Jeep Gladiator wins class in Baja 400

[Malarkey21]

Over the weekend Savvy Off Road competed in the Baja 400 with their Gladiator. They had to make some modifications to meet class rules. Stock engine, trans, and transfer case, and Dynatrac axles. Dave Cole quoted they will be back for the Baja 1000. (I believe that makes 2 Gladiators that will be entered for the Baja 1000, Evo Mfg, and Savvy off road).

*Edit Note: I thought I read they had to swap axles to Dana spicer, but I cant find it and the only information I can find says Dynatrac axles. Dont want to miss-inform.*

"CLASS 7F (Stock frame, 2 or 4-wheel drive mini or mid-size trucks)–
Dave Cole, No. 724F (finished 1st in class)- Dan Fresh started this race. This race was super clean. We were 30 minutes up and we were great. I got a flat at mile marker 280 and we changed it. We made a pass in the dust and kept going. We didn’t get enough fuel coming into 360. This was a great course. There was tons of go fast spots. We are definitely coming back for the SCORE Baja 1000." Source: http://score-international.com/post-race-quotes-1st-baja-400/

More photos of the current setup:

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[RavensEyeOffroad]

awesome!

 

[spazzyfry123]

SUPER cool

 

[Billy]

More footage please!!

 

[TheSolarWizard]

Cool that the falken tires were chosen

 

[steffen707]

Go Savvy! WOOT WOOT!

 

[MotoBrad]

I wish there was more video of this! So cool, I want to see a build breakdown

 

[Dwosgood]

I wish there was more video of this! So cool, I want to see a build breakdown

More video would be awesome. If you have Instagram and you follow a bunch of off-road racing pages then you can see tons of footage, but since the races are so long not a lot of teams have dedicated film crews for the whole thing. There are always tons of compilation videos made after these races, but only the big name drivers get their own videos made lol (Baldwin, Gordon, McMillin, etc).
As far as the build, the most detail you can get on that is from Savvy’s Instagram @savvyoffroad. They definitely built a hell of a rig for this race!

 

[Malarkey21]

From another race, but just some cool pics of what Savvy Off Road has built.

 

[Slapping_Rabbits]

That looks so fun! I was thinking that the only way i'm going to win is if i can get them to classify and new class of vehicles and then be the only one in said class. Maybe like a vespa class or something.

 

[bgenlvtex]

Huh, 4 starters 2 finishers, no Toyotas.

 

[JAY]

 

[eternus]

This is cool and all, but I always end up saying "at what point does it stop being a {truckname} and just being a {truckname} covered vehicle?" There is no amount of modification I will do that makes my truck behave like this truck. I'm not being a grouch, it's fine... I just like to see "gently modified" stuff, suggesting *I* could have those results without having a body/fabrication shop at my back.

I don't think of this as "Gladiators are awesome" so much as a "that race looks awesome."

 

[piroman683]

This is cool and all, but I always end up saying "at what point does it stop being a {truckname} and just being a {truckname} covered vehicle?" There is no amount of modification I will do that makes my truck behave like this truck. I'm not being a grouch, it's fine... I just like to see "gently modified" stuff, suggesting *I* could have those results without having a body/fabrication shop at my back.

I don't think of this as "Gladiators are awesome" so much as a "that race looks awesome."

this was me in Kern river at about 35mph, I jumped easily 2.5 ft. in barstow at about 60-65mph, my truck is the sport (not even sport s) with the rubicon lift from factory (warranty included) and 35in KO2's

 

[RedTRex]

Super cool

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