Mitch Guthrie Wins Fifth King of the Hammers

Minneapolis, Feb 10, 2014 – The King of the Hammers (KOH) is known as the toughest off-road race in the world, and last year’s 115-mile course was known as the most-difficult course ever. So much so that Race Organizer, Dave Cole, kept the same course that only three UTVs, all being RZRs, finished last year. Polaris Factory Racers Mitch Guthrie and his co-driver Mitch Guthrie Jr., who has won four KOH races and took second once, would line up in their Magnum Off-Road RZR XP 1000, and Jon Crowley and Blake Van de Loo, in their Jagged X-supported RZR XP 1000. When the dust settled, Guthrie would take his fifth King of the Hammers Pro Class win proving nobody beats “The King.”

Twenty-Six Pro UTVs took the line on Wednesday morning to try to conquer The Hammer. Branden Sims, in his RZR, would take the early lead with the rest of the field in hot pursuit. Van de Loo was in first place Pit one, but was hampered by an intermittent GPS that sent him off-course. By the end of lap 1, Guthrie would have the lead but would lose it due to a steering issue that needed repair. Guthrie’s racing prowess and ability to tame the nasty rock sections of the race saw him, once again, come away the Pro Class winner with Sims following in second. Crowley and Van de Loo, impaired by a radiator problem that cost them valuable time, would also finish the race. John Duckworth, also in a RZR XP 900, would take the Sportsman Class.

King of the Hammers UTV Race Results:

	Pro Class
1	UTV PRO	Mitch Guthrie	1	04:33.2	8:00:30	13:00:43	5:00:13
2	UTV PRO	Branden Sims	1913	04:10.8	8:00:00	13:12:45	5:08:27
3	UTV PRO	Casey Currie	2	06:14.8	8:03:00	13:40:29	5:34:27
4	UTV PRO	Matt Enochs	1924	04:57.4	8:01:30	14:24:07	6:20:19
5	UTV PRO	Blake Van de Loo	1919	05:09.1	8:02:00	15:53:29	7:49:10
6	UTV PRO	Bill Barnett	1948	06:58.2	8:03:30	16:16:06	8:09:44
7	UTV PRO	Wesley Gryner	7	04:59.5	8:02:00	16:23:54	8:19:22
	UTV PRO	DEAN BULLOCH	1909	04:11.7	8:00:00		DNF
	UTV PRO	Chris Barnett	1961	04:34.2	8:00:30		DNF
	UTV PRO	Matt Dow	1224	04:46.0	8:01:00		DNF
	UTV PRO	BRIAN C BUSH	1911	04:53.0	8:01:00		DNF
	UTV PRO	Brandon Sinclair	23	04:53.9	8:01:30		DNF
	UTV PRO	Cody Nygren	1916	05:12.1	8:02:30		DNF
	UTV PRO	Joseph Chavez	1912	06:07.5	8:02:30		DNF
	UTV PRO	Rob Usnick	1999	06:07.5	8:03:00		DNF
	UTV PRO	Wyatt Casper	1946	06:15.6	8:03:30		DNF
	UTV PRO	Matthew Hamilton	1949	07:17.6	8:04:00		DNF
	UTV PRO	Brian Braun	16	DNF	8:04:00		DNF
	UTV PRO	Troy Bigelow	313	DNF	8:04:30		DNF
	UTV PRO	Jason Murray	1917	DNS	8:04:30		DNF
	UTV PRO	Lanse Chournos	1929	DNS	8:05:00		DNF
	UTV PRO	Arnold Parris	1959	DNS	8:05:00		DNF
	UTV PRO	Darryl Dunlap	1921	DNS	8:05:30		DNF
	UTV PRO	Fred Stanford	17	DNS	8:05:30		DNF
	Sportsman Class
1	UTV SPORT	John Duckworth	1920	N/A	8:08:00	12:46:08	4:35:24
2	UTV SPORT	Cody Currie	22	N/A	8:08:30	12:58:05	4:47:13
3	UTV SPORT	Scott Barnett	1907	N/A	8:06:00	14:26:45	6:17:32
	UTV SPORT	Mel Wade, IV	1951	N/A	8:06:00		DNF
	UTV SPORT	Amberly Sacalas	35	N/A	8:06:30		DNF
	UTV SPORT	Lindsay R. Syler	226	N/A	8:06:30		DNF
	UTV SPORT	Terry Kenyon	64	N/A	8:07:00		DNF
	UTV SPORT	Brian Hogue	1915	N/A	8:07:00		DNF
	UTV SPORT	Brett Snyder	7212	N/A	8:07:30		DNF
	UTV SPORT	Len Damouth	911	N/A	8:07:30		DNF
	UTV SPORT	Angie Sripoona	1918	N/A	8:08:00		DNF
	UTV SPORT	Justin Barth	526	N/A	8:08:30		DNF

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