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MASTER CLASS Rob MacCachren Takes The TT 2WD Class To The Next Level Story by Stuart Bourdon Photography by Get Some Photo The idea of racing in the King Shocks 39th SCORE San Felipe 250 began long before the event, but Rob MacCachren realized that pulling it all together to build a new Trophy Truck in time was going to be somewhere between difficult and near impossible. That’s when he decided to dust off his old 2WD Trophy Truck and got it prepped. “I still had my old truck which saw its first race in 2013, and it needed a lot of work to get it ready,” said MacCachren. “I put my head down and started getting everybody working on it. I gathered parts from 42-inch BFGs to a Kroyer engine, then got prep work by Collins lined up, to make it happen.” The original No. 11 truck has some great history, and it was still ready to make some more. “It has three SCORE Baja 1000 wins and a couple of championships on it,” added MacCachren. “Although it’s had numerous engines, transmissions, suspensions, and other parts come and go, it still has the same steering wheel which has been through many years of racing. It’s worn out and tattered, and I’ve thought about replacing it multiple times, but it has a lot of history. If that truck ever does move onto another home, that steering wheel is staying with me.” The 2026 San Felipe 250 began with a qualifying round for MacCachren. “We were the first two-wheel drive Trophy Truck qualifier, landing in the 27th overall spot. The qualifying track was really torn up, full of ruts and deep silt by the time we got to it. I had hoped to qualify better, but now we had Spec Trucks and Class 1 cars in front of us. Our plan was just to not do anything dumb, stay in line, and wait until things get sorted out.” After the start of the race, MacCachren arrived at Matomi Wash after being in the dust almost the entire way. “We clipped a rock near the top of Matomi and got a flat tire,” he said. “We had hydraulic jacks on the truck, and even though we tested them before the race, they did not work. We had to get out and use our floor jack. From there we ran dust-free for a while and then started catching other trucks.” “At our fuel stop around mile 140, we took on rear tires and fuel. From then on, we ran hard. We were 20 seconds up on Sam Baldi (No. 1T) at that point, and then every time we went by one of our chase trucks, we heard we were gaining more time. With about 40 miles left to the finish line, we got another flat because we were running in the dust again and couldn’t see the rocks. We were up on Baldi by about seven minutes, so we had plenty of time to stop and change the tire.” MacCachren went on to win the 2WD class and had climbed all the way up to the 9th overall position in four-wheel-vehicles, ahead of many of the dozens of other SCORE Trophy Trucks in the race. “It really brought me back to a time when everybody was in two-wheel drive trucks. Andy and Luke McMillin, Bryce Menzies, Jason Voss, all the heavy hitters, we were all in two-wheel drive trucks.” SJ