The Ford Bronco pushed by legendary off-road racer Rod Corridor remains to be kicking. It’s now being pushed in numerous off-road occasions by racer Amy Lerner, who just lately introduced it to Jay Leno’s Storage.

Lerner was skilled in off-road driving by Corridor, who died in 2019 at age 82, and he or she produced a documentary referred to as “One Extra Win” chronicling Corridor’s life and profession. Corridor competed in 50 consecutive Baja 1000s, beginning in 1967, the primary 12 months of the legendary off-road race, which was then know because the NORRA Mexican 1000 Rally. He began his fiftieth and remaining Baja 1000 simply days earlier than his eightieth birthday.

Corridor received the 1969 Baja 1000 on this Bronco, which stays the one manufacturing 4×4 car to ever take an general victory within the race, in response to Lerner. He continued racing Broncos for a number of years earlier than switching to Dodge, and ultimately Hummer.

Most racing automobiles have a brief shelf life, however this Bronco was recommissioned in 2014 for classic off-road racing on the request of Corridor’s granddaughter, Shelby Corridor. Its first outing was a classic rally overlaying the Baja 1000 route; Lerner and Shelby Corridor have since scored a podium on the Mint 400 as properly. 

As a result of it’s nonetheless a working racer, the Bronco isn’t all-original. It received a contemporary Ford V-8 crate engine as a part of its 2014 recommissioning and now places out about 350 hp. That’s a giant enchancment over the unique engine, which solely produced about 100 hp, and it propelled the Bronco to 100 mph on the flatter sections of the Mint 400, Lerner famous. Energy is shipped to all 4 wheels by a 4-speed guide transmission.

An off-road racer is unquestionably out of its factor in Los Angeles-area site visitors however, as Leno identified, it’s not as fragile as a few of the supercars featured on his present. If you wish to see this Bronco doing what it was constructed to do, try the documentary One Extra Win, which is streaming on Amazon Prime and iTunes.

This text was initially printed by Motor Authority, an editorial accomplice of ClassicCars.com.