FINKE 2022 – PRICE FASTEST TO FINKE WITH NEW RECORD ON DAY 1
Red Bull racer Toby Price (#487) is one step closer to clinching his second King of the Desert crown in the Car category at the 2022 Tatts Finke Desert Race, reaching the Finke (Aputula) checkpoint with a record-setting time on Race Day 1. Price and navigator Jason Duncan completed the first 226 kilometres of Australia’s toughest off-road race in 1 …
New Product: Wilton All Terrain Vice
If you play offroad long enough there’s going to come a time that you wish you had a vice out on the tracks or in the pits. Whether it is straightening a bent component or clamping a link to swap out a rod end, there is no substitute for a solid vice. Now there is …
KOH19: SCHERER BACK TO BACK KING OF THE HAMMERS WINNER
Jason Scherer Makes History As The First Back To Back King They say that nice guys finish last, but Jason Scherer flew in the face of that cliché by making history as the first back-to-back winner of the Nitto King of the Hammers powered by Optima Batteries (KOH) and taking his third crown. Friendly and …
KOH19: TOYO TIRES DESERT INVITATIONAL
Third Generation Racer Luke McMillin Makes His First Win A Memorable One The best desert racers in the world converged at Johnson Valley OHV Area for the invitation-only Toyo Tires Desert Invitational presented by Monster Energy. Nitto King of the Hammers week in Johnson Valley has a reputation for being the most brutal racing on …
KOH19: 4WP Every Man Challenge
Casey Gilbert Holds Off Brad Lovell For His First EMC Victory There are three distinct classes in the 4WP Every Man Challenge (EMC), but only one racer can cross the finish line first, regardless of whether they are in the Yukon Gear Modified Class (4500), Spidertrax Stock Class (4600), or Branik Legends Class (4800). Last year, …
KOH19: Shoot Out Highlights
Holley EFi Shootout presented by KMC, King & ASC Will Stewart Wins In His Southern Rock Racing Bouncer King of the Hammers started in 2007 as an informal competition among friends. The Holley EFi Shootout is no different. Formerly known as the Backdoor Shootout, rockcrawling enthusiasts would gather at the huge vertical climb known as Backdoor to challenge each …
KOH19: Mitch Guthrie Jr. Crowned Two-Time King of the UTV’s
UTV technology is improving in leaps and bounds each year, just like Ultra4 cars. To rise to the challenge of increased horsepower, bigger shocks, and larger tires from the manufacturers, Hammerking promoter Dave Cole promised to make the 2019 Can-Am UTV King of the Hammers presented by HCR the toughest in history. Just four years ago, only …
New Product: ARB Compact Directors Chair
Sporting Old Man Emu colours and a sleek anodized aluminum cross support frame, the new ARB directors chair is sure to turn heads when it’s pulled out at the campsite. Rated to 130kg it features full high back support, an auto folding table with cup holder, padded armrests, safety lock out button, unique any-terrain legs, integrated fully …
Dakar 2019: Price & Al-Attiyah Take The Win
After 10 stages across the dunes of Peru the best offroad racers in the world have emerged victorious at the 2019 Dakar Rally. It’s been a bumpy ride of over 5,500 kilometres at the planet’s toughest test of motorsports endurance. In the bike category, Australian Toby Price (AUS) is celebrated a second Dakar win after a phenomenal …
Dakar Stage 9: Price & Al-Attiyah Stay On Top
There was a fair amount of chaos in the Peruvian dunes on the penultimate stage of the 2019 Dakar Rally. For many it was a final chance to claw back some serious time on their rivals. The soft sands of Pisco ended up biting hard and took the Dakar’s most successful ever competitor out of …
Dakar Stage 3 : Marcona to Arequipa
The gruelling route of the 2019 Dakar Rally showed its teeth on stage three as it removed race leaders from the contest. A heady mix of dunes, mountain plateaus and roadbook confusion was too much to take for some of rally-raids biggest names as leaderboards across all categories suffered a major shakeup. In the car …
DAKAR Stage 2 : Pisco to San Juan de Marcona
After Monday’s quick taste of the dunes, things got serious on stage two of the 2019 Dakar Rally with a race route of 350 kilometres laid out for the competitors. The challenging route created drama all the way as former winners were caught out by the shifting sands and newcomers pounced to take advantage of …