Take a look at our run at King of the Hammers this year in our brand new 2021 Polaris RZR Pro XP.
Read MoreFirst event of the 2021 Season is King of the Hammers and we kicked it off with a second place in the Desert Challenge.
Read MoreAli finished the Rebelle Rally! After 8 days and 1200 miles she crossed the finish line with a huge smile. The goal was to finish the rally and take in as much knowledge as possible and mission accomplished.
Read MoreStage 6 had a grand contrast of terrains with rock crawling in Johnson Valley and cruising the sand dunes of Glamis. The teams took off on the lake bed straight into a precision enduro where they had to hit checkpoints in a correct order or risk penalties.
Read MoreStage 4 started the marathon stage, Ali and Keri left Ridgecrest and made their way to the scenic Trona Pinnacles. From there it was a quick highway section to the podunk town of Ballarat before dropping into Death valley and onto Dumont Dunes.
Read MoreIt was a shorter distance but this time the teams would see the most available checkpoints on the rally at 23. Stage 3 began with a precision enduro right at Basecamp. The teams had a couple of sketchy mountainous obstacles they had to work their way through.
Read MoreStage 2 was the longest stage the teams will see which brought on the new challenge of time management. Teams would run into the issue of having to give up valuable points in hidden checkpoints as to not risk losing points by showing up to basecamp late.
Read MoreStage 1 has a max score of 214 points. With green checkpoints being worth 20, blue checkpoints being worth 10 and black waypoints having varying values.
Read MoreThe start of the Rebelle rally began with a 182km Prologue. The results of the short segment will produce the starting order for Stage 1. It would also be the teams first opportunity to shake down the vehicles and get any pre-rally jitters out of the way as it is an un-scored day and won’t hurt your overall rally.
Read MoreToday was the second half of the marathon stage. If you had issues on the first half you now have another 744 kilometers to go before you get back to the bivouac where the crew awaits. During the night Casey and Sean went over the car and made sure everything was dialed in and ready for the stage ahead of them.
Read MoreToday is the first half of the competitors Marathon stage. During the Marathon stage, teams will not be able to provide assistance to the drivers and vehicles. Once they leave the bivouac, they will be on their own until they return to the bivouac the following night. If they break anything, they will have to repair everything themselves with parts and tools they have put on their car or that a teammate carries. It’s all about endurance and being able to adapt to the problems that arise. This will be the second Marathon Stage for the bikes and quads as they had a Super Marathon Stage during Stages 2 and 3.
Read MoreToday marked the longest total stage of the rally at 886 kilometers with over half of it being on pavement on liaisons. It took about 3 and half hours for the competitors just to get to the start of the special. This stage would be similar to the opening stage having a little bit of every terrain.
Read MoreThe second loop stage of the Rally was no where close to easy. With the bikes and quads Stage 8 cancelled the cars would lead the way today. It would be a day of drag racing as the course would have multiple long stretches one for 40km, 24 miles of foot to the floor and hold her straight. Because of the cars going first the organization bumped their start time up to when the bikes would’ve started. The first car left the bivouac at 6:00am sharp and made the 132 kilometer liaison to the start of the special. The special was 477 kilometer making for a long loop.
Read MoreStarting the second half it seemed like the race had started all over again. All the crews were back to their early morning leave times and the drivers just had their cars to walk out to before the stage. They headed out for their 128km liaison to the start line.
Read MoreRest day marks the midway point on the rally. Teams will do a complete tear down of their vehicle minus the motor to basically have a brand new car for the second half. While the crew hammers away at rebuilding the car drivers are busy doing press and getting their suits and helmets prepped. Tomorrow the race continues with the longest special of the rally at 546km. So hopefully the racers got enough rest because it won’t be a walk in the park tomorrow.
Read MoreA brisk early morning and a long liaison started today’s stage. Competitors had to complete a 177km liaison before the 477km all sand special. Casey had been looking forward to today, when he could finally get into the dunes where he excels. The stage heads from Ha’il to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia’s capitol that holds over 5 million people.
Read MoreIt was a cold morning today as the crews loaded up for the next town. Casey had a windshield added for a little extra comfort on the 80km liaison. They would have assistance vehicles right at the start of the special where they’d remove the windshield and do any last minute checks before starting the stage.
Read MoreAfter the quick 2 Night stay in Neom the bivouac packed up and got back on the road in the morning. It’s always a crazy site waking up in the morning and half of the camp is empty from the bike teams taking off early.
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