Category: Events/Competitions

  • BFGoodrich Tires Garage Supports Racers and Spectating Enthusiasts at 2018 King of the Hammers

    BFGoodrich Tires Garage Supports Racers and Spectating Enthusiasts at 2018 King of the Hammers

    Racers: Contingency, Pit Support, Tire Mounting & Sales Enthusiasts and Racers: Full Garage, Tow Service, Oil Recycling Center, Educational Clinics, Benefits, Win BFGoodrich Tires

    MESA, AZ   JANUARY 26, 2017:  BFGoodrich Tires is excited to offer 2018 King of the Hammers attendees and racers many opportunities, starting Monday February 5th through Friday February 9th at two different Hammertown locations. (more…)

  • BFGoodrich® Tires Announces MINT 400 Title Sponsorship

    BFGoodrich® Tires Announces MINT 400 Title Sponsorship

    ‘The Great American Off-Road Race’ celebrates its 50th anniversary with a new title sponsor

    The Mint 400 announced today that BFGoodrich® Tires will be the title sponsor of the 2018 Mint 400, known as the Great American Off-Road Race. This is the first time BFGoodrich has been the title sponsor of the storied race, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. (more…)

  • Hammerking Announces Nitto Triple Crown of Off-Road

    Hammerking Announces Nitto Triple Crown of Off-Road

    JOHNSON VALLEY, CA – JANUARY 9th, 2018: From the punishing rocks of the Hammers in Johnson Valley, to fear and loathing over 400 miles in Las Vegas, all the way to the “Big House” in Crandon, the Nitto Triple Crown of Off-Road promises to be one for the record books.  The 2018 series will pit the top ULTRA4 drivers against each other in the three most epic off-road races in North America: Hammerking’s Nitto King of The Hammers Powered by Optima Batteries, Best in the Desert’s BFGoodrich 50th Mint 400, and the 49th Annual World Championship Off-Road Races(R) at Crandon International Speedway. 

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  • King Shocks’ Apdaly Lopez Wins the 50th Baja 1000

    King Shocks’ Apdaly Lopez Wins the 50th Baja 1000

    Lopez captures third straight SCORE-International points championship

    In the 50th running of the SCORE-International Baja 1000, Apdaly Lopez was first to the finish line and took home the overall win.  After spending weeks pre-running in preparation for the longest, most grueling race in off-road racing, Lopez earned his first career overall Baja 1000 victory and finished with a time of 19:53:36.312, nearly an hour faster than second place finisher.  (more…)

  • PRESTONE ANNOUNCES PARTNERSHIP WITH  PROFESSIONAL DRIVER AND TV PERSONALITY JESSI COMBS

    PRESTONE ANNOUNCES PARTNERSHIP WITH PROFESSIONAL DRIVER AND TV PERSONALITY JESSI COMBS

    The automotive industry icon will drive a truck powered by Prestone products in one of the longest off-road endurance races in the world

    Chicago, Ill. (2017) – Prestone Products Corporation, the leader in underhood chemicals, announced its partnership with automotive industry icon Jessi Combs ahead of an upcoming race in Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula, where Combs will Iron (Wo)Man 1,300 miles of off-road driving. The partnership comes after Combs hosted the unveiling of Prestone’s 90th Anniversary project car, a 1972 AMC Javelin AMX built by Ringbrothers, at the 2017 SEMA Show. (more…)

  • BFGoodrich® Tires Debuts as Title Sponsor of the SCORE Baja 1000

    BFGoodrich® Tires Debuts as Title Sponsor of the SCORE Baja 1000

    On the 50th year of the epic desert race, BFGoodrich ups the ante with a $50,000 contingency prize

    GREENVILLE, S.C., Nov. 13, 2017 – BFGoodrich® Tires will be the title sponsor of the SCORE Baja 1000, running from Nov. 14 through Nov. 18, expanding the company’s long-term commitment to desert racing and the racers who challenge themselves on the world’s toughest terrain. BFGoodrich has been associated with desert racing for more than 40 years and sees the title sponsorship as an opportunity to further its theme this year: Decades of Desert Dominance. (more…)