T his week, the improbable but undeniable motorsports phenomenon that is the annual Optima King of the Hammers presented by ...

King of the Hammers is, for lack of a better word, batshit. For those who've never heard of it, it's an off-road race in California's Johnson Valley, and marries rock crawling with flat-out open ...

412 competitors descend upon Johnson Valley, CA to do battle in the desert at the annual King of the Hammers event. The competition would span from the desert floor, to the surrounding canyons, mixing ...

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