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Off Road

Off-roading, term for driving a specialized vehicle on unpaved roads


Challenger trucks

was a British Columbia-based Canadian manufacturer of heavy trucks, that built both highway and off road trucks, particularly for the logging industry, under the Challenger, Custom Built for Heavy Industry, brand.

Fina Román

Fina Román (born May 16, 1965 in Almería) is a Spanish off road racing codriver and navigator.

Juan Manuel González Corominas

Juan Manuel González Corominas (born May 24, 1968 in Navàs, Barcelona), also known as Pedregá, is a Spanish off road motorbike and ATV driver.

Radiance Digital Entertainment

During his 23 years in game industry, Singman's works include Astrology Fortune-Teller, Sony ISO Formatter, JOHN MADDEN FOOTBALL, Super Puzzle Fighter, Final Fight EX, Tang Chi, TEST DRIVE OFF ROAD series, Big Air Snowboarding, Loony Tunes Racing, Puzz Loop, The Sign, The Age, Magical Land, Crazy Kart, Beach Volleyball Online, GoGoRacer Online and so on.


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African Oystercatcher

The main threats faced by the bird are during the breeding season from disturbance by people, off-road vehicles driving on the beach, from attacks by dogs and predation by the Kelp Gull (Larus dominicanus).

Automotive industry in North Korea

Since 1950, Sungri Motor Plant in Tokchon has been North Korea's first and largest motor vehicle plant producing urban and off-road passenger cars; small, midi- and heavy cargo, construction and off-road trucks and buses under the names Sungri, Jaju and others.

Autopia

The colorful Chevrolet Corvette Stingray-style cars were replaced by three different kinds of cars: Dusty, an off-road style car; Sparky, a sports car; and Suzy, a Volkswagen Beetle-style car.

Beadlock

First manufactured for aftermarket racing and off road applications by Marsh Racing Wheels at Siloam Springs, Arkansas in 1980 but conceived, designed and tested by Marsh Racing Wheels years earlier.

Buick Rendezvous

In lieu of four-wheel drive, the Rendezvous offered Versatrak, a full-time, fully automatic all-wheel drive system which provided sure-footed traction in the snow and wet, could handle moderate off-road surfaces, but was not meant for boulder-climbing Rubicon Trail-type activities.

Cal Wells

At the time, Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. needed to promote their tough, reliable technology driven line of trucks through participation in Off-Road Championships, the Score Desert Series, including the Baja 500 and Baja 1000, and the Mickey Thompson Off-Road Championship Grand Prix (MTEG Stadium Series).

With Off-Road legend Ivan "Ironman" Stewart, internationally successful brothers Steve and Rod Millen and Off Road, Indy Car and NASCAR winner Robby Gordon, PPI and Toyota won 88 races, 11 manufacturer championships including three Baja 1000's, 11 Baja 500's and five mint 400's.

Chad Hord

Championship Off-Road Racing (CORR) formed in 1998 and it immediately displayed SODA as the main sanctioning body in Midwestern off-road racing.

Chad Ragland

Chad Ragland (born November 27, 1970, Phoenix, Arizona) is an American winning race car driver and the son of legendary off-road racer Larry Ragland.

Chesapeake Beach Rail Trail

Plans are underway to develop this portion of the trail and connect it to residential communities within the vicinity, providing off-road access to the towns of Chesapeake Beach and North Beach and their in-town boardwalks and trails.

Combe Gibbet

The Combe Gibbet is also the start of a scenic 16 mile off-road race to Overton organised by the Overton Harriers and Athletic Club.

Einheits-PKW der Wehrmacht

The medium off-road passenger car was built by the Opelwerk Brandenburg (chassis only), Wanderer in Siegmar-Schönau (today a part of Chemnitz), and Horch in Zwickau (both members of Auto Union).

Harald Pietschmann

Pietschmann owns and operates the Adventure Company, an off-road driving and training group which guides drivers on expeditions across the Rubicon Trail and other off-road courses.

Helmut Dähne

He entered off-road contests from 1965 to 1971, starting road racing in 1968 with a hillclimbing win at Sudelfeld in the Bavarian Alps.

Hindustan Motors

Hindustan and General Motors have had several tie-ups in the post independence era to produce Bedford Trucks, Vauxhall Motors (1980 to 1990), Allison Transmissions and off-road equipment.

ISDE

International Six Days Enduro, an international off-road motorcycle competition

Ivan 'Ironman' Stewart's Super Off Road

Super Off Road was also included in the 2012 compilation Midway Arcade Origins for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

Jarit Johnson

Brother of NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson and a former NASCAR competitios, he currently competes in off-road racing, driving in the TORC: The Off Road Championship series.

Joe Breeze

A downhill time trial on fire roads in the hills west of Fairfax, California, Repack brought together riders from around Mount Tamalpais who stripped down older bikes for off-road use and fitted rugged parts to them.

José Manuel Ponce

This was the first time a Mexican American competed in this endurance race known to many as the Nürburgring of off road racing in Germany.

Kress Corporation

Kress Corporation is an American off-road truck manufacturer located in Brimfield, Illinois.

KTM 1190

KTM 1190 Adventure, a roadgoing/off-road (dual-sport) motorcycle introduced in 2013

Lincoln Navigator

Expedition four-wheel drives continue to use a two-speed dual range transfer case with off road low range reduction gearing and default off road program that remaps (reprograms) the electronic throttle control and traction control system response for off road conditions.

Matra Rancho

The Matra Rancho was a leisure activity vehicle created by the French engineering group Matra, in cooperation with the automaker Simca, to capitalize on the off-road trend started by the Range Rover.

Midway Arcade Treasures 3

For legal reasons, the image of "Ironman" Ivan Stewart has been altered in the two Super Off Road games; he now has sunglasses and a moustache and both games are now known as simply "Super Off Road" (the original arcade versions were known fully as "Ironman Ivan Stewart's Super Off Road").

Moi Torrallardona

Moisès "Moi" Torrallardona (born on September 13, 1966 at Castellfollit del Boix, Manresa) is a Spanish off-road rally truck co-driver and navigator.

Motorex

Just to mention a few examples, since 2005, sponsorship agreements brought forward 11 Off-road World Champions such as Yves Demaria and Marvin Musquin; 8 World Champions in the Enduro class such as David Knight and Iván Cervantes; Mat Rebeaud was able to win the World Championship in Freestyle twice; and within the AMA Superbike more than 7 champion titles were collected by stars like Mat Mladin.

Mulben

A small farm upon the road that leads in that northerly direction called House of Mulben has also become a tourist attraction by offering such activities as archery, clay pigeon shooting, off road driving with Land Rover Defenders, zorbing and the chance to fish in a small, private lake.

Nail'd

Nail'd is an off-road arcade racing game developed by Techland for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

RPO ZR2

RPO ZR2 was a special off-road/suspension package offered by General Motors primarily on their 4x4 2nd Generation S-Series line.

Shane Watts

Known for his unpredictability and disregard to injury, many call Watts the "Travis Pastrana" of off-road racing.

Simon Pavey

He gained recognition when he first trained Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman in off-road motorcycle riding for the TV series Long Way Round and then trained Boorman again to race off-road and compete in the Dakar Rally in 2006 for the TV series Race to Dakar.

Test Drive Off-Road

GameSpot said for the PlayStation version, "Test Drive: Off Road is an acceptable entry in the suddenly crowded field of off-road racing games."

Test Drive Off-Road has a total of twelve songs, six of which are by the band "Gravity Kills".

Tixover

One of the country's most popular off-road driving centres is at Tixover Quarry, which is used by many Land Rover clubs for days out, and by Land Rover Owner Magazine for vehicle tests and photo shoots.

TNN Motorsports Hardcore Heat

TNN Motorsports Hardcore Heat (バギーヒート Buggy Heat in Japan and Europe) is an off-road racing video game for the Dreamcast, developed by CRI and published in the USA by ASC Games.

Toyota FJ Cruiser

In the summer of 2004, Toyota began extensive off road evaluations of the FJ platform by driving development mules on many of the most difficult trails in North America including Moab, Utah, the Angeles National Forest, the Mohave Desert, and the famed Rubicon Trail.

Toyota USA Automobile Museum

2. Racing: Ivan “Ironman” Stewart’s famous off-road stadium truck; GTP race cars; a Long Beach Grand Prix historical photo wall; and the Chip Ganassi Target Champ Car, NASCAR, and the Land Speed Record Prius.

Transport on the Isle of Wight

Sustrans National Cycle Network routes 22 and 23 have sections through the Isle of Wight, including off road sections of route 23 between Cowes and Newport and Newport and Sandown along disused railway lines.

Vildósola

Gus Vildósola (born 1953), Mexican off-road racing driver and businessman

Volkswagen Kübelwagen

Although Adolf Hitler discussed with Ferdinand Porsche the possibility of military application of the Volkswagen as early as April 1934, it was not until January 1938 that high-ranking Third Reich army officials formally approached Porsche about designing an inexpensive, light-weight military transport vehicle that could be operated reliably both on- and off-road in even the most extreme conditions.

Yanik Silver

The club has scuba dived off Iceland's Silfra Ravine, been off-road racing with Jesse James, annually spend a week at Richard Branson's Necker Island, had simulation dogfights in Word War II-era planes, and featured sessions with Tony Hawk, John Paul DeJoria, James, and Branson.

Zastava Trucks

From 1953, 162 off-road vehicles with the trademark Willys were produced.