Live stream: King of the Hammers T1 race

After a week of preliminary races and anticipation, the final two races of the annual King of the Hammers off-road racing festival are at hand. Today's big event is the second annual Toyo Tires Desert Invitational presented by Monster Energy race for the unlimited T-1 trucks (also known as Trophy-Trucks in the SCORE series).

Last year Luke McMillin posted his first class victory at King of the Hammers, and he has returned along with brother Dan, who is driving his brand new 4WP/BFGoodrich sponsored Mason-built all-wheel drive Ford. In this morning's prologue, the No.7 Ford of Bryce Menzies outran his Red Bull teammate Andy McMillin for the pole position in a final field of 15 of the 1,000 horsepower machines. The race offers a $100,000 winner-take-all first place prize.

The King of the Hammers event produces some of the most incredible live coverage in a all of off-road desert motorsports. Fan can watch complete coverage of today's 300-mile Desert Invitational and tomorrow's Class 4400 KOH finale by visiting www.ultra4racing.com.

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Marty Fiolka

A lifelong enthusiast of off road motorsports, Marty Fiolka raced his first Baja 1000 in 1992 and still enjoys getting behind the wheel via his annual BFG Team Rennsport NORRA Mexican 1000 effort. A graduate of University California at Long Beach, he founded The Rennsport Group in 1995 to execute motorsports public relations programs for Nissan, Infinity, Exxon, Mitsubishi, SCORE International and later became the editorial and marketing director for Dirtsports Magazine. Marty is a current contributor to RACER Magazine and RACER.com as well as operating the promotional agency for Crandon International Raceway and annual Red Bull Crandon World Cup. Fiolka was a 2014 Inductee to the Off Road Motorsports Hall of Fame (ORMHOF) and was instrumental in founding the Wide Open Baja adventure business and Ensenada's Horsepower Ranch. He also served as the associate producer of the original Dust to Glory documentary film and author of two books; 1000 Miles to Glory: The Baja 1000 Story and The Big Blue M: The History of McMillin Racing.

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