Red Bull Motor Sports Racing

It's slowly warming up, the annual "Dakar Rally" feeling with 3 month to go for the #Dakar2014 edition! Several teams been out testing and evaluating their new vehicles. While the Qatar Red Bull Dakar team is keeping a low profile - the images courtesy Lucas Cruz, Nasser Al-Attiyah's copilot.
A "new kid on the block" is the Ford South Africa team, however, Lucio Alvarez and Ronnie Graue - last year in a Overland Toyota - have been confirmed as the first driver crew, 10th at the 2013 Dakar Rally. All on that team at #Ford4Dakar.



Also out testing was the Toyota Motorsport South Africa team. Giniel de Villiers, 2009 winner with VW and top contender during the last few years Dakar's testing in the Namib Desert near Walvis Bay in Namibia has taken Toyota Motorsport South Africa a big step forward in their preparations for the 2014 Dakar Rally in South America from January 5-18. 2014.

Red Bull athlete Bryce Menzies win the Mint 400 dubbed "the big american race" Check the video below with Bryce Menzies and Mark Weyhrich at the finish line of the 2013 Mint 400. Following a a grueling battle with the top off-road racers in the world, Bryce Menzies has won the 2013 Mint 400. Bryce’s day did not start well as he was beaten off the line by 2011 Mint 400 Overall Champion BJ Baldwin.  Menzies barreled out into the Nevada desert and it took less than 100 miles to take over first place position.



Halfway through the race, Jesse Jones chose not to pit, allowing to pass Menzies.  By the third lap, Menzies was hot on Jones tail and was able to regain the top spot.  From there, Menzies never looked back and he is now the 2013 Mint 400 Champion.

Unofficial Top 5 Finishers:
1.  Bryce Menzies                      06:19:59
2.  Mark Weyhrich                     06:28:17
3.  Rob MacCachren                06:34:41
4.  Jason Voss                           06:51:51
5.  Jesse Jones                          06:55:55

Check out this video from Popular Mechanics, behind the scenes of Menzies Motorsports Pro 2. A look at how a TORC Pro-2 truck is built to withstand punishing jumps. In 2011 Bryce Menzies and the crew started racing in the TORC Short Course series and with numerous wins he wrapped up the Championship in the Pro2 class before the last race even took place. Bryce also raced the full desert series in the #70 Trophy Truck where he won 2 of 5 races and also brought home his first ever Championship in the SCORE Off-Road Racing Series.
For 2012 Bryce will be defending his Pro 2wd Championship in the TORC series and you can also expect to see the number 1 plate of the Menzies Trophy Truck at the start line of some of the top desert races this year.


Along with racing, Bryce also attends numerous events throughout the year such as X-Games, Nascar, SEMA and more to help promote his team and the growing sport of Off-Road Racing.

Red Bull Brings Menzies Motorsports, Ricky Johnson and Ronnie Renner to Glamis for Thanksgiving Weekend!

Red Bull and Las Vegas’ own Menzies Motorsports teamed up over Thanksgiving weekend to celebrate the holiday off-road style in Glamis! Thanksgiving weekend in Glamis is known to off-roaders as the biggest weekend of the season. Over 200,000 off road enthusiasts were in Glamis for the holiday celebrating with their toys! Menzies Motorsports unleashed 6 rhinos, 2 sand rails, their newly Red Bull branded Pre-runner & Trophy Truck along with their crew of 15. With a weekend off from racing the team was ready to let loose and play, and that’s just what they did.

The Red Bull crew, Menzies team and Red Bull athletes Ronnie Renner and Ricky Johnson rolled out of camp and quickly realized they were not going to go unnoticed, which is what they wanted. Word got around rapidly they were there with the 850 horse power Trophy Truck and drew a large crowd as they raced up Olds Mobile Hill, putting on a show for fellow off roaders. The Red Bull Wings Team girls helped in getting the fans worked up by sampling Red Bull 16oz cans and riding around in the rhinos to make sure that everyone got a cold can.

As the sun rose over the dunes on Thanksgiving day, the guys were ready to hit the sand and represent the newly Red Bull/Menzies Motorsports branded trucks and rails. With all the excitement going on outside of camp, Menzies own Mark Whittington prepared a full Thanksgiving dinner for the now 60-member family. Between the deep fried turkeys, glazed hams and sweet pumpkin pie, Mark didn’t leave out one thing and everyone felt like they were right at home! “Our team works day and night to prep the Menzies race vehicles and to walk out and see them relaxing, laughing and eating well, makes all the time and effort put into cooking such a large feast, well worth it.” Said Mark as he overlooked everyone enjoying their Thanksgiving dinner in the dunes.

The laughs continued on into the night as DJ Johnny K filled the air with music from the Red Bull MXT and the team gathered around the campfire. With all the excitement in the air, Red Bull host Dan Kelsay and James “Cliffy” Clifford decided it was time to make an announcement. It was time to introduce the newest Red Bull Athlete and make sure he was properly branded. With everyone’s attention they called out Ronnie Renner who promptly came from back of camp in his Polaris RZR, fully pinned like he was in a race. With his new oversized race suit and helmet on Ronnie was race ready. That is until he thought he was on fire and was rolling in the sand and screaming for Tom Cruise to help him put the fire out. Cliffy rapidly ran to help the athlete and let him know he was not on fire. Ronnie jumped up with a smile from cheek to cheek to see the team deep in laughter from his amazing acting skills.

When the commotion settled Ronnie presented Bryce Menzies with his new Red Bull Helmet, suit and official Red Bull branded hat. The speechless Bryce was in shock, as everyone around him knew about the surprise. After his podium speech his first hug went to his father, Steve Menzies, who was glowing with excitement for his son. Steve smiled afterwards and said “Bryce is entering a new chapter in his life and his mother and I couldn’t be more proud of him. We are all looking forward to what the future is going to bring as Menzies Motorsports becomes the official off-road team for Red Bull.” The excitement continued late into the night as temperatures dipped into the 30’s, the two teams gathered close to the fire to stay warm and share stories of the past and idea’s for the future.

With the Red Bull/Menzies compound opened to the public Friday and Saturday night, DJ Johnny K and Ronnie Renner hosted and enticed the fans with stylish tunes. Wings Team members sampled Red Bull, Menzies displayed their popular off-road toys and Red Bull athletes Ronnie Renner and Bryce Menzies mingled and signed autographs for the fans. After the sun hid behind the mountains of sand, the inflatable movie screen went up and the crowd pulled up chairs and got a private screening of the new Nitro Circus movie.