TEAM HUMMER’S ROD HALL SET TO BEGIN DEFENSE OF HIS 2007 MINI-STOCK SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP AT SCORE ‘LAUGHLIN DESERT CHALLENGE’

Reno, NV - January 22, 2008: The 14th Annual SCORE ‘Laughlin Desert Challenge’, January 24-
27, is the first event on Team HUMMER’s 2008 Racing schedule and poses a radically different challenge
for Team HUMMER as the only closed course event on our schedule. Located 90 miles South of
Las Vegas on the banks of the Colorado River, the desert resort community of Laughlin, Nevada, plays
host to this annual season opening short-course desert race. The action starts in Laughlin Events Park,
essentially a temporary stadium, complete with VIP tents and vendor areas constructed around the start/
finish line and main pit area. Located within walking distance from the nine huge resorts that tower above
the Colorado River resort area, Laughlin Events Park includes a motocross style infield where spectators
can watch the race vehicles wind through a variety of switchbacks and jumps before heading out onto a six
mile course which loops through the local desert before returning to the grandstand area. A total of 17
different classes of cars and trucks are divided into five (5) groups, some of which run up to 8 laps of the
course on Saturday, Jan 25th and again on Sunday, Jan 26th. Winners are determined by combining the
times from each days race and breaking it down into individual class results.
Team HUMMER has entered the #760 Mini-Stock H3 SUV, the #861 Full-Stock H3 Alpha and the
#862 H2 SUT which will all run five laps in group #2 starting at 9:00 AM on both days. Each day, our
trucks will have eighty minutes to complete the required distance. Defending 2007 SCORE Mini-Stock
points champion, Rod Hall, will drive the #760 H3, Chad Hall will be behind the wheel of the #861 H3
Alpha and Josh Hall will pilot the #862 H2 SUT. Since our two class wins at the ‘Baja 1000’ we have made
a number of suspension changes to prepare the trucks for the 2008 season but felt that nothing special
needed to be done to prepare for Laughlin, in spite of the different format of this race. “We won both Mini-
Stock and Full-Stock classes at Laughlin last year and the event was a lot of fun”, said team owner, Rod
Hall. “The track is quite wide in some areas with lots of sand and is a course that favors vehicles with fourwheel
drive, particularly on the second day, after it has been chewed up by race traffic. We did well here
last year but we have two new trucks so we’ll have to wait and see how well they perform on Saturday
and decide what, if any, adjustments need to be made for Sunday’s race”.
Josh and Chad Hall are confident that their new Team HUMMER Full-Stocks will do well, not only
in their class but within all of group #2. “Laughlin reminds me of the old Riverside races that I attended as
a kid”, Josh Hall commented. “The carnival atmosphere of the VIP tents, vendors and the grandstand
seating all make it the most unique venue in all of desert racing. This event gives us an opportunity to
showcase our sponsors products while allowing them the opportunity to view an event in a relaxed atmosphere
of fun and excitement.”
Activities for the event begin on Friday, Jan. 24th with tech and contingency throughout the day.
Racing is continous from 7:00AM - 5:00PM, Saturday and Sunday at Laughlin Events Park.