2009 Top Truck Challenge Competitor: Tracy Graf's 2007 Hendrix Off Road Buggy

The Hendrix cagework is quite stout-13/4-inch DOM tubing, and all chassis components are powdercoated. Fifty four-inch Boggers wrapped around 20x14 Stazworks double beadlocks comprise rolling stock, and a Warn 9.5Xp sits up front in the unlikely event this rig needs an extra pull.

The Hendrix cagework is quite stout-13/4-inch DOM tubing, and all chassis components are p

A white-collar executive at Top Truck Challenge? Yep, besides being an avid wheeler, Tracy Graf is the CEO of a fund-management firm in Red Deer, Alberta. His Hendrix-chassis four-seater buggy certainly seems like a sound investment to weather the "liquidity crisis" that lurks within the Tank Trap, which has a long and storied history of turning AAA-rated trail machines into piles of junk assets.

Specifications
Owner name/city: Tracy Graf/Red Deer, Alberta, Canada
Occupation: CEO, Carfinco Income Fund
Vehicle model: 2007 Hendrix tube buggy
Estimated value: $80,000
Engine/aspiration: 427ci World Products Motown aluminum V-8, 950cfm Holley TBI
Transmission: TH350 w/ reverse manual valve body, compression brake; Art Carr gate shifter
Transfer case(s): NP205 w/ 3:1 Lo-Max
Suspension (f/r): 4-link, 2 1/2-in King coilovers/4-link, 2 1/2-in King coilovers; 6061/7075 aluminum upper/lower link bars
Axles (f/r): 2 1/2-ton Rockwell, Detroit Locker/2 1/2-ton Rockwell, Detroit Locker; Fabworks driveshafts; Wilwood pinion brakes; rear steer
Axle ratio: 6.72:1
Wheels: 20x14 Stazworks double-beadlocks
Tires: 54x20 Interco Super Swamper Boggers

Bringing up the rear is the same 6061/7075 aluminum four-link arrangement found up front, along with the 16-inch King coilovers and Light Racing JounceShocks. The addition of PSC rear steer makes turning the 54-inch Boggers mounted at each end of the Rockwell deuce-and-a-half a heck of a lot easier.
Bringing up the rear is the same 6061/7075 aluminum four-link arrangement found up front,
The Hendrix's front suspension resembles the Road Kill's, with an aluminum four-link and 2 1/2-inch King coilover setup delivering up to 16 inches of suspension travel. The Rockwell 2 1/2-ton axle is locked by Detroit, shafted by Ouverson, and engaged by a Fabworks driveshaft, which in turn is slowed by a Wilwood pinion brake.
The Hendrix's front suspension resembles the Road Kill's, with an aluminum four-link and 2
Very, very clean. Under the custom aluminum hood sits a 427ci World Products Motown race-trim V-8 topped by a Holley 950 TBI kit and K&N filter, with an Optima RedTop and MSD coil and distributor on board for electrical duties. The 570hp engine feeds power to a reverse manual-valve-bodied TH350, which in turn drives a Lo-Max 3:1-geared NP205 transfer case.
Very, very clean. Under the custom aluminum hood sits a 427ci World Products Motown race-t

The buggy's interior is simple and straightforward: Grant GT steering wheel, Art Carr shift gate, Auto Meter Phantom gauges, and Corbeau seats with four-point harnesses.
The buggy's interior is simple and straightforward: Grant GT steering wheel, Art Carr shif