(Reno, NV Oct. 7, 2013) The Off-Road Motorsports Hall of Fame inducted 5 new well deserving off-road legends on Friday, October 4 in Pomona, California. Reaching its highest attendance yet, the sold out show consisting of almost 300 guests filled the banquet room and helped in honoring the late Larry Bergquist, Bob Chandler, Frank DeAngelo, Jerry Herbst and Bob “the Weatherman” Steinberger as the Class of 2013. (more…)
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Off-Road Motorsports Hall of Fame Honors Five New Inductees
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Amanda Products Enters the Off-Road Market
Featuring New Products and Welcoming Suggestions for More
LIVONIA, MICHIGAN OCTOBER 4, 2013: Drawing upon four decades of excellence in design, Amanda Products is a new division of Amanda Bent Bolt (Amanda Manufacturing). Amanda currently designs, manufactures, and sells innovative parts exclusively to many original equipment manufacturers. The company is now expanding its reach to consumers, specifically in the offroad marketplace. “We are very excited to bring our products to the retail market. We have been diligently watching the off-road market and have developed a list of products that we feel can be improved upon and manufactured here in the USA,” said Robert Gruschow, President of Amanda Bent Bolt. “We also realize that we don’t have all the ideas, so we are opening up our SEMA booth, Facebook page and Website to a series of contests that we hope will lead us to the next set of items that Amanda Products will be manufacturing.” (more…) -
OMIX-ADA/RUGGED RIDGE TO DEBUT SERGEANT ROCK JEEP AT OFF ROAD SUCCESS CENTER DURING 2013 SEMA SHOW
Patriotic 2014 Jeep Wrangler from Revered Off-Road Builder Dave Doetsch To Feature Latest Parts From Rugged Ridge and Alloy USA
Suwanee, Ga. (October 8, 2013) – Omix-ADA®, the world’s largest independent manufacturer of Jeep® parts and accessories, announced today that famed Jeep builder Dave Doetsch will publicly unveil his latest project, Sergeant Rock, at the OMIX/Rugged Ridge Off-Road Success Center at the 2013 SEMA Show in Las Vegas, November 5 – 8.Based on an Anvil Blue 2014 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon, Sergeant Rock is a military themed rock crawler that will feature a variety of new products at the SEMA Show from Alloy USA and Rugged Ridge, including the Performance Vented Hood,Hurricane Flat Fender Flares and 17-inch Drakon Alloy Wheels. (more…)
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Liquid Image announced as new title sponsor for Olympus Offroad
Parker Colorado – October 3 2013 Olympus Offroad is excited to announce Liquid Image as a Title Sponsor. Liquid Image will be fulfilling all media capturing needs. Olympus is an up and coming team that will be bringing 4 cars to the track in 2014 to Ultra4 and Dirt Riot. Olympus finished on the podium in their first two starts if 2013. Olympus is a US based team included Owner and Team Driver Daniel Sach – Team Driver Keith Sach – Team Driver John Caughney – Team Driver Chet Kittle – Travis Decola Team Codriver and shop manager- Matt Parker Team Codriver –Samuel McIntyre Marketing Advisor and Jessica Folk Marketing Advisor. “We are excited to be using the new Liquid Image Ego, a small mountable camera, and the Torque HD Google mounted cameras to document our races, pre-runs, events and everything we do! Watching race replays tuning and pre runs we helps to make us better drivers as well as show what we do to the world from a different perspective.” – Daniel Sach Liquid Image brings their years of experience from their time in Motocross, Torc truck racing and Lucas Oil Off-Road Racing Series to Olympus and the partnership solidifies the ever evolving future of Olympus Offroad Racing. (more…) -
Marked MotorSports Jake Hallenbeck Named 2013 Ultra4 Rookie of the Year
RENO, NV OCTOBER 3, 2013: At the end of a very successful season Jake Hallenbeck, driving the orange CKRC Hobbies sponsored #4775 car, was named the Ultra4 Rookie of the Year. The team, which was formed in November of 2012, stayed consistent all year. They got their first podium when finishing 3rd at the Ultra4 American Rock Sports Challenge. They had a top 10 finish at the MetalCloak NorCal Stampede and last weekend ended the season with a 6th in the 2013 Ultra4 Nitto Tires National Championship. Marked MotorSports claimed 3rd place in the Ultra4 West Coast Series Championship points in their first year racing the Ultra4 Series. “This has been an amazing year! Going from not even having a car or team less than a year ago, to now having a series of wins and respect from my fellow racers has been a great, great experience,” explained Jake Hallenbeck. With the team’s finishes they are pre-qualified for the 2014 Griffin King of the Hammers. (more…) -
Ian Johnson leaves CRAWL2 Media
Ian Johnson announced his resignation as Associate Publisher and Senior Technical Editor of CRAWL magazine. He is no longer part of the management team ofCRAWL2 Media, LLC.CRAWL magazine is an offroad magazine that is published bi-monthly by CRAWL2 Media,LLC and is based in Reno, NV. Ian has been working with CRAWL since 2007 and was part of the ownership team. Ian has enjoyed his time at CRAWL2 Media, LLC and wishes the current owners future success. (more…)
