros could read about it in books, or, better yet, enroll in racing schools around the world. The ever-evolving world of online sim racing has changed that in some regards but learning behind-the-wheel...

For several years, talk in the desert racing off-road world has been the eventuality of four-wheel drive unlimited trucks as the sport’s next evolution. While history shows that two-wheel unlimited vehicles have dominated the overall victory columns, Justin Matney’s win at yesterday’s Best in The Desert (BITD) VT Construction Silver...

After decades of trying, Rob MacCachren has finally claimed a Mint 400 victory. The 51-year-old veteran surged into the lead some 50 miles from the finish of the "Great American Off-Road Race," which featured three laps of the 116-mile course through the desert outside Primm, Nev., and held on to...