374 OFF ROAD

Where Short Course Meets The Rocks

- WORDS AND PHOTOS BY CHAD DOUGLAS

Meet Steven Donovan, racer by day and firefighter by night. Steven is a guy of pure joy and excitement and is down to try anything! He brought this buggy over 50 hours' worth of driving from Canada to the harshest rock trails in California at The Hammers in Johnson Valley. Even though Steven has been here at the Hammers many times, he has never been able to bring his buggy down and be able to party on these trails.

I've been a longtime wheeler and veteran of the trails in Johnson Valley, and I sat shotgun with Steven for these trails and got to co-drive and spot him through everything. Let me tell you, this buggy even surprised me, and that's coming from a person with over eighteen years of experience in off-roading. I've seen and driven it all, but this buggy was special in all forms, if you ask me.