Trophy Truck

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Trophy Trucks are the largest and fastest class of off-road racing vehicles which are designed and built to resemble modern Pickup trucks. They feature long travel suspensions and high horsepower motors. They are intended for desert racing, and most are not street legal.

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Trophy Trucks can reach speeds in excess of 140 miles per hour, even over rough terrain, which puts them among the fastest off-road vehicles in the world. The trucks are most frequently associated with the Baja 1000 race, but other series that have featured trophy trucks including SCORE International, CORR, SODA, and Best In The Desert or BITD, in which they are referred to as "Trick Trucks".

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Trophy Trucks are unlimited class offroad vehicles based on production trucks. They can be either front or mid engined. They are most often 2-wheel drive, and most feature a 4130 chromoly tube-frame chassis covered by a fiberglass or other composite body. Engines are required to be naturally-aspirated, and are typically V8s generating in excess of 700 hp. Suspension travel can exceed 30 inches depending on chassis design. Most Trophy trucks use independent a-arm suspensions up front. In the rear, the trucks use a 3 or 4-link setup with a solid axle. Suspension and dampening duties are handled by 1 or 2 shocks per wheel; usually consisting of one coil-over and one bypass shock.