Gale Pike and His 1973 Stroppe Race Bronco
Gale Pike and His 1973 Stroppe Race Bronco The Original 1966 Baja Bronco (plus a little off road racing history, as I remember it) Part 1 This past year has been quite a boot for me watching all these high buck Bronco ( 67-75) restorations driving up and down the Coast Highway. The last time I saw anything like what is going on today was in Victorville, Ca. 2006. That year folks that do those things, got together some dozen ex Bronco racer drivers to celebrate forty years of off-road racing and the Bronco that was it’s spotlight vehicle. In 1968, the first ‘Baja 1000’ race,( which had its beginnings in 1967 with a 68 car and bike rally, 31 finishers) had Larry Minor, Rod Hall, in a 1968 Stroppe built Bronco win 1 st over all, beating all t