Mike Acton
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The Ford F-Series pickup has been America’s best-selling pickup for 39 consecutive years and in 2015 alone more than 780,000 of them rolled out of dealer showrooms.1 When combined with the sales of GM, FCA-Ram, Toyota, Nissan, and others you begin to grasp the market for truck parts and accessories. It’s huge. Tens of millions of pickup trucks are on the road today and because we use these vehicles for work and play, things break, presenting an opportunity to upgrade with sturdier components.
The industry is well aware of this, in fact the major vehicle manufacturers have each made a concerted effort to chip away at the aftermarket industry by providing their own branded upgrade parts. Sometimes those “original equipment” vehicle manufacturers like Ford or FCA-Jeep have their own engineers performing research and development on upgraded components, and other times the OEs will simply private label an existing aftermarket enhancement from a third party like Warn or Camburg. Either way, manufacturers of replacement parts for full-size, mid-size, and compact pickup trucks were demonstrating this week that they can stay ahead of the OEs and deliver what customers want.
Here are some of the trucks on display at SEMA 2016.
1Source: Ford Motor Company
“Southern Arizona’s Ultimate Offroad Facility,” MC Motorsports Park will once again host Dirt Riot Endurance Racing this Saturday, May 6th. Dirt Riot Endurance Racing includes the professional rock racing classes and “everyman” classes for those who want to bring their personal rig out and compete.
All festivities during the UTV World Championship including the Pit Crew Challenge, Kick Off Party, Tech & Contingency, and all four races are FREE to spectators and their families. Get all the spectator details, schedule of events, Google map to Laughlin, a city map to the event, and other important information HERE on Off-Road Spectator.
Off-Road Expo is expanding to meet the growing demands of our off-road community with this past weekend’s Off-Road Expo Arizona Spring Edition sponsored by the City of Scottsdale. Plenty of off-road gear and tech was on hand, plus amazing extreme vehicles from all off-highway sports.
Congratulations to all Dirt Riot Southwest Series Round 1 competitors. Seven classes, roughly 6-miles of course, and tons of action in the most beautiful desert landscape of Congress, Arizona.
Off-Road Spectator is proud to announce the launch of our own YouTube video channel to share videos of the best and the worst drivers in off-road racing.
