Vintage Race Truck to Take on the NORRA Mexican 1000 - Frank “Scoop” Vessels ... - Four Wheeler Network
The 1972 Ford F-100 that Scoop Vessels drove to class wins in the 1976 and ‘77 Baja 500 and the 1977 Baja 1000, is nearly ready for the 2015 NORRA/General Tires Mexican 1000. Cameron Thieriot is the now proud owner of the Ford, and will share... It was at Stroppe that Charlie Haga and crew designed and built the then yellow Fleetside truck. Stroppe raced it in that year’s 1000. It was run in the 1975 and ‘76 Baja races as a Fleetside and didn’t become a step side until 1976, when the so called “small truck” was first raced at Riverside International Speedway. According to Sean Hogland, whose YT Motorsports crew is currently rebuilding the truck at the Arciero facilities in Foothill Ranch, CA, “We confirmed that the yellow short bed fleet side Stroppe built truck raced in 1974 is the same truck that we... Source: www.fourwheeler.com
