Griffin Radiators continues to show their support for the King of the Hammers. Tom and Steve Beebe are proud to be the title sponsor again this year. “As the first major sponsor of the event we have been able to watch the venue grow from a few trailers and rock buggies to a sprawling city of circus tents and semi trucks” said Steve Beebe, Griffin Marketing Director. Griffin came on board in 2009, and continues to show additional support as they know this has become “the RACE”.

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BFGoodrich is not only adding to the cash prize, but is also giving the new King the offer of an eight tire contract for their 2010 racing efforts. Torchmate CNC Cutting Systems will be adding a 2x2 CNC Prototyping System to the New Kings garage. It includes a Thermal Dynamics Plasma Cutter, Hand Torch Holder, Routing Package, Torchmate CAD software, BobCad 3D Software, and is valued over $7,250. If that wasn’t enough, there is an additional $33,700 dollars available to pick up in contingency.

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There are over 80 vendors that will line the rows and fill the big 100x120 circus tent. They range from vendors just showing their products, to massive outfits that have parts on sell for you to take advantage of. You will just about be able to buy anything from nuts and bolts, t-shirts and hats, to some large bolt on items that you can purchase and walk out to install. The best part of the Vendor show is you don’t have to wait to use your newest gadget! You can use it that day!

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The 2010 4 Wheel Parts Last Chance Qualifier order has been determined by random draw. Larry Gipson will be first off the line Tuesday morning to test his talents and attempt at qualifying. “I am used to all the pressure and know what needs to be done,” said Gipson. “I need to drive as hard as I can and be as smart as can be. I just need to finish it to get into the race on Friday.”

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Link to Video Presentation of 4 Wheel Parts Last Chance Qualifier: http://vimeo.com/9059027

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This event has geared up to be the largest happening on Means Dry lake bed ever. The schedule of events is amazing. The companies that are coming together to support the event is incredible.

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The 2010 4 Wheel Parts Last Chance Qualifier order will also be determined and the course will be revealed. You will watch a turn by turn video presentation of the ins and out of this grueling 6 mile course that must be completed before participating in the Main Event on Friday. Stay for the post-show to see the in-car camera of the course as well.

The 2010 Griffin King of the Hammers is gearing up to be the largest happening on the Means Dry lake bed ever. The schedule of events is amazing. The companies that are coming together to support the event is incredible. The entire schedule is rolled out as a video presentation so you can have more detail on each days activities starting Sunday February 7th and wraps up Saturday February 13th.

Pirate4x4 TV Live! is a monthly TV Show that is hosted by Camo and Charlene. Special guests for this months episode include Jeff Knoll from King of the Hammers, Greg Adler and Brent Goegebuer from 4 Wheel Parts, Steve Beebe from Griffin Radiators and Bill Kunz from Torchmate demonstrating their new 2x2 table. Lots of video footage from Johnson Valley will also be included.

According to Matt Messer, owner of Trail-Gear, “Trail-Gear is excited continue our long standing relationship with King Of The Hammers. By our continued support of King Of The Hammers, we have a great opportunity to debut our new products as well as some of our competition proven products directly to the public on our competition buggies.”

At last years race, 32 out of 92 racers knew the value in Raceline and competed with zero failures. “Raceline builds wheels meant to race,” said Mulkey.

“This is the ultimate product development lab and proving ground. With the Ultra 4 vehicle rules basically leaving car design wide open, it has bread innovation. There is no pre-determined car design that dominates, which has fabricators scrambling to build what they vision as the perfect car,” said PSC owner Tom Allen. “It has definitely created what we refer to as “the better mousetrap syndrome.”’ Tom has been producing quality steering components for racing and offroad for over 26 years and PSC is now in its ninth year of business.

Dave Cole, Co-founder of Hammerking Productions, remarked ”FOA is a perfect fit for us. They cut their teeth in Desert Racing and immediately found a following in the Rock Crawling crowd. That type of cross over functionality typifies our style of racing.”

Hammerking Productions presents Ultra4 racing. Unlimited 4 wheel drive endurance racing just got bigger. 1000 miles in a Rock Crawler! V2R the long way, Eleven teams stepped up to the Challenge, only four succeeded.

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Starts Wednesday from Contingency, continues Thursday-Saturday from the pits with evening recaps and pictures, and will wrap up Sunday at the Awards Ceremony. It will be "as live as our electronics will allow us to be in the Nevada Desert!" Check out the coverage at pirate4x4.com/trailreports/vegas2reno09