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4 Wheel Parts Glen Helen Grand Prix Final Race of Ultra4 Season
PALO ALTO, CA OCTOBER 20, 2011 This weekend commences the 2011 Ultra4 Season at the 4 Wheel Parts Glen Helen Grand Prix in San Bernardino, California. There are 38 pre-registered drivers with over half still trying to qualify for the 2012 Griffin King of the Hammers in February. “4 Wheel Parts is proud to be able to support this race, and the series. Brent Goegebuer and I have also had fun racing this year and are looking forward to the King of the Hammers,” said Greg Adler. Greg Adler will be driving the 4 Wheel Parts #210 and Brent Goegebuer will be driving the 4 Wheel Parts / BFGoodrich Tires #4473.
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Featured at the Dirt Sports Nation Booth
The Torchmate TTB car was featured at the 2011 Off-Road Expo in the Dirt Sports Magazine booth over October 8-9, 2011. The unique flame paint job makes it stand out as the very popular Torchmate TTB Car which was a topic of conversation and was never seen without multiple people looking at it. Driver and Torchmate Racing Team Manager JT Taylor and Crew Chief Jake Povey were on hand to answer questions and talk about the significance of the design.
Torchmate Racing supports many organizations with Trophies custom built on Torchmate CNC Machines. Dirt Sports Magazine and Off-Road Industry Magazine Top Shop Competition was won by Rock & Roll Offroad in Texas and Off Road Unlimited took runners up. Each was awarded with custom Torchmate Trophies for their grand accomplishments.
For more information on the show go to www.offroadexpo.com
Torchmate Racing JT Taylor Wins Ultra4 Torchmate Stampede
Torchmate Teammates JT Taylor Wins and Jesse Haines Finishes 5th
RENO, NV Ultra4 Torchmate Stampede in Reno, NV on Saturday September 10th. The 130 mile Northern Nevada race boasted as the hardest Ultra4 race yet by promoter Dave Cole, even tougher than the King of the Hammers, makes the win even stronger. “This is a huge deal for Torchmate and this win is a long time coming for me. We knew we couldn’t let off and had to run a fast and consistent pace because there were 45 quality racers chasing me down… so, this is a big frickin deal,” said JT Taylor at the awards ceremony Saturday night as the crowd of racers cheered. SEPTEMBER 13, 2011 JT Taylor, Team Manager for Torchmate Racing, took the win at the
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Jesse Haines' Stampede Ultra4 Race Report
Well it's taken me a few days to recover from this year's Torchmate Ultra 4 Stampede. The Stampede is probably the biggest rock sports event of the year, next to the King of the Hammers race. It's a race I take very seriously, and our team invested an incredible amount of effort into preparing for this race. A month before the race my co-driver Gabe Strouse and myself spent a weekend pre-running some of the trails that would be used for the race. After that the car was stripped down and thoroughly prepped. The motor and trans were both in rough shape so they were rebuilt along with quite a few other things. As usual, things took longer than we had planned. We stayed up all night the night before the pre-run just to get the car ready in time to get it out on the race course. We put 50 miles on the car, and only found a few minor issues. With a little work the car was ready for Friday morning's qualifying.
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Jesse Haines Recaps July's Races
On July 9th and 10th I was in Donner, CA for the 3rd event of the Cal-Neva Extreme rock crawling series. The Donner Ski Ranch has been one of my favorite venues since my first event there in 2008. For one reason or another, the fans that come to the events at the ranch always seem to remember me and the crazy lines that I’ve pulled off at previous events. It’s a good feeling knowing that I’m a “fan favorite” at the Donner events, and I’ve had great success there.
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An End To A Very Exciting Race For Torchmate Racing
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Rusty Bray Recaps This Weekend's WE Rock and TREC Races
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Amsoil's Brad Lovell Punted From Contention at American Rocksports Challenge
There is no doubt that the Inaugural American Rocksports Challenge will be the topic of conversation for a
long time to come. Held at the Miller Motorsports Park near Salt Lake City UT, this was the first all out race to
ever to combine a dirt short course with rockcrawling. As expected, it made for dramatic racing and carnage.
Unfortunately, the AMSOIL / Lovell team did not escape without major damage. The story in driver Brad Lovell’s
words.
“We have never worked so hard in a weekend to keep the truck going. About five laps into practice I discovered
that I had no oil pressure. Thinking our weekend was likely done, I got a tow to the pits and we started thrashing.
We replaced the oil pump and a variety of other parts and it finally came to life just in time to qualify. The fact that
the engine was not destroyed is a testament to AMSOIL. With a strong engine we qualified 3rd and got some rest
for race day."
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Torchmate Racing Announced as Title Sponsor of Ultra4 Stampede
Four Teammates Head to American Rock Sports Challenge This Weekend
RENO, NV JULY 13, 2011 Torchmate CNC Cutting Systems has officially been announced as the Title Sponsor of the Ultra4 Stampede, after being a primary sponsor of the “Lucas Oil on the Edge” 2011 Griffin King of the Hammers TV Show and supporting an entire team for the Ultra4 series including 4 entries at this weekends American Rock Sports Challenge. The Torchmate Racing Team is burning an impression on the entire offroad community as impressive as the Torchmate CNC Tables precision cuts.
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Rusty Bray Wins Rausch Creek and Qulifies for 2012 Griffin King of the Hammers
Our weekend started off by qualifying on Friday morning after multiple rain storms! We ran the qualifier hard with Mike "fish" Hulfish running codawg! After a little mishap and the engine dying during qualifying, we ended up forth for the main event. We were right where we wanted to be because we could push or just stay with the top three and let them make the mistakes!
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Torchmate Racing Rusty Bray First at Rausch Creek Qualifier
RENO, NV MAY 23, 2011 Torchmate Racing Rusty Bray finished first in last weekends Rausch Creek Qualifier for the 2012 King of the Hammers, securing a win in the Ultra4 series and a spot in the 2012 Griffin King of the Hammers. “The track just kept getting more and more brutal and we started loosing parts and oil pressure,” remembers Rusty Bray. “As we got closer and saw the leaders Levi (Shirley) and Lucas (Murphy) I asked my co-driver Mike “Fish” Hulfish if he wanted to go for the finish or for the win…and he said for the win!” The second place finisher was just over 4 minutes behind.
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Torchmate Racing Team Finds Success at King of the Hammers
RENO, NV MARCH 2, 2011 Torchmate Racing debuted its new Ultra4 car at the 2011 Griffin King of the Hammers with JT Taylor and Nick Socha navigating, alongside teammates Jesse Haines, Roger Lovell, Brad Lovell and Rusty Bray. Roger Lovell finished 17th, Rusty Bray finished 45th and Jesse Haines finished 46th. JT Taylor’s rear drive shaft along with cooling issues and Brad Lovell’s front differential were the final challenges in their race efforts on Friday February 11, 2011. “The Torchmate crew attacked and conquered all the challenges of the week, it is an amazing group of people that are strong willed and ready to help each other get to the start line and all the way to the finish line,” said JT Taylor, Torchmate Racing General Manager.
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And the Battle of 2011 Begins
Man what a fight! And by that I mean the fight against the calendar, the clock, parts and fab work! Then the fight against the great competitors of KOH and Mother Nature herself. I've been in some good scufs in my life but this has to be one of the best.
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King of the Hammers 2011
February 6, 2011 - After months of preparation Torchmate arrives on the lakebed.
February 7, 2011 - The new Torchmate TTB car leaves Reno for KOH 2011
February 8, 2011 - The new Torchmate TTB car is officially on the lakebed
Torchmate Racing has built a brand new car and is ready to race the 2011 Griffin King of the Hammers. Torchmate will also be set up all week showing and selling CNC tables through our new relationship with 4 Wheel Parts.
February 9, 2011 - King of the Hammers 2011 Torchmate Photo Gallery (Updated daily)
Torchmate test run
February 11, 2011 - JT fighting cooling issues, Brad is here with us at Remote pit changing tranny, no sign of Jesse but heard might have had an issue early, and Roger is hauling ass. Gooo Roger! Go!
Rusty Bray just came throughout remote pit. Looked good. That makes 2 of 5 Torchmate racing vehicles moving well. Going to be a long day.Check out Jesse off the start at KOH 2011
2011 King of the Hammers Torchmate TTB Start
This is in car video footage from the first 8 minutes of the 2011 King of the Hammers Desert Race. You are riding with JT Taylor and Nick Socha in the new Torchmate CNC Cutting Systems TTB (Twin Traction Beam) car. JT started right next to Shannon Campbell.
Torchmate Racing/Radflo Suspension Tuning
2011 TORR @ King of the Hammers
Lovell Puts #4432 Amsoil Ranger in 15th at King of the Hammers
Photo courtesy of Jud Leslie
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO FEB 15, 2011 – After months of anticipation the Baja 1000 of the rockcrawling world went down in grand fashion. A race as wild as King of the Hammers can yield triumph or heartbreak but like most epic races grand adventure is guaranteed.
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Torchmate Racing Team Unveils Brand New Car at King of the Hammers
$500 off Select CNC Cutting Systems at 4 Wheel Parts King of the Hammers Showroom-on-Wheels
The innovators of CNC Cutting Systems for the everyday garage enthusiast gathered key builders and tools to work at their Reno, NV facility to build a one-of-a-kind Ultra4 car that will race in the 2011 Griffin King of the Hammers next Friday. “It has been quite a challenge, but it is amazing the car that this group has been able to assemble,” said JT Taylor, General Manager for the Torchmate Racing Team. “I am excited to be able to compete in this race and the rest of the Ultra4 races in this rig and proving it as a winning car.”
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Team Lovell Readies for the King of the Hammers
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO JAN 18, 2011 - The Lovell brothers are back for another attempt at becoming the King of the Hammers. After losing the race by a mere 28 seconds in 2010 and pulling off a 2nd place finish in last fall’s Ultra 4 Stampede, the brothers are putting everything they have behind a shot at the win. “This is our chance to get that 28 seconds back,” said Brad, “Not only have we made both trucks faster, but they are also safer and more reliable. We have the best team we could ask for and know how to play the game.”
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Visit the Torchmate Booth at King of Hammers 2011
Lovell Runner Up At Inaugural Ultra 4 Stampede
King of the Hammers now has a sister, and she isn’t pretty. The inaugural Ultra 4 Stampede race was held just east of Reno, NV on private land and is a 3 lap, 66 mile race. The brand new course features rough and rocky desert roads and 3 untamed canyons. There are no wide open sections of desert or rounded rock canyons, every rock is a tire killer and 3 laps easily makes the race as difficult as King of the Hammers.
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Reno Ultra 4 Stampede Report
"The first ever Ultra 4 Stampede race took place just outside of Reno, NV this past weekend. 55 cars from all over the US and Canada showed up for a race that was the next best thing to the King of the Hammers. When Hammerking puts on an event and offers $10k for first place you know the big names are going to be there....and they were all there. I've been preparing for this race for quite a while, and had every intention of racing to win. The day before the race teams raced a portion of the race course to qualify for starting position. With all of the teams gunning for a top spot I figured my relatively underpowered car wouldn't stand much of a chance of qualifying near the front. I didn't feel like I was driving all that fast or pushing the car really hard during our run, but I was surprised when I found out it was fast enough to qualify 7th! It was a great feeling knowing that we would be able to start near the front of the 55 car field."
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Roger Norman will Compete with JT Taylor at Stampede Race This Weekend
"Roger Norman will team with JT Taylor in the TubeShark / Torchmate Rock Buggy for this weekends Stampede Race at Exit 28 Motorsports Park. They will be one of 54 teams that will attack 60 miles of the toughest terrain in Nevada fighting to win the $10,000 grand prize."
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August 28th - Prerunning/Testing for the Stampede
"Although this wasn't any type of competition or event I wanted to share with you the amount of work that goes in to getting ready for some of these races. After the motor blew up at Lands End I knew it would really be a push to get the car back together in time for the prerunning I had scheduled for the 28th. First I had to pull the motor from the car and see how extensive the damage was. The motor was out of the car and disassembled the Tuesday after I got back. My transmission builder also suggested that I pull the trans so he could go through it, so that came out of the car as well. The bottom end of the motor was trashed. The crank was damaged, the block was damaged, and multiple rods would need to be replaced. It would be cheaper and faster to find another motor although I would still need to swap the heads and cam. I searched for a motor, but finding another one for cheap was not happening. I had to get a complete motor locally for $1250. I pulled the new motor apart only to find that it was in terrible condition. I feared that I would be stuck with that motor, but the junk yard I got it from swapped it out for me. The second motor was much better than the first they gave me. I spent this past week reassembling the motor, installing the motor and trans, and prepping the car. I worked every night until about 12:30, then worked all of Friday night and Saturday morning to get the buggy ready with only about 1 hour of sleep. The car ran without issues through rock trails and desert Saturday afternoon. I'll continue to test and prep the car in the following weeks to get ready for the race on September 11th. The race is expected to be the biggest thing in rock sports this year aside from King of the Hammers. I'm sure I'll see some of you there."
Jesse Haines
Roger Lovell runs over the competition in the XORRA Finals in Cortez, CO
"Owning and operating a race team is the hardest job you’ll ever love (besides raising kids, that
is). It’s 9:15pm and Brad and I have just completed what we term a “turn around” at our house.
That is that the race trailer has been unloaded, cleaned and prepped for the next race. Roger is
at home doing the same thing with the team’s smaller 20’ trailer this week.
Last weekend our team competed in rounds seven and eight of the Extreme Off-Road Racing
(XORRA) Series in Cortez, Colorado. Round seven of XORRA placed Roger running against Levi
Shirley of Lucky Dog Racing; and Brad racing side-by-side with Monster’s Shannon Campbell.
With the platform changed this year to accommodate side-by-side racing, the thrill of bumping,
grinding and flat out punting your opponent, is always a possibility and certainly marked what our
team experienced on Saturday. Roger prevailed in this new environment as his aggressive, yet
constrained driving placed him in the final shoot-out in 6th
position."
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LOVELL 28 SECONDS TO LATE AT KING OF THE HAMMERS
"The 2010 running of King of the Hammers was an amazing race. There were easily 20,000 spectators riding in thousands of RV’s and buggies. It appeared there were 3 camps, a vendor show, and race course hidden somewhere in the middle. We were right in the thick of it trying to prepare for the biggest race of the year. King of the Hammers is THE rock race and the point was not missed in our camp. Over the past 3 months my brother and I spent all our time and money gambling for a win and we brought it all. Trailers, parts, tools, radios, and a massive crew of volunteers. We showed up early, ran the course, tuned the trucks, and months of effort cumulated into a sleepless night before the race." More...
Visit the King of the Hammers photo gallery
Dirt Sports Magazine 2009 Rock Racer of the Year
"On the eve of trying to repeat his overall victory
at the Best-in-the Desert (BITD) Parker 425 desert race, defending event champion Andy
McMillin capped off his monumental 2009 season by being honored by Dirt Sports Magazine
and Ryan Communications Group (RCG) as Dirt Sports’ “2009 Driver of the Year.” The third
generation driver took top honors in this year’s selection, but was also joined by fellow racers
Carl Renezeder as “2009 Short Course Racer of the Year,” Brad Lovell as “2009 Rock Racer of
the Year,” and Jeff Ward, who took the magazine’s “2009 Rookie of the Year” title." Read more...
Congratulations from the Torchmate Racing Team to Andy McMillin as Dirt Sports Magazine 2009 Driver of the Year!
LOVELLS RECLAIM XRRA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
"Brad Lovell reclaimed the XRRA National Championship in high flying style at the legendary RAM Off-Road
Park dethroning 2008 champion Shannon Campbell. The RAM Park features the largest jumps and most
demanding course on the XRRA circuit. The effort was a repeat of Roger Lovell’s championship on the same
course only two years ago." Read on to see how the Torchmate Team speeds its way to the top of the scoreboard at the XRRA National Championship.
And don't miss the massive jump Brad Lovell managed to pull out of without going end over end...watch the video!
View photo gallery from the event. Photos by Chad Jock Photography and Jud Leslie.
Area BFE - If this doesn't pump you up we don't know what will!
TORCHMATE RACING STRIVES FORTH IN ROCKS & DIRT
"The last two action packed weeks have been an exciting challenge for the Torchmate Racing team with
events across the country. Kunz and Haines ignited the We-Rock eastern finals in Tennessee while the
Lovell brothers put the hammer down at the XRRA finals in Colorado. The following weekend, Roger
Lovell and Bill Kunz tried their luck at the Lands End hill climb for a chance to race King of the Hammers
in 2010." Click here for more on these three races.
Reno Rock Shootout and 2009 XRRA Series
"When Brad is not piloting his 232 AMSOIL-Torchmate Ranger he is driving his F-350 to and from
competitions. This is when I get to practice my co-piloting skills which I sometimes use to aid Roger in his
#32 Ford Ranger. Sure it’s not the same thing, we’re not dodging orange cones, but we are navigation a
60-foot long hauler through some of our nation’s largest cities, and that can be a feat to accomplish.
Being a co-driver also means rehashing the event’s highlights and lowklights over, and over, and
sometimes over again.
This weekend was no different. While nearly all our events fit in a busy schedule, Father’s Day weekend
made for a conflict and caused the Colorado based team members to split forces. Roger raced back-to-back XRRA under #232 on Saturday and #32 on Sunday in Colorado Springs. This allowed both trucks to
stay in the hunt for the season championship and freed Brad up to head to Reno, NV to defend the We-Rock championship and join team members Bill Kunz and Jesse Haines spotted by Mike Shaffer and
Brian Howard, respectively in the We-Rock Round #3." Read more from a different perspective about the weekend's events.
View the Reno Rock Shootout photo gallery here.
Watch a video filmed inside the #28 Torchmate car at the Reno Rocks Shootout
TORCHMATE TRIFECTA IN COLORADO SPRINGS
"The 2nd
Annual ROC Race has come and gone. The endurance rock race was held on a course with
massive jumps, banked turns, punishing boulders, and near vertical climbs. If King of the Hammers is a
combination of desert racing and rockcrawling, this is an equivalent juncture of short course and
rockcrawling. The carefully sculpted jumps sent the trucks leaping into the air before being ripped and
dented by the rock sections. As usual, the Torchmate Racing Team was right in the thick of it."
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AMSOIL / TORCHMATE FORDS PUSH HARD IN MOAB
Below photo by Chad Jock Photography
"What a week. What a life. Racing can be the best job in the world and the worst. Our team came off a
great high winning We-Rock in Tucson but literally as soon as we did, #232 developed an electrical
phantom. It chugged and puffed into the trailer where I started surgery. After replacing some high dollar
parts, and with the help of the fine folks at Campbell Enterprises in Phoenix, I was convinced I solved the
problem. Off we went to the land of red rocks and the Mecca of our sport – Moab, UT.
Upon arrival we headed out to Area BFE to tear it up a bit and refine the truck. I was having a great time on the rocks and in the dirt until flames started shooting out of the tailpipes..." Click here to read on.