Minibikin' Ain't Eazy • GPS180 week

Racing the Mini Bike That Burned Last Year: Cars and Cameras on Minibikin' Ain't Eazy

John, Ike and Scott from Cars and Cameras made the trip from North Carolina to Texas for GPS180 week, and we got them on the couch two days before the race. They bought the mini bike that caught fire at last year's GPS180, rebuilt it, and brought it back to race it.

This one was recorded before the green flag. Want to know how race day went? Read the GPS180 2026 race recap.

The burnt bike is back

At last year's GPS180 a bike went up in flames on track. The Cars and Cameras crew asked the owner if he'd sell what was left, hauled it home, and decided the only right thing to do was bring it back to the same race a year later.

The rebuild got a fresh Tillotson engine and a list of upgrades the guys walk through in the episode, including what melted, what survived, and what they changed so it can go three hours.

Mini Mayhem, a burnout pit and a pot of chili

The guys had just wrapped Mini Mayhem, their own event back home, so we got the full debrief: the dust, the drag strip, and a burnout pit built on a trailer that went through belts all weekend. There is also a chili story that involves a lot of beans and no onions.

The night the road trip crew rolled in

Bernie, Taylor and Jack's mini bike road trip made a stop at Cars and Cameras HQ after a rough stretch on the coast. The guys tell their side of it, including the frame repair that got the trip moving again, and we ask whether Cars and Cameras would ever take a swing at a mini bike distance record themselves.

Bonneville, 24 hours in a go-kart and a V-twin on the bus

  • Bonneville: what one clean pass on the salt really cost in time and money.
  • 24 hours in a kart: the endurance record idea the guys have kicked around.
  • The off-road "NASCAR" kart: a Predator 670 V-twin build that rode to Texas on the back of the bus, and the plan to turn a lap of the GPS180 track with it.

Who's riding, and what happened last year

Two years ago Cars and Cameras won the GPS180. Last year a chain that would not stay on took them out of the fight. In the episode they cover who is riding this year, who is sitting out, and the game plan for staying on track for all three hours.

Chapters

  • 0:00 Intro
  • 1:28 Sponsor shout-outs
  • 4:30 Welcome, Cars and Cameras
  • 5:28 Mini Mayhem recap
  • 6:32 The burnout pit
  • 8:20 Chili and the missing onions
  • 9:38 The road trip crew stops in
  • 13:59 A mini bike distance record?
  • 16:46 24-hour kart record and Bonneville
  • 17:53 The burnt bike from last year's GPS180
  • 19:54 Who is racing for Cars and Cameras
  • 21:19 From winning it all to chain trouble
  • 22:30 Game plan for this year
  • 23:20 The V-twin off-road NASCAR kart
  • 26:26 Live chat questions
  • 28:51 Live-streaming the GPS180?
  • 30:24 Wrap-up

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