Strobel Motorsports Blog

Obtain Bill Rice Memorial Stickers

2012-01-22T21:54:00.000-06:00

Fans, Friends, Fellow Racers - we have additional Bill Rice memorial stickers. If anyone else would like to run them on your race cars, your street vehicles or where ever you can obtain some by emailing Tiffany at scuitiffany@clarks.net or call her at the office at 308-548-2264.

Laughlin Day 2 VIDEO - 3rd Place Run!

2012-01-16T15:57:00.001-06:00

Another great video piece from Turn2TV highlighting all the great SCORE Laughlin Day 2 action for the #94 truck. Some incredible shots of the Strobel Motorsports #94 Ford F-150 Schaeffer Manufacturing truck flying over some of the tough Laughlin jumps as well as some great footage of the battle with Rob Mac! The team is feeling very good about a 4th place round 1 and a 3rd place round 2 and sitting likely 3rd in SCORE season TT points. Enjoy the excellent clip!

3rd Place Laughlin Day 2!

2012-01-15T16:58:00.000-06:00

Steve Strobel finished unofficially in 3rd place during the Laughlin Challenge day 2 action. Great run again today and while we probably didn't have anything to catch Rob Mac today, we were very clase to 2nd Place. Now on to San Felipe in early March for the next SCORE event.

Ready For Laughlin Day 2

2012-01-15T13:08:00.000-06:00

The big #94 Ford F-150 Schaeffer Manufacturing race truck is prepped and ready to charge through the Laughlin off-road course today starting at 1:00 PT. Steve felt like the truck performed really well yesterday although a few minor adjustments were made for race setup today. We'll post day 2 results as soon as we can. Keep the positive energy flowing today!

2012-01-15T10:41:00.001-06:00

Great video recap from Erin at Turn2TV of Laughlin Day 1. Much more racing action coming again today with Round 2 set to launch at 1pm PT. Stay tuned race fans!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmkYgm3mvPI

Solid 4th Place Finish at First Laughlin Race

2012-01-14T21:40:00.001-06:00

Here is a great shot of Steve & JT flying high over a jump today in Round 1. The guys did a great job today dealing with the crazy Laughlin traffic. We can't wait to get back out there tomorrow and see if we can stick it on the podium!

4th Place On Day 1!

2012-01-14T16:21:00.001-06:00

UNOFFICIAL Results - Courtesy Strobel Motorsports
1. 97 BJ - 53:46
2. 18 Lopez - 54:57
3. 98 Weyhrich - 55:16
4. 94 STROBEL - 55:38
5. 9 Weyhrich - 56:20
6. 12 Gaughan - 56:51
7. 19 Herbst - 57:51
8. 95 Whipple - 57:51
9. 20 MacCachren - 58:04
10. 2 Sohren

Shot From Qualifying Today

2012-01-13T20:15:00.001-06:00

Fans - Here is a shot of Steve & JT flying on their qualifying lap!

6th Place Unofficially!

2012-01-13T18:33:00.000-06:00

Laughlin Qualifying Results - UNOFFICIAL courtesy Scott Booth - Strobel Motorsports
1. 97 - 6:23 BJ
2. 20 - 6:33 Rob Mac
3. 10 - 6:39 Nunley
4. 65 - 6:42 Sproule
5. 14. - 6:42 Steele
6. 94 - 6:46 STROBEL
7. 98 - 6:48 Weyhrich, G.
8. 16 - 6:50 Steele/Daniels
9. 18 - 6:51 Lopez
10. 2 - 6:52 Sohren
11. 9 - 6:52 Weyhrich, M
12. 12 - 6:53 Gaughan
13. 15 - 6:55 Schwarz
14. 30 - 6:58 Pierce
15. 95 - 6:58 Whipple
16. 84 - 7:01 Vanderway
17. 48 - 7:02 Nuckles
18. 34 - 7:08 Losch
19. 96 - 7:23 Bobby Baldwin
20. 68 - DNF Ewing

Race Truck Ready and In the Pit at Laughlin

2012-01-12T19:23:00.001-06:00

First Race of 2012 Season This Weekend

2012-01-10T21:55:00.000-06:00

The first race for the 2012 off-road season goes off this weekend with the #94 Strobel Motorsports Trophy Truck taking on the SCORE Laughlin Desert Challenge in Laughlin NV. This race will be 2 short 48 mile races, 1 on Saturday and 1 on Sunday to determine the early SCORE race series favorites. Qualifying happens 2pm PT Friday afternoon with the Trophy Truck races set to start at 1pm PT both Saturday and Sunday. Wish us luck and watch closely this weekend to see how the team fares for the first epic event of the 2012 racing season as we chase the SCORE-International trophy truck championship!!!

Bill Rice 2010 Baja Video

2012-01-03T11:52:00.002-06:00

Great video mash up done by Carlos Rosas with some footage of Bill Rice at the 2010 Baja 500 and Baja 1000. Thanks for putting this together Carlos.

Strobel Motorsports Loses Team Member Bill Rice

2011-12-30T17:12:00.002-06:00

Core team member, early off-road racing veteran and Colorado Motor Sports Hall of Famer Bill Rice died on Thursday, 12/29/2011 in a snowmobiling accident in Wyoming. If you trace the Strobel Motorsports off-road racing history Bill Rice along with Dwight Strobel were the original team pioneers to begin racing off-road races in Mexico in the early 70’s. Our team owes a great deal to Bill and he will be greatly missed.

Bill Rice was inducted into the Colorado Motorsports Hall of Fame in 2009 as a result of his many and varied contributions to racing. He not only raced Class 1 buggies in the Baja 500 and Baja 1000 beginning in 1972, but he was also extremely successful in the top AA fuel class of professional drag racing.

In 1965, Bill teamed up with Pete Dudden to field a Mark Williams front engine AA fuel dragster with a Ron Bement body and a super-charged 354 cubic inch Chrysler Hemi and ran the car at Continental Divide Raceway, Rocky Mountain Dragway, and Thunder Road Dragway in Colorado. It was one of the first cars Colorado to go over 200 miles per hour in less than 8 seconds. In 1967 and 1968, the team of Rice-Williams set NHRA’s Division Five on fire. They had two new dragsters, one driven by Roger stark and the other by Hall of Famer Mark Williams. Mark won over 90% of his races in ‘68 and set a Colorado land speed record of 231 miles per hour in 7 seconds. Other drivers for Rice included another Hall of Famer, Alan Bockla. As for the reason for their success in 1958 they all said, “We’ve got Bill Rice.” From 1972 – 1975 he teamed up with Pete Colvin in a single-seat Class 1 desert racing VW. In 1980 Frazier and Rice became only the third drag racing team to travel on a national level. They competed in 33 NHRA races as well as races with other sanctioning organizations. A number of top drag race champions were associated with Frazier and Rice in 1980 and 1981.

In 1986 Rice successfully raced in the Colorado off-road racing series and in 1987 he also raced in the famed old Riverside off-road race course in southern California. In 1988 he joined with his son Danny and began racing single-seat off road buggies again in the Mickey Thompson Entertainment Group (MTEG) stadium racing series. With Danny in the driver’s seat the duo won races in the Los Angeles coliseum, Anaheim, Las Vegas, Denver, Seattle and Montreal stadiums from 1988 to 2002 and were among the points leaders in the MTEG series for 3 seasons.

From the late 70’s and throughout the remainder of his life Bill often joined with the Strobel Motorsports team pitting for races and pre-running sessions. Bill contributed his mechanical skills and deep off-road racing knowledge to help the Strobel team progress throughout the team’s evolution from early Class 10 buggies to now campaigning in the premier unlimited Trophy Truck class.

Linked is a slideshow of pictures of Bill throughout the years. Thanks so much - Vaya Con Dios Bill.

Strobel Motorsports 2011 Season In Review

2011-12-23T22:39:00.000-06:00

To our awesome race fans, here is our Christmas gift to you. Erin at Turn2TV productions has put together this INCREDIBLE feature to capture the incredible season we just completed. We're sure you will really enjoy this video and we're hopeful this will get you pumped up for Strobel Motorsports' "unfinished business" following the 2011 season. We're gunning for nothing less than the 2012 SCORE-International Trophy Truck championship.

Please stay close to our blog, website and Fan Facebook page throughout 2012 as we strive toward our 2012 objectives. You won't have to wait long with the SCORE Laughlin Challenge happening Jan 15th ad 16th. Thanks Fans!

Team Strobel Officially Finishes 2nd in BITD Trophy Truck Season Standings

2011-12-09T14:43:00.000-06:00

Strobel Motorsports fans, a FANTASTIC season of off-road racing is in the books with the post-penalty BITD Henderson 250 results being declared offical. After the penalty Steve officially finished the race in 7th position (moved back from 5th) in Trophy Truck, which then gives the team 2nd place in the season points standing with 457 points, a mere 3 points behind BJ Baldwin after racing over 1,675 miles in the desert! While we still certainly do not agree with the decision made, the team has now put the 2011 season in the rear-view mirror and is fully focused on making the 2012 professional campaign an even better year!

Just to continue to represent the facts, we did want to share with our fans and our blog family the photographic results of what at one time the BITD race director said was the reason for the penalty which was "leaving the race course". You can clearly see in the photo below (click for larger view or download to your own PC to REALLY zoom in!) that if this was the issue either no one should have been penalized or other teams should have also been penalized.

Again this issue and the 2011 season is now behind the team and we will strive even harder to finish on top in 2012, regardless of the series in which we choose to race.

Thanks so very much to all of our sponsors and our fans for all of your support throughout the 2011 season. Let's go get 'em next year!

Season Championship Snatched Away on Questionable BITD Penalty

2011-12-05T14:14:00.001-06:00

These are the facts on how the 2011 Best-In-The-Desert Henderson 250 race transpired. Steve overcame a flat tire in the first 10 miles during which the wheel hub cover was damaged and the team continued to triage that hub cover. Then near the end of lap 2 a U-joint was damaged so the drive-shaft was replaced. Finally in lap 3 at about race mile 230 of the scheduled nearly 250 miles the power steering failed. Steve was forced to drive the last 20 miles using manual steering with last year's points champion bearing down on him.

As the race physically ended, Strobel Motorsports finished 5th place in the Trophy Truck class. BJ Baldwin finished in 6th place 1 minute 36 seconds behind Strobel, and John Swift finished in 7th place 2 minutes and 06 seconds behind Strobel. Had those results actually been declared official, Strobel Motorsports would have won the Trophy Truck season points championship with 471 points, BJ Baldwin would have been 2nd 3 points behind Steve with 468 points, and then John Swift would have finished in third 10 points behind Steve with 461 points. Alas, that was not to be.

Best In The Desert's Casey Folks assessed a 5 minute penalty for what one of the BITD volunteers perceived to be speeding and dangerous driving which then moved BJ Baldwin to 5th, Swift to 6th and Steve Strobel to 7th and thereby snatching the season points championship from the Strobel Motorsports team.

Below are the facts relating to the perceived dangerous driving situation:

Very near the end of the race BJ caught Steve and BJ was literally drag racing Steve to the final check point stop sign at which point BJ blew straight through the stop sign, circled back around driving backwards on the course for a short ways and then stopping at the check point. As BJ Baldwin is doing this circling "donut", Steve then has to attempt to make an over 90 degree left hand turn with no power steering which failed roughly 20 miles earlier. The big Trophy Truck drifts wide and floats out onto the pit access road which runs parallel to the race course for the last approximate 200 yards before the official timing finish line stop to the race. Steve did not intentionally drive out onto the access road to gain a competitive advantage, rather without power steering he did all he could to get around the corner. Steve then proceeded a short distance down the access road which is just 6 feet away from and parallel to the race course until he could safely get back onto the race course at which point he turned back up onto the course and drove through the timing lights to officially finish the race.

Unfortunately, the BITD volunteer in the timing van positioned next to the finish line perceived that Steve waited until he was too close to the timing van to get back onto the race course and that he was driving faster than the 25mph you were supposed to drive to finish the race. He felt that Steve "could have killed everyone in the timing van". As a result, the volunteer complained to BITD race director Casey Folks who then imposed a 5 minute penalty on the Strobel team. In post-race discussions Casey said that we were to be given a 5 minute penalty for sliding off the race course in the last 150 yards of the race.

I have filed a written protest with Best-In-The-Desert, in which I also apologized to Casey Folks and to the BITD timing volunteer for giving him the impression that he was in danger. I requested that the penalty be dismissed. Such a tough way to end what could have been a very dramatic BITD season points championship!

Race Is Underway

2011-12-03T15:12:00.001-06:00

Steve & JT are off the line and moving. Unfortunately they have already gotten a flat but again are back underway. Much more to come.

Through Henderson Contingency

2011-12-02T17:34:00.001-06:00

Quick pic of the Trophy Truck just finishing up with contingency and tech inspection. We're getting a lot of positive comments about the new Method Wheels. More to come tomorrow - RACE DAY BABY!

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Final BITD Race This Weekend

2011-12-01T11:46:00.000-06:00

The BITD Transwest Ford Henderson 250 race goes off this week, with qualifying taking place this afternoon in a very chilly 48 degree Las Vegas. The team has been very diligently prepping for the past several weeks in order to go all in to bring home the season "Trick Truck" points championship.

Stay tuned for Qualifying results later this afternoon. Also, the race launches around 12:30pm Pacific Time on Saturday afternoon. We will keep you updated on progress as the afternoon and ultimate points battle plays out Saturday. Go Strobel Motorsports!!!

Team Strobel Finishes 4th at Bluewater Desert Challenge

2011-10-28T09:50:00.000-05:00

After qualifying 10^th on Thursday, the #94 team was ready to get after day 1 of the Best-In-The-Desert 2 day Bluewater Desert Challenge race. The race started on a bit of a sour note when improper staging put the Strobel truck leaving the starting line on Saturday’s first day of racing in the 14^th starting position. Yes fans, you read that right…we LOST 4 POSITIONS before the race even started! Needless to say we were not very happy about the situation given the tight points race we’re in. Making this even more disconcerting was the very tight track, thick dust and virtual inability to pass on the small 25 mile loop that made up this particular race course.

The truck drove well and had no mechanical problems and the BFGoodrich tires had no flats over the 2 days. While it is easy to "armchair quarterback" the race after it is over we do believe we could have earned either 5 or 2 additional season points had the starting line mistakes not been made.

Onward and upward! The team is now focusing on prepping the truck to make sure it is in the optimal working order for the final Henderson 250 race. An overall win will take care of business and will complete the team’s 2011 goal of winning the BITD Trophy Truck overall season championship. Wish us luck and keep tabs on our progress with the Henderson 250 race qualifying on Thursday, December 1st with the final race of the year going off on Saturday, December 3rd. Thanks much race fans and as always Go Strobel Motorsports!

4th Place After 2nd Day

2011-10-16T22:10:00.002-05:00

The Strobel Motorsports team finished up the event in 4th place in the Trophy Truck class and maintained their overall series points lead with 1 event remaining. The truck once again had no mechanical issues over the nearly 150 mile course.

Check back to our blog, website and our Facebook fan page for race photos and videos soon.

Team Moves Up To 5th

2011-10-16T09:25:00.001-05:00

Due to improper staging at the starting line Steve & JT moved up through the field from an incorrect 14th starting position (after qualifying 10th) all the way to 5th after the first day of racing. More to come today starting around 2pm PT.

Unofficially Qualified 11th

2011-10-13T17:58:00.000-05:00

The race team qualified the #94 Trophy Truck in 11th position today in the very hot Parker weather. Listed below are the very unofficial results based on our own timing and scoring process.

Qualifying Car # Driver Qualifying Lap Duration

1. #1 BJ Baldwin -      0:03:03
2. #35 Voss -               0:03:07
3. #68 Ewing -              0:03:08
4. #24 Householder -    0:03:09
5. #6 Sourapas -            0:03:10
6. #32 Croll -                0:03:11
7. #71 Johnson -            0:03:14
8. #75 Zaiden -              0:03:16
9. #10 Nunley -             0:03:17
10. #95 Whipple -         0:03:19
11. #94 Strobel -           0:03:20
12. #16 Steele -             0:03:21
13. #28 Swift -              0:03:24
14. #96 Bob Baldwin - 0:03:41
15. #33 Croll -              0:04:03

Team Descending On Parker AZ

2011-10-12T18:57:00.001-05:00

The Strobel race team is migrating to Parker AZ for the BITD Blue Water Desert Challenge. Qualifying is scheduled to go off at 1:30 Pacific time tomorrow. Check back to see where we qualify!

Captured Cover of DirtSports Magazine!

2011-10-03T10:39:00.000-05:00

"Strobel Goes The Distance".

Team is featured on the Cover of the Dirt Sports magazine for September!

2011 BITD Vegas To Reno Video - OVERALL WINNERS!

2011-09-24T18:32:00.000-05:00

Alcon USA Posts Article About Strobel V2R Win

2011-09-23T17:30:00.000-05:00

Strobel Motorsports, based out of Central City, NE, made a significant mark in the world of Off-Road Racing by capturing the overall win in the 2011 Best In The Desert's TSCO "Vegas to Reno"

Cover of Dusty Times Baby!

2011-09-13T15:40:00.002-05:00

Strobel Motorsports is the feature shot on the cover of Off-Road industry trade publication Dusty Times. Great to continue to see additional publicity surface following the fantastic V2R win!

Jimco DTimes Ad

2011-09-13T15:36:00.001-05:00

Jimco Ad in Dusty Times featuring the #94 truck!

Strobel Now Leads BITD Season Points Chase!

2011-08-30T20:58:00.000-05:00

The race-dezert.com website now shows Steve leading the BITD Trophy Truck series points. 3 races in the books, with 2 more to go. The team is now re-doubling efforts to finish the 2011 season strong.

ABC TV Covers Team Win

2011-08-25T17:35:00.000-05:00

Local ABC Affiliate KHGI TV covered Steve's race win in their Wednesday sports broadcast. Click on the link below to see their news team's comments about the race and you can also read the entire printed write-up of the race on their website as well.
Strobel Takes Checkered Flag

V2R Championship Trophy!

2011-08-21T10:56:00.002-05:00

Congrats again to Steve, Dale & JT as well as the entire crew. It is finally sinking in that this team did in fact win the Longest Off-Road Race in the United States.

Here is the hardware to prove it! What a terrific effort and a joyous feeling to come away overall winners. Thanks again to all who put in many, many hours at the shop, testing, pre-race and in-race to help make this accomplishment possible.

Yes...We Made It!

2011-08-20T14:29:00.001-05:00

It still hasn't quite sunk in yet. Overall BITD Vegas To Reno off-road champions! This was a major accomplishment and will move Steve forward a bit in the BITD season points race.

We can't thank the crew enough that helped and played a significant part to make this happen. Way to go fellas!

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Steve - The Champion at Finish Line

2011-08-19T22:32:00.002-05:00

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Can You Say WINNER

2011-08-19T22:30:00.001-05:00

Yes! Yes! Yes! The Strobel Motorsports team is the overall winner of the 550 mile Vegas to Reno event. Whooooooo Hooooooooo!!!

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Through the last Pit

2011-08-19T20:50:00.000-05:00

The #94 just passed thru Weeks pit, RM 507. Only 45 miles to go and it is going to be close. BJ Baldwin is closing fast and the Freitas Class 1 car is also very close on adjusted time. Strobel fans...keep your fingers and toes crossed!!!

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Flat Tire at RM 461

2011-08-19T20:09:00.001-05:00

The guys had a flat but JT jumped out and completed a quick change on the course to get moving again. Come on baby...make it happen!

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Still Charging Forward

2011-08-19T19:47:00.001-05:00

The team completed the last scheduled pit stop at Gabbs race mile 416 and quickly moved beyond RM 445 reporting no issues. We now have less than 100 miles to the finish line in Dayton. Bring the #94 home boys!

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Through Pit 11 - Still Moving Well

2011-08-19T19:43:00.001-05:00

Team just passed through the Stinson Well pit and RM 400. The race truck is now the first race vehicle on the race course with some cars further back in the field now starting to catch up on adjusted time. Looks like this will be a drag race to the end folks. Geev em boys.

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Through Race Mile 377

2011-08-19T18:35:00.001-05:00

Steve & JT are through RM 377 and still moving forward well. The race plan continues to run like clockwork to this point. Come on boys...keep pushin!

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Pit 7 Completed

2011-08-19T18:24:00.004-05:00

The #94 truck continues to eat up the miles and is thru Pit 7 - race mile 259 clean and dry. They did experience a flat tire at approximately RM 264 but are moving again.

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2nd Fuel Stop Completed

2011-08-19T18:24:00.001-05:00

Things continue to go smoothly thus far for the #94 truck. The team completed the 2nd full stop of the day in a record 51 seconds. Steve jumped in and will hopefully take her home. Great job Dale through that section

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Through 4 and All Good!

2011-08-19T15:45:00.002-05:00

Whoop Whoop! Great pit stop...fuel, tires and Dale Ebberts is bolted into the race car and boogeying on down the course.

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Through 4 an All Good!

2011-08-19T15:44:00.001-05:00

Whoop Whoop! Great pit stop...fuel, tires and Dale Ebberts is bolted into the race car and boogeying on down the course.

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Thru Pit 5 - 1st TT on the Road

2011-08-19T15:43:00.001-05:00

Race truck with Dale now at the wheel continues to charge forward. We now believe we are the top Trophy Truck on the course and 2nd car overall. We've finished up 200 of the 550 mile mission for the day. Keep movin forward guys.

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Through Pit 3

2011-08-19T13:23:00.001-05:00

Race Truck is moving well and looked really good coming through Pit 3. Next stop is Pit 4 where we plan to fuel, change 2 rear tires and change drivers. Go Go Go!

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Race Is Underway!

2011-08-19T12:54:00.000-05:00

Steve & JT have left the starting line at 9:38PT this morning. The truck looks good and is already running 78 mph at race mile 6. Come on baby...make it happen!

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Through Pit 1

2011-08-19T12:28:00.001-05:00

Race car is through Pit 1 right on schedule and all is well.

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2011-08-19T08:04:00.001-05:00

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Race Day Baby!

2011-08-19T08:02:00.001-05:00

Gooooood Morning Race Fans! It is on. Team is heading out of the Aliante Station Hotel for the starting line. Stay close to your computers for in-race updates

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OFFICIALLY 8th Overall, 3rd Trophy Truck

2011-08-18T00:20:00.003-05:00

OK folks, here is the official Top 25 Starting Order for Friday's V2R:

1. Conlon 1582
2. Griffith 1553
3. Vildosola (Jones) 76
4. Hovey 1518
5. Childress 1565
6. Boyle 1563
7. Baldwin, BJ 1
8. STROBEL 94
9. Nunley 10
10. Hutchins 1527
11. Herbst, Tim 19
12. Sourapas 6
13. Householder 24
14. Voss 35
15. Flores 1576
16. Tuls 1599
17. Croll 33
18. Norman 8
19. Poelman 62
20. Herbst, Troy 49
21. Croll 32
22. McDowell 75
23. Dean 1575
24. Kemp 1501
25. Johnson 71

UNOFFICIALLY Qualified 10th Overall, 4th Trophy Truck

2011-08-17T20:54:00.000-05:00

Steve Strobel piloted the #94 truck to a very respectable 10th unofficial starting position this afternoon during the BITD V2R qualifying session. Official results should be posted later this evening. Below are the unofficial qualifying results we captured this afternoon.

Qualify Car #       Lap Time      Driver
1         1557         0:02:26         Koch
2         1582        0:04:13
3         1553         0:04:13         Griffith
4            76          0:04:18         Jones
5         1518         0:04:18         Hovey
6         1565         0:04:21         Childress
7         1563         0:04:22         Boyle
8               1         0:04:23         Baldwin
9             10         0:04:23         Nunley
10         94       0:04:24      Strobel
11             6         0:04:25         Sourapas
12           19         0:04:25         Herbst
13           24         0:04:26         Householder
14           35         0:04:27         Voss
15       1576         0:04:30         Flores
16       1599         0:04:30         Tuls
17           33         0:04:31         Croll
18             8         0:04:31         Norman
19           62         0:04:34
20       1575         0:04:34         Dean
21           49         0:04:34         Herbst
22           32         0:04:34         Croll
23           75         0:04:35         Zaiden
24       1501         0:04:35         Kemp
25       1549         0:04:36         Berri
26           71         0:04:37         Johnson

Team Dynoing and Testing in Vegas

2011-08-15T00:15:00.000-05:00

The race team has transported the #94 race truck out to Vegas for final dyno'ing of the Kroyer engine at the Kroyer shop. Steve and the crew will be doing some final testing just outside of Las Vegas Monday and Tuesday as well and then will settle in at race HQ at the Aliante Station for final prep and Qualifying on Wednesday followed by Contingency Thursday with the race going off Friday at approx. 9:30am Pacific Time. Check back often this week to keep posted on race activities as well as on race day for live race tracking.

New Action Video - SS 300 Coverage!

2011-07-23T09:13:00.005-05:00

BITD TV Coverage Schedule

2011-07-20T09:54:00.001-05:00

Best in the Desert off-road racing will be aired nationwide on Versus and MavTV this season, by Lucas Television Productions. The partial 2011 schedule is available here.

Bluewater Resorts & Casino Parker 425:
May 28, 2011 - 6 pm - Versus July 7, 2011 - 9 pm - MavTV

Bilek Racing Silver State 300:
August 7, 2011 - 6 pm - Versus August 18, 2011 - 9 pm - MavTV

TSCO Vegas to Reno:
December 24, 2011 - 4 pm - Versus

Bluewater Desert Challenge - TBA

TransWest Ford Henderson "250" - TBA

Schaeffer Oil Sponsor Video Posted

2011-05-20T12:53:00.002-05:00

Team Now Unofficially Tied for 5th in BITD Season TT Points Race

2011-05-02T21:15:00.001-05:00

After the unofficial results following the BITD Silver State 300 race over the weekend, the #94 Strobel Motorsports team is now tied for 5th place overall in the Trophy Truck class. Great job team...now we'll turn the focus on the Vegas-2-Reno race in August to keep climbing up the ladder!

UNOFFICIAL CUMULATIVE BITD Trick Truck RESULTS AFTER SS300:
1    76 Jones TT            168    96    72
2    96 Baldwin TT        163    92    71
3      1 BJ Baldwin TT   160   81    79
3      6 Sourapas TT     160    87   73
4   24 Householder TT 156    73    83
5    94 Strobel TT         153   79    74
5      9 Weyrich TT       153    84   69
6    10 Nunley TT        152   82   70
7    28 Swift TT            151   85   66
8    71 Johnson TT        148   72    76
9    95 Whipple   TT      139 76   63
10 32 Sh Croll TT       137   75   62

Unofficial Top 20 BITD Silver State 300 Results

2011-05-01T16:38:00.000-05:00

Below are the very unofficial Best-In-The-Desert Results from Saturday's race. This weekend's results will move the team up in BITD season points standings once official results are released. Up next for the Strobel Motorsports #94 Ford Trophy Truck team is the BITD Vegas-2-Reno race in August. Stay tuned for more team developments as the desert racing season rolls along.

Top 20 Unofficial Results

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1. Kyle Conlon
2. Pat Dean
3. Adam Householder (TT - 1)
4. BJ Baldwin (TT - 2)
5. Rick Johnson (TT - 3)
6. Mike Childress
7. Steve Appleton
8. Corey Keysar
9. STEVE STROBEL (TT - 4)
10. Jesse Jones (TT - 5)
11. Garrick Freitas
12. Steve Sourapas (TT - 6)
13. Chris Kemp
14. Bobby Baldwin (TT - 7)
15. Greg Nunley (TT - 8)
16. Mark Weyhrich (TT - 9)
17. Sean Mecham
18. Vince Galewick
19. Nick Campbell
20. TJ Flores

Unofficial Finish: 4th in Trophy Truck, 9th Overall

2011-04-30T21:15:00.000-05:00

The truck performed well and the pit stops were executed nicely today putting the Strobel truck in a solid 9th place preliminary overall finish. Steve moved up 4 places from the original 13th starting spot and had just a single flat tire on the day.

Photo courtesy utvunderground.com

Battling Bobby Baldwin for 9th Place at Race Midpoint

2011-04-30T15:20:00.000-05:00

Steve and JT appear to be looking for a way around the #96 truck of Bobby Baldwin around race mile 175. The Strobel race truck had a flat tire around RM 115 which allowed a couple of race cars to get by. However, the truck looked good at the full fuel stop at Pit #3 and they continue to run a very quick race.

#94 Moves Up to 8th At Pit #2!

2011-04-30T13:29:00.000-05:00

Driver Steve Strobel and Co-Driver John Tondro have moved up from their starting 13th position to 8th as the race cars came through Pit #2. They've got a very good run going...now to just stay in that groove for the rest of the afternoon!

Steve Qualifies 13th Overall, 5th in Trophy Truck

2011-04-28T23:40:00.000-05:00

The #94 Strobel Trophy Truck qualified in the top 15 with a solid 13th place qualifying run this afternoon. The truck ran really well and did a great job for a qualifying track that favored the smaller, lighter Class 1 cars.

Below is the official Top 20 Qualifying / Starting Order for Saturday's BITD Silver State race.

Start Postn Car # Driver
1   1518 Hovey

2   1 BJ Baldwin

3 1598 Daniel

4   6 Sourapas

5   35 Voss

6   1576 Flores

7 1577 Lofton

8   1582 Conlon

9   1553 Griffith

10   1575 Dean

11   1549 Berri

12   76 Jones

13   94 Strobel

14   1565 Childress

15   1572 Freitas

16   1501 Kemp

17   75 Zaiden

18 96 Baldwin

19   48 Nuckles

20   1559 Appleton

Pre BITD Race Testing Completed

2011-04-28T10:11:00.000-05:00

Team Treks to Nevada for BITD Silver State 300 Saturday!

2011-04-28T09:51:00.000-05:00

Getting there is MORE than half the fun for this team. The long trip from the race shop to the desert is part of what must be conquered each race event. This trip included the team transporter pushing through some snow and slush coming over the passes in Colorado.

All is good and the team finished some preliminary testing of new gear and is now ready for a great qualifying run this afternoon, Thursday, 4/28!

Start of BITD Silver State 300 Prerun

2011-04-17T11:51:00.000-05:00

Team "Raptor on steroids" Prerunner lined up in Caliente, NV to start Day 2 of the BITD Silver State 300 Prerun.

BITD Silver State 300 Prerun Today

2011-04-16T09:05:00.000-05:00

Team is in Vegas to Prerun the Best-In-The-Desert Silver State 300 course. The event is in 2 weeks on Saturday, Apr. 30th. Be sure to check back to the team blog for race tracking and race updates.

New Raptor Prerunner - NICE!

2011-04-10T21:50:00.000-05:00

The team's prerunner has been "RAPTORized"! Don't miss this at the BITD Silver State 300 Pre-run.

New Body Installed, Awaiting Paint & Graphics!

2011-04-05T15:14:00.000-05:00

All the fab work is completed and the awesome new body is hung on the race truck. Final paint & graphics are next to prep the truck for the upcoming BITD Silver State 300 race Apr 30th!

New Body Making Progress

2011-03-13T22:15:00.000-05:00

New body mount fabrication and paint prep is moving forward, with the big "unveiling" happening at the BITD Silver State 300 Apr. 29-30.

Check out this link for additional body install photos.

New Body Being Installed

2011-02-28T21:21:00.000-06:00

The #94 truck will be running a brand new body the next time it is in the desert. This bad boy will radically change the look of the Strobel Motorsports Trophy Truck! Check back often to see the fabrication and installation progress.

2011 Parker 425 Video

2011-02-19T18:33:00.000-06:00

2011-02-08T16:21:00.000-06:00

Finalizing race prep before the Parker 425. Fuel is going into the fuel tower and final spares are going on the race truck.

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2011 Parker 425 Qualifying Video

2011-02-06T15:20:00.000-06:00

#94 Race Truck Qualifies 18th

2011-02-03T16:48:00.001-06:00

Race fans, the Strobel Motorsports trophy truck unofficially qualified 18th in a very stout 70 car trophy truck and class 1 field of qualifiers for the 2011 Parker 425. Listed below are the unoffical Top 25 results as we have them timed for qualifying on the 6.3 mile qualifying lap:

1. Gordon - 5:22
2. Berri - 5:27
3. McMillan - 5:30
4. Griffith - 5:30
5. MacCachren - 5:31
6. Daniels - 5:32
7. Jones - 5:33
8. BJ Baldwin - 5:34
9. Croll - 5:34
10. Sproule - 5:35
11. Nuckles - 5:38
12. Ebberts - 5:39
13. Voss - 5:39
14. Sourapas - 5:39
15. Flores - 5:40
16. Hovey - 5:42
17. Nunley - 5:43
18. Strobel - 5:43
19. Herbst - 5:44
20. Conlon - 5:44
21. Childress - 5:45
22. Baldwin - 5:46
23. Dean - 5:50
24. Tuls - 5:50
25. Pfankuch - 5:50

The race goes off around 7:15 MT Saturday morning. Check back for more race action over the next couple of days!

Parker 425 This Weekend

2011-02-02T17:44:00.001-06:00

Race Fans...The BITD Parker 425 goes off this Saturday at 7:15am MT. Check back soon for links to online traccking links. Go Strobel Motorsports!

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#94 2010 Baja 1000 Story by CR Productions

2010-12-30T12:53:00.000-06:00

Strobel Motorsports 2010 Baja 1000 Video

2010-12-09T22:33:00.003-06:00

Strobel Motorsports 2010 Baja 1000 start

2010-11-22T23:19:00.000-06:00

At The Finish Line

2010-11-22T13:19:00.001-06:00

A shot of drivers Steve Strobel, Dale Ebberts and co-driver Nathan Ellis across the finish line and on the podium after 1,062 miles of Baja desert! Great job to the entire crew for bringing the Trophy Truck all the way to La Paz.

Crossed the Finish Line

2010-11-19T11:48:00.003-06:00

Trophy Truck #94 has crossed the finish line without any major break downs!! Great job guys!

Race Update

2010-11-19T10:35:00.001-06:00

Race Truck is 26 miles from the finish line!!

Race Update #3

2010-11-19T07:15:00.003-06:00

Good Morning ~ Currently the Race Truck is at Race Mile 881. They are still moving down the course and only issue they are currently dealing with is the power steering can reservoir leaking oil, but looks like they are still running a solid 10th place. Only 175 miles to go!!

Race Update #2

2010-11-18T23:23:00.001-06:00

Driver Change is done and Dale & Nathan are moving down the road. Everything has been going good!

Race Update

2010-11-18T21:41:00.002-06:00

The first 3 pit stops have gone great. Currently running in 8th place in his class and the truck is running good. Will be changing drivers at Race Mile 518.

2010-11-17T13:06:00.002-06:00

Race truck is READY!

2010-11-15T18:16:00.001-06:00

Crew relaxing in the race trailer after another day of prerunning from Olos Negros to San Felipe.

2010-11-15T10:47:00.002-06:00

Team's assets set up at the Bahia Resort hotel in Ensenada.

2010-11-13T18:58:00.001-06:00

Getting final pit meeting together before crossing the border and getting last prerunning completed.

IonEarth Tracker Assignments

2010-11-11T21:49:00.000-06:00

Fans, here are the IonEarth tracker assignments to enable you to follow our race truck and most of our very well prepared chase teams during the race.
R94 - #94 Strobel Race Truck
PRN - Dwight Strobel, Kent Booth, Scott Booth, Carlos Rosas
SM1 - Bill Rice, Clark Twiestmeyer, Mike Reeves, Tom Wagner
SM3 - Kerry & Mitch Armstrong, Burt & Paul Nafziger, Scott Strobel, Tom Dittmer
SM4 - Bucky Stanton, Junior Kaiser, James Reeves
SM6 - Tom Ebberts, John Cabe, Dale Ebberts, Nathan Ellis
SM7 - Dan Cauffiel, Sal Flores, Ruben Escobedo
SM8 - Doug Swartz, Rob Smith, Rob Morgan, Russ Whittington

Race Truck in Vegas for Final Dyno/Tune-Up

2010-11-10T14:54:00.000-06:00

The #94 truck was unloaded in Vegas this morning to get the final race tune-up before heading down to Baja.

The Las Vegas Motor Speedway is in the background of the Kroyer engine builder's shop. The Baja Mil is now only 1 week away!

Final Race Truck Prep Underway

2010-10-31T15:57:00.000-05:00

New light bar is nearing completion and other final prep activities are well underway with the Strobel Motorsports #94 race truck. The team's plans are continuing to be fine-tuned to insure the team is in the best position for an optimal finish in the 2010 Baja Mil.

First Half of Prerun Completed

2010-10-25T20:38:00.004-05:00

Owner/driver Steve Strobel and co-driver John Tondro completed prerunning the top half of the Baja 1000 course and have returned to Southern California. Both daytime and night prerunning objectives for the pre-run were all met.

Second driver Dale Ebberts and co-driver Nathan Ellis will begin their bottom half course coverage later this week.

Mexico Prerun Work Has Started!

2010-10-21T18:34:00.000-05:00

The Strobel "advanced team" is in Mexico and the new prerunner performed absolutely FLAWLESSLY all day today! Things are looking good for an oustanding session of course marking and race prep activities.

Team Leaves for Early Baja Prerunning Tomorrow!

2010-10-17T20:57:00.000-05:00

Here is a shot of the finished Prerunner just before being loaded onto the trailer to head down to Mexico. It will be asked to do a lot of course prep work over the next week in order to give the team the best opportunity to finish well in the 43rd running of the Baja 1000.

Prerunner Getting Final Touches

2010-10-13T23:02:00.000-05:00

The rocker panels got some good looking and practical Rhino lining which also tied the truck together very nicely. Time to go tear up the Baja peninsula starting October 21st to prepare for the Baja 1000 race which happens on November 18th. Check back to the blog during race week for updates and live tracking links.

Prerunner Test Video

2010-10-09T16:46:00.001-05:00

A little Nebraska testing of the beautiful new Strobel Motorsports customized Prerunner truck. What an unbelievable machine and a great asset for the team's assault of the 2010 Baja 1000.

Team Member Pat Ryan To Be Missed

2010-09-25T19:26:00.000-05:00

Team member Pat Ryan passed away unexpectedly this morning in his Las Vegas home. Pat has been a team member for quite some time and will be missed by all who knew him. Vayan Con Dios - Rest In Peace Pat.

What A Beautiful Machine!

2010-09-24T21:52:00.001-05:00

The team Prerunner is out of the womb and out on the Nebraska streets! Soon to be seen pounding the Baja Mexico desert. What a beautiful piece of machinery. Thanks so much to all the guys that have put in numerous hours to bring this bad boy to life! Check out the full slide show to see this ride go from frame to finished product!

Prerunner in "Home Stretch"

2010-09-24T07:00:00.000-05:00

The new Prerunner machine is very close to being ready to hit the Baja peninsula the middle of October. The interior is nearly finished, doors are hung and glass is in. What an incredible machine for insuring the team's "homework" for the Baja 1000 is completed. Look for this beautiful truck in Baja or on the streets near you soon!

Prerunner Interior Nearing Completion

2010-09-05T19:53:00.001-05:00

More progress continues on the team prerunner. Here is a shot of the 4 seat interior being prepped.