
Displaying your 1980-1999 car or truck at the show is inexpensive and general admission is reasonable, too. That said, the folks behind Radwood are open to all kinds of rides in all kinds of conditions and with all kinds of values. We at Roadshow have attended numerous Radwood events, including a particularly memorable Radwood LA in 2019, when we entered an ultra-low-mileage 1993 Prelude from Honda's personal collection and an ex-Jerry-Seinfeld 1993 Renntech E60 Mercedes-Benz. 26 in Austin, Texas, a rescheduling of an event originally scheduled for Oct. This year's calendar is still coalescing (likely due to evolving pandemic concerns), but the first event on the slate is going to be Feb. What started off as a one-off show in California's Bay Area has quickly snowballed into a national calendar of events, so chances are getting better that there's a Radwood show headed to a city near you in 2022.

In general, if your idea of roughing it is more along the lines of glamping, KoH probably isn't a good fit for you. You'll want an RV or camper stocked with plenty of supplies, and you'll also need to be OK with limited connectivity - you can't join 35,000 fans to the middle of nowhere and expect to have unfettered service. This race is tough, but even spectating takes genuine grit, too, as it involves camping in the desert in the middle of winter.

All vehicular repairs - and in a race this brutal, those are common - must be carried out on course by the racers themselves or in designated pit areas. The race course must be completed in under 14 hours, and there are no chase vehicles allowed. 5, with the namesake main King of the Hammers race covering hundreds of miles on Saturday, Feb.

Hundreds of racers are expected for the event. You'll see all kinds of off-road rigs, from tube-frame buggies to SUVs, desert racing trucks, UTVs (side-by-sides) and motorcycles. Now solidly in its teenage years, Ultra4's King of the Hammers draws tens of thousands of spectators to Hammertown, a pop-up city in the middle of a dry lake bed in California's High Desert.
