2017 News and Event Information
Children of the Dirt comes to Off-Road Expo
Pomona, CA - Once again the Off-road Expo comes to the Fairplex Fairgrounds in Pomona, California. Bringing vendors from all over the country to display their products and technologies to the ever growing group of off-road enthusiasts. PJ and the Children of the Dirt 6100 SPEC-TT made its way to the Currie Enterprises booth to be put on display and show off her fantastic Currie built rear-end.
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Vegas to Reno Challenges the 6124
Reno, NV - The 2017 General Tire “Vegas to Reno” is considered a true American Off-Road Adventure and this year the course will be leading teams some 540 miles through some of the toughest terrain found in North America. Miles of silt beds threw dust in all directions as race vehicles travel through them however the winds were calm cutting visibility down to nearly zero for several minutes at a time before the slightest hint of the course would appear. There are 14 pit locations along the course ranging from 25 to 55 miles apart allowing teams to stop to make repairs if needed and fuel up, change drivers, tires or other equipment that had been utilized on course.
Thursday morning brings Tech and Contingency in the parking lot of the Texas Station Gambling Hall in North Las Vegas. The Children of the Dirt team made their way through the contingency line visiting their sponsors along the way. Safecraft Safety Equipment, KC HiLites, Currie Enterprises and Pro Eagle among many others were stops in a very long line of vehicles awaiting tech inspections.
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#6124 Prepares for V2R
The longest and hottest off-road race in the U.S. is only a few days away and the Children of the Dirt team is finishing up some of the details before they make the trip to Las Vegas, Nevada from their home in the Santa Ynez Valley. PJ and the team are taking on 540 miles of some the most difficult terrain and weather conditions found in all of off-road racing.
PJ, his co-drivers Shon Hepler and Joe Herrera have had a lot of success when it comes to racing the Vegas to Reno course and it's safe to say this team knows their way around. PJ won the race in back to back seasons (2014,2015) in the TrophyLite class and are looking forward to the challenge of another ultra competitive race in the SPEC-TT 6100 class.
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Top 5 Finish in Laughlin
The third race of the Best in the Desert Race Series would take the Children of the Dirt team to Laughlin NV. The #6124 lined up for 2 days of off-road racing action against 20 other teams chasing a win at the 2nd annual Method Race Wheels event, the Laughlin Desert Classic. Due to the close proximity of the Mint 400 to this Laughlin race, the team was only able to get in a few hours of testing, basically shake the truck down and make sure everything is operational. PJ knows the trucks suspension is not where they would like for it to be but he does feel like they are going to give it their all and still be competitive. With the help of his co-driver Joe Herrera calling out the corners and dangers, they look to run a clean race, minimize mistakes and put the SoCal Seafood SPEC-TT in the top 5 for the weekend.
4th Place at The MINT 400
The Children of the Dirt team came into the Mint 400 race week prepared for battle. Taking what they had learned about the truck from the previous race in Parker, making necessary adjustments PJ felt confident the truck would have a good run. Children of the Dirt would seemingly be at the center of the Mint 400 experinece and taking part in all of the activities that come along with one of the largest off-road races in the world. The #6124 Southern Cal Seafood, Armada Engineering SPEC-TT would participate in the "Mint 400 Parade" down the strip on Wednesday, then take out their impact guns and jacks for the Method Race Wheels "Pit Crew Challenge" on Thursday night. Tech and Contingency on Friday, the team would slowly make their way through the contingency area that would eventually take more than 8 hours on a day where temps were a little above average for early March.
2017 Parker 425
First race of the season and the first race in the brand new Armada Engineering #6124. The Children of the Dirt team had a great race going but a couple problems on lap 2 kept them from getting a finish. PJ would like to thank everyone for helping the team get to Parker and after a dnf, they are now focused on the MINT 400.
Children of the Dirt & Armada Engineering
Coming from limited classes jumping to play with the big toys is a natural path to success, with this in mind Pj Guglielmo of Children of the Dirt coming from motorcycle background and after a successful seasons on TrophyLites winning a championship on 2013 and two second places on the Best in the Desert ’14 and ’15 championships it felt natural to take another step and now with help of Armada Engineering they started the ’17 season with a brand new 6100 truck.
