Recent content by Team 180 USA

Race highlight video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dE8YH6hMEQ

After almost a 10 hour day in the race truck Nicole and Tim got it to the finish in 5th place. Nicole's goal was to finish the race without losing and body panels and they made it happen. Here are some of the race photos that were just sent to me and some info about their race. Race highlight...

Video from the Mint 400 test session. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGZgoFMN9Ug

Last year I posted a thread about Nicole Pitell-Vaughan (Team #180 USA) running the Gazelle Rallye in Africa where they got 2nd place. See the thread here. This year Nicole decided to take on a new adventure and race their 2005 2wd Tacoma race truck in the Mint 400 desert race this weekend...

I have a quick note from Nicole and a few more pictures to post. "On behalf of Team #180, Chrissie Beavis and I want to thank you for following our 2016 Rallye Aiicha de Gazelles adventure online! We hope it inspired a few of you to push yourselves past your comfort zone. This 9 day event in...

Team American Chaos Officially Makes History as Highest Ranking American Team Ever in 4x4 Class April 4th, 2016 (CORONA, CA) – This past weekend, Team #180 American Chaos became the highest-ranking American team ever in the 4×4 class of the Rallye Aïcha des Gazelles’ 26 year history. With a...

The girls are in second place (unofficially) after the final leg of the rally! March 31st, 2016 (CORONA, CA) – The Rallye Aïcha des Gazelles has officially lived up to its reputation as one of the toughest all female sporting events on the planet. In the stretch of final Leg 6, two teams...

Here is the latest update from earlier this morning. March 29th, 2016 (CORONA, CA) – In a battle of sheer will with neither challenger backing down, Team #180 American Chaos Nicole Pitell-Vaughan and Chrissie Beavis began today’s Leg just .13 km behind first place Team #179 Régine Zbinden and...

Here is the recap after yesterdays leg 4. March 28th, 2016 (CORONA, CA) – In the history of the Rallye Aïcha des Gazelles, no American team has ever won the coveted 4×4 class. Although three U.S. teams including Team #180 American Chaos were in the top 5 of the class going into today’s Leg 4...

Here is the recap after the 2 day marathon stage that happened over the weekend. March 27th, 2016 (CORONA, CA) – The Rallye Aïcha des Gazelles has officially hit the midway mark with four competition days down and four to go. With that comes some serious heat in the top ten of the 4×4 class...

The team was still in first place after yesterdays stage. Here is the info and photos from last nights PR. Todays stage, leg 3 is a marathon and they have two days to complete it getting to all 14 checkpoints. The girls will be camping in the dunes tonight. March 25th, 2016 (CORONA, CA) –...

It looks like the girls did great in todays stage and they made it bak to the bivouac!

The prologue is over and Team Amercian Chaos did great. Here is the info and a few photos from the PR that went out tonight. March 23rd, 2016 (CORONA, CA) – With the Erg Chebbi dunes in the background and a sandstorm looming overhead, the 26th edition of the Rallye Aïcha des Gazelles began...

Here are a bunch of photos from Emme Hall, team 178 in their Land Rover Defender. Some of our Tacoma are in there also. Today is the prologue which determines the starting order of the first stage tomorrow.

Nicole and Chrissie made it to Morocco yesterday. Here's a shot of the truck she posted on Facebook. Team American Chaos is in Erfoud, Morocco where they passed tech inspections on a stormy day. The CRC/TOTAL CHAOS Toyota Tacoma, aka the “Morocco Taco," is already getting a serious amount of...