GREENVILLE, SC (Feb 3, 2014) – BFGoodrich® Tires driver Randy Slawson, owner of Bomber Fabrication and the 2013 King of the Hammers, won the King Shocks Backdoor Shoot Out on Monday night utilizing the sticky compound of the new Baja T/A KR2. Second place Cody Waggner, also running BFGoodrich Baja T/A Krawlers, took second with only a half of second separating the two. Notably, the top three cars in the shootout were Randy Slawson Bomber Fabrication built cars.
GREENVILLE, SC (Feb 1, 2014) – BFGoodrich® Tires has over a hundred teams on the lake bed sporting some kind of BFGoodrich tread pattern from the brand new Baja T/A KR2 prototype tire on reigning King Randy Slawson’s car, to teams running the more common Krawler T/A or Mud-Terrain T/A.
Saturday at King of the Hammers is a set-up day. The steady stream of vehicles coming down the dirt road seems endless. The tents that were once empty fill up with buggies, tools and tires. BFGoodrich is a tire of choice for many teams. Read More→
FEBRUARY 21, 2013 – GARDEN GROVE, CA - After a relatively short life span of existence, the annual King of the Hammers (KOH) Ultra4 Race has quickly garnered international recognition with the likes of Baja 1000 and Dakar as being the toughest off road race in the world. A contributing factor in enduring these extremely grueling events is proven off road shock technology. The 2013 KOH race course featured 184 miles of harsh desert terrain and near impassable obstacles however King Shocks’ drivers Randy Slawson and John Currie conquered all on the way to victory. Read More→
Top 10 LCQ Qualifiers for KOH
Overall Rank | LCQ Rank | Car # | First | Last | Time | Race
1 1 4454 JT Stephens 03:47.31 LCQ
2 2 4448 Randy Slawson 03:47.75 LCQ
26 3 74 Matt Rager 04:38.22 LCQ
28 4 9901 Brian Caprara 04:42.25 LCQ
29 5 4423 Chad Wheeler 04:43.00 LCQ
30 6 4459 Keith Xavier 04:43.34 LCQ
31 7 49 Matt Burkett 04:44.81 LCQ
34 8 4405 Travis Carpenter 04:46.78 LCQ
36 9 308 Rocco Baldassarre 04:55.19 LCQ
42 10 82 Jeremy Ford 05:09.50 LCQ
The violence of 600 Horsepower rang through the canyon walls of Chocolate Thunder like the trumpets of Jericho as Tom Wayes assaulted the “Gate Keeper” that now resembles a sand embedded wall of rock blocking access to the trail beyond.
The Griffin King of the Hammers Happy Hour pitted the best in Ultra4 racing in a nonstop barrage of horsepower, dust and adrenalin. Past Kings found themselves mired at the beginning of the course watching their hopes for a early starting position vanish before their eyes. Read More→
