“It’s awesome to be the back-to-back champion at King Of The Hammers,” said an elated Kyle Chaney from the top of the podium in Hammertown. “That was one of the toughest races I have ever done. We broke a winch and I thought our day was done, but we ended up working out of it and coming through. It was awesome and I feel great!”
In fact, Can-Am collected its third-straight podium sweep with Chaney’s victory at the 2022 King of the Hammers marking his second straight win and three in a row for the Can-Am Maverick X3 at the toughest single-day race in the world.
Continuing a recurring theme in off-road races all over the world, Can-Am racer Kyle Chaney crossed the finish line first in the Maverick X3 at the 2022 Can-Am UTV King of the Hammers over the weekend in California. Chaney’s victory was the second in a row for him, and the third in a row for a Can-Am driver at the event, which is considered the toughest single-day race in the world. Hunter Miller and Paul Wolff cemented Can-Am’s third straight podium sweep.
Chaney finished with a time of 4:26:02.193, while Miller finished in 4:46:33.753 and Wolff was at 4:58:05.775. Less than 30 of the 124 entries finished the race in the nine-hour time limit.
In addition to the outstanding performance from Can-Am drivers in the UTV PRO Modified Class, Can-Am driver Cody Miller finished eighth in the 4400 Unlimited Class race on Saturday, Feb. 5. Miller took his Can-Am Maverick X3 up against fully modified vehicles that are not limited by tire size, engine or chassis design. Despite overwhelming size differences between the UTVs and the unlimited class vehicles, Cody Miller put up a fight with his impressive top-10 finish.
But wait, there’s more for Can-Am to celebrate. The Can-Am UTV Grudge Match took place after the dust had settled, pitting the top 20 UTV finishers against each-other in a four-lap winner take all race around the qualifying course — in the same vehicles that had just survived the world’s toughest single day event. MX/Freestyle racer Brian Deegan teamed with Terry Madden to take home the $10,000 prize.
