 |
|
 |
November 2, 2005Vessel's F-100 History-Making Truck Heading to the Off-Road Hall of Fame Las Vegas, NV Three decades of BFGoodrich® Tires' off-road dominance truly began with Frank "Scoop" Vessels and the Vessels F-100, with a groundbreaking Class 8 victory in the 1977 Baja 500. In honor of that victory, and the truck's pioneering efforts, Off-Road Motorsports Hall of Fame will showcase the Vessels F-100 in the National Automobile Museum (The Harrah's Collection) in Reno, Nevada. "We're honored to include Scoop Vessel's F-100 in Off-Road Motorsports Hall of Fame," said Rod Hall, president Off-Road Motorsports Hall of Fame. "Few trucks in the history of off-road motorsports are as revolutionary and storied as the Vessel's F-100. Scoop's truck defined what off-road vehicles were in the late 70s." The 1977 Baja 500 was a big event for Vessels. Not just because he won it, but also because it was the introduction of BFGoodrich® Radial tires to off-road racing. Vessels took part in the development of the first-generation of the BFGoodrich® Radial T/A® tire, the tire that changed the world of off-road racing. The premiere of the Radial T/A tire marked the switch from tires—often agricultural in origin—that hadn't been designed for competition, to tires designed specifically for the rigors of speed in the desert. Vessels' race truck was a race-modified short bed Ford F-100 with a spartan interior—two racing seats and a roll cage. The race motor, a propane-powered 404 CID Ford V8, was built by a company that wanted to demonstrate how versatile propane fuel could be. The advantage was that since it was pressurized, it didn't change its density or power delivery with altitude, a big plus at Baja where the altitude ranged from 5,500 ft. to below sea level. Vessel's F-100 was recently restored and on display at the BFGoodrich booth at this year's SEMA show. The National Automobile Museum (The Harrah Collection) is located on the corner of Mill and Lake streets in downtown Reno, and is within easy walking distance from hotels and casinos. Home of more than 200 cars, the Museum covers more than 100,000 square feet featuring changing exhibits, four period street scenes and a specialty Museum Store. BFGoodrich® Tires combines technological expertise with vast motorsports experience, delivering a high-performance tire for every type of vehicle from ultra-high performance tuner vehicles, sports cars and SUVs to the hottest sport trucks, pickups and rock-crawling rigs in the world. For more than 30 years, BFGoodrich Tires has used motorsports as a proving ground. Success on the street begins with winning on the track and BFGoodrich Tires is involved in every type of racing, including oval, sports car, drag, desert and extreme rock-crawling. With 19 consecutive Baja 1000 wins, the most wins in rock-crawling history, and an unmatched record on pavement, BFGoodrich Tires has proven the only records it breaks are its own. Visit BFGoodrich Tires online at www.bfgoodrichtires.com. |
|
|
 |
|
| All press releases for: 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 | |
