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The BuiltRight team heads to King of the Hammers 2026 for a full week of desert racing, rock crawling, and lakebed camp life in Johnson Valley. The episode follows the crew as they chase race action from Hammertown to remote rock sections, dial in their truck setups, handle minor trail setbacks, and experience everything from Unlimited class cars to the Everyman Challenge. It’s a behind-the-scenes look at how the team tackles KOH - organized trucks, long days, rough terrain, and plenty of dust along the way.

From stock-based Every Man Challenge rigs to full-blown Unlimited cars, King of the Hammers brings every form of off-road racing together in one brutal proving ground. Each class represents a different philosophy of speed, durability, and ingenuity, but all of them face the same unforgiving desert and rock trails of Johnson Valley