Lompoc, CA - April 15, 2008: After suffering the loss of their engine, just a few miles after the start of the season opening ‘Parker 425’in February, the Dixon Bros. Racing #7101 Ford Ranger has been repaired and is ready to take on Best in the Desert’s ‘Terrible’s 250 at Primm, April 18-20 in Primm, Nevada. After finishing every race since the end of the 1999 season, the Dixon Bros. luck finally ran out at this year’s ‘Parker 425’ , when a rock kicked up by another truck, early in the race, got by all the safeguards and put a small hole in their radiator. Because the hole was a small one, the damage to the cooling system was not immediately apparent to driver, Aaron Dixon, who did not notice the gradually increasing temperature of the engine until it was too late. Although the temperature gauge seemed near the normal operating range, the truck started running erratically and began to seize up as they pulled over to survey the problem, ending their race after only 30 miles. Within a week, Ford had a new engine delivered to Dixon Bros. Racing, in Lompoc, California and not long thereafter the Ford Ranger was dialed in and ready to begin a new finishing streak beginning with the ‘Terrible’s 250 at Primm’, this weekend.
    Best in the Desert Racing Association recently announced a record entry of 225 cars and trucks, reflecting a 25% increase in entries over last year’s ‘Terrible’s Town 250’, replaced this season by the ‘Terrible’s 250 at Primm’ as the second event on the BitD Silver State Series racing schedule. Billed a  the “Richest Off-Road Race in Nevada,” the Terrible’s 250 will be hosted by the Herbst family and Buffalo Bill’s Hotel & Casino. The course will start & finish in Primm, Nevada and will cover three 84 mile loops for a combined distance of 252 miles. In the interest of time, some slower classes will only race two laps. The entries will be split into two separate categories on Saturday with the production and limited classes (Group 1) starting at 5:30 AM and the unlimited class vehicles (Group 2) scheduled to begin their race at 1:00 PM. As part of the Group 1 race, the Dixon Bros. Racing Ford Ranger Pickup (#7101) will start fourth in Class 7100 about 6:00 AM on Saturday morning.
    Aaron will drive all three laps with co-rider, Ed Ramirez in the navigator’s seat. Rounding out the team, Jim Dixon (father) and Phil Ramirez, will be on hand to help out in the pits with additional help from Ed and Phil’s parents, Manny and Andrea Ramirez. Dixon Bros Racing has been a family effort since the beginning and as a team have won three class points championships.  This year each entry in a Best in the Desert event will be outfitted with the iritrack system so anyone can track the progres  of the race on the internet in real time. You can follow the #7101 Dixon Bros. Racing Ford Ranger by tracking their progress on raceday at www.racetheworld.net.  Dixon Bros. Racing is ready for this event and the team is looking forward to a good finish in Primm.

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Henderson, NV- December 1, 2007: Aaron Dixon, with Ed Ramirez in the navigator’s seat, drove the Dixon Bros. Racing #7177 Ford Ranger to the Class 7100 victory at Best in the Desert Racing Association’s final race of the season, the ‘Henderson 400’ in Henderson, Nevada. This was the second consecutive victory for the Dixon Bros. Ford Ranger and the win earned them the 2007 Class 7100 points championship in Best in the Desert’s Silver State Series, by a huge margin. This is the third Silver State points Championship for the Dixon Bros., with the first two coming in Class 7300 (Pure-Stock production) in 2003/04, also in a Ford Ranger.

   Lompoc, CA - November 28, 2007: This weekend’s ‘Henderson 400’ will be a ‘no-brainer’ for the Dixon Bros. in their #7177 Ford Ranger Pickup since they only need to start the race to clinch the 2007 Best in the Desert Silver State Series Points Championship in Class 7100. Scheduled for Nov. 3 -Dec. 2, the ‘Henderson 400’ is the final race of the season for Best in the Desert and the fact that starting the race assures the points title for the Dixon Bros. gives them the freedom to put the hammer down from the start and go all out for their second win of the season. Although this will be the first points championship in Class 7100 for the new Dixon Bros. Racing #7177 Ford Ranger, they also won back to back BitD Class 7300 Points Championships in 2003/2004, also in a Ford Ranger.

    Jean, NV- October 6, 2007: Aaron Dixon, with Ed Ramirez in the navigator’s seat, drove the Dixon Bros. Racing #7177 Ford Ranger to the Class 7100 victory, on October 6th, at Best in the Desert racing Association’s ‘Las Vegas 300’ in Jean, Nevada. After leading most of the race the win virtually assures the Dixon Bros. of the 2007 Class 7100 points championship in Best in the Desert’s Silver State Series.  With only one race remaining on the 2007 BitD racing schedule, the finish gives the Dixon Bros. a commanding lead of 102 points in the race for the Class 7100 points title. “We had a perfect day,” said team owner, Aaron Dixon. “I drove the truck about 80% and beat everyone by about 20min. That win also wrapped up the Class 7100 Championship for us and we only have to start the Henderson race to make it official.”

Dixon Bros Racing Bumper on Cover of Off-Road Magazine

Be sure to check out the October 2007 edition of OFF-ROAD magazine article featuring Nitto Tires Ford Ranger EDGE.   

    Lompoc, CA - October 2, 2007: With only two races remaining in Best in the Desert Racing Association’ Silver State Series, Dixon Bros. Racing prepares to leave for the upcoming BitD ‘Las Vegas 300’, Oct. 4-6, with a lead of 79 points in the race for the Class 7100 year-end points championship. This is not an insurmountable lead for their competitors, by any means, but finishing the next two races will clinch the 2007 Class 7100 Silver State Series Crown for the Dixon Bros. Ford Ranger, in it’s first year of competition. Of course, there’s nothing simple about finishing any off-road race where, often, less than 1/2 of the starters are able to reach the finish line but the fact that the
Dixon Bros. have finished every race since the 1999 season would seem to make them the odds on favorite. 

Reno, NV - August 25, 2007: The ‘Vegas to Reno’ off-road race is always tough and this year was no exception with less than ½ of the entries able to make it to the finish line in Best in the Desert Racing Association’s 570-mile race across Nevada. Aaron Dixon & Ed Ramirez started the race in the #7177 Dixon Bros. Racing Class 7100 Ford Ranger and ran without problems, swapping positions in the top three, until taking the lead just before the driver change in Goldfield (race mile 186). Ian Dixon and navigator Phil Ramirez had only been in the truck for five miles when the engine began cutting in and out before stopping dead on the course a few miles north of Goldfield. After a few moments of probing, Ian and Phil were able to get the truck running again but it continued to sputter whenever they hit a bump. “We figured it was a loose wire or electrical component,” said Ian. “ This became clear when we were on the dry lake bed at full speed without an engine miss but, the rougher the course became, the more the engine stumble.” They called the crew and arranged to pit in Tonopah (RM 226) for repairs. Aaron found a broken connection in the computer relay and once it was fixed the #7177 Dixon Bros Ford Ranger was back on the course and moving through race traffic again.

Parker, AZ - January 4, 2007: Aaron and Ian Dixon overcame a number of problems in the new Dixon Bros. Class 7100 Ford Ranger (#7177) to finish second in Best in the Desert Racing Association’s (BitD) 2007 season opener, the Blue Water Resort and Casino ‘Parker 425’, held this last weekend in Parker, Arizona. The longest running off-road race in the United States, the ‘Parker 425’ has always had a reputation as a tough and demanding event, but this year only the strong would survive the silt and bedrock. Unusually dry conditions and the lack of wind on raceday contributed to immense dust clouds which enveloped the course like a relentless thick fog. Of the 238 entries that started this year’s race only 103 were able to find their way to the finish line, at the Blue Water Resort and Casino, on the banks of the Colorado river.