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Welcome:
Here is a brief
history of Mickey Thompson and his off road racing. He Started Off-Road
racing by driving for Parnelli Jones in 1969 and from there he started
designing and building his own vehicles. I do not have all the
information about Mickey and his Off Road racing but as this
Information becomes avaible it will be added. Thanks for visting this
site and have a great day. |
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1969
through 1972:
M/T
started driving for Parnelli Jones, being the new driver on the team
M/T would find himself either sitting on the side lines or having to
drive one of the lesser cars so M/T decided to start building his own
cars. so his first off-road vehicle was a buggy powered with a Ford 4-cylinder
industrial engine. The next vehicle was a 1972 Chevrolet C-10
pick-up, but M/T found the 1/2-ton pick-up wasn't up to the pounding
he gave it. The Mint 400 was the first race that Mickey
and his Son, Danny drove as a team. The C-10 Pick-up on the outside
looks just like "Big Red" the 1973 C-20 M/T used the next year. |
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Race Results: 1972 C-10 |
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Baja 500 |
DNF |
1971 |
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Mexican 1000 |
DNF |
November 1971 |
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Parker Dam 500 |
1st |
February
1972 |
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Mint 400 |
DNF |
1972 |
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Baja 500 |
2nd |
June 1972 |
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1973
to 1975:
M/T
built a 1972
Chevrolet C-20 pick-up for Off Road Racing . We have this truck at
our shop
Thompson Motor Sports Inc. in
Eugene, Oregon.
This truck was the only off-road vehicle he drove for more than one
season. Its First race was the Mexican 1000 in November 1972 where on
the first 85 mile leg of the race he averaged 109 miles per hour. |
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Race Results: 1973 C-20 |
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Mexican 1000 |
DNF |
November 1972 (First race for Big
Red) |
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Baja 500 |
2nd |
June 1973 |
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Baja 500 |
DNF |
June 1974 (Last
Race for Big Red) |
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1974:
M/T built
this 1974
LUV pick-up next. The only thing on this truck that was stock was the
cab. This truck was a true beast weighing only 2800 pounds with an
all Aluminum 454 Chevrolet engine mounted in the bed
and producing
+600 horsepower as
much Horse Power
as "Big Red" which was 5600 pounds. |
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Race Results: 1975 LUV |
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Baja 500 |
DNF |
June 1975 (First race for LUV) |
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Baja 1000 |
NA |
November 1975 |
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Laughlin 300 |
DNF |
December 1975 |
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1976:
M/T built this
single seat cars in 1976, this was the first of many single seat cars
he built from 1976 to 1987, each one had something a little different.
We have this car at our shop Thompson Motor Sports Inc. in Eugene, Oregon. |
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Race Results: 1976 |
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Casinos 350 |
DNF |
NA |
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Baja 1000 |
DNF |
NA |
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Snore 250 |
NA |
NA |
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Sandmaster 300 |
NA |
NA |
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1977
through 1979:
I
have no information on the cars M/T used from 1977 through 1979
Off-Road Season.
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Race Results: 1977 |
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Parker 400 |
NA |
NA |
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Mint 400 |
DNF |
NA |
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Baja 1000 |
NA |
NA |
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Race Results: 1978 |
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Mexicali 300 |
DNF |
NA |
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Mint 400 |
DNF |
NA |
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Race Results: 1979 |
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NA |
NA |
NA |
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Click
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1980:
M/T built
this off road car which we have at out
shop, Thompson Motor Sports Inc. in Eugene Oregon. A few features
this car had was a Driver's seat which was pivoted at the front and
had a small coil-over shock mounted at the back so it would soak up
the rough roads. It had a electric motor to change the wing angle
which could be adjusted by the driver while racing. |
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1981
to 1987:
I have
no information on the cars he used from 1981 to 1987. This is
pictured is one of, if not the last off road car built by Mickey Thompson. |
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on
image
to ENLARGE |
M/T
Wins the Baja
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Here is a picture of
Mickey after his win of the Baja 1000
Using a car loaned to him by a friend. We were sent this picture by
the original owner of the car. |
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