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High-Desert shootout in a Porsche 911 Dakar

6-figure brutes lose to Stuttgart's off-road rocket-ship

Mad Max meets Burning Man

A little over two decades ago, a bunch of off-roading enthusiasts decided to create the “ultimate off-road challenge” that would test the abilities and capabilities of the entire spectrum of off-roading—from rock crawling to “closed course/stadium racing” to high-speed desert-floor runs. While this event started as a ‘locals only” competition now, some 25+ years later, the King of the Hammers has become an international competition and cultural phenomenon—complete with multi-week events as part of that culture.  One such cultural event is a shootout on one of the nearby dry lakes, ironically named “Soggy Lake”.

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