Rock Runner Racing To Campaign Three Vehicles At 2009 King of the Hammers Race

Pomona, California(October 4, 2008)Rock Runner Racing drew three positions for the highly anticipated 2009 King of the Hammers race. Veteran rockcrawling champion Jason Paule drew the number seven starting position, putting him towards the front of the pack in his newly designed Twisted Customs buggy. "We are keeping the details under wraps right now" Paule commented, "but it will have Trailready rims, Spidertrax axles, and BFGoodrich Krawlers. And of course rear steer as well."

Teammate Joachim Schwiesow will be starting further back in the pack at 77th. Schwiesow started at 40th in last year's King of the Hammers race and moved up to finish in the top five. "The key is passing people in the desert and trying to avoid the bottlenecks in the canyons" Schwiesow noted. To that end, he will be campaigning a new Twisted Customs buggy designed specifically for rock racing with increased horsepower and cooling compared to the buggy Schwiesow drove last season.

The third Rock Runner Racing entry will be starting at 89th. Is it Brian Errea? No, Rock Runner Racing's renowned yellow Twisted Customs YJ buggy will be driven by Belgium's Dieter Duytschaever. Duytschaever is a seasoned competitor, participating in winch trials throughout Europe and beyond. He is not concerned about the high starting position, he knows that Joachim Schwiesow did very well starting deep in the field in the same buggy in last year's race, and 2008 winner Shannon Campbell started second-to-last but was able to pass every other competitor.

"We learned a lot last year" Rock Runner Racing manager George Wadeson shared at the Off Road Expo, where the starting positions were announced. "By fielding three Twisted Customs buggies we improve our odds of winning, yet we can share resourced amongst the team. Rock Runner Racing is taking the King of the Hammers very seriously and aims to have the best logistics and pit crew possible for this race." Wadeson added.

While the race will be closed to spectators, heavy media coverage is expected from DirtSports, Crawl Magazine, Petersen's 4Wheel & Off-Road, Xtreme 4x4 television, Pirate4x4.com, Dirtnewz.com, Race-Dezert.com, and Totally Off Road radio, amongst others. Rock Runner Racing is busy spending the winter preparing for February's King of the Hammers, though they will be pulled away from their welders and tube benders in order to attend the SEMA Show in Las Vegas.