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.
