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Ford Dominates “Burning Man for Trucks” With Its New Bronco Bloomberg 2/9/2021 © Photographer: Matthew Horwood/Getty Images Europe Ford Engine plant sign in Bridgend, Wales. (Bloomberg) State lockdown orders be damned: The so-called Burning Man for trucks just took place in the desert 120 miles east of Los Angeles. Popular Searches King of the Hammers is a series of off-road races and rock-climbing events spread over 96,000 acres of sunbaked sand dunes, dry lake beds, and boulder fields in Southern California’s remote Johnson Valley. The Bureau of Land Management sanctioned this year’s event, held Feb. 2–6, despite the pandemic. More than 600 racing teams use modified stock and extreme off-road “trophy trucks” to compete for the title of king or queen over grueling runs that combine high-speed racing and low-speed rock crawling. They drive up hills with names like Chocolate Thunder and down ravines like one called Back Door. Each year the route

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