Glamis Sand Dunes, Southern California- With rumors abound that Robby was heading to Glamis for some holiday fun, ORC staffers were on hand at the local hot spots in between their own sand wars. With Competition Hill barricaded off by the BLM, the hot spot for the week was Oldsmobile Hill. The crowds were light during the week between the holidays, but certainly there were enough people to keep it interesting. At sunset, a wave of law enforcement officers slid into the sand dunes and occupied the popular locations, keeping a close eye on any potential law breakers.

On Saturday night, a decent crowd gathered at Oldsmobile Hill after a windy day in the dunes. The wind blew hard and pretty much pushed most of the crowd back into their camps. However, the rumor was that one ORC crew member was on a search mission after an alleged rare sighting of Mister Dune and nOrMieee near vendor row. But as darkness fell over the dunes, the raging began. Many rocket ships blazed up and down Oldsmobile Hill. A few campfires illuminated the bottom of the hill, but all and all, it was a timid crowd. That was until Mr. Robby Gordon and his entourage arrived in typical Robby Gordon fashion. Robbie holds the Glamis Sand Dunes close and near to his heart. As one of his personal playgrounds, it's more often than not when he and his followers arrive to Glamis to kick up some sand.

GLAMIS HOTTIES: ORC Staffers located some of the Robby Gordon Clan at Vendor Row as they perused the vendors. This 4-seat is pretty hot and was accompanied by some hot chicks as well. Ummmmm...how fast is that car???

The rumble and roar of the Cingular Wireless trophy truck was like nothing else once Robby crested the sand whooped out road to Olds Hill. He raced the 700+ horsepower motor and then cruised in between the parked vehicles at the base of the hill. He stopped and chatted with ORC staffers about the Baja 1000 and his latest deal in selling his trophy truck(s). Sources close to Team Gordon reported that he's got two new trophy trucks on order....OUCH!!!

Soon enough he was heading up the hill at slow speed with the High-Intensity-Discharge lights exposing the bumble bees (quads & motos) with massive light. They scattered, as expected, and Robby headed towards the north corner of Olds. And then the raging began. The Cingular Wireless truck headed south along the base of the hill and then NASCAR's bad boy pinned the pedal of the deep throttled trophy truck and headed up the south side of Olds at kick ass speed. Slowing slightly towards the top, he turned his race truck to the right and then pinned the pedal to full throttle launching off the point just north of the center of Olds Hill. He launched the bright orange trophy truck into the night air. The HID's illuminated the side of the hill and his trophy truck flew and flew and flew. The crowd let out a huge roar as he landed. The custom Robby Gordon shocks on the trophy truck sucked up every bit of the landing and the surprise was about to begin. Instead of slowing, yep go figure, this bad-ass race car driver again pinned the pedal and headed into a sweeping turn like he was driving at the Baja 1000. He was headed directly for the line-up of vehicles and people at the bottom of the hill. But in true bad-boy form, he continued on the throttle and pulled out of the slight gully and headed back up the hill for another shot at an epic launch. UNBELIEVABLE!!!

Time and time again, Robby showcased the crowd with"oooo's" and "aahhhh's." The dark of the night made it difficult for photo ops, but ORC staffers hung with a conservative estimate that Robby was jumping 85-110 feet each time he launched off the top. Of course, Olds Hill has quite a degree of angle, nonetheless, it was an epic hour and a half that Robby kept the crowd watching the hill for those epic launches. You just never know whose going to show up at the hill.

GLAMIS PEOPLE ROCK THE NEW YEARS PARTY
At 84 years young, Grandma buckled up in a Keith's turbo powered sand rail and went for a ride. The afternoon was spent chasing sand in the dunes.	Team Doring was located near Wash 9 sporting huge halogen camp lights, a great campfire and refreshments. Thanks for your hospitality.
Known to many as the Desert Chick, this hottie provided ORC with the insider info on the Robby Gordon clan. She gives new meaning to the label, "Dirt Diva."	You can see it all when you're at the Glamis Sand Dunes. This 4-seat sand car topped them all with this near R-rated paint job. Click on the photo to enlarge.

For the first time in over 10 years, the group of 10 motorhomes and travel trailers was evicted by the BLM and Imperial County Sheriffs from their remote camp location. This long time group headed by the likes of Glenn Turner, Denny Bowles, Keith, Grandma and the rest of clan, have been camping where few people have camped before. A few miles past the Glamis Beach Store and a ways inland on a dirt road, the group set up camp at the normal location. Two days later, while most of us were riding at the dunes, the BLM and Imperial County Sheriffs came into camp and demanded the group move camp. In what seemed to be almost unbelievable, they pointed less than 200 yards to the north and said the group had to move there because they had camped mere feet inside the 1 mile from the asphalt road marker. With calm debate on deaf ears, the entire group had to move camp to a new location. Government working at its best. Reluctantly, and under the threat of citations from both law enforcement agencies, the group moved. All we could say was, "you've got to be joking!."

Glamis at New Year's 2003
So, Size does Matter? This guy ponders someone's out-of-control monster motor in a 4-seat rail. ORC watched this guy admire this car for way too long. Perhaps he was thinking about the size?	The Big Belly Crew invited the Desertbull and friends to join them. Ummm...what does that mean? Hah..yep, we qualify for this crew. Rock on friends!
Even though Christmas was over, the spirit of Christmas lived on with the Bowles Motorsports team. Mr. Bowles himself displayed fun holiday cheer.	Infamous MikieBaja made a "rare" cameo appearance. His Baja proven experience paid off when he was needed to blow a fuel filter clean. What???? Mikey will do anything for a soda.

Stay tuned for more Glamis action as ORC will be cruising the dunes. The search is on for Mister Dune and his dog. nOrmie and his Ford truck are also on the guest list for hamburgers and hotdogs barbecue courtesy of ORC. Run tight friends!!