RTR Blog

RTR brought its full fleet and four drivers to HyperFest at VIR, covering everything from full-course drifting to off-road ride-alongs. Vaughn and Ben put on a show on the skid pad and VIR Patr...

RTR takes a 1-2 Finish at Road Atlanta at Round 2 of Formula Drift in 2026.  Vaughn Gittin Jr. takes the win with teammate James Deane earning second place.  James Deane moves into P2 in the ...

Loren Healy takes El Bandito to Pikes Peak, A 1000HP rulebook-free Ford Bronco piloted by a five-time Ultra4 Champion on one of motorsport's biggest stages. Ultra4 returns to the mountain for the ...

Five days and one unforgettable week. RTR Vehicles rolled into Galveston, Texas for the second running of Mustang Week Texas, and we showed up Ready to Rock. From hot laps at MSR Houston to drift b...

Formula Drift Round 1 is in the books, and what a way to kick off the 2026 season. From packed pre-event nights to wheel-to-wheel battles under the California sun, Long Beach delivered, and we show...

The 2026 car show season is officially here, and for RTR, that means one thing. Ponies in the Smokies. From March 25th through the 28th, we kicked off our 2026 enthusiast event season in Seviervill...

Formula Drift legend, off-road racing champion and founder of RTR Vehicles Vaughn Gittin Jr. authors the story of the brand ahead of its landmark partnership with Ford, featuring special guests and...

The wait is over. We’re pulling the covers off three all-new liveries for the 2026 Formula Drift season, and they might just be our most striking yet. Three cars. Three drivers. Three stories — all...

The Mint 400 has stood as one of the most iconic desert races in North America since it first began in 1968. Known as “The Great American Off-Road Race”, the event started as a promotional stunt fo...

The FAT Ice Race in Big Sky, Montana, is not your typical race weekend. It’s a collision of motorsport, style, and winter landscape, where high-performance machines carve across a purpose-built ice...

Since day one, RTR Vehicles has been about more than building performance vehicles. Founded by Vaughn Gittin Jr., RTR was created to blend motorsports DNA with production vehicles you can actually ...

Four Broncos. Three races. Two podium finishes. Countless hard-earned lessons. King of the Hammers once again proved why it stands as one of the toughest single-day off-road races, and the 2026 edi...

Some people experience cars through a camera lens. Others experience them from behind the wheel. Larry Chen has done both at the highest level, and more importantly, he’s driven just about everythi...

We’re entering the 2026 race season with the next evolution of our Bronco Raptor 4600 and Ford Bronco Raptor 4400 programs, unveiling four new race vehicles shaped by years of development, competit...

Step inside the 2025 Formula Drift Championship Celebration at the RTR Lab, a invite-only event brought together members of the RTR community under one roof to celebrate James Deane and support the...