Author: Carrera Performance Group

  • New Off-Road Event Comes To Northern Nevada

    Silver State 4WD & UTV Jamboree Coming to Sparks July 14-19 – Join Us In Northern Nevada for The Next Generation of 4WD Events

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    This OHV event has nightlife! We start off the week with an OHV Access Summit, and finish with 500 horsepower insanity on a custom built race course at the Wild West Motorsports Park. Enjoy the nearly unlimited outdoor recreation opportunities that Northern Nevada has to offer during this week long festival dedicated to motorized recreation. UTV’s, Jeeps, Rockbuggies, Toyota pickups and more are invited to experience Northern Nevada. (more…)

  • New Off Road Event Comes To Northern Nevada

    Silver State 4-Wheel and Off-Road Jamboree to be held July 14-19, 2014 at the Nugget Casino in Sparks, Nevada October 15th, 2013

    Jeff Knoll shocked the off-road industry in March, 2011 when heannounced he would be stepping away from the King of the Hammers (KOH), Ultra4 racing, and Hammerking Productions, Inc. Now the largest off-road race in the United States, KOH changed the landscape of Rocksports during the Great Recession, attracting 30,000 fans and participants to the desert of Johnson Valley, California. (more…)

  • New Off Road Event to be Announced at Off Road Expo

    New Off Road Event to be Announced at Off Road Expo

    New Northern Nevada Off Road Event in 2014

    Carrera Performance GroupOctober 1st, 2013 – Jeff Knoll shocked the off road industry in March, 2011 when he announced he would be stepping away from the King of the Hammers (KOH), Ultra4 racing, and Hammerking Productions, Inc. Now the largest off road race in the United States KOH changed the landscape of Rocksports during the Great Recession, attracting 30,000 fans and participants to the desert of Johnson Valley, California. (more…)

  • NO GRAIN OF SAND! BILL INTRODUCED INTO CONGRESS THAT WILL ESTABLISH JOHNSON VALLEY AS NATIONAL OHV AREA.

    save-the-hammers.org_Today marks an historic day for the OHV community.

    The attached bill is the language that will be noticed this morning with the Natural Resources Committee for a hearing next Friday. The intent of the bill is to protect all of Johnson Valley for recreational use, particularly off-highway vehicles, and provide the Marine Corps with narrow training opportunities per the approval of BLM (it specifically excludes the use dud-producing ordinance). There is no intent to close down any uses currently going on inside Johnson Valley (including mining claims). There is a strong desire to keep this bill focused on preserving Johnson Valley.

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  • ORBA BOARD INVADES MOAB


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    The Off Road Business Association help its first open Board of Directors meeting in many years at the 2013 Easter Jeep Safari in Moab Utah. Timed during the Industry show the event was well attended by industry leaders. While not open to the general public, the meeting was broadcast over the public address system so that all in attendance could listen in. Topics included the Johnson Valley OHV Fight with news of official support from Congressman Cook announced after a mid day phone conversation with ORBA President Fred Wiley. Wiley reported that Congressman Cook would be exploring the Alternative 4 Hybrid  proposed by the Save The Hammers effort within the California Motorized Recreation Council. (more…)

  • ORBA FIGHTING TO KEEP TRAILS OPEN NEAR MOAB, UTAH


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    ORBA is working with a number of local and national organizations to protect motorized recreation in southern Utah.  President Obama is under pressure to designate 1.4 million acres of land in Utah as a National Monument.  The area surrounds Canyonlands National Park near Moab, Utah and is referred to as “Greater Canyonlands.”  There is no widespread local or Congressional support for the designation, which could threaten to close off-highway vehicle (OHV) use and shared access. (more…)