2021 Baja 1000 - 23 Hours onboard of RG's Unicorn

[BareFoot200]

 

[RiverDave]

That’s rad.. I skimmed through it but what an experience that’s gotta be

 

[riverroyal]

Cool video.
Why is this a unicorn?

 

[Dalton]

Cool video.
Why is this a unicorn?

the truck is high tech, some features are secret, it sports plastic/composite sheets on many parts of the undercarriage to keep prying eyes off

 

[BareFoot200]

Part one - excitement starts @ the 4:22:32 mark with the driver change......

 

[Bpracing1127]

Cool video.
Why is this a unicorn?

He is using a sequential tranny, no one else does. Believe it’s 4 wheel drive. But different than the mason ones. Motor is mid mounted I believe, everyone else is front.

 

[Ziggy]

Cool video.
Why is this a unicorn?

RG said so! dammit!

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Sure would be fun to drive though, my ex was a unicorn lover but that wasn't a fun ride

 

[ArizonaKevin]

He is using a sequential tranny, no one else does. Believe it’s 4 wheel drive. But different than the mason ones. Motor is mid mounted I believe, everyone else is front.

Some of the Mason's are mid engine with sequential trans as well. Same basic portal design as the Mason trucks but there are probably internal differences. Robby has called his truck the unicorn for a while. Chassis on this truck was built back in the early 2000s and I think he was one of the first to do mid engine with a v-drive and a 4 link. Prior to this truck, most of the mid engine trucks ran a transaxle trailing arm design like Ivan Stewarts T100.

IMO the most unique thing about this truck is Robby's engine package (NASCAR motor screaming to 9k ish rpm) and some of the weight savings things he has done, namely only carrying 1 spare.

 

[CLdrinker]

Cool video.
Why is this a unicorn?

No bolts in the rollcage.

 

[Blubyu]

Robby's engine package is like no one else's out there. There is no other Trophy Truck out there that sounds like his. Sounds freaking amazing. The others sound like a gargled underwater gomer piles exhaust shop build.

 

[HBCraig]

Holy shit. Awesome