Pit Bull Tires UTV King of
the Hammers $5,000 Purse Largest in History
of UTV Racing
Johnson Valley, CA (10/14/2009)
- The Pit Bull Tires UTV King of the Hammers race
will be held on
Thursday February 11th, 2009 as part of the
week long Hammerking Productions event in Johnson
Valley, CA. The first place purse for this stand
alone race will be $5,000. There will also be
multiple contingency opportunities.
Pit Bull Tires has stepped up to the challenge
and is proud to be the Title Sponsor of the UTV
King of the Hammers race. “I believe that
this is the next big race. You have to want to
win this race, to even complete it,” said
Mike Green of Pit Bull Tires. “We are very
excited to be the title sponsor.” Pit Bull
Tires is adding to the purse a set of their UTV
tires for the first three finishers and the last
place finisher.
All of last years drivers, and many of the current
Griffin King of the Hammers drivers have committed
to racing. The driver application will be online
at www.kingofthehammers.com within the month.
There is currently no cap on entries, and Hammerking
Productions expects a great field of celebrities,
seasoned racers, and enthusiasts that just want
to come out and experience this epic adventure.
In 2009, the exhibition UTV race was held and
completed within four hours. The five racers took
their vehicles and tested them in the desert and
in some of the most extreme rock crawling environments.
This year, the course will be a little longer,
a little harder, and will utilize some of the
King of the Hammers rule book which includes no
spectator help, only competitor help. The length
of the course has not been determined at this
time. There will be additional information available
soon on www.KingOfTheHammers.com.
Hammerking Productions, Inc.
created the “King of the Hammers”
off-road race in 2007 (www.kingofthehammers.com).
The first UTV King of the Hammers race was held
in 2009 as an exhibition to see how the UTV’s
did in these extreme conditions. In 2010 the Pit
Bull Tires UTV King of the Hammers will grow into
a full fledge race.
The 2010 Griffin King of the
Hammers will be on Friday February 12th, 2010
where over 15,000 drivers and fans from around
the globe will descend on the desert of Johnson
Valley for over a week of off-road related activities.
The 2009 running of the King of the Hammers was
featured on Spike TV and in the film “Second
Crusade.” In 2009, Hammerking expanded race
action to include three additional regional qualifiers
for the 2010 race. More information can be found
at www.kingofthehammers.com.
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