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TOP 8 TIPS FOR FINISHING THE DAKAR RALLY AS A ROOKIE

This year I competed in and finished The Dakar Rally 2020. I set out to do the seemingly impossible encouraged by Nathan Rafferty, who raced and finished last year’s Dakar as a rookie with the same number (104). An enormous amount of time was spent training to start the race mentally and physically prepared. The race is incredibly challenging, with an estimated attrition rate of around 35% over the course of two weeks. This turned out to be a great year to race, as Americans won both the motorcycle and side-by-side classes for the first time in more than 40 years of the race’s history. I was fortunate to witness these enormous feats and, along the way, learned some important lessons to share with aspiring contenders.

Solo Motorcycle Adventure

Any Journey Can Be Epic…Even if It’s Close to Home

The "1X"

Chasing the SLR Honda Team Down the Baja Peninsula

RACER PROFILE: RICKY BRABEC ON BECOMING A LEGEND

The Dakar Rally Interview

Scorpion AT-950 Dual-Pane Outrigger Helmet

PRODUCT REVIEW

Motonation Pursang Jacket and Phantom Pants

PRODUCT REVIEW

Ladakh and Rajasthan

The Royal Biker Boys

Klim F5 Koroyd Helmet

PRODUCT REVIEW

Giant Loop Round the World Panniers and Pannier Mounts

PRODUCT REVIEW

Bohn Body Armor Airtex Armored Riding Shirt

PRODUCT REVIEW

THE SECOND ANNUAL F-100 REUNION

It Was Great the First Time. Let’s Do It Again!

LUCY- Perfection, Perfected

IN A WORLD OF LS ENGINES, IT’S NICE TO SEE A TRIED-AND-TRUE OLD SCHOOL SBC UNDER THE HOOD. DON’T WORRY—IT’S A STROKED 383 WITH MODERN FITECH FUEL INJECTION AND A BUNCH OF OTHER BOLT-ONS THAT MAKE IT RUN AS GOOD AS IT LOOKS!

Funky COE Medina

A Way Custom COE Hauler

CHASING 3'S

A NEW DURAMAX POWERED PROMOD HITS THE DRAGSTRIP

A LEGEND LIVES ON

Jessi Combs: An Inspiration We’ll Never Forget

ESCAPIST UTOPIA

A JOURNEY FROM THE HEART OF NAMIBIA TO THE SKELETON COAST IN LAND ROVER’S STUNNING NEW OFF-ROAD CHAMPION

CHEAP WHEELS

WHICH AFFORDABLE SUBCOMPACT SUV SHOULD YOU GET?

How Do I Prevent Low-Speed Overheating on a 500HP, GM LS3-Powered Datsun 240Z on 110-Degree Summer Days?

Mike Mileski from Tucson, Arizona Asks…

The Homeless Hemi, Part 1

WE ADOPT A MOPAR IN NEED AND FEED IT SOME SPEED

Take Five: John Hotchkis

THE PERFORMANCE SUSPENSION PIONEER DISCUSSES HIS ROOTS IN DESIGN, RACING, AND THE CHANGING LANDSCAPE OF THE PERFORMANCE AFTERMARKET

Shop Talk: How to Check Piston to Valve Clearance

In all but the most mild engine builds, taking extra time to check piston-to-valve clearance is good insurance. In any four-cycle gasoline engine, there is one point in the combustion event where the piston and valves can be very close to each other—at top dead center (TDC) of the exhaust stroke.

ONE OF A KIND

BRETT HANKINS OWNS THIS HAND-BUILT ALUMINUM-BODY WILLYS

Build a 501-Inch Ford Big-Block Torque Monster

In the five decades since Ford’s “Lima” series V8 first debuted with 460 cubic inches under the hood of the 1969 Lincoln Continental Mark III, the mighty canted-valve big-block has earned a solid reputation for durability and ease of modification. Though factory high-performance development maxed out in 1971 with the 370hp 429 CJ-R, you don’t need a rare muscle car core engine to get plenty of power.

TEN YEARS AFTER

Murray Pfaff’s Genre-Defying Imperial Speedster Continues to Drop Jaws and Defy Convention

Build an 800hp 6.4L Hemi, No Boost, No Nitrous

Byron Walker at Modern Muscle Xtreme (MMX) built a 14.0:1 compression, 7,000-rpm, 454-inch Gen III Hemi screamer that makes 800 hp.

Automotive Artifacts

I’m going to need everyone to conform to my morals when it comes to automotive artifacts, ok? This rant is a followup to my last column in which I described a road trip I recently executed upon old Route 66. Dozens of glorious ruins of America’s roadside history were spotted, but one of them hit me extra hard. It was just an old sign. In Carthage, Missouri, lies a shambled building with the hand-painted name G&E Tire Co. ghosted through the bricks, and at the building’s corner at Oak Street and McGregor Boulevard there’s a fascinating protuberance: a simple brown, metal fabrication with remnants of neon tubes and lettering that says De Soto Plymouth.

ALPHA OMEGA

HOLLEY’S LATEST PROJECT LEADS THE PACK FOR EFI PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

TWO ERAS TWO ICONS

AN UNBROKEN SPIRIT SEPARATED BY ONE DIGIT AND 45 YEARS

Oom Pah Pow!: Affalterbach Takes the Gloves Off

AMG'S MIDDLEWEIGHT SUV BRAWLER HITS HARD

Interview: Joe Eberhardt

President and CEO, Jaguar Land Rover North America