Falken Tyre: King of the Hammers Testing 2012

Cool Falken Tyres video of the popular and demanding off-road 'King of the Hammers' event, running a new vehicle built by Off Road Evolution of Fullerton, CA, that will compete in the highly competitive Ultra4 Class. The Falken Tyre factory team race vehicle features the Wildpeak A/T 37x13.50-R18 tyre – a tough one! 'King of the Hammers,' known as the "toughest one-day off-road race," according to series organizers, will run for the sixth time on public lands in Johnson Valley, CA. Over the first five years the race has run, it has evolved from 12 teams to more than 150 teams competing before thousands of fans both live and online. The race will be run on Friday February 10, 2012. The custom tube chassis vehicle will be piloted by Falken Vice President of Marketing Andrew Hoit, an experienced off-roader, along with his co-driver, Ryan Hagel from RCH Designs in Huntington Beach, CA. The car is powered by an LS1 engine making more than 400hp, with a Turbo400 transmission and Atlas transfer case. The team is prequalified for the race but will set its starting position on Wednesday February 8th in qualifying. This is Falken's first serious effort into off-road racing. The high performance tyre manufacturer has already shown its dominance in the professional world of drifting and claimed two wins in last year's hotly contested GT class of the American Le Mans Series. Falken is also supporting two other teams in this year's event, the husband and wife team of Race Prep Racing, also in the KOH Main Event as well as the Savvy Off Road/Currie Enterprises Jeep Wrangler competing in this year's Every Man Challenge event on Sunday February 5th. "We feel this is a perfect venue to showcase the durability and versatility of our Wildpeak tyre line," stated Nestor Cabrera, Falken's Off-Road Supervisor. "We are confident we'll perform well in this demanding event." Best of luck to Falken team members from Road.