Ed Pearlman is a co-founder (together with Don Francisco) of the
National Off-Road Racing Association The National Off-Road Racing Association (usually abbreviated NORRA) is a desert off-road racing association.
History
It was founded in 1967 by Ed Pearlman and Don Francisco. At the time it was the first racing sanctioning body devoted solely to ...
(1966), the first exclusively
off-road racing
Off-road racing is a form of motorsports consisting of specially-modified vehicles including cars, SUVs, trucks, motorbikes, quadbikes and buggies racing in off-road environments (e.g. snow, dirt, mud, etc.).
North America Desert racing
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organization, and its first president.
[NORRA website]
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/ref> The inaugurating event of NORRA was "Mexican 1000 Rally", which has become the Baja 1000
The Baja 1000 is an annual Mexican off-road motorsport race held on the Baja California Peninsula. It is one of the most prestigious off-road races in the world, having attracted competitors from six continents. The race was founded by Ed Pear ...
. In 1978, he established the Off-Road Motorsports Hall of Fame.[
Pearlman is an ex-Marine and prior to founding of NORRA he was a florist in San Fernando Valley and a ]four-wheel-drive
Four-wheel drive, also called 4×4 ("four by four") or 4WD, refers to a two-axled vehicle drivetrain capable of providing torque to all of its wheels simultaneously. It may be full-time or on-demand, and is typically linked via a transfer case ...
buff on weekends.[Motor Trend, Vol. 21]
p. 86
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References
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Off-road racing drivers
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