Jeep Racing: America's Toughest 4x4 in Off-Road Competition 1965-1989

In 1940, the American Bantam Car Company delivered the first Command Reconnaissance Vehicle to the US Army. More than 600,000 units were built during the war years, which led to a surplus sale in 1946, when veterans with firsthand knowledge of their capability bought them. When off-road racing began, Jeep was there, and when the first sanctioned race was run in 1967 down the Baja peninsula, Jeep was in the winner's circle.

Jeep vehicles dominated the off-road-racing scene and captured covet...