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Monster Energy Kawasaki Team Green Announces 2012 Trackside Support and Contingency Program

continued trackside support and contingency program for the 2012 race season. A tradition set in place over 30 years ago, Team Green provides unparalleled trackside support for Kawasaki racers at major amateur motocross and off-road events across the nation. For the 2012 race season, Kawasaki will continue to support racers through offering the industry’s most [...]

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2012 King of the Hammers Schedule of Events and Race Map

2012 King of the Hammers Schedule of Events and Race Map

The 6th running of the Griffin King of the Hammers will be the largest to date with an expanded Vendor show, and additional entertainment.Look for some exciting changes to the race course as well as improved spectator areas. Again the event will take place during the second week of February and the main event will [...]

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Robby Gordon Tests for King of the Hammers

Robby Gordon tests the SPEED Energy/Toyo Tires RPM Off-Road Torchmate rock crawler for the 2012 King of the Hammers in Johnson Valley, CA

Friday, February 10th. KOH is one of the most challenging races on the planet. Competitors negotiate several of the toughest rock crawling trails in Johnson Valley known as “the Hammers” with sections of [...]

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Polaris RANGER RZR 4 XP – Behind the Shoot

Polaris RANGER RZR 4 XP – Behind the Shoot

Take a look behind the scenes during the Polaris RANGER RZR 4 XP Launch Video.

At Polaris, making great products is not just a job; it is a way of life. That is why our creed is etched in steel at the entrance at each of our locations. Our employees are not only building and designing [...]

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Polaris Announces 2012 Race Teams and Contingency

Polaris Announces 2012 Race Teams and Contingency

Polaris to have representation in various series
Minneapolis, February 2, 2012 –Polaris comes into the 2012 race season with teams competing in the Grand National Cross Country series (GNCC), World Off-Road Championship series (WORCS), Best in the Desert (BITD) and Mud racing. Polaris also will continue to offer their ATV racing contingency program and has added [...]

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Falken Tire King of the Hammers Testing 2012

FONTANA, CA — Falken Tire, a leading high performance choice for driving enthusiasts on pavement and off-road, has just announced further expansion of its motorsports involvement in the popular and demanding off-road King of the Hammers event, running a new vehicle built by Off Road Evolution of Fullerton, CA, that will compete in the highly [...]

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First Ride 2012 Arctic Cat Wildcat 1000

First Ride 2012 Arctic Cat Wildcat 1000

2012 Arctic Cat Wildcat 1000

By Bob Balunda, Factory UTV
It was nearly a year ago that we saw a YouTube video taken at the Arctic Cat 50th Anniversary celebration, which gave us our first  glimpse of what would become the 2012 Arctic Cat Wildcat. Built in the USA with looks very different than what we’ve become [...]

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Kartek Offroad Named Presenting Sponsor of the Lucas Oil Regional Off Road Series Southern California

Corona, CA (January 31, 2012) With racers and staff hard at work preparing for the season opener coming up on February 18th, the Lucas Oil Regional Off Road Series Southern California announced today they will be partnering up with well known off road retailer Kartek Offroad to present the 2012 series. Known as the offspring [...]

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High Lifter Products Teams Up with Custom Splice, EverythingSxS.com for First Round UTV Bout at 2012 Griffin King of the Hammers

High Lifter Products Teams Up with Custom Splice,  EverythingSxS.com for First Round UTV Bout at 2012 Griffin King of the Hammers

 
SHREVEPORT, LA – High Lifter Products’ owner Scott Smith is teaming up with experienced King of the Hammers Racer Aaron Peters for a first round bout in the UTV race at 2012 Griffin King of the Hammers on February 9. The duo will race a transformed 2012 Polaris RZR XP 900 complete with High Lifter’s [...]

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YOSHIMURA-BACKED TEAMS SCORE A WIN AND A NUMBER OF TOP-TEN FINISHES AT OAKLAND SUPERCROSS

CHINO, CA (January 31, 2012) – Yoshimura-backed teams landed a win and a slew of strong finishes at the fourth round of the 2012 AMA/FIM Supercross Championship Series in Oakland, CA on Saturday. The Honda Racing teams, Rockstar Energy Racing Suzuki and Yoshimura Suzuki teams used their Yoshimura products to dominate the competition in Oakland.
For [...]

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Robby Gordon Hits the Rocks on King Shocks

Robby Gordon will be competing on King shocks in the upcoming King of the Hammers race (KOH) in Johnson Valley, CA. on Friday, February 10th. KOH is one of the most challenging races on the planet. Competitors negotiate several of the toughest rock crawling trails in Johnson Valley known as “the Hammers” with sections of [...]

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BRP Receives More Awards and Recognition for its Can-Am Vehicles

BRP Receives More Awards and Recognition for its Can-Am Vehicles

VALCOURT, QC – February 1, 2012  – Dirt Trax Magazine, a North American ATV and off-road publication, has named three Can-Am off-road vehicles as 2012 Best In Class winners. The models, named in its latest issue currently on newsstands, are: 2012 Can-Am Outlander 1000 XT, Can-Am Renegade 1000 and the Can-Am Commander 800R.
“The BIC Awards [...]

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King of the Hammers co-founder set to take the green flag in the event he helped create

Johnson Valley, California – Jeff Knoll and partner Dave Cole scratched out an idea on a napkin 7 years ago that has blossomed into one of the biggest off-road motorsports events in the United States attracting over 20,000 spectators for the weeklong King of the Hammers event held in the California Desert near 29 palms [...]

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Lake Elsinore Motorsports Park Announces February as Fan Appreciation Month

Lake Elsinore, Calif. – February 1, 2012 – Lake Elsinore Motorsports Park has announced that they will be running fan appreciation specials throughout the month of February in celebration of topping 4,000 total likes on their facebook fan page at www.facebook.com/racele.
During the month of February, fans will be able to download printable coupons from the [...]

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RJ Anderson Kicks off 2012 Race Season

RJ Anderson Kicks off 2012 Race Season

Riverside, CA 1/30/2012 – 2012 is here, but for RJ Anderson it still looks a lot like 2011 as the wins and accomplishments just keep on coming. For the entire Walker Evans Racing team there was not a lot of down time between the final round of racing in 2011 and the first rounds of [...]

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Bowers Takes Ninth Arenacross Win of the Season in Cedar Park

Irvine, Calif. – The AMA Arenacross series stopped in Cedar Park, Texas this weekend for back-to-back nights of racing at Cedar Park Center. Babbitt’s Monster Energy Amsoil Kawasaki’s Tyler Bowers raced to a hard-earned third on Friday night after nearly landing on another rider and crashing early in the race. On Saturday night, Bowers could [...]

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Bowers Brings Momentum into Hometown Race as AMA Arenacross Series Debuts from Lexington’s Rupp Arena

AURORA, Ill. (January 31, 2012) – A new winner stood atop the podium last Friday night as Team Faith KTM’s Kelly Smith became the fourth different rider to claim victory during the 2012 AMA Arenacross Series. The veteran rider’s triumph helped kick off two nights of action for the inaugural Cedar Park race, but by [...]

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James Stewart’s Onboard GoPro Footage from Oakland Monster Energy Supercross Main Event

Check out James Stewart’s Oakland Monster Energy Supercross 2012 main event victory race! Stay tuned for the GoPro Oakland Race Day Edit!

Shot 100% on the new HD HERO2® camera from ?http://GoPro.com.
James Stewart conquers the 450 Main event from O.co Coliseum for the Oakland Monster Energy Supercross 2012.
To see his battle with Chad Reed skip to [...]

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Robby Gordon Partners with Torchmate racing for 2012-2013 Season

Capitalizing on a 10-year relationship with Lincoln Electric, Robby Gordon Motorsports has embraced the new addition to the Lincoln family and welcomed Torchmate CNC Cutting Systems onto Planet Robby. Gordon, who has acquired the Torchmate Racing built TTB car for the upcoming Griffin King of the Hammers event, will begin testing the rebadged Speed Energy [...]

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THIS is Casey Currie

Casey Currie shows what it takes to run two series, his love of the sport, and why he eats, sleeps, and breathes racing. Toward the years end, Casey Currie teams up with media group YAER Productions to represent the sport in a light not yet seen. Firebird Raceway – 2011.

THIS is Casey Currie

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