What's in a name? In the case of the now-legendary King of the Hammers races, it's everything.At the end of three laps in the Johnson Valley Off Highway Vehicle Area in the Southern California desert – sounds simple, doesn't it? – 'hammered' describes it. The truck, the driver, the co-driver…...

Just one week ago today I sat down for the first in a series of RACER.com interviews with the most influential people in off-road racing. The mission? To offer insight into the rapidly growing off-road motorsports segment with its movers and shakers.Our first guest? Three-time King of the Hammers winner...