Campbell Racing Combines Efforts for ULTRA4 Badlands Win

ATTICA, IN, July 2nd 2013: More than 30 teams competed in the 2^nd Annual ULTRA4 race held at Badlands Off-Road Park last Saturday as part of the Ultimate Motorsport Championship in Attica, IN. While the course layout was similar to last year, the dry and dusty conditions of 2012 were replaced with heavy rain and extensive mud. Thousands of fans braved the wet and mucky conditions for a chance to see some of their favorite ULTRA4 drivers compete in a course that featured a newly created off road amphitheater and a technical rock quarry made even more punishing due to the slick conditions.

Several west coast teams made the trek to Indiana including; Shannon Campbell, Jesse Haines, Troy Stone, and Nitto Tire drivers Nick Nelson and Loren Healy. Shannon Campbell, the only two-time King of The Hammers and this year’s 2^nd place KOH finisher, laid down a blistering 45 second qualifying time, beating out 2012 King, Erik Miller by 5 seconds. One second behind Miller was this year’s 3rd place KOH finisher, Chicky Barton.

Shannon Campbell, who is still recovering from an injury, started the race in his single-seat independent front suspension (IFS) car, but quickly handed the car over to his 17 year old son, Wayland Campbell. ULTRA4 rules state the driver of record must either start or finish the race in the driver’s seat. Because of this, Shannon started on the pole, but pulled into the pits on the first lap and handed the wheel over to Wayland. On Wayland’s first trip to the amphitheater, the young Campbell got high centered in a rock section and struggled to free himself for nearly 10 minutes.

Nitto Tire’s Derek West started in 4^th and quickly took the lead by the end of the first lap with Erik Miller hot on his heels. West and Miller spent the next several laps trading back and forth for 1^st position while the young Campbell maintained a solid hold on the 3rd place position. With less than 30 minutes of racing left, both West and Miller suffered mechanical failures that saw both drivers jogging back to the pits for supplies as the young Campbell took the lead and ultimately the checkered flag.

Second place went to Jesse Haines who suffered some mechanical issues early on but overcame them and managed to consistently and skillfully navigate the rock quarry each section to move up into 2^nd place. 3^rd place went to Clay Gilstrap of Texas who also managed to maintain a consistent speed and expertly navigate the rock quarry to a 3rd place finish.

A complete list of results is available below.10 drivers qualified for the 2014 Griffin King of The Hammers. The next race in the ULTRA4 series will be the 3^rd Annual American Rocksports Championship in Tooele, UT on July 13^th. The next east coast race will be at the Superlift Park in Hot Springs, AR August 17th.

Finish	Car #	Last Name	First Name	Team	Laps	KOH Qual	Total Time
1	5	Campbell	Shannon	4400	8	pre-qual	2:14:06.8
2	4499	Haines	Jesse	4400	7	yes-1	2:11:08.2
3	26	Gilstrap	Clay	4400	7	pre-qual	2:23:59.8
4	4421	Miller	Erik	4400	7	pre-qual	2:32:04.0
5	4420	West	Derek	4400	7	pre-qual	2:44:07.9
6	914	Rose	Sean	4400	6	yes- 2	2:26:33.1
7	4440	Cook	Travis	4400	6	yes – 3	2:30:09.1
8	4580	Townsend	Jordan	4400	5	yes- 4	2:14:11.4
9	144	Barton	Chicky	4400	4	pre-qual	1:50:06.5
10	338	Peterson	Matthew	4400	4	yes – 5	2:19:20.3
11	4408	Haynes	Stan	4400	4	yes – 6	2:23:35.5
12	429	Stone	Troy	4400	4	yes- 7	2:24:08.7
13	456	Hundt	Chad	4400	4	yes-8	2:27:24.0
14	929	Feagins	Mike	4400	3	pre-qual	1:46:49.8
15	4441	Henke	Darren	4400	3	yes- 9	1:53:37.5
16	49	Burkett	Matt	4400	3	Pre-qual	2:04:04.8
17	4414	Dinkins	Ben	4400	3	yes-10	2:10:01.1
18	328	Noually	Matt	4400	2		0:45:42.0
19	4418	Colville	Mike	4400	2		0:54:23.1
20	890	Terhune	Jonathan	4400	2		2:38:01.5
21	67	Healy	Loren	4400	1		0:17:05.8
22	302	Rietdorf	Tony	4400	1		0:19:55.4
DNF	192	Blume	Ken	4400	0		0:00:00.0
DNF	707	Kelly	Michael	4400	0		0:00:00.0
DNF	4051	Quist	Greg	4400	0		0:00:00.0
DNF	4404	Nelson	Nick	4400	0		0:00:00.0
DNF	4433	Carter	Adam	4400	0		0:00:00.0
DNF	4436	Matzen	Kim	4400	0		0:00:00.0
DNF	4452	Carter	Will	4400	0		0:00:00.0
DNF	4492	Bergman	Michael	4400	0		0:00:00.0

ULTRA4 SPONSORS

MetalCloak is the title sponsor for the ULTRA4 MetalCloak Nor Cal Stampede
Trail Gear is the ULTRA4 West Coast Series Sponsor
Nitto Tire is the ULTRA4 National Series Sponsor

Official Sponsors of ULTRA4 Racing also include:

4 Wheel Parts
ATX Wheels
Axial
Bestop
Blue Torch Fabworks
Corona Motorsports Rental
Dynomax Exhaust
GenRight Off Road
Griffin Radiator
Impact by Mastercraft Safety
Kawasaki
King Shocks
Lucas Oil
Miller Welding
Nitto Tire
Procomp
PSC
Posion Spyder
Rubicon Express
Smittybilt
Spidertrax
Trail Gear
Warn
WIDIA

ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING MOTORSPORTs IN THE US – ULTRA4RACING ULTRA4 racing began in 2007 with a dozen friends competing for bragging rights. Six years later, more than 350 cars compete nationally and internationally in ULTRA4 races. In 2013, races in the United States will be held in the following states: Utah, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Arkansas, California and Texas. Additionally, the 2^nd annual ULTRA4 sanctioned King of the Valleys race will be taking place this August in Wales, UK.

ABOUT ULTRA4 RACING

ULTRA4 is a vehicle type, class and series. ULTRA4Racing was born from the popularity of the annual Griffin King of the Hammers Presented by Nitto Tire, considered to be the toughest one-day off-road race. The vehicles are unlimited four-wheel drive, capable of competing in multiple racing disciplines – extreme rock crawling, high-speed desert racing and short course. In six years, the sport has grown significantly from the inaugural King of the Hammers to an eight race national series including a National Championship. ULTRA4 Racing is managed by Hammerking Productions located in Lake Arrowhead, CA. To learn more, log on to www.ultra4racing.com.

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