April 17, 2014, Blackfoot, Idaho. W.E. Rock Events is pleased to announce the continuation of our sanctioning agreement with W.E. Rock Japan, run by Naozumi Tsuda and Tsuda Racing. W.E. Rock Japan holds five events over the course of their annual season, most under the name JimRock that feature many extreme Suzuki buggies competing on obstacles in their home country of Japan. The culmination event is the W.E. Rock Japan National finals to be held October 11 and 12, 2014. W.E. Rock Events moved the U.S. Grand Nationals forward for 2014 to allow several teams from the United States time to ship their competition vehicles to Japan to compete in the Japan National finals.
W.E. Rock Events operates as the world sanctioning body for all extreme rock crawling events, in addition to hosting events in the United States. For 2014, there are seven rock crawling events scheduled, three east, three west, culminating in the Grand Nationals to be held in Cedar City, Utah on September 13th and 14th. W.E. Rock Events also hosts Dirt Riot Endurance Races and All Terrain Hero races around the country. Marketing partners include Maxxis Tires, Artec Industries, NitroGear and Axle, Fox Shox, Crown Automotive, MetalCloak, TrailGear, Superchips, Branik Motorsports, PSC Steering, ASR Offroad, DirtSkins, Spidertrax, Axel Offroad Gear, Currie Enterprises, ARB, Advance Adaptors, and PCI Race Radios.