New Rock Racing Buggy from Crane Axle and Wide Open Design

What a build! How many axle builders/off road shops are willing to hire a driver to race a very tough series in a buggy they designed from the ground up? A series designed to test the absolute limits of axles and other parts.

As stated in the video, Wide Open Design even had intentiones from the very beginning to hit bounty hills with it, thats really impressive, IMO.
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It’s unfortunate that Wes Kean almost lost his life in a UTV due to a fire at a rock racing event. It’s so great learning that he is making huge strides in recovery!
 
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find it kinda interesting looking as those huge diffs hung from those wheel centers. knowing what that things made to take on.
 
What a build! How many axle builders/off road shops are willing to hire a driver to race a very tough series in a buggy they designed from the ground up? A series designed to test the absolute limits of axles and other parts.

As stated in the video, Wide Open Design even had intentiones from the very beginning to hit bounty hills with it, thats really impressive, IMO.
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It’s unfortunate that Wes Kean almost lost his life in this bouncer due to a fire. It’s so great learning that he is making huge strides in recovery!
I thought Wes was driving his turbo Razr when it caught fire? Yes he is making huge strides on his recovery, I know they had a fund raiser for him in Chattanooga just a few weeks ago.