Norman Motorsports Shop Party

With the Baja 1000 only two weeks away you would expect that Norman Motorsports would only be thinking about preparing to defend last years win in the Trophy Truck class at the upcoming race. But that wasn’t the case at all last Saturday night during the grand opening party at the new Norman Motorsports race shop.

Roger Norman and crew have been busy finishing their shop and also putting together one of the best events we have attended all year. $20 was collected at the door from everyone that attended which was donated to the South Bay Community Services (SBCS) for their Foster Youth Programs. They also held a silent auction with some amazing items and all proceeds were also donated to the SBCS.

There was no shortage of great food and drinks at the event. Upstairs had a full bar in the game room and the Baja Fools were there setup with a bar serving beer and margaritas downstairs in the shop. There were also appetizers being served and a full spread of Mexican food for dinner.

Since Roger and his wife Elise own the Crystal Bay Casino in North Lake Tahoe it only made sense that they would have craps, poker, black jack and roulette tables upstairs in the game room. All of the money that was used to buy in for casino chips was donated to the Cruz Roja Mexicana (Mexican Red Cross). Everyone had a great time and the tables were always full.

We look forward to future events at Norman Motorsports and can’t wait to see how Roger Norman and Larry Roeseller do at the Baja 1000 next week.

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RDC’s Own 24 Hours of Le’Mons Team Finishes at Houston!

Here are a couple highlight videos from RDC’s own “Team Underground” at the latest 24 Hours Of Lemons race! Its basically a $500 max car value series that is growing bigger each race. This race had over 130 entries! One Trophy Truck and CORR driver recently drove at one of these races and was heard saying “This is way more fun than CORR ever was”. For more info on the series check out www.24hoursoflemons.com

Team Underground 24 Hours Of Lemons Houston Fish Driving from Fish on Vimeo.

Dezert People Lucky 7 Premier Tour Launched

Dezert People Lucky 7 is the latest video in the successful line of videos produced by JD Films. The premier tour kicked off Saturday night at the Shark Club in Costa Mesa with over 300 people attending. Since this was “Lucky 7″ everyone in attendance had a chance to win one of the awesome prizes donated by some of the sponsors. Fox Racing Shox the title sponsor of the video series generously provided multiple girt certificates for products. PCI Race Radios also donated half a dozen TT models along with girt certificates. OC Motorsports might have had the most desired give-a-way of the night when they brought a Team Associated SC10 R/C Car. Bully Dog, Lucas Oil, Baja Junkies, and Norco Tire also donated prizes to the raffle.

Sunday afternoon the premier tour moved south to K1 Speed in Carlsbad, CA. All German Motorsports organized a gigantic car show/vendor row off road experience. Vendors such as Fox Racing Shox, 4130 Clothing, Team Associated, ORW, Racer X, Lucas Oil and BMW Motorcycles all showcased their products and services. When attendees got hungry in true baja style there was a taco stand on site. Not only did they rival those of which you would find anywhere in Baja, they were free to Dezert People attendees compliments of All German Motorsports. Baja Pits and Locos Mocos were on hand to make sure they were cooked to perfection.

One of the highlights of the day was the Celebrity Race. The main event consisted of 12 drivers who made it through qualifying. From the start of the race there was no holding back by any of the drivers and the staff was very generous allowing quite a bit of nerfing and aggressive driving. Hundreds of spectators surrounded the K1 race course cheering on their favorite driver. Just like in SCORE desert racing there was some controversy during the main when Jason McNeil was in 2nd place and Roger Norman was in first, Roger ended up being put into the wall on what some could call VERY aggressive driving. Half way through the race there was a mandatory yellow and the K1 staff ruled that Roger would be put back to first for the restart, not every racer agreed with that decision. In the end Jason McNeil was able to get back to the front and finished less than a kart length in front of Roger for the victory.

Dezert People Lucky 7 tour continues:

• Monday Aug. 31 – Phoenix, AZ Scottsdale 101 Harkins Theatre
• Tuesday Sept. 1 – Las Vegas, NV Sierra Gold Tavern / Pole Position
• Wednesday  Sept. 2- Carlsbad, CA Fenways Bar and Grill
• Thursday Sept. 3 – Ensenada, BC Bar Tantra
• Saturday Sept. 5 – Hawthorne, NV El Capitan Casino
• Saturday Sept. 12 – San Jose, CA Coach’s Sports Bar

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