---
title: "The Ford Bronco Is Going Off-Road Racing Again, This Time as a Rock-Crawling Buggy"
description: "Watching their suspension work is just mesmerizing."
date: "2021-02-01"
modified: "2021-02-01"
authors:
  - name: "James Gilboy"
    job_title: "Contributing Writer"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/james-gilboy"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/39036/the-ford-bronco-is-going-off-road-racing-again-this-time-as-a-rock-crawling-buggy"
categories:
  - "Ford News"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
tags:
  - "Bronco"
  - "Ford"
  - "Off-Road"
  - "suv/crossover"
---

# The Ford Bronco Is Going Off-Road Racing Again, This Time as a Rock-Crawling Buggy

![](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/images-by-url-td/content/2021/02/Bronco_King_of_Hammers_02.jpg>)
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King of the Hammers may be among the youngest of the major off-road races, but that doesn't mean it's a cakewalk—simply completing it is a serious feather to stick in one's cap, never mind winning it. Ford doesn't want to leave winning this year's race up to chance, though, which is why it has entered a trio of purpose-built [Bronco race trucks](<https://www.thedrive.com/accelerator/36027/ford-bronco-r-could-be-sold-to-customer-teams>), driven by competitors with five Hammers wins between them.

Ford's three entries will all contest the race's [Ultra4 4400](<https://ultra4racing.com/uncategorized/ultra4-class-differences>) class, the unlimited four-wheel-drive category on which the race was founded. To that end, each Bronco race truck has been constructed from custom tube chassis with long-travel suspension, huge all-terrain tires, and of course, the horsepower to steam across the high-speed desert portions of the 90-mile course. Helming these trucks will be three-time Hammers winner Jason Scherer, two-time winner Loren Healy, and pro drifter [Vaughn Gittin Jr.](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/20391/watch-vaughn-gittin-jr-drift-the-nurburgring-nordschleife-in-a-ford-f-150-raptor>), who has achieved as high as seventh overall—he won't be far off his Bronco-driving rivals.

![message-editor%2F1612220353483-bronco\_king\_of\_hammers\_scherer\_healy\_gittinjr\_22.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1612220353483-bronco_king_of_hammers_scherer_healy_gittinjr_22.jpg>)
*King of the Hammers Ford Bronco race trucks, *Ford**

King of the Hammers' 4400 class races this Wednesday and will be live-streamed through the event's [official pay-per-view platform](<https://ultra4racing1.vhx.tv/?fbclid=IwAR0wI6YLqdN-wJshVgQsNXsaunG2LdQ4VViKya-0S3Mjr8ZN4LeNGd_lqbQ>). Ford no doubt hopes its drivers will bring home a better result than it has so far squeezed from the Baja 1000, what with the [SCG Boot](<https://www.thedrive.com/accelerator/37776/baja-1000-scg-boot-beats-ford-bronco-r-to-victory-again-by-over-five-hours>) taking two consecutive class wins.

There’s no word regarding what power plant these Broncos will utilize for the race—Ford simply called them “high-power engines.” It could very well be an EcoBoost V6 like the Bronco R sported, and we know for sure it’ll have four-wheel-drive as it’s a requirement for the class.

Winning or not, Ford's sure to grab headlines—what else would you expect from a trio of Bronco race rigs?

https://youtube.com/embed/rpZ1uhoh-AE

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## Author
James is a former staff writer for The Drive. He has changed the conversation around electrification, debunked misinformation online, and become a prominent hunter of what he calls "automotive cryptids."

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