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 temporary ...

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.

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 ...

They say racing improves the breed. Well then, get ready for a whole new breed. For the first time in the 18-year history of the event, a SxS has won the capstone Race of Kings at King of the Hammers.

Known as the toughest one-day off-road race in the world, King of the Hammers is set to kick off on Jan. 23, 2025 and run through Feb. 8. The event takes place at Hammertown, about 30 miles east of ...

The last time I climbed in a UTV, I was a mere child, and the boxy machine failed to leave much of an impression on me. Now, 15 years down the road, these vehicles are absurd pieces of equipment that ...

Every year, tens of thousands of people gather here in the Mojave Desert with two goals: to see some incredible off-road racing and to lose their minds in the kind of unbridled debauchery their ...