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FJ Cruiser to Race at Baja

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The Baja 1000 is an epic off-road endurance race that crosses the unforgiving terrain of the Baja peninsula in Mexico. Every year a massive field of cars and trucks ranging from basically stock VW bugs to full-custom tube-frame race trucks gathers at the starting line in Ensenada Mexico to try their luck at becoming an off-road racing hero. On November 15th a new face will join the fray at Baja.
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The all new Toyota FJ Cruiser is considered a nostalgia vehicle. Based on the venerable FJ40 Land Cruiser of Toyota’s past, the new cruiser is much more luxury SUV and much less hardcore 4×4 than its ancestor. However, Toyota is out to prove the soft image of the cruiser wrong. A full race truck has been constructed using the FJ Cruiser TRD package as its base. With a full roll cage, fuel cell, upgraded brakes, 4.88 front and rear gears, and a combination of Donahue coil-over’s in the front with Fox Racing shocks in the back, this Cruiser is ready to take on the hard terrain.

Entered in the Mini Stock Class, the FJ Cruiser will be piloted by Pike’s Peak God and off-road racing legend Rod Millen and his son Ryan. With drivers of their status behind the wheel the bar will be set very high for Millen’s team.

The 2006 Baja 1000 runs from November 15th-18th.
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-Bill Mertz

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Posted in 4x4 and Truck, Motorsports on November 2nd, 2006

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