When the fine people of Orange County, California are not rioting after surfing competitions, they are going to fairs, specifically the Orange County Fair. Like at many fairs around the nation, this one had a “Tuff Truck” competition that mostly consists of guys who bought clapped out Jeep Cherokees, Chevy pickups, and other forlorn four wheels drives, stripped them, painted ’em like demo derby cars, and then drove them like they were on meth and running from the cops through the Grand Canyon. At least that’s how they usually look around here. We’re sure that there were plenty of those guys waiting in the wings when Robbie Gordon popped by in one of his new Stadium Super Trucks and completely demoralized them to a man with an awesome show that the arena crowd at the fair was privy to.
Sure, the thing doesn’t roll over or blow up, but what it does is illustrate how (a) bad ass Gordon is behind the wheel of a truck and (b) how agile, fast, and durable these babies are. The trucks have been racing all over the place during their inaugural season and recently they were in Toronto racing around an asphalt course with jumps and stuff built into it as part of the program for the Toronto Grand Prix.
Dig the fact that Gordon totally rooster tails the crowd with dirt twice near the end of the video and the guy filming it 100% into it. Gordon is a smart guy to know that he needs to build the fan base for his series and this is a great way to do it. Get the trucks in front of people in smaller venues where they normally wouldn’t expect it and then unleash hell right in front of them. That’s a winning formula and we’re sure that at least a few of these people are going to be buying tickets to the next LA area race…unless they are involved in some sort of surfing riot or brodeo/brodown with the cops. If so, they’ll be late.
Thanks to Wickam for the tip!
PRESS PLAY BELOW TO SEE ROBBIE GORDON ABSOLUTELY OWN THE TUFF TRUCK COMPETITION AT THE OC FAIR!
Indy – check
Daytona – check
Dakar – check
Baja – check
County Fair – check
Bucket List complete LOL