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FEB 26-27th KING OF THE HAMMERS 2009
THAT'S RIGHT, GTOROCKS RACING TEAM HEADED SOME 2000 MILES UP NORTHWEST TO PRE RUN
(LCQ) AND PARTICIPATED AT THE INFAMOUS KING OF THE HAMMERS® RACING EVENT IN JOHNSON VALLEY, CALIFORNIA FEB
26-27, 2009! THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME A MEXICAN TEAM RUNS THE HAMMERS! WE RACED HARD!
Johnson Valley OHV area is approximately 189,000 acres and is located in the high desert of California, just east
of Los Angeles. The area is a Mecca for off-road recreation and is home to many events including off-road racing and competitive
rock crawling.
ASI ES, NOS FUIMOS AL NORTE UNOS 3200 KMS PARA COMPETIR CONTRA NUESTROS VECINOS
DE EUA EN LA COMPETENCIA DE KOH® (LCQ) 2009, QUE SE LLEVA ACABO EN JOHNSON VALLEY, CALIFAS, EUA 26-27
DE FEBRERO DEL 2009! ESTA FUE LA PRIMERA VEZ QUE CORRE UN TEAM MEXICANO EN KING OF THE HAMMERS LCQ!
GET READY FOR THE BONGO NEXT YEAR! IF YOU AINT FIRST YOUR LAST:)
GOOD LUCK TO EVERY TEAM FOR 2010! & LOOK OUT FOR THAT RETRO DESERT RACER 1989 BRONCO!
“Don't always walk on the smooth roads, walk ways that no one has travelled before, so as
to leave behind traces and not only dust…”
| Big Johnnys Retro Bronco alias el "Little Mule" |
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| 10:32 am Ponce and Heath Catron lined up in the KOH LCQ race 2009 |
GTOROCKS® RACING TEAM - KOH LCQ #33 - 2009
Driver - Jose "Hotrod" Ponce
Adopted Back up Co Driver - Heath Catron of Ballzout Racing Team
Back up Suicide Seat / Crew Chief - Johnny Joints Despain
Logistics - Waldo Castellanos Kim
Pit Crew - Fred Riojas III
Pit Crew - Rudy Garcia
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KING OF THE HAMMERS LCQ $PURSE - PREMIOS
$200 to
the 13th place.
$100 to the best Stock mod.
RJ Browns Fab $250.00 to 1st place.
Jimmys Outback $250.00 to 1st place.
Triple
Nickle Racing $100.00 for last kid picked in LCQ 13th place.
MarQ Photos will pony up $100 to the last rig to to cross
the finish line in the LCQ.
Desertfab Motorsports will put in $200.00 to the 1st place.
CRAWL Magazine will throw down
$200 plus a short feature story on the team.
Josh Patt gives 5-cases of Go Fast! and 100.00 cash to the LCQ winner.
Fabrication
Unlimited Squared, LLC "FU2" will kick $100.00 to the first place.
TrailReady Products will put up a $500 certificate (transferable,
too!) for the LCQ winner.
Mercer Motorsports will throw down an additional $100 to match this.
Knot Wright Racing will
give $100 to any of the StockMods that make it into the final!
KOH will kick in 13 chances to enter the KOH race on friday to the 13 fastest drivers. There
are 38 teams so far racing LCQ.
KOH 2009 RACE SCHEDULE
Thursday Feb 26
8:00 am- 2:00pm Last chance qualifier race. KOH main camp start/
finish. Located on Backdoor trail
12:00 pm- 5:00pm Contingency and race tech for KOH in the center of main camp. All koh
race vehicles must participate in race contingency. No vehicles will be admitted to contingency line after 5:00pm. Race suits
and helmets are required at Tech inspection. Tech inspection located at the BFGoodrich tires semi in main camp.
6:00pm
Volunteer raffle in the main tent. Presented by the KOH sponsors and race teams.
10:00 pm quiet hours in KOH main pits.
Friday Feb 27
6:00 am begin race line up staged outside assigned pit location. All cars must be staged by 7:30
am.
7:30 am opening ceremonies, Morning invocation. National Anthem. Grand Marshall Walker Evans.
8:00 am King of
the Hammers 2009 begins. Race will start promptly at 8:00 am. 2 drivers at a time, 30 second intervals.
Check point closure
to follow in your onsite information package. 5:00pm Race ends.
7:30 pm awards ceremony in Raceline main tent.
7:15
pm BFGoodrich tires presentation
8:00pm Raceline wheels presentation
8:30 pm Hammerking Productions closing ceremonies.
" Main camp will be on Means dry lake. We will have a map avalible on site
that shows the best spectator area's. You should be able to see plenty of action by driving a stock 4x4. The course is a secret
untill the week of the race." Jeff Knoll - KOH Organizer
"We brokered a deal with our Port-a-Potty vendor to provide dumping and potable
water service on the Lake Bed for the week of the race. There will be a nominal service fee payable direct to the vendor.
Check in at the main registration booth if you'd like to recieve service during the week. This is available to spectators
and racers alike." Dave Cole - KOH Organizer
"All LCQ guys:
Set the bar high....you will have the best drivers in the world...yeah
the world...... watching your skills. No better place to grab some respect than right here with the worlds best and their
attention span focused right on you." DOUG BIGELOW - TEAM BIGELOW - 4TH PLACE FINISHER KOH 2008
| KOH LCQ 2009 |
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| 10:38 am Ponce and Heath Catron racing off the Starting lin |
| Los fans hechando porras por Mexico |
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| Fans cheering us on as the helicopter chases us thru the sand notch |
| Entrando a las piedras malditas |
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| Entering the LCQ waterfall resolution rocks |
| Heath Catron y Ponce en las rocas |
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| CARNAGE! |
KOH fever is at full tilt,
and it's only a few weeks away from race day. But before the 3rd running of the King of the Hammers can take place, there
will be the "Blue Torch Fab Last Chance Qualifer" for approximately 13 available positions.
With that said, here is
the offiial starting order of the "Blue Torch Fab Last Chance Qualifier" to be held on Thursday, February 26, 2009 on the
infamous "Back Door" trail at Johnson Valley.
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KOH LCQ
TEAMS
| Starting Position |
Name |
Team Name |
| 1 |
Allan Grady |
Over the Top Crawlers |
| 2 |
Eric Holder |
Pikes Peak Rovers |
| 3 |
Clayton Kraatz |
Evolution Machine |
| 4 |
Gary Hall |
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| 5 |
Greg Hussey |
Team Snivel |
| 6 |
Stephen Watson |
Offroad Design |
| 7 |
Eric Hackney |
Webster Gears |
| 8 |
Craig Thompson |
S&T Motorsports |
| 9 |
Branden Johnson |
SXOR |
| 10 |
Ryan Jensen |
Hazardous Concepts |
| 11 |
Chris May |
Yota Off Road |
| 12 |
Matthew Legg |
Cowbell Racing |
| 13 |
Bill Schueler |
Jagged X Racing |
| 14 |
Chad Burchik |
Ground Control Racing |
| 15 |
John Markovich |
Marko Customs Racing |
| 16 |
Troy Bailey |
TNT Racing |
| 17 |
Drew Goldie |
Goldie Offroad |
| 18 |
Kim Sears |
Rock Out Racing |
| 19 |
Jason Pickett |
Terminal Velocity |
| 20 |
Kevin Sacalas |
SCAT |
| 21 |
Chad Hummer |
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| 22 |
James Andrus |
Midget Racing |
| 23 |
Louie Keeners |
Team Ballzout |
| 24 |
Clint Ellett |
Tanner 4x4 |
| 25 |
Bryan Crofts |
GenRight |
| 26 |
Loren Healey |
667 Rockers |
| 27 |
Dan Trout |
Fish Mouth Fab |
| 28 |
Matt Overton |
Shake n Bake Racing |
| 29 |
Pete Norris |
Tanner 4x4 |
| 30 |
Sam Winget |
Winget Racing |
| 31 |
Adam Carter |
ORC |
| 32 |
Eric Graves |
EG |
| 33 |
Jose Manuel Ponce/Johnny Despain |
GTO Rocks Racing |
| 34 |
Todd McCullen |
Desert Fab Motorsports |
| 35 |
Scott Angel |
Rubber Belly Racing |
| 36 |
Terill Johnston |
Outlaw Motorsports |
| 37 |
Nazir Adam |
Team Adam Racing |
| 38 |
Josh Patt |
Rock TechRacing |
BEST 13 LCQ TIMES GET TO RACE THESE KOH VET RACERS
KOH STARTING SPOTS
Racers will start side-by-side, two at a time in 30 second intervals.
19 LCQ1 VS 20 Wyatt Pemberton
49 LCQ2 VS 50 LCQ5
33 Robert Usnick 34 LCQ3
29 LCQ4 30 Tracy Jordan
83
Pete Sohren 84 LCQ6
89 LCQ7 90 Larry Gipson
25 Jason Scherer 26 LCQ8
53 LCQ9 54 Ted Wiens
5 Rusty Bray #6LCQ10
93 LCQ11 94 LCQ12
95 LCQ 12 96 LCQ13
Los mejores 13 KOH LCQ (last chance qualifier - ultima chance de calificar) tiempos califican para correr contra
los veteranos el siguiente dia.
LOS NUMEROS REPRESENTAN LOS #'s DE ARRANQUE EN LA CARRERA KOH DEL VIERNES FEB 27.
Los
teams arrancan en pares cada 30 segundos.
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