Randy Slawson knows it’s good to be King. Randy and Brother Mike, his co-driver, took their second King of the Hammers title in the last three years. The Nitto King of the Hammers race Presented by 4Wheel Parts is touted as the toughest single-day off-road race in the world and after this year’s event, nobody would argue that point. It took Slawson almost nine hours to complete the 215 mile course that includes wide open desert sections with the toughest rock crawling trails in Johnson Valley, California.

The Everyman Challenge gives everyone with a competitive spirit a chance to take part in the King of the Hammers, the toughest single day race event in the world.

Ultra4 series Champion and former “King of the Hammers” Loren Healy made the switch to King Shocks just in time for qualifying at the Ultra4 series season ender at Glen Helen Raceway in San Bernardino, Ca.

One of the racers who have been caught up in the KOH whirlwind is Australian Ben Napier. Ben had been driving 4×4’s since he took his driver’s license test behind the wheel of the family’s 1972 Land Rover. Ben then stepped it up when a friend asked him to compete in the Australian W.E. Rock series, which he did, and they had great success. Ben was having fun in the WE Rock series but he had read stories and seen videos of the newly developed King of the Hammers race that really sparked his interest.

King Shocks, Monster Truck racer Scott Hartsock was victorious at the 2011, Monsters on the Beach event held on the sand at Virginia Beach, VA may 6th through the 8th. Scott qualified in the number one spot, which earned him a single run in the first round. He then went on to defeat the black and green wrecking machine (Grave Digger) driven by Randy Brown in the semifinals and Mopar Magic with Chris Baker at the wheel in the final round.