Thursday, February 6, 2014

THE METTLE TEST IN THE DESERT

Mopar will be testing its mettle in the southern California desert at the 2014 Griffin King of The Hammers, an event built around what many consider the toughest one-day off-road race in the world that combines desert racing and rock crawling.


Mopar’s GEN III 5.7 liter HEMI crate engine will power the six vehicles competing in a newly created spec class in which each entry is outfitted with the same equipment. These unique “4700 Spec Class” 4x4 vehicles have a custom tube frame design based loosely on a Jeep Wrangler, and are outfitted with Mopar’s HEMI crate engine and some of the best industry-leading parts the off-road world has to offer.


Behind the wheel of one of those Mopar-powered 4700 Spec Class 4x4 vehicle, #4701, will be Eric Bothwell, from Tuckahoe, New York. His co-driver is Robb Pritchard, an international off-road journalist, who regularly contributes to our 4x4 Magazine too.

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