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Hope Everyone's Having a Great Summer,
I wanted to touch base with you all to let you know some of the things we are working on this summer. As always, if you have any questions, comments or concerns, please give me a call @ 909-273-0216.
The KOH schedule is up. You may view it on our website here.
New for 2024….
Youth Racing:
In-Car Content Collaboration:
Purse Model:
Entry Fee Reduction:
Rookie Program Presented by Gravel Kings:
Adopt-A-Trail:
Pre-Run, Poker Run - KOH Style:
eCEO:
Board of Directors:
I appreciate you all. As always, if you can make it to the Hammers, every racer is welcome at the Ranch year-round. Let me know if you are around and want to go wheeling
I wanted to touch base with you all to let you know some of the things we are working on this summer. As always, if you have any questions, comments or concerns, please give me a call @ 909-273-0216.
The KOH schedule is up. You may view it on our website here.
New for 2024….
Youth Racing:
- In addition to the KOH Kids 170 race and Youth UTV Racing with Great American Shortcourse, KOH 2024 will be the first year of the KOH Futures Race, a 4900 subclass.
- Lap one of the Can-Am UTV Hammers Championship, starting two hours after the main race.
- Leverages existing live show infrastructure.
- Production 1000cc UTV (adult co-driver required), bridging the gap between a 170 and full adult class. Additional details to follow.
In-Car Content Collaboration:
- We have developed a solution that will aggregate in-car footage produced by the teams directly.
- Best examples would be Bryce Menzies and Chuck Crossland (I won the bet that I could use both of their names in the same sentence - Love you Chuck).
- Teams produce and publish a live feed that HKP will use UNEDITED in our live show.
- We’ve been testing packages that will work at KOH for less than $5k total investment all in, and we’re working on a rental/loaner solution.
- Think of your car’s cameras and tech as the most valuable mechanical assembly on your car, because it is.
- Give us a good feed, we will 100% get you viewers (nearly 3 million unique on the live show alone in 2023).
Purse Model:
- Historically, more than 2/3’s of your entry fee has gone to pay the purse. Effective immediately, none of the purse will be funded by competitor entries.
- Nitto, Toyo, and Can-Am have stepped forward to fund the purses of their respective races; all will still exceed $100k.
Entry Fee Reduction:
- By removing the burden of supplementing the purse, we are reducing entry fees.
- The earlier you register, the larger the discount; the opening entry fee price is $25 (see Competitor Entry Code Sale details in an email to follow).
Rookie Program Presented by Gravel Kings:
- After a record 58 rookies raced last year, we are incredibly proud to announce our new partnership with Gravel Kings as Presenting Sponsor in a multi-year partnership.
- 10 full-length episodes of the “Quest to the Crown.”
- Five weekend experiential events.
Adopt-A-Trail:
- We need a Rookie Program for Participants.
- The “Spectator” trails are on the verge of being out of control. There used to be enough “experienced” people in the crowd that they would educate their peers when they lacked common sense.
- I believe it’s our opportunity AND obligation to educate newbies on the responsibility we assume when we off-road on public land or, for that matter, anywhere.
- The ‘easy access’ and the crowds of KOH provide thousands with their first real exposure to off-road culture. Let’s make it count.
- I am looking for three different organizations/groups to manage Backdoor, Chocolate Thunder and Turkey Claw. You set the tone. Lead by example: Fun, Education, Responsibility (Trash, Safety, Monitoring).
- Make it cool, make it fun, make it safe.
Pre-Run, Poker Run - KOH Style:
- Experience the desert in a completely different way.
- Competitors and partners collaborate to create unique experiences and opportunities out in the desert (rock and desert loops separate).
eCEO:
- We have partnered with Joey DiGiovanni and UnitedSim.Co, to bring authentic and certified KOH maps, environments and vehicles to your computer.
- Our goal is to release the 2024 KOH map online by the end of 2023.
Board of Directors:
- We are creating a Board of Directors and would like to include a veteran racer and industry partner for two of the seats.
- If anyone would like to submit someone OTHER than themselves send me an email.
I appreciate you all. As always, if you can make it to the Hammers, every racer is welcome at the Ranch year-round. Let me know if you are around and want to go wheeling