The Ultra4 Tour will make its first stop at the fifth running of the Griffin King of the Hammers (KOH), February 6-12. The week-long, festival-like Rocksports event has become known as the most difficult one-day Off-Road race on the planet. Teams and fans from around the country make the pilgrimage to the Johnson Valley OHV area near Lucerne Valley, Calif., for a full week of race action. The festivities include a vendor trade show, anchored by 4 Wheel Parts (delivering off-road accessories daily to the event site), and seminars on everything off-road from shock tuning and GPS classes to first aid and marketing can be attended during the week. The highlight of the week is Friday’s running of the fifth annual King of the Hammers race, an event that witnesses the top 100 Ultra4 teams doing battle with each other on 150 miles of the most difficult terrain in the world.

The second stop on the tour will be the Best in the Desert Silver State 300. Ultra4 drivers will run as fast as possible across the unforgiving desert of Nevada, April 290inh.Beginning near Las Vegas and making a 300-mile loop, teams will find themselves traversing areas most travelers will never have the opportunity to see, while travelling at speeds in excess of 100 mph.

Stop three on the tour will take place in hills of Pine Grove, Pennsylvania, for the third running of the Rausch Creek Qualifier (RCQ). This lap race has traditionally been a wet race for the teams, with deep forests and large, unforgiving climbs. In 2011 the RCQ will play host to manufacturer trail rides as well as a vendor show. The park will remain open to recreational 4-wheeling for the first time since Ultra4 racing began. Thanks to recent expansion of the park footprint, multiple off-road opportunities will be available before, during and after the race.

Miller Motorsports Park in Tooele, Utah, will welcome a brand-new event for 2011. The Ultra4 American Rocksports Challenge will race at the home of America’s longest and most spectacular road course July 15-16 for this no-holds-barred race across a man-made surface that includes unbelievable vertical climbing action as well as high-flying jumps. Teams will race for the best time to determine the winner. In addition to the Rocksports action, Hammerking Productions will present its first-ever celebrity kart race, called the ARC Cup, at Miller Motorsports Park’s state-of-the-art karting center on Friday evening for charity. This event will also play host to a parking lot sale, vendor and 4×4 car shows.

The Ultra4 Stampede will again invade Reno, Nevada, the “Biggest Little City in the World,” for a “far from expected” racing experience Sept 80inh. The Exit28 Motorsports Park has become known for trails as tough as the Hammers, and many teams that were unable to finish the assault in 2010 are looking for revenge in 2011. A vendor midway, bikini car wash and ORI Club Challenge will return in 2011 as well as the excellent nightlife that is associated with the Ultra4 Stampede.

New for 2011 is the Ultra4 Grand Prix at Glen Helen Raceway in Devore, California October210ind. The Ultra4 Tour’s final stop will be an exciting mix of off-road racing tracks, turning Glen Helen into a six-mile course that recalls the days of Glen Helen’s glory. A vendor midway and weekend camping will be available as Ultra4 race cars will run in heat races to advance to the main event. Race action is expected to fill the entire day Saturday and into the night as the main event will last for two full hours. Rain or shine, blow or snow, all races will run regardless of weather.

Hammerking Productions, Inc. created the “King of the Hammers” Ultra4 off-road race in 2007 and released its first full-length feature film in 2008. Its follow up “2nd Crusade” was the recipient of the 2009 Xtremey award for best car and truck film. The follow up “Anarchy” is on sale currently. Since its inception, the King of the Hammers franchise has grown to include a regional qualifier network across the United States and Canada. Hammerking Productions has produced event coverage for the Spike and Speed television networks. The King of the Hammers event draws 30,000 spectators and has grown to include over 100,000 fans worldwide. “King of the Hammers” is largely known for being the toughest one-day off-road race on the planet. It attracts teams from around the world and has been the focus of international media coverage. The event is held each February in the Johnson Valley OHV area in Southern California. In 2010 Hammerking Productions, Inc. expanded its services to include race program management, commercial film production and marketing services for the off-road industry. Website: www.kingofthehammers.com.

Best in the Desert Racing Association was founded by Casey Folks. As Director of the Best in the Desert Racing Association, Casey brings over 35 years’ experience as a competitor, promoter and businessman. He has competed in almost every type of off-road event throughout the western United States. His accolades also include over 30 races in Baja California, Mexico, and the Tunisia Rally in Northern Africa. Under Casey’s direction, the Best in the Desert Racing Association has achieved exceptional growth in attendance and popularity. Casey Folks never expects anything less of himself than he does the racers, and relies heavily on a dedicated staff that consists mostly of loyal volunteer off-road racing enthusiasts. The philosophy of the organization is to provide top-quality, world-class, long-distance off-road desert racing events and, more importantly, to make those events exciting, spectacular, fun and different. Casey truly believes “Life is an Adventure!” www.bitd.com

Rausch Creek Off-Road Park opened in the spring of 2003. Located within minutes of Interstate 81 at the Tower City/Tremont exit (#107), Rausch Creek Off-Road Park has over 3,000 acres at its disposal for the off-road enthusiast. The land was used previously by the coal companies that established most of the infrastructure in Schuylkill County, Pa. The Central Pennsylvania region is the heart of the state’s coal region and is rich with history. The landscape of the park’s acreage varies greatly. The majority of the area is lined with trees, providing substantial shade during the hot summer months and adding driving challenges year-round as the trails wind though the forest. In addition to the club-friendly trails, the park has a number of camping sites where groups can plan longer stays. Camping is primitive and included in the daily admission charges. Two people who are integral to the Rausch Creek operation are Bruce Shallis and Lynn Ehrenfeld. Bruce has been involved in this sport for over 15 years, with many years’ experience with Jeep Jamboree and Camp Jeep events, and is involved with professional competitive rock crawling. Lynn has several years’ experience with 4×4 clubs, trail building and guiding rides and is the park’s onsite manager. Website: www.RauschCreekOffroadPark.org.

Miller Motorsports Park is a state-of-the-art road racing facility for automobiles, motorcycles and karts located just 35 minutes from downtown Salt Lake City in Tooele, Utah. It is considered the finest facility of its type in North America. Opened in 2006, Miller Motorsports Park hosts many of the world’s most significant racing series, including the FIM Superbike World Championship, Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series, NASCAR K&N Pro Series West, AMA Pro Racing Superbike Championship, the Lucas Oil Offroad Racing Series and, new for 2011, the Ultra4 American Rocksports Challenge.

In addition to the professional racing series that visit Miller Motorsports Park, the track also has its own locally-based racing series for road racing cars and motorcycles, and karts (with competitors’ ages ranging from five to 65 years old). There is racing taking place almost every weekend between April and October.

Miller Motorsports Park is the most advanced, safest and best-equipped racing facility in North America. So outstanding was its design and execution that it was named “Motorsports Facility of the Year” during its first year of operation by the Professional Motorsport World Expo in Cologne, Germany, on November 8, 2006. The facility offers something for everyone, with outstanding fan amenities, unmatched corporate meeting and entertainment options and the finest paddock and garages available for teams. Miller Motorsports Park is a significant addition to the national road racing industry, and a major component of the ever-growing Salt Lake City sporting market.

Miller Motorsports Park is situated in Tooele County, just 25 minutes from Salt Lake City International Airport, 35 minutes from downtown Salt Lake City and about 10 minutes from Tooele or Grantsville. It is directly adjacent to Tooele County’s Deseret Peak Recreation Complex. Miller Motorsports Park is easily accessed by major highways (I-80) and surrounding county roads. Website: www.MillerMotorsportsPark.com.

Exit 28 Motorsports Park is located in Storey County, Nevada, adjacent to the Reno-Tahoe industrial center, minutes from downtown Reno and Sparks, Nevada. The Exit 28 Motorsports complex’s 100,000 acres can host all styles of off-road racing with its diverse terrain, beautiful weather, nearby hospitality and gaming. The Reno-Tahoe International Airportis located only 20 minutes from the park via I-80. Exit 28 Motorsports Park hosts the VORRA Xtreme Outlaw 250race, CalRocs rock crawling events, LivFast Motocross Park and the Ultra4 Stampede. In 2011, the schedule will expand to include additional high-profile desert races and events. The park is available for any style event, race, concert series, corporate function, off-road testing and new product releases.

Glen Helen Raceway is located north of San Bernardino, California, in Devore. The raceway facility is nestled against the San Bernardino Mountains and is comprised of approximately 250 acres. Glen Helen is on county property and shares its large area with other county facilities: Glen Helen Regional Parks, San Manuel Pavilion and the San Bernardino County Sheriff Training Center. Glen Helen Raceway was created in 1985; it hosted several Sand Drag events, off road events and motocross events in its early years. Glen Helen Raceway hosted its first world-class event, the United States World Championship Motocross, in 1991 and again in 1992. With these two events added to the Glen Helen Raceway schedule, it became a nationally known track. In 1995 and 1996 two more major events, the Off Road Winter Series and the AMA 125/250 MX Nationals, came to Glen Helen Raceway. With these events, Glen Helen Raceway became one of the most seen and raced-on tracks in the world. Glen Helen continues that historic tradition hosting multiple off-road racing events each year, from the Lucas Off-Road Racing Series to world-renowned motorcycle racing events. Website: www.GlenHelen.com.

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Fifty of the Nations best drivers will be at this weekends competition.  Fighting it out in the Pro Modified Class will be National Champions Brad Lovell, Tracy Jordan, Shannon Campbell and multiple time World Champion Dean Bulloch, who are just a few of the premier full bodies vehicles that will be doing insane maneuvers that you never thought was possible.

In 2009 the W.E. Rock series produced a number of epic battles in each of the four classes including Pro Modified, Unlimited, Modified Stock, and Formula Toy.   The points battles came down to 3 or 4 point spreads over the 4 event season.  In the Pro Modified class, Brad Lovell had perfect scores in the first two rounds, and then dropped to Tracy Jordan who took the perfect scores in the final two rounds.  But Jordan made a 3 point mistake in the second round of competition that put him into 2^nd place at the end of the season.  In the Unlimited Class, Cody Wagner and Jesse Haines had the same battle with both completing 2 rounds of competition with perfect 100 scores, but Haines was not as consistent and dropped to second place by only 3 points.

Justin Hall topped the charts with perfect scores at every event in the Modified Stock Class, but still only won the competition by 4 points.  The Formula Toy Class came down to the last round of competition with John James coming out on top, with a 1 point spread to Brian Ellinger in second and Jeff Mello in third.

This weekends competition will begin at 10am on Saturday March 27^th and Sunday March 28^th at the Surplus City Jeep Parts in Oroville, CA.  The two day adult pass is $25 with one day adult admission $15, ages 8-15 $5 and 7 under free. W.E. Rock is a great family friendly event to bring the kids and get them interested in rock crawling.

When: Friday March 26^th 1pm-8pm Tech and Contingency
Saturday March 27^th 10am Competition Begins
Sunday March 28^th 10am Competition Begins

Where: Surplus City Jeep Parts ; 4514 Pacific Heights Road ; Oroville, CA ; 530-533-2500

Specific Link to More Information: http://www.werocklive.com/comps/09_oroville/10_oro_itin.php

2010 Western US Nationals Race Schedule

Date                        Location
Mar. 27-28             Oroville, CA
May 1-2                   Tucson, AZ
June 19-20             Reno, NV
Jul 31-Aug 1           Salt Lake City, UT

2010 Eastern US Nationals Race Schedule

Date                        Location
May 22-23             Rausch Creek, PA
June 26-27            Dayton,TN
July 24-25             Hannibal, MO
Aug 28-29             Dayton,TN

About W.E.ROCK Events, LLC.
W.E.ROCK Events, LLC. A Placerville, CA based company, sanctions, promotes, and hosts specialty off road events, including the W.E.ROCK Rockcrawling US Pro-National series and 13 international and sub-sanctions. Attracting thousands of spectators to each event, W.E.ROCK reaches a broad demographic of off-road enthusiasts and casual motorsports fans. The sport of rock crawling has grown by giant leaps in the last decade and is now host to over 300 registered national-level competition teams. Major competition supporters and partners include Red Bull Energy Drink, Monster Energy, NOS Energy Drink, Home Depot, MAXXIS Tires, Cooper Tires, and Crown Royal. With the off road industry exceeding 4 billion in sales annually, the sport of rock crawling leads the way in print media and advertising for the sport’s 12 major publications. For more information, visit www.werocklive.com.

There are over 80 vendors that will line the rows and fill the big 100×120 circus tent.  They range from vendors just showing their products, to massive outfits that have parts on sell for you to take advantage of.  You will just about be able to buy anything from nuts and bolts, t-shirts and hats, to some large bolt on items that you can purchase and walk out to install.  The best part of the Vendor show is you don’t have to wait to use your newest gadget!  You can use it that day!

The tent that you won’t miss is the King of the Hammers general store.  There you will find all the 2010 merchandise and programs.  These programs will make you successful during the week at the 2010 Griffin King of the Hammers.  It has the schedule of events, the drivers and numbers, the course maps and some great articles about the history of the King of the Hammers.

There are a number of manufactures that have stepped up to help out with any needs that may arise over the week.  There will be multiple shock support rigs here including King, Fox and Bilstein.  Torchmate CNC Cutting Systems has offered their services to cut anything that you need right on the lakebed.  ReadyWelder will have a welder that drivers can use to tack up a recent break.  4 Wheel Parts will have their semi out with a large assortment of items, but they will also be able to special order you products that will be delivered to the lake bed the next morning.  Butch’s Speed shop and PCI Radios will be on site to take care of your last minute racing needs. So don’t worry if something happens while you’re out there, our team of support vendors are there to lend a hand.

Traxxas is building an RC track that will be utilized for the Pro Driver race on Tuesday night and for anyone that brings their RC cars to play with during the week.  RC4WD will also have a rock pile inside the main tent to test their cars.

Tinaz Tacos and Funnel Cake will be out here the whole week to keep our tummies happy.  Don’t worry, Tinaz Tacos serves other dinner items for all of you wanting to eat there all week.  And if a hot cooked meal is not what you are looking for, there will be ice, snacks and dry package goods available at New Image 4×4.

We encourage you to stop by the Land Use Emporium where all the land use groups have bound together and united.  It is important that as 4 wheelers we all work together to participate with these groups.  Some will be doing raffles and others will just be handing out valuable information.

DownTown HammerTown will be where all the action is.  The Start Finish line is right here. Nightly parties will happen out of the Griffin Pirate4x4 Lounge with the campfire just walking distance away. Cars will fill the aisles for Contingency and Tech and stay in town for the Raceline Wheels Show and Shine.  And the Pirate4x4 TV Live! show will be running Live all week.

Bring your shopping list and increase your line of credit because I guarantee you there will be something here that you want!

To see all of the vendors and the map layouts go to: http://www.kingofthehammers.com/partners.php

2010 Griffin King of the Hammers

4 Wheel Parts Last Chance Qualifier

Pit Bull Tires UTV King of the Hammers

Official Tire: BFGoodrich

Official Wheel: RaceLine

Official Light:  Vision X

Official Shock:  FOA

Official Suspension System: GenRight

Official Toyota Rock Crawling Parts Supplier: Trail Gear

Official Steering: PSC Motorsports

Official Oil: Royal Purple

Official RC Car: Traxxas

Hammerking Productions, Inc. created the “King of the Hammers” off-road race in 2007 (www.kingofthehammers.com).  The 2010 Griffin King of the Hammers will be on Friday February 12^th, 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.  In 2010, there will also be the addition of the Pit Bull Tires UTV King of the Hammers on Thursday February 11^th, 2010. More information can be found at www.kingofthehammers.com.

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