TEAM HUMMER EARNS PODIUM FINISH . . .

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Billed by the Best in the Desert Racing Association as the ?Showdown in the Desert,? the Oct. 14 Las Vegas 300 lived up to its name for Team HUMMER. For Team HUMMER owner and #3111 H3 driver Rod Hall, Saturday?s showdown proved once again why the H3 continues to be the vehicle to beat in the pure stock-mini SUV class.

The race, originally planned to finish after three 89-mile laps around the grueling Las Vegas desert, was changed on Saturday morning following torrential downpours that forced race organizers to re-route the race course, and to adopt a ?Grand Prix? style finish, whereby the last lap for every class would occur once the first overall finisher crossed the finish line. As a result of the course changes, every team?s race strategy changed and the racers treated every lap like it might be the last.

Hall brought the Team HUMMER H3 across the finish line first in its class, after 5:16:14 hours of intense racing and nearly 45 minutes faster than the nearest mini-stock SUV competitor. Hall?s victory in the 178-mile race marked the 15th consecutive race in which the team has placed a HUMMER on the podium.