A Road Rally From Berkeley to the Border

Blown Big-Block Biodiesel Benzs' ... Fast Fermenting Funny Trucks ... Super-stoked Steam Pumpin' Studebaker's ...

IMPORTANT DATE CHANGES ANNOUNCED!!!

Attention Race Fans, Tinkerers and Gadget Hounds!

We have heard your cries and are answering your call! Many of you within our loyal and enthusiastic community of gear heads and road rally competitors have screamed above the roar of the engines, “WE NEED MORE TIME!”

And by golly, we aim to give it to you!!!

Henceforth, the [...]

Google thinks Baja doesn’t exist

This week has seen quite a burst of activity on the planning front for this years Escape From Berkeley (by any non-petroleum means necessary) – the road to Ensanada.  Many details need to be worked out but here is the suggested route so far.  Google seems to be in denial of Baja California, but the [...]

Date Set for Escape From Berkeley 2

We are going racing … and again Escaping from Berkeley (by any non-petroleum means necessary)!
Set the date on your calendar … June 12th to the 16th, 2009.
This time we travel to Baja, ending at Hussong’s Cantina, the traditional start of the Baja 1000.  And might I add this is also the place where the Margarita [...]

The Green Team in the News

T-CO Alternative Fuels has featured Green Team members Wayne Keith and David Bransby in their latest newscast. Read the story here to learn more about the history of Wayne’s bio-truck. Be sure to watch the video where Wayne and David explain the mechanics of the truck and give a tour of the gasifier. Also read [...]

Prisoners Of Petroleum – Mother Earth News Blog

Contestant Jack McCornack has written about the rally in his blog for Mother Earth News in Oregon. Jack will be racing a likeness of the Lotus Seven featured in the ’60’s TV show “The Prisoner.” Read the whole blog post here. Stayed tuned for more updates.