The battle is on every time Ultra4 Racing hits the road, and this past weekend was no different as the organization behind King of the Hammers started their 2021 regional season out in Moab, Utah. Kicked off at the tail-end of this year s Easter Jeep Safari, great weather and over 100 racers, including big names like the Campbell and Gomez Brothers crews, Loren Healey and Vaughn Gittin Jr. of Team Fun-Haver, and other Nitto standouts like Cody Addington, Paul Horschel and Bailey Cole, made for an amazing weekend of wheel-to-wheel racing at the King Shocks Area BFE Beatdown!
The first event of the 2021 Ultra4 Western Series, the King Shocks Area BFE Beatdown, was held April 1st through the 3rd at Area BFE, a well-known, privately-owned property just south of Moab, Utah that offers 625 acres of off-road adventure. While Ultra4 raced on the property last September, this year s course took on some different obstacles for a 6-mile loop through sand washes, gnarly rocks and sharp 180s.
Groton City of Groton police Chief Michael Spellman said what has driven him in his more than three-decade career in law enforcement is helping people.
He likes interacting with the public and wants people to feel like they can easily approach him and talk to him. You want to solve problems, and you want to keep the community safe, he said.
Spellman, who joined the Groton City Police Department in 2014 and became police chief in 2017, has announced plans to retire in May. It s my time. I ve been on this for 34 years, and it s been a very rewarding career, Spellman said of his decision to retire. He said he has been very blessed in his career and expressed his deep thanks to the people of Groton City.