So, who won? After conceding to friend and fellow competitor Marty Coyne on Friday night, Robby Gordon came back with a vengeance during Saturday's main event to take the Trophy Truck win. Rounding out the truck class winners were: Broc Ross of Deer Island, Oregon, who held off a hard-charging Larry Roeseler for the Class 7 crown; Perry McNeil Jr. of La Mesa, California, who won Class 7SX; and Ramona, California's Tyler Fox, who took home top honors in Class 7S.
Big thanks are in order for the Best Bad Guy in the West. The Herbst family has been venturing into the deserts of Baja since family patriarch Jerry Herbst took to the Baja 500 in 1970. With an oil and gaming empire funding their racing efforts, the Terrible team has the resources to spend as much time in Baja as they desire. The Red Team is familiar not only with Baja's terrain, but also with the adventure and fun that come with a visit south of the border. Instead of remaining content with their own Baja exploits, Team Herbst chose to bring Baja stateside and share the action with fans who might not otherwise witness the excitement firsthand. We're looking forward to a Terrible future.
In Baja, it's usually tree stumps and boulders that wreak this kind of havoc on race vehicles. | 
At Terrible's Cup, Chet Huffman was "helped" into a concrete barrier, subsequently grenading his left-side steering knuckle. Huffman will line up at the SCORE Baja 1000 with a set of redesigned knuckles and A-arms thanks to the brain trust at Engineering Innovations. |
Troy Herbst's Class 1 shark-motif "truggy" blurs by on a high-horsepower note. Pavement was part of the course, allowing racers to wind out their machines before hitting the dirt once again. | 
Many of us take open land for granted. ORBA, the Off-Road Business Association, knows that we need to be united as off-roaders or we'll get forced out of the areas in which we play, one closure at a time. To raise funds for land access, ORBA is raffling off this well-equipped Toyota FJ Cruiser. For more information, check out www.orba.biz |
Replaceable fiberglass body panels are the key to keeping a race vehicle looking good race after race. Alan Pflueger came prepared. | 
This slippery lefthand sweeper gave competitors fits all weekend. |
Here, Ed Herbst's Smithbuilt Ford goes head-to-head with Alan Pflueger's Monster Energy Drink Chevy Silverado. | 
The Herbst F-150 has a full-time four-wheel-drive system, and the superior directional control let Herbst guide his red Trophy Truck through this corner to take a heat race win on Saturday night. Very nice. |
Marty Coyne exults after beating a hard-charging Robby Gordon on Friday night. Coyne Motorsports came into Terrible's Cup II with a historical advantage, as Marty swept both nights of Terrible's Cup in 2005. | 
Off-road speed runs in the Coyne family: Monster Energy Drink recently signed young gun Travis Coyne to represent it in both the CORR Pro 2 and SCORE racing series. |
Fans usually get the best view of Robby Gordon, as most of his competitors see him charging their rearview mirrors or disappearing in a cloud of dust. Robby's trademark aggressive driving took home the Trophy Truck win on Saturday night. | 
Racers staged on the dark pavement by the pits. Although driving lights weren't required, they were a big asset on the course's shadowy sections outside of the infield. |
Trophy Trucks are pure unobtanium for almost all of us. If the real thing is out of reach, consider scaled-down excitement in a Trophy Kart. | 
Perry McNeil Jr.'s bright-yellow Ford Explorer has been a fixture at past short-course races, but he recently built this super-clean Class 7SX Ranger for both short and long-course races. Perry took advantage of daytime practice sessions to get ready for the evenings' competitions. |
Why build and race a midsize truck? Robert Anderson's Ford Ranger offers a few clues. Instead of race-only exotica, Anderson uses commonly available fullsize running gear attached to the Giant Motorsports suspension on the front and rear of number 704. That's a Dana 60 rear axle built by Full Tilt Off-Road hanging from the Giant suspension links. | 
Brandon Walsh skipped the normal stepping stones of Class 7S or local racing circuits such as MDR and lined up with the big boys of Class 7. While his Total Chaos front end never skipped a beat, his shock tuning wasn't optimal, and he struggled to keep his Tacoma at race pace. Still, we applaud him for building a truck and showing up on the starting line - Brandon must have learned to swim by jumping straight into the deep end. |