Traxxas at 2010 King of the Hammers

**PeterV** · 02-11-2010 09:33 PM

King of the Hammers is "the toughest one day off-road race on the planet," a trek through the Johnson Valley, CA desert where racers have to not only blast wide-open across unknown terrain, but also rock-crawl their way over seemingly impossible obstacles on the way to the finish line. The event draws desert racers and rock crawlers, resulting in a diversity of machines and drving styles--and an intense rivalry between the groups.

Traxxas is at the event with our Mobile Support Center, showing off our vehicles, giving racers a turn at the wheel with our Try-Me Track, and putting on a Slash R/C race with the full-size competitors (turns out a lot of these guys can wheel!)

Traxxas is also giving away a bunch of Summits as part of a contingency program; in exchange for running Traxxas decals on their rig, the winning driver will score four Summits for himself and his crew! Summits were a natural for KOH--what other R/C vehicle can rock-crawl and run wide-open like a desert racer?

It's been rainy and cold so far, so no killer shots from this year's race yet--the sunny pics above are from the 2009 event, 2010 shots below.

Jason is a king of the hammer in his own right. Actually, hitting a Slash with a sledgehammer would probably be gentler than what a lot of us do with our trucks!

The Slash race is about to begin. TQ 2.4GHz radios make it easy to set up races. What channel are you on--who cares!

Dioooooooooooooo!

Slash track under construction. PVC pipes and wooden boards are for wimps; at KOH, you build tracks out of rocks.

Spectators gather for the Slash race.

Gotta love an over-under jump. Good thing Slashes are durable!

**PontiacGT201** · 02-11-2010 10:59 PM

Hijacking Pontiac's post for more pics! --Pete

The Traxxas Mobile Support Center is the place to be at KOH.

...day or night!

King Shocks also displayed at KOH. Mike and Mark Jenkins run King gear in their TORC trucks.

Just in case there was any doubt as to how "out there" this event is: here you go. It's downright lunar.

More Slash action. The race track doubled as the Try-Me Track.

In addition to the Slash track, a rock pile was setup for Summit demos.

PontiacGT201 says...
freaking sweet. I wish I wasnt on the other side of the country. Looks like a load of fun.

**Mustang** · 02-12-2010 11:01 AM

King Of The Hammers is a rare form of racing where being slow means you become part of the race course. Competitors will literally drive over the top of you if you get stuck and block the path!

**WarEagleYJ** · 02-12-2010 12:10 PM

that video was freakin awesome!!! dang, king of the hammers is a sick race.

**pbmaxx64** · 02-12-2010 05:14 PM

thats sweet! You guys should actually drive a summit through it! (seeing its the the official RC truck of KOH)

**Jurgen** · 02-13-2010 06:47 PM

Its nice that Traxxas is getting involved with more .

**NOFX** · 02-15-2010 07:43 AM

Too cool!!! we haven't got anything like this in the UK,

**PEANUT1** · 02-15-2010 02:45 PM

A+ event and track

**eemmaaxxxx** · 02-15-2010 03:18 PM

Originally Posted by NOFX

Too cool!!! we haven't got anything like this in the UK,

That's because there isn't any space left!

**andreas.l** · 02-16-2010 07:55 PM

amazing great video thats what its all about.....

**IamRevoMaster** · 02-17-2010 03:39 PM

Just down the road from me. Loving it

**65BAJA** · 02-18-2010 09:33 PM

A big thanks to Traxxas for comming out to the KOH event. It was a lot of fun racing around the R/C course Thursday night. Amazing how fast it drew a crowd. I was driving the black Revo with the Big Block.

**TheDude530** · 03-03-2010 08:32 PM

hi I'm Jeff Knoll's son, I just wanted to say thanks traxxas for supporting KOH. My car was the blue summit with the bronco body and on moad XLs

**sofasticantseeit** · 03-10-2010 04:56 PM

I remember you guys! Glad you had fun at the track. I know I had a great time meeting all of you.

Jason

**65BAJA** · 03-20-2010 01:01 PM

Hey, I was wondering if the Traxxas truck was going to be at the Moab Easter Jeep Safari next weekend?

crash14 · 03-20-2010 02:38 PM

Originally Posted by 65BAJA

Hey, I was wondering if the Traxxas truck was going to be at the Moab Easter Jeep Safari next weekend?

I havn't heard anything about that as of yet..

I'll check into that and post up what I find out

crash14 · 03-20-2010 03:00 PM

We don't have anything going on for Moab

Looks like just Jacksonville supercross for next weekend

**jolynsbass** · 03-20-2010 07:43 PM

Does anyone have any footage of RC stuff from KotH? People keep talking about their rigs, and I haven't seen any pics or videos where I can see what they are talking about...

crash14 · 03-25-2010 10:34 AM

Originally Posted by 65BAJA

Hey, I was wondering if the Traxxas truck was going to be at the Moab Easter Jeep Safari next weekend?

Just heard, we are going to have someone up there this weekend! So stop by and check it out!

**65BAJA** · 01-02-2012 09:12 PM

You guys gonna make it out for the 2012 KOH?

**MooseSlash** · 01-03-2012 12:53 PM

Sweet pics! Yah, good question, 65BAJA! Will you make it tho the 2012 KOH?

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