King Shocks racer Stephen Watson has earned the Raceline Wheels, Sportsmanship award for his selfless efforts during the 2011 King of the Hammers race. Stephen’s get it done attitude caught the attention of Greg Mulkey of Raceline wheels when instead of just waiting in line, he helped others ahead of him to winch up Backdoor [...]

There comes a time in every vehicle’s life when change is necessary. While our Jeep
Wrangler-turned-AEV Brute had already experienced quite a bit of change, we were
itching for more as we continually strive to achieve the best possible trail set up and
highway ride combination.

In a perfectly matched scenario, Jason Scherer will be driving the Dave Cole Motorsports Ultra4 car for the 2011 season. Their season will consist of the 2011 King of the Hammers, 2011 Grand Slam Series and the 2011 Best in the Desert series as well as selected VORRA races.

For the next race in my new Trent Fabrication ultra-4 style car. The opportunity came up for me to do a rock race at the Saline county fairgrounds in Harrisburg, Illinois. The course had lots of jumps and go fast sections which wasn’t a problem now that we got the motor out of limp mode and we had all 3 gears in the transmission. For the first race I was being conservative since I had a race in southern Missouri the next day, even though I was being conservative I still had the best time for the first heat out of 9 different competitors.

The 2010 Ultra 4 Stampede in Reno Nevada presented by Hammer King Productions and Exit 28 Motorsports (104,000 acres of private land) did not disappoint racers or spectators. The Lucas Oil – Figspeed #4478 was racing in remembrance of the Americans that lost there lives on September 11th. They started in 42nd position in the 52 car field for the 3-lap, 20-mile loop, a 10 hour timed event of extreme rock crawling and desert racing.
Driver Les Figueroa along side co-driver Joe Thompson completed the first lap with no “roll over’s or flats” gaining 14 positions from 42nd to 28th. On lap 2, at the Lucas Oil – Figspeed pit stop that was orchestrated by crew chief Jimmy Robinson, the crew who were on their toes, found a cracked upper link mount. Crew member Colin White quickly prepped and welded the broken mount with the help of Creighton @ the Maxxis race trailer. The Lucas Oil – Figspeed #4478 was back on the course for their final lap once again gaining positions one by one.