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Dirtsports, 20081204 by Anonymous
DATE LINE:
Sometime around 1975
Location: Laughlin, Nevada
THE BACKSTORY:
Although it is probably the quintessential off-road race vehicle of all time, there inevitably came a point in the early when Parnelli Jones' Dick Russell-built "Big Oly" Ford Bronco began to get a bit long in tooth. A once mighty, two-time Baja 1000 winner. Big Oly, like many a Kentucky Derby-winning thoroughbred, was ready to be put out to pasture.
Jones, however, was not, and his project was designed to blaze (pun intended) new trails in his off-road racing career. Around 1974, he struck up a factory deal with General Motors to campaign a Chevrolet pickup and a of Chevrolet Blazers in major shortcourse and off-road events. Russell, a former Stroppe employee who was now...
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