Optima and Clarios created a 10-acre EV charging base camp in Hammertown, the home of King of the Hammers fans.

T his week, the improbable but undeniable motorsports phenomenon that is the annual Optima King of the Hammers presented by Ford Performance has arrived. So too have tens of thousands off-road ...

King of the Hammers is, for lack of a better word, batshit. For those who've never heard of it, it's an off-road race in California's Johnson Valley, and marries rock crawling with flat-out open ...

For the first time in the 18-year history of the event, a SxS has won the capstone Race of Kings at King of the Hammers. Kyle Chaney’s Can-Am Maverick R not only won the massive, day-long suffer ...

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Amid the dust, euphoria and apocalyptic overtones of last year's King of the Hammers race, there was a fight going on to save the Johnson OHV (Off-Highway Vehicle) area for public use. Part of the ...

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10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ - Can-Am, iconic brand of BRP Inc. (TSX: DOO) (NASDAQ: DOOO), made history at the 2025 King of the Hammers in Johnson Valley, California, as Kyle Chaney became the first ...

The King of Hammers race commenced last month in the Johnson Valley Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area. The off-road rock crawling race registered more than 530 teams, up from only a dozen during ...

Polaris Racers Sweep the Podium, with Doug Mittag and Dallas Gonzalez Securing Second and Third in Modified RZR Pro R's, While RZR Factory Racing Driver Max Eddy Jr. Finished Fourth in RZR Pro R ...