Photo Gallery: King of Motos

For about a week, the Means Dry Lake area in the Johnson Valley OHV Area was converted into a small city during the 6th annual King of the Hammers event, an extreme off-road competition for four-wheelers. This year, however, the promoter invited motorcycles to compete as part of the event. Off-road racer Jimmy Lewis helped organize and lay out the King of Motos course, which combined both fast and technical elements of off-road racing.

Twenty-one hard-core off-roaders were invited to compete in the King of Motos, which offered a $10,000 winner-takes-all prize.

Great Britain's Graham Jarvis (88) and Kurt Caselli (66) prepare for the start.

Racers were immediately faced with this steep, rocky and loose hillclimb right after the mass start.

Caselli got off to a fast start.

Dust was a factor for many of the riders up the first hill.

Caselli zipped right up the hill with no problem.