While the competition at the Optima King of the Hammers presented by Ford Performance has seen its share of agony and victory this week, the next three days of main events are certain to test ...

This 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 touted as the toughest off-road race on Earth, a multi-week event in the Southern California desert that’s open to anyone with a car or motorcycle and a healthy amount of ...

King of the Hammers transforms the California desert into a thriving city of race pits, concert stages, media tents, and food vendors that some 50,000 off-road fans call home for the duration of ...

King of the Hammers May Be the World’s Biggest Off-Road Extravaganza Some 65,000 fans and racers crowd the desert in Johnson Valley, California, in a show of force, fearlessness, and fiberglass.

That’s King of the Hammers. The vehicles that attempt this feat are almost all purpose-built for the task. They are chromoly welded frames with LS3 engines in the back ...

While some folks are familiar with off-road races like the Baja 1000 or the Dakar Rally, King of the Hammers is completely different. The rigs have to be able to conquer a high-speed desert ...

The annual King of the Hammers race event will return to the High Desert’s Johnson Valley Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area in January.. Bureau of Land Management officials announced the ...

Before the King of Hammers became known as one of the toughest off-road racing events in the world, it started as a bet between a dozen friends to race across the desert in Johnson Valley, California.

I had a chance to really see these machines do battle during the 2024 Can-Am UTV Hammers Championship, one of the first events of this year’s King of the Hammers Latest News ...