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A Brief History of Off-Road Racing in America

Matt Martelli — Tue, 27 Dec 2022 21:07:13 +0000

American Off-Road racing as we know it today effectively started in 1962 when the Ekins brothers braved the Baja peninsula on Motorcycles in less than 40 hours to set the Tijuana-to-La Paz, Baja Mexico record. This stunt was the spark that ignited the fire that started long-distance desert racing. The Baja 1000 and The Mint 400 were launched and both reach global acclaim. After sleeping on Sal...

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2023 Volcon Stag: Introducing the fully electric Stag

Kilian Hamlin — Thu, 18 Aug 2022 20:25:52 +0000

Volcon ePowersports only builds cutting-edge, off-road vehicles in a class of their own. Utilizing the latest EV technology, the Stag offers the same thrilling performance of a standard UTV without the noise (or pollution), allowing you to explore the outdoors with all your senses. The Stag empowers the driver to explore the outdoors in a new and unique way that gas-powered UTVs cannot offer and...

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Vision Wheel Joins 2021 UTV World Championship as Supporting Sponsor

Kilian Hamlin — Mon, 11 Oct 2021 20:43:28 +0000

Vision Wheel will join the supporting sponsor lineup of the 2021 UTV World Championship presented by Polaris on October 13-17, UTV World Championship officials announced today. Vision’s line of off-road and UTV wheels will be on display at the AZWest UTV Festival in downtown Lake Havasu City, while multiple Vision-backed athletes, led by former UTV World Champion Phil Blurton...

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Race Motion: The 2020 UTV World Championship presented by Polaris RZR

Matt Martelli — Tue, 03 Nov 2020 18:00:06 +0000

UTV’s have fundamentally changed the landscape of off-road culture globally. No other place is that more evident than desert off-road racing with car counts well in the hundreds. The UTV World Championship presented by Polaris RZR was a celebration of the largest class in all of off-road racing. Race Motion is a new video series created by motorsport production powerhouse Mad Media as a...

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Chris and Nick Blais take 1st Overall in the UTV Rally Class at the UTV World Championships!

Kilian Hamlin — Wed, 14 Oct 2020 22:38:33 +0000

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Best In The Desert Announces 2021 Race Series

Kilian Hamlin — Fri, 04 Sep 2020 20:23:40 +0000

Strongest Schedule Ever Includes Best In The Desert Announces 2021 Race Series Timeless Classics, New Events, and Huge Payouts Posted September 4, 2020 LAS VEGAS, NV (Sept. 3, 2020): LAS VEGAS, NV (Sept. 4, 2020): While Best In The Desert prepares for the final two events in the 2020 series, the Jagged X National […]

Lowrance GPS Infrared UTV Belt Temp Sensor

Kilian Hamlin — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 23:01:24 +0000

February 16, 2020 Improve CVT Belt Life Fontana, Calif. – Rugged Routes has developed an infrared UTV belt temp sensor that allows the belt temperature to be displayed on the screen of a Lowrance HDS or Elite Ti GPS unit. Off-road enthusiasts can now take precautions to prevent blowing a belt. This infrared belt […]

UTVWC Race Registration Now Open

Kilian Hamlin — Sat, 01 Aug 2020 00:04:09 +0000

Registration will open on Friday, July 31st at 10:00am PST. Details available on this page. The order in which you register for the race will be your qualifying & race day starting position. Off-Road Racer named official registration provider for the UTV World Championship – Create your free Racer Profile today to speed up […]

Off-Road Racing Sponsorship 101. Part 1: Understand your value

Matt Martelli — Fri, 24 Jul 2020 07:00:00 +0000

Let’s face it. Everybody thinks they are special and deserve sponsorship for some reason or another. This psychological phenomena is called Illusory Superiority. It’s not reality. Nobody owes you anything to go racing, you are not special, and especially if you are not good in a class that gets no coverage. Start with the […]

Henderson, VanEperen On Top in SXS Sports Spring National at Dirt City

Chris Leone — Fri, 03 Jul 2020 07:00:00 +0000

Jimmy Henderson (Pro Mod) and Rodney VanEperen (Pro Stock) successfully defended their victories from last year’s SXS Sports Spring National in Saturday’s race action from Dirt City Motorplex. The second round of the 2020 Monster Energy King of the Elements series saw racers get back to a more traditional short course setup after opening […]

NGK Spark Plugs Mini Mint 400 Youth UTV Races

Kilian Hamlin — Mon, 18 May 2020 19:32:36 +0000

Title Sponsor of the Mini Mint 400 Youth UTV Races The Mint 400 was more than happy to welcome NGK Spark Plugs as an official sponsor of the 2020 BFGoodrich Tires Mint 400. NGK Spark Plugs served as the title sponsor of this year’s Mini Mint 400 Youth UTV Races and knocked it out […]

“El Monster” HN Motorsports UTV

Kilian Hamlin — Sat, 11 Apr 2020 07:00:00 +0000

The UTV takeover has finally reached Baja. Year after year the popularity of the UTV’s are on the rise, Elias Hanna and his HN Motorsports took advantage of this, and 3 years ago they went into the builders business and created their first UTV. They called it “El Monster”, where they tested and developed […]