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Warn Industries Sweeps Podiums at 2014 King of the Hammers

Clackamas, OR (2/14/14) — Warn Industries winches are clearly the winch of choice for the top performers at the 2014 Griffin King of the Hammers presented by Nitto Tires. A total of $2900 will be paid out to the winners of Friday’s Griffin King of the Hammers race, Thursday’s Smittybilt Every Man Challenge race and Wednesday’s UTV race.

“I have always run WARN and have never run anything else. I probably own 10 of them between all my different cars,” said Loren Healy, the current 2014 King.

Second place Tony Pellegrino commented, “We used the WARN winch three times on race day, and was grateful for it each time! We run WARN on all our GenRight Off Road vehicles and to me it is the standard.” (more…)

February 20, 2014
Four Corners 4×4 Completes 2014 Every Man Challenge

DURANGO, CO – Jason Kaminsky and Richard Jenkins with Four Corners 4×4 recently returned from their participation in the Smittybilt Every Man Challenge Ultra4 Stock Class endurance race held on February 6th. The event took place at the Johnson Valley OHV Area in California’s Mojave Desert. After a random 6 draw started Kaminsky and Jenkins at the rear of the field in 22nd position, they maneuvered through the pack to finish 10th in an elapsed time of 8 hours 59 minutes. Due to the difficulty of the course, fewer than half of the racers completed the course in the allotted time limit of ten hours. Declared as the hardest one-day off road endurance race in the world, the course consisted of approximately 120 miles of high-speed desert segments across sand washes, washboard roads, dry lakebeds and 11 of the country’s most challenging rock crawling trails. (more…)

February 10, 2014
BFGoodrich® Tires Driver Randy Slawson Wins Backdoor Shoot Out

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.

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February 10, 2014
Mopar Takes on ‘King of The Hammers’
HEMI^® Crate Engines to Power Spec Class in Every Man Challenge Race
- Mopar joins the 2014 Griffin King of The Hammers off-road race in a new spec class to debut on Feb 6 in the California desert
- 8^th annual King of The Hammers is an off-road event combining desert racing and rock crawling with four competitive classes
- Mopar to provide six Gen III 5.7L HEMI^® crate engine for first spec class vehicles in the “Every Man Challenge” race category
- Mopar is scheduled to participate in both 2014 and 2015 editions of event as well as four other Western Regional ULTRA4 Series events
- More than 35,000 spectators are expected on site and 500,000 will tune into the live online broadcast on ultra4racing.com/live/
Auburn Hills, Mich. (February 6, 2014) – Mopar, Chrysler Group LLC’s service, parts and customer-care brand, will be testing its mettle in the southern California desert at the 2014 Griffin King of The Hammers, an event built around what many consider the toughest one-day off-road race in the world that combines desert racing and rock crawling. (more…)
February 10, 2014
ODYSSEY® Battery by EnerSys® Named Official Battery Sponsor of ULTRA4 Racing and 2014 King of the Hammers

READING, Pa. (Feb. 5, 2014) – ODYSSEY® Battery by EnerSys® has been named the official battery sponsor of ULTRA4 Racing and the 2014 Griffin King of the Hammers presented by Nitto Tire. In addition to the overall sponsorship, ODYSSEY® Battery by EnerSys® has been named primary sponsor of the No. 4706 Spec Class car, which will debut at the 2014 Smittybilt Every Man Challenge on Feb. 6, 2014, in Johnson Valley, Calif. The 2014 Griffin King of the Hammers Ultimate Desert Race will take place on the following day – Feb. 7, 2014. (more…)

February 10, 2014
BFGoodrich® Tires Starts Pre-Running at King of the Hammers

2013 3^rd Place Finisher Chicky Barton Tests & Tunes

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. (more…)

February 3, 2014