2013 King of the Motos

King of the Motos: the Toughest Extreme Enduro in the U.S.
King of the Motos 2013
King of the Motos Returns in 2013 as the Toughest Extreme Enduro in the U.S.
Touted as the toughest extreme enduro in the United States, King of the Motos, held in conjunction with King of the Hammers announced details of the 2013 event and has officially opened pre-registration.

The “proof of concept” inaugural race in 2012 race was a self supported, twenty-one person invitational debuting in front of 30,000 spectators. Only six of twenty-one racers finished the brutal 85-mile course, adding to the mystique and reputation of the competition. Trials champion, Graham Jarvis from Great Britain won the race which combined punishing boulder climbs and descents linked with high-speed desert racing.

The 2013 race will expand in length from the previous 85-mile course, passing through many of the infamous rock climbs and descents that have made the Hammers area so famous within the off-road scene. The race will keep the spirit of the “one rider, one bike” format with no outside assistance, even in pits.

Expected to draw competitors from across the globe, the race will be an open invitation format with the overall winner taking home $10,000. Consisting of multiple flights, the first flight, front row will be reserved for champions of the events listed below. Once the first flight has left the notoriously brutal billy goat start, the following waves will be comprised of Pros, followed by Expert riders and rounding out the flights will be Amateur teams comprised of two riders, riding together with grid position determined through a short qualification prologue held on Saturday afternoon. The Expert and Amateur categories will race a modified course.

The 2013 King of the Motos will kick off the annual King of the Hammers week in Johnson Valley, CA February 1-8. King of the Motos main race will be held on Sunday, February 3rd. The weekend will be an interactivePre-qualified riders for the first flight (front row) are the winners of the following races:
Tough One
Hell’s Gate
Red Bull Romaniacs
Sea To Sky
Roof Of Africa
Dakar
Baja 1000
Tennessee Knock Out
2012 National Enduro Champion
2012 WEC Class Champs
2012 GNCC overall Champion
2012 Endurocross Series Champion
2012 World Indoor Enduro Series Champion
2012 National Hare & Hound Champion
2012 District 37 Desert Heavyweight #1

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Permalink Reply by Jeff Upp on January 29, 2013 at 4:14pm

Entry list:

■Destry Abbott 8
■Adam Adair 747
■Michael Allen 14
■Jacob Argubright 911
■Eric Bailey 529
■Bill Baker 6
■Don Boespflug 8VA
■Christopher Deans V2X
■Steven Deines 514
■Erin James Douglas Travis Tiner 86T
■Chilly White Erik Schaffer 88T
■Jonathan Estes 228
■Jack Field
■Ryus Finch 464
■Max Gerston 25
■Adam Glanz 40
■Ryan Hanna 769
■Graham Jarvis 1
■Christopher Nowell John Genest 341T
■David Kamo 101
■Robert Katz 15ZQ
■John Kearney N2M
■Noah Kepple 696
■Joseph Kessler 46
■Jeremy Kirby 251
■Richard Lancaster 30
■Justin Leineweber 374
■Andrew Mitchell 530
■Kevin Murphy 20
■Robert Madden Nathan Brown 502T
■Bryan Nelson 106
■Brad Pace 457
■Shane Reed 624
■Eric Rhoten 200
■Timothy Robel 222
■Taylor Robert 33
■Bryan Roper 125
■Cameron Steele 16
■Craig Thompson 37
■Brenden Throckmorton N375
■Bernard Unhassobiscay 17
■Tom Walker 84
■Cody Webb 247
■Peter Weiss 13

Permalink Reply by WJM on January 29, 2013 at 5:14pm
Permalink Reply by J.R. Sands on February 2, 2013 at 10:41am

Pre-running

Permalink Reply by richard berger on February 4, 2013 at 9:08pm

That is a sick photo JR.

Permalink Reply by J.R. Sands on February 2, 2013 at 10:43am
Permalink Reply by WJM on February 3, 2013 at 3:20pm

I'm curious if anyone has entered with a trials bike. I know you'd suffer in the fast sections but you could make hay in the technical stuff. The only reason I mention it is a few years ago we went to a Enduro Cross race and a guy showed up with a Gas-Gas trials bike and cleaned everyone's clock.

Permalink Reply by Jeff Upp on February 3, 2013 at 5:45pm

I saw footage on live feed of a trials bike today going fast up Chocolate Thunder. 6+ hrs with no seat though?!?! Brutal

Permalink Reply by WJM on February 4, 2013 at 7:21pm

I thinking a hybrid. Something like this:

Permalink Reply by Jeff Upp on February 4, 2013 at 8:37pm

Very cool. Nice work

Permalink Reply by Jeff Upp on February 4, 2013 at 8:59pm

I'd love to have a beer with these guys

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