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2011 Ricky B'Day @ Morris Mountain ORV Park
After last year’s show from the southern “rock bouncers”, we knew we couldn't miss the action from this year’s event!

Ultra4 Season Finale
The Ultra4 Season wraps up at the legendary Glen Helen raceway for yet another unique challenge for the series championship where Shannon Campbell was crowned season champ.

W.E. Rock 2011 - A Year of Rocking and Rolling!
The 2011 W.E. Rock series dropped into 7 states at 8 locations for 9 events; 4 West Coast, 4 East Coast and a final Grand National Event. If you want to argue that Rock Crawling is boring, then lets fight. Rock Crawling is a lot of things, but it sure is not boring to those that come, watch and appreciate. It is an Art. It is a Sport. It is Difficult. It takes Technique. It takes Patience. It takes Communication.

Torchmate Stampede!
The Stampede has blown through Reno once again, and JT Taylor shows everyone that he has what it takes to conquer one of the toughest races of the year.

Golden Mountain Trail Ride
Nolen heads to Central Tennessee to do some rock crawling and a little peeling out at Golden Mountain Park.

59th Annual Jeeper's Jamboree with Jessi
Jessi Combs experiences the Rubicon Trail for the first time at this year's 59th Annual Jeeper's Jamboree.

The BillaVista Alternator Bible Part 2
The Alternator Bible covers everything you ever wanted to know about alternators from basic and technical descriptions of how they operate to model identification to performance and even failure modes and troubleshooting. Packed with tech info, diagrams, and wiring advice, this is a must read for anyone interested in maintaining, upgrading, or designing an automotive 12 Volt DC wiring system.

It's ShowTime!
Pirate4x4 gives you an exclusive look at Tim Cameron's new 700hp rock bouncing beast known as "ShowTime".

Rockin' and Rollin' in a UTV
Nolen and his crew of crazy UTV buddies hit the Superlift ORV park in Hot Springs, AR, to see how much rock crawling and climbing their RZRs could handle.

NorCal Rock Racing
The action at Prarie City SVRA was off the hook this weekend with lots of silt, dust and carnage!

American Rocksports Challenge
The 2011 American Rocksports Challenge at Miller Motorsports Park in Salt Lake City, UT, went off in a big way with insane side by side racing carnage.

12 Volt DC Basics by Billavista
Electricity can be a very complex subject. My aim with this article is to try and strike a comfortable balance between being easy enough to be understood by the novice (and I include myself in that group); while having sufficient technical detail to explain things with some degree of thoroughness.

Pirate4x4TV Goes to France!
Nicole Johnson hosts this episode of Pirate4x4TV in the beautiful French countryside. Video by Pinned Productions

Rausch Creek Qualifier
The 2011 RCQ qualifer for King of the Hammers has come and gone. Congrats to Rusty Bray for pulling off the upset and taking home first place. Be sure to check out the live blog and photo gallery.

Rock Crawling a UTV
Jon takes his built 2011 Kawasaki Teryx rock crawling out at Area BFE in Moab, UT.

Product Review
Jeff installs some Metal Tech weld-it-yourself tube fenders on his FJ40.

ECORS in Alabama
Ricky Berry was at the ECORS first race in Alabama at the Great American Park for their first endurance race there. The event drew a huge crowd as well as tons of racers.

Silver State 300
David Taylor was on the scene to get some great photos from the Best in the Desert Silver State 300. The next stop in the Ultra4 series. Congrats to the King Shannon Campbell for beating the field by over 30 minutes. That makes two in a row!

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2011 Easter Jeep Safari!
Check out our daily updates of our adventures at the 2011 Easter Jeep Safari in Moab, UT.

2011 Griffin King of the Hammers!
Congrats to Shannon Campbell for taking back the crown he held in 2008 to be the 2011 Griffin King of the Hammers. If you missed our coverage last week, we've got some great photos and you can always read the blogs. We will also have our race highlights video posted later today!

UTV Review
Jon puts the new Can-Am Commander 1000 X to the test!

Race Communications Bible by Billavista
So you want to turn your wheeling rig into a racer, eh? Cool. Now, one of the most important things you're going to need to do is add a communications system, or "comms" as we call it.

2010 Ricky B'Day @ Morris Mountain ORV Park
Check out the insane "Rock Bouncing" action at Morris Mountain ORV Park in Helfin, AL, for RBD 2010!

Go for a ride with Roger and Lance!
See what it takes to compete at the highest level of off road. Follow along as Roger Norman, owner of the #8 Crystal Bay Casino Trophy Truck and Pirate4x4.com's Lance Clifford iron man the 1,061 mile Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 and place 3rd overall.

BAJA 1000!!!
The Baja 1000 has come and gone, but you can relive it by checking out our daily coverage. Charlene and the Pirate crew were there getting the gossip, photos, videos, and more at the grand daddy of off road.

Billavista Tech - Engine Oil and Oiling
The physics and chemistry of engine oil and lubrication is THE most complicated topic relating to your car or truck. Heck - even the experts don't yet understand or agree on all of it.

W.E. Rock Grand Nationals
Carnage was the name of the game at Miller Motorsports Park in Salt Lake City, UT

Product Review
Mo installs a SpynTec hub conversion kit on his Ford van Dana 60.

Ultra4 Reno Stampede

The Stampede stormed through Reno this weekend, and when the dust settled Shannon Campbell walked away with first place.

SMORR KOH Qualifier
The Southern Missouri KOH qualifier has come and gone, and Lucas Murphy came out on top. Be sure to check out Nolen's story and photos of the muddy action.

MEFI-4 Tech
General Motors Powertrain Introduced it's Marine Electronic Fuel Injection (MEFI) system in 1992. Since then, there have been several upgrades to the system. This article covers the fourth-generation of the GM MEFI system, known as MEFI-4.

Octane Fest
A week of nothing but dirt, horsepower, and carnage in Northern Nevada!

Wheelin' in Maui!
The Rock Midget takes a tough assignment and heads to the island of Maui for some wheelin' with the Island Crawler Union crew.

Fire
Gil discusses one of the most overlooked saftey items on most trail and competition 4x4s - fire supression.

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