Stronghold Motorsports Forms Superteam to Take On Desert, Short Course Racing

2 Mar 2017

Stonghold has made modifications to its Class One car to increase speed and improve handling

Despite an enviable record, Stronghold is changing strategies as to how it approaches 2017

Stronghold Motorsports has joined forces with HRT Motorsports and Coleman Motorsports to create an off-road racing super team. The Stronghold super team will compete in both short course and desert off-road racing.

This coming season the Stronghold Motorsports MAVTV Toyo Tires team will field a K&N-equipped trophy truck for the first time. Plans are for the team to compete with the trophy truck at Best In The Desert events The Mint 400 and the Vegas to Reno races.

The ultimate goal is to get the truck and team fully dialed in before going for a win at the 50th Anniversary SCORE Baja 1000 race (which will be a point-to-point race) in November. The trophy truck team will consist of Scott Bailey, Jason Coleman, and co-driver Johnny Nelson. Coleman brings years of desert racing experience with him. He worked his way up from the limited Class 1600 cars, where he earned two championships, the moved up into the faster Class 10, and now the trophy truck.

Jason started in off-road racing at the age of two when his father brought him to an event

Off-road Veteran Jason Coleman joins forces with Stronghold in their trophy truck

“Joining Stronghold Motorsports is a dream come true,” said Coleman, “The people involved, the sponsors, and our equipment are the best from top to bottom; I’m really excited. I have dreamed about racing a trophy truck since I began sweeping floors at the Herbst Brothers racing shop in 2000. I am grateful for the opportunity; this is the result of a lot of hard work. I can’t wait to get behind the wheel and represent Stronghold Motorsports, MAVTV, and Toyo Tires.”

The Stronghold Motorsports team’s K&N-supported Unlimited Class One buggy will compete at the Mint 400, Vegas to Reno, and possibly the Baja 500. Sharing driving duties will be the Double B’s – Brandon Arthur and Brandon Bailey.

Arthur has extensive off-road experience, including class victories and building and winning in a trophy truck he constructed in his family’s shop, HRT Motorsports. Both Brandons will drive for the Stronghold Motorsports team in short-course races as well.

The Stronghold Motorsports team is focusing on only a few select big name off-road races in 2017

Brandon Arthur will be sharing the wheel of Stronghold's Class One car with Brandon Bailey

Stronghold Motorsports has had an envious record in unlimited Class One competition for 18 races: finishing every race, earning 10 podiums and two wins, and collecting more points than any competitor for two years running. However, winning the title has eluded them. So for 2017 there is a change of strategy. Instead of focusing on winning the championship, instead Stronghold will only be running a few select top-level races but going all out for wins.

“We are very excited about the people we have put together, it’s a great collaboration of successful teams,” said Scott Bailey, team leader. “We are just where we need to be, and are looking forward to being back in the Pro Lite class where we have multiple championships. We have spent time testing and tuning our new MAVTV trophy truck and done some enhancements to our Class One car to make it even faster. Our desert racing program this year will culminate in racing the 50th anniversary of the Baja 1000.”

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