Jason Kaminsky and Richard Jenkins with Four Corners 4x4 finished in 10th place Feb. 6 in the Smittybilt Every Man Challenge Ultra4 Stock Class endurance race, which was held at the Johnson Valley OHV Area in California’s Mojave Desert. They completed the race in an elapsed time of 8 hours and 59 minutes.
Because of the difficulty of the course, fewer than half of the racers completed the course in the allotted time limit of 10 hours. Declared as the hardest one-day off-road endurance race in the world, the course was 120 miles of high-speed desert segments across sand washes, washboard roads, dry lakebeds and 11 of the country’s most challenging rock crawling trails.
“While we were hopeful for a podium finish this year, I have to remind myself that just completing the course within the time limit is a huge accomplishment,” Kaminsky said. “We have a competitive, reliable vehicle, but the rear start and one fueling issue put us behind a lot of traffic on the difficult rock trails.”
In addition to the difficulty of the terrain, Ultra4 Racing follows a strict “no-chase” policy, meaning no outside help is allowed. Any service or repairs to the race car must be attended to on course or in the pits. Kaminsky’s support team manned four remote pit areas throughout the course, although stops were made at only two of these for routine fueling and vehicle checks.
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