OFF Road Adventure –

Even if you don’t consider yourself a fan of motor sports you are probably at least somewhat familiar with rally car driving. You’ve seen rally car driving in movies or on TV and you may even know that this is one of the oldest motor sports, having begun in the early 1900s in Monte Carlo. The sport of rally driving is somewhat different today than it was in the early days, mainly because it is more mature–the cars are faster, the roads are better, and rally driving equipment is now designed for safety. But rally car driving retains its allure because it still means fast cars, thrilling turns, and brave drivers.

If you think that rally car driving is a sport reserved only for professionals you are wrong. With the help of the many professional rally driving schools that are located throughout the world, anyone can suit up, strap down and experience the thrill of taking hairpin turns at break neck speeds and more »

by Matthew Harrel

Ice road trucking is one of the most dangerous jobs in the world. With a job description that includes sub-zero working conditions, long hours with little sleep, and the risk of potentially falling through a road made of ice, it’s amazing that anyone signs up for the job. Incredibly, these are only a few challenges of being an ice road trucker.

Ice road trucking has been dubbed as a two month long “dash for cash.” Road crews spend weeks preparing the ice road for the trucks. Using ground-penetrating radar to measure the ice depth, road crews ensure the ice is thick enough (usually a minimum of about 27 inches) to support the big rigs. In what can become a scheduling nightmare, 600-900 truckers are tasked with delivering 10,000 loads at an average speed of only about 20 miles per hour. Drivers haul loads throughout the day and night, often getting little or no sleep be more »

A rally driving experience can be your thrill of a lifetime if you take the chance to do it sometime. Sure, driving the kids to school, going to the supermarket and driving to work are a part of daily life but there are all sorts of off road driving escapades waiting to be explored. Off road driving or rally driving, is driving on unpaved, raw roads such as sand, gravel, riverbeds, mud, snow, rocks, and other natural environments. It involves driving a highly specialized automobile such as a four-wheel drive or an all terrain vehicle through such natural surroundings. Rally driving is a sport which has become quite popular with people who are looking for a high adrenaline filled, recreational pursuit.

Off Roading first emerged in the early 20th century. The rally driving experience actually materialized as a television show on ABC and quickly became so popular as to be a full fledged sport. Rally driving more »

If you have never experienced the thrill of sitting behind the wheel of a rally car, then you owe it to yourself to give it a try. Nothing beats the speed and action that rally car driving can give you. Just one time kicking up dust in your own specially modified rally car and you will be a believer. Before you know it you’ll be doing full four wheel drifts, hand brake turns, and full power slides. You’ll be certain to come back for more since once you have tried rally car driving it will be in your blood.

Rally car driving is a unique race format since it is not run on a circuit, instead rally car races are run in stages or point-to-point. As a sport, rally car driving has been around for more than 100 years. It developed in Monte Carlo in the early 1900s and has continued to have a substantial following for all these years. While rally car driving does not have the high profile in more »