King of the Hammers is only in its third year, but the popularity of this event is off-the-charts. King Of the Hammers is a unique race, in that it combines everything from high speed desert racing to the controlled mayhem of rock crawling. For the 2009 race, UTVs were thrown into the mix as part of a demonstration race.
The UTV King of the Hammers Race was held at Johnson Valley OHV area on February 25, 2009. This was more of an exhibition than a race because spectators were allowed to help racers through the course. We went up the sand hill and up Aftershock.
Leaving the start line in our Kawasaki Teryx
UTV Race:
Mitch Guthrie
Guthrie – 1st Place
Brandon Schueler
Brandon Schueler – Jagged X 2nd Place
Casey Currie and Reid Nordin
Casey Currie – 3rd Place
Jon Crowley and Bob Roggy
Roggy/Crowley – 4th Place
Jon Bundrant
Bundrant – DNF
Buggy Race
Links:
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King of the Hammers 2009 – Pirate4x4 Coverage
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Start/Finish and Pit Area – Google Maps
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