Pickup Camping/Pit Gear Notes

For awhile I was heading the go heavy route with racing: lots of spares, lots of tools and equipped to handle every possible condition but, now I wanna go lean. Most of my racing is alot closer and I rarely spend the night at the track so, I wanna go small, light, fast and cheap. A van might've been perfect but, I decided to save a alot of money and get an old pickup truck and drive it into the ground instead.

Bimini Top
I don't know if this exists or not but, I imagine that if I could have a bimini top made for a pickup truck then It would fold down nice toward the cab for transport and then I could just pull it up and toss a deck chair onto the bed of the truck and call my pit done.

westmarine.com - Seems fairly cheap but, so are many others.

Shade
If I can't get a bimini top made for my truck or it's too much money then here's some other shade options:

TruckShade - $85 shade that mounts to the stake pockets on yout pickup truck
sportsshade.com - Roof rack mounted awning. If you shop around they come as cheap as $80.
eclipsesunshades.net - The original retracting sunshade for your windshield.
dirtwerkz.com - giant trailer hitch mounted umbrella. ~$200
mxshade.com - Pretty much the same thing.
tailgatershade.com - SUV/Truck mounted Awning. ~$180
creativeshelters.com - Same as above for less. ~$100 Shop around - I've seen 'em as low as $80.
sportsshade.com - Manufacturer's website.
kelty.com - Carport Medium. ~$130

Sleeping
These bed tents are awesome! Easy to setup and most of the time you don't even have to unload the truck first to set them up.

camp-right.com - Bed tents.
truck-bedz.com - Bed shaped air mattress.

Storage

pickuptrucktoolboxes.com - Truck box with cutout for motorcycle chock
pickupspecialties.com - Same as above with more pictures.