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  • The Vision X Shootout Returns to Backdoor Limited Spots Available Register Today!

    The Vision X Shootout Returns to Backdoor Limited Spots Available Register Today!

     “The Vision X Shootout” presented by KMC, King Shocks and Nitro Gear will be returning Back Door for KOH Week 2017!  The 4th annual event will feature 4-wheel drive off road competition vehicles ranging from SRRS bouncers to ULTRA4s to garage built rock crawlers competing in a shootout format.  Fastest vehicle to complete the course. The event will take place on Monday , February 6h 2017 preceding the 2017 Nitto King of The Hammers Powered by Optima Battery.  A new feature for 2017 is the top 10 drivers in the shootout will qualify for Friday’s King of The Hammers Race.* And all drivers registered for LCQ have the option of participating in the Vision X Shootout! 
     
    The cost to enter this year’s shootout is $200 per entrant. To register, drivers must first sign in  with their existing account or create a driver profile on ULTRA4 racing and then click here.  Select racers, select shootout and complete registration. Only the first 30 drivers will be selected.  SRRS has selected 20 drivers that they have invited to attend. 30 more will be entered through this registration. Please note in order to compete drivers will need standard safety gear including, helmets, race suits and 5 point harnesses in their vehicles. 
     
    The purse for the 2017 Vision X  Shootout will be $7500 to the fastest vehicle to complete the course. An additional $2500 purse will be awarded to best in show judged by the crowd.  
    *Drivers that qualify for KOH will still be required to pay all applicable KOH Fees, including Entry, tracker rental and USAC Insurance. 
     
    *Drivers are qualified, cars will still be required to pass the ULTRA4 Tech inspection for consideration for Friday’s race. 
  • BFGoodrich Tires Gears Up for Dakar Rally

    BFGoodrich Tires Gears Up for Dakar Rally

    GREENVILLE, S.C., Dec. 20, 2016 ― BFGoodrich® Tires ― the official tire of The Dakar Rally ― culminates its year-long celebration of the 40th anniversary of its first radial all-terrain tire, which revolutionized the light-truck and off-road industry, with the brand’s return to the 2017 Dakar Rally.

    After months of race tire development and testing, BFGoodrich engineers and race teams are making final preparations and staging their vehicles in South America for the 8786 kilometer (5460 mile), 12-stage race. The 39th Dakar Rally begins on Jan. 2, 2017. The race promises to be among the toughest on competitors and vehicles as it weaves through changing terrain and altitude across Paraguay, Bolivia and Argentina. (more…)

  • RPM Off-Road’s Apdaly Lopez Wins 2016 Finale at Best in the Desert’s Pahrump 250

    RPM Off-Road’s Apdaly Lopez Wins 2016 Finale at Best in the Desert’s Pahrump 250

    Dougans Racers Take 7 of 9 Top Spots at the Finish Line

    It was a storybook ending to the 2016 desert racing season for Dougans Racing Engines, whose athletes captured seven of the of the top nine spots at Best in the Desert’s Pahrump 250, including the overall win by RPM Off-Road’s #5 Apdaly Lopez.   Lopez earned the top starting position after qualifying first at Thursday’s Time Trials and remained out front in the 242 mile sprint on race day.  The win marks Dougans’ fifth 2016 win combined from Best in the Desert and SCORE-International, proving their drivers are the elite in the sport.

    The Pahrump course was filled with all the terrain you would expect from a race in the badlands of Nevada and a strong wind on race day aided the racers behind Lopez with clean air.  However Lopez, #35 Jason Voss and Dougans racer #41 Justin Lofton quickly separated themselves from the rest of the pack by RM 12.  The order was the same through Pit 5 at RM 155, this time with Voss hot on Lopez’ heals.  At the finish line, however, it was Apdaly finishing first just +00:00:38 ahead of second place, Jason Voss.  

    “I am so proud of all my team and crew who came to this race after the Baja 1000 with the same truck.  New tires and an oil change was the only thing we did to the truck and to take the win is amazing,” said Lopez at the finish.  

    Lopez was aided by Dougans teammate Tracy Graf who gave him one of their tires at RM 155 to finish the race with a spare.  Lopez says, “It couldn’t have been done without them and that helped us win.  I’d like to give a special thanks to Graf Racing.”  

    #58 Tracy Graf stuck to his game plan heading in to the Pahrump 250 and secured a second place finish in the overall points standings for the 2016 BITD season.  Graf got one flat at RM 22 that set him back a few minutes but other than that had no issues all day to take sixth place overall.  “Thank you to all the team members of Graf Racing for a tremendous year and thank you to all of our sponsors and suppliers that helped us have a great 2016,” commented Graf.  

    #41 Justin Lofton fell back to finish fourth place overall after suffering a few flat tires.  That’s all it takes in a 250 mile race but Lofton is already setting his sights on 2017, where he could potentially be the first racer in history to three-peat The Mint 400.

    RPM Off-Road’s #4 Justin Matney took the final spot on the podium and finished +00:07:29 off Lopez’ winning pace.  Matney climbed all the way from fourteenth position on the track after his qualifying run left him out of the top ten.  Matney’s third place finish put a second RPM Off-Road truck on top the podium.  

    Jeff Geiser and Tony Smiley finished fifth overall in the second race in the brand new #2 Geiser-built Trick Truck.  Geiser qualified sixth and finished +00:12:22 off Lopez’ winning pace.  

    #38 Eric Hustead and #55 Anthony Terzo of YouTheory Racing finished 8th and 9th, respectively, securing two more spots for Dougans Racing Engines in the Top 10 overall.

    #95 Scott Whipple, #60 Cole Potts and #Ryan Poelman finished 13th, 14th and 16th in class, while #27 Steve Olliges finished 17th.  

    About Dougans Racing Engines
    Dougans Racing Engines (www.dougansracing.com) specializes in high performance engines for the top off-road competitions including the Best In the Desert and SCORE racing series.  With over thirty-five years in the industry, Dougans offers high quality engine packages for trophy trucks, Class 1 trucks, and prerunners.   We build complete engine packages that have gained a reputation in the racing world as consistent, powerful, dependable winners. Along with our engine packages, we provide dyno testing and personal track support to ensure that our customer’s needs are met all the way to the finish line. At Dougans Racing, customer satisfaction is our top priority and we strive to keep you running hard and winning races mile after mile.

    About Mad Media: 

    Mad Media (www.madmedia.com) is a San Diego based marketing and creative agency, with in-house film and television production. We craft authentic, culturally engaging brand messages, and deliver them across print, web, photography, and film platforms. Mad Media has been leading the online content revolution since 1995 producing major commercial, television, online content and viral film projects such as The Gymkhana Series and XP1K Series.
  • Trail Hero Airs on Race Central TV Across the Country Starting January 2017

    Trail Hero Airs on Race Central TV Across the Country Starting January 2017

    Race Central TV brings all the coverage and action from the inaugural year of Trail Hero at Sand Hollow State Park in Hurricane, UT

    Hurricane, Utah, November 8, 2016 – Coming soon to a TV near you, the inaugural Trail Hero event brought to you by Race Central TV. The action packed show covers multiple aspects of the Trail Hero event and includes the All-Pro Offroad Trail Breaker, the Veterans run with Wheelers for the Wounded of California, the Low-Range Off-Road/ Red Desert Off-Road The Whisks Bounty Hill Challenge, and the MAXXIS W.E. ROCK Night Crawl. (more…)

  • Vision Wheel Dominates at the 2016 Baja 1000

    Vision Wheel Dominates at the 2016 Baja 1000

    Vision Wheel dominated the 2016 Baja 1000, as Vision Wheel sponsored racer Rob MacCachren ran away from the field to win this years race by over twenty-seven minutes!  This is the third straight win for Rob Mac but his first on the new Vision Manx Forged Race Wheel. The grueling 854.5 mile race course was conquered in 17 hours, 12 minutes, and 58 seconds, as Rob Mac and co-driver Jason Voss kept the pressure on the entire race. Starting in fifth, after qualifying Rob Mac took the physical lead by race-mile 475, and handed the truck off to Jason Voss at race-mile 498. From there, Voss drove through the night to secure the victory. (more…)

  • BFGoodrich® Tires captures 28th Overall SCORE Baja 1000 title

    BFGoodrich® Tires captures 28th Overall SCORE Baja 1000 title

    Rob MacCachren secures third consecutive overall win

    BFG_40Yrs_AllTerrain_4CBFGoodrich Performance Team member Rob MacCachren fought the grueling conditions of the 854-mile course to make history in claiming his third consecutive SCORE Baja 1000 overall win. MacCachren joined forces with Jason Voss, who also partnered with MacCachren for the 2014 SCORE Baja 100 win, to bolster a team that took the win by nearly 27 minutes. The win culminates a year of recognition of 40 years of SCORE Baja racing for BFGoodrich Tires and marks the company’s 28th overall Baja 1000 win and 87th win on the Baja peninsula.

    BFGoodrich placed seven of the top 10 overall finishers at this iconic off-road race and secured 14 class titles. As the final race of the SCORE season, the Baja 1000 determined many classes’ season championships, including the overall Desert World Championship crown. Additionally, nine different iterations of BFGoodrich Tires claimed class wins at the race. (more…)