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Brutal rocks, endless whoops, and mechanical carnage defined the 2026 King of the Hammers, where patience proved just as important …<\/p>","date":"February 7, 2026 22:26","categories":[{"id":25047612,"title":"News","slug":"news"},{"id":25047611,"title":"Rock Crawling","slug":"rock-crawling"}],"tags":[{"id":25047654,"title":"King of the Hammers","slug":"king-of-the-hammers"},{"id":25049843,"title":"KOH 2026","slug":"koh-2026"},{"id":25048037,"title":"randy slawson","slug":"randy-slawson"}]},{"id":8799,"permalink":"https:\/\/dirtsportsworld.com\/2024\/02\/02\/randy-slawson-wins-overall-at-the-king-of-the-hammers-every-man-challenge\/","title":"Randy Slawson Wins Overall at the King Of The Hammers Every Man Challenge","content":"Master of the rock trails, Randy Slawson made a winning pass to take the overall lead in the Every Man Challenge at King of the Hammers. Slawson a former KOH King, raced his own Bomber Fabrication built car for a successful day on the Hammers trails in the Branik Motorsports Legends class. Woody Rose who had an early physical lead came in second.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_8800\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"640\"]\"\" Photo: Paolo Baraldi[\/caption]\r\n\r\nMeantime in the stock class, it was a one-two podium for the Ford Broncos. Bailey Cole came away with top honors, edging out the Funhaver team of Vaughn Gittin Jr and Loren Healy. Both Healy and Vaughn Gittin will return to the rocks for the Race of Kings. Healy, who qualified third will be looking for another King title. \u00a0All in all, it was difficult day in the rocks for many of the competitors who spent hours trying to get into Hammertown for the finish or broke on the course and needed a recovery team.\r\n\r\nFor full results- download the King of the Hammers app on Android or I-Phone","excerpt":"

Master of the rock trails, Randy Slawson made a winning pass to take the overall lead in the Every Man …<\/p>","date":"February 2, 2024 22:04","categories":[{"id":25047612,"title":"News","slug":"news"},{"id":25047611,"title":"Rock Crawling","slug":"rock-crawling"}],"tags":[{"id":25049531,"title":"Bailey Cole","slug":"bailey-cole"},{"id":25047664,"title":"emc","slug":"emc"},{"id":25047660,"title":"everyman challenge","slug":"everyman-challenge"},{"id":25047654,"title":"King of the Hammers","slug":"king-of-the-hammers"},{"id":25047665,"title":"koh","slug":"koh"},{"id":25049358,"title":"koh 2024","slug":"koh-2024"},{"id":25048037,"title":"randy slawson","slug":"randy-slawson"}]},{"id":1904,"permalink":"https:\/\/dirtsportsworld.com\/2021\/02\/06\/randy-slawson-wins-king-of-the-hammers-for-the-third-time\/","title":"Randy Slawson Wins King of the Hammers for the Third Time","content":"Randy Slawson joins the three-time King Club at the King of the Hammers. Slawson won the main event with a time on-course of 7 hours, 1 minute and 9 seconds finishing just 7 minutes ahead of JP Gomez who started out front on the pole.\r\n\r\n\"\" \"\"\r\n\r\nSlawson received a $65,000 check for his victory, plus $8,000 in bonus cash from King Shocks. Ford Motor Company also handed Slawson the keys to a brand new 2021 Ford Bronco.\r\n\r\n\"\" \"\"\r\n\r\nFinishing behind Gomez was brother Raul. JP waited for his brother to finish before taking to the stage for a \u201csmack talk\u201d session reminding Raul who finished in front.\r\n\r\n\"\" \"\" \"\" \"\"\r\n\r\nUnofficial Results:\r\n

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  5. Vaughn Gittin Jr.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\nWe will have full expanded coverage in the March Issue of DirtSportsWorld Magazine.","excerpt":"

    Randy Slawson joins the three-time King Club at the King of the Hammers. Slawson won the main event with a …<\/p>","date":"February 6, 2021 20:22","categories":[{"id":25047612,"title":"News","slug":"news"},{"id":25047611,"title":"Rock Crawling","slug":"rock-crawling"}],"tags":[{"id":25048036,"title":"4400","slug":"4400"},{"id":25047668,"title":"hammers","slug":"hammers"},{"id":25048040,"title":"hammertown","slug":"hammertown"},{"id":25048038,"title":"jp gomez","slug":"jp-gomez"},{"id":25047654,"title":"King of the Hammers","slug":"king-of-the-hammers"},{"id":25047665,"title":"koh","slug":"koh"},{"id":25048037,"title":"randy slawson","slug":"randy-slawson"},{"id":25048039,"title":"raul gomez","slug":"raul-gomez"}]}]{ "version": "https://jsonfeed.org/version/1.1", "user_comment": "This feed allows you to read the posts from this site in any feed reader that supports the JSON Feed format. To add this feed to your reader, copy the following URL -- https://dirtsportsworld.com/tag/randy-slawson/feed/json/ -- and add it your reader.", "home_page_url": "https://dirtsportsworld.com/tag/randy-slawson/", "feed_url": "https://dirtsportsworld.com/tag/randy-slawson/feed/json/", "language": "en-US", "title": "randy slawson Archives - DirtSportsWorld", "description": "The Voice of Off-Road Motorsports", "icon": "https://i0.wp.com/dirtsportsworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-DSW-Web-Icon.png?fit=59%2C59&ssl=1", "items": [ { "id": "https://dirtsportsworld.com/?p=15005", "url": "https://dirtsportsworld.com/2026/02/07/randy-slawson-captures-fourth-king-of-the-hammers-crown/", "title": "Randy Slawson Captures Fourth King of the Hammers Crown", "content_html": "

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