RACING PEDIGREE J.D. PUTS THE MICKEY THOMPSON BAJA BOSS TO THE TEST

Anyone who has spent any time at all involved in recreational four-wheel driving will have come across the name Mickey Thompson.

- JOHN DENMAN

He made his name in Off Road racing; back in the early days of desert racing in Baja, California. It was this racing that instigated Mickey’s search for the ideal rubber, and when he couldn’t find a suitable commercially available tyre, he decided to go and make his own... as you do.

Being heavily influenced by his Baja racing, most of the tyres he produced used that name in one form or another, and his Baja Claws proved a big success in desert racing. It wasn’t long before he decided to get into the 4x4 consumer market and the rest, as they say, is history.

The tyres we have fitted to our Ranger also bear the name Baja, but they are not the old Claws. No, these tyres are called Baja Boss A/T, and with their pronounced side-biters they certainly look the part when it comes to recreational four-wheel driving. Mickey Thompson pioneered the side-biter design, and it has since been employed by a number of other tyre makers.