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RED BULL STONE SCRAMBLE The Red Bull Stone Scramble is the second in a multi-stop original collection of SxS races in the Red Bull Scramble Series, which featured both amateur and professional racers. Spanning every corner of the continental U.S., no single race is the same, as each boasts many unique elements but all include […]
WORCS GLEN HELEN RACEWAY The WORCS Glen Helen Raceway eighth round of the 2021 World Off-Road Championship Series (WORCS) had 130 UTV entries. Pro Stock UTVs raced Saturday, and Pro Production Turbo UTVs raced Sunday. Huge hills are unique to the California round, as GHR has hosted AMA National Motocross for many years. The WORCS […]
UTV WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS PRESENTED BY POLARIS Classes for every age group and skill level had the chance to take on either a youth track, short desert loop or longer desert lap in the hopes of being named a UTV world champion at the UTV World Championships presented by Polaris. The venue has made a home […]
$200K OUTLAW SERIES FINALE Since we first reported on the 2021 $200,000 Texas UTV Race Series in the January 2021 issue, the series changed ownership and underwent a name change, becoming the Texas Outlaw UTV Racing Series. We reported on round five in the October 2021 issue and have been covering each round on UTVActionMag.com. […]
UTV racing is growing at an exponential rate, so much so that UTV entries at SCORE Baja and Ultra4 series and the King of the Hammers outnumber truck and other classes. The numbers of UTV-race promotors is growing, too, so it’s easier than ever to get into competition with your UTV. Manufacturers benefit greatly in […]
SALUTING THE 2021 CHAMPIONS At press time, the $200,000 Texas Outlaw UTV race series joins WORCS, Best in the Desert, SCORE, King of the Hammers and the Mint 400 in announcing the 2022 schedules (see “Inside Scoop” and “Schedule”), but only one of these series has decided its 2021 championships. Kyle Chaney was the first […]
BRADEN CHIARAMONTE’S CSD/HRP/CMI RS1 At the opening rounds of the Great American Short-Course (GAS) series, Braden Chiaramonte qualified second behind Dallas Nord but was taken out of Saturday’s Production 1000 main. He rebounded with a vengeance on Sunday, taking the top qualifier time and winning the main by less than a second over Nord. Braden […]
10 MUST-KNOW RZR 200 FACTS Thanks to Ford, Daimler, Harley, the Davidson brothers, the Wright brothers and more, man has long melded with machine to create unstoppable cybernetic organisms. Prior to racing UTVs, seven-time NASCAR Cup champion Jimmie Johnson began racing on a Yamaha PW50 before becoming an MTGP Superlite champion on Hondas. Eight-time AMA […]
TOP 10 HONDA TALON UPGRADES The Honda Motor Company hit a bases-loaded home run with the Talon 1000R/X engine and six-speed Dual Clutch Transmission (DCT). Basically, the Pioneer 1000 lower end was mated with a top end from Honda’s Africa Twin adventure bike and fine-tuned into the ultimate normally aspirated sport UTV over years of […]
2021 ARCTIC DERBY Created in 2019 by Johnny and CJ Greaves, Monster Energy and SxS Sports, the $150,000 UTV Series tested racers’ skills and speed on ice, Supermoto and short-course tracks. Now called the King of the Elements, the 2020 UTV series crowned Scottie Lawrence (C-A) Pro Mod champion and Rod VanEperen (Yam) Pro Stock […]
Photos by Cindi Fears Photography.
LUCAS OIL OFF-ROAD RACING SERIES With the Lucas Oil Off-Road Racing Series (LOORRS) finally starting at California’s Glen Helen Raceway, the Production Turbos started 2020 like they ended the 2019 points season—with Can-Am’s Corry Weller leading Polaris pilots Ronnie Anderson and Chance Haugen the entire race. In fact, twice-defending champ Weller was top qualifier in […]
By Tim “Lumpy” Tolleson
A circle track is nothing less than a battleground. You know that the chances of you getting hurt are high, but still, you go for it with courage and enthusiasm. However, unlike a real battleground, you can keep yourself safe in this race track with some substantial and easy to implement safety considerations. By using […]
TEXAS RACE SERIES ROUND 2 Texplex Park in Midlothian, Texas, is a premier 1000-acre off-road facility with 72 miles of trails, UTV short and long courses, 4×4 off-road and mud courses, a Pro Supercross track, motocross and pit bike tracks, a Pro Shop and UTV rentals UTV Action attended The Texas race series Round 2, […]
The King of the Hammers (KOH) has earned the reputation of being the toughest one-day off-road race in the world for 4x4s. Ultra-4 trucks have tackled the desert and rock-crawling race for 14 years, and UTVs have been racing for 12 years at the Johnson Valley OHV Area, which is northeast of Los Angeles. In […]