Mr. Garner, who primarily raced pickup trucks in off-road events like the Baja 1000 in Mexico, said that neither his reputation nor that of his partner, Parnelli Jones, the 1963 Indy 500 winner, was much help.
The FJ's age and condition do qualify it for vintage off-road events, though, so there's still plenty of fun to be had.
This environmentally conscious off-road event is reminiscent of "The Amazing Race," with some major differences.
TO promote its Moab Easter Jeep Safari, the brand's annual off-road event, Jeep unveiled a half-dozen concept vehicles last week.
There have been deaths and injuries of bystanders at other off-road races, like the Baja 1000 in Mexico and the Dakar Rally, the world's longest off-road event, which covers more than 6,000 miles through Chile and Argentina.
Yet here I am taking part in Xterra Malta, an off-road event that has been described as one part triathlon, one part mountain bike race and one part "survival of the fittest".
Scottish Athletics has asked organisers to describe it as an off-road event due to the state of the road.
In the Los Angeles area, there will be HeartRides in Palmdale on May 6 (including an impressive 40K off-road event with a 3,800-foot 3,800-footfollowelevatione miles downhill) and Whittier on May 13 (including walking and running events as well as cycling).
When li'l' Chris came kicking and screaming into the world, almost 30 years ago, his father was riding in the International Six Day Enduro (ISDE), one of the world's oldest off-road motorcycle events.
The federal Bureau of Land Management on Thursday suspended off-road racing events run by Mojave Desert Racing Productions, the corporation responsible for a race last Saturday in which eight people were killed when a truck rolled into spectators.
One of his sidelines is to allow off-road motorcycling events on his land five times a year, which isn't always appreciated by his neighbours.
