McKenziek
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An amazing aerial photo of Hammertown USA, Means Dry Lake @ Johnson Valley OHV area in Ca. nabbed off Facebook. The King of the Hammers offroad rock race gets bigger and bigger every year.
34°24'50.25"N 116°30'51.14"W
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Holy Cow, there must be over 200 RVs there.
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McKenziek
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Y-Guy wrote:Holy Cow, there must be over 200 RVs there.
And those are mostly racers and vendors.
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My neighbor stopped by this morning and told me he's heading out Wednesday through Sunday.
I wish I would have planned ahead and taken some time off - I really want to attend this one of these years.
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We've been here since last Thursday, but we're camped about a mile away from "Hammertown" along the entrance road. The big race will be on Friday, and Robby Gordon will be in it along with 90-120 more racers. This is a 150+ mile race that includes miles of desert race conditions along with several sections of some of the most difficult rock crawling trails imaginable. There's nothing else like it anywhere!
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This event will draw over 10,000 people. Hammerking Productions is working with CMRC to help raise money to save Johnson Valley, go to savethehammers.org for more info. Dave Cole has said he can raise 100k this week, let's see how he does.
The big races are Thursday and Friday. Thursday is the King of the Motos, first time dirtbikes have been in K.O.H. Jimmy Lewis (Dirt Rider mag.) and Erek Kudla laid out a TOUGH loop for the best in offroad, wish I could be there. Friday is the big buggy race. Don't think there's anything beyond Friday.
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We were there Sunday. Pretty cool. Really big and lots of trailers. The Smitty Built first timer ran for the first time and a Jeep with some suspension beat a modified for first place. The jeep had a flat tire and they didn't even know it till they crossed the finish line and were being interviewed. They made history for being the first for that first race. Pretty cool.
Spent $100.00 on a T-shirt, beenie and cloth map of the race rout. Well worth it IMO. Some were complaining about the $20.00 per person fee to get in. Well worth it IMO. Especially since some of that is to save JV. They have a UTV race as well.
Vendor row, AKA (Hammer Town) was preety cool.
We are thinking of taking a week off next year to attend and maybe even race the RZR in the Smitty Built Race. Maybe we'll be getting Hammered in Hammer Town 
My only question now is why can't Bessemer Mine Road be as nice as Boon Road or Camp Rock. Geezzz!!!!!
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nayther
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Bessemer Mine Road is down to bedrock, that's why it's so bad. Boone and Camp Rock can be and are graded/maintained.
Did you see the "save the hammers" signs? Did you see reference to savethehammers.org??
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nayther wrote:Bessemer Mine Road is down to bedrock, that's why it's so bad. Boone and Camp Rock can be and are graded/maintained.
Did you see the "save the hammers" signs? Did you see reference to savethehammers.org??
Ya I don't understand whay they just don't doze another road 50' over from that one. It's been like that for years. Doesn't make scense to me.
Didn't see the Save The Hammers. Thanks for the heads up.
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McKenziek
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Here is the final group shot. Simply amazing.
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