Owens Racing

08/10/2026

What a great weekend celebrating our friend Mike Rauch and his retirement from OK 4WD!
Saturday we loaded up the antique Jeeps and hit the road from AOAA. First stop was The Squeeze-In in Sunbury for lunch, then we cruised over to Shikellamy State Park, made a stop at the Lenig’s, and eventually headed back to AOAA.

That evening we had a great dinner courtesy of OK 4WD to celebrate Mike and his retirement. After that, we couldn’t pass up a stop at Pepe’s in Mount Carmel for some ice cream. 🍦

Sunday was back to AOAA for the Antique & Off-Road Willys Jeep Show. Lots of cool Jeeps, good people, and plenty of BS… just the way a Jeep weekend should be!

Congrats again, Mike! You’ve put in your time—now it’s time to enjoy retirement and have some fun! 🍻

Thanks to everyone who came along and helped make it such a great weekend. Lots of miles, laughs, food, Jeeps, and memories!

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08/05/2026

What a great night at the New Jersey State Fair Monster Truck Show!
We had the Owens Racing 60 Ultra 4 race Jeep on display at the main entrance before the show, giving fans a chance to get an up-close look at the build. It was great seeing the grandstands full and meeting so many fellow off-road enthusiasts.
We also had the opportunity to take part in the tough truck exhibition, putting the Jeep on the track and introducing even more fans to EC4WDA style racing.
Thanks to everyone who stopped by to say hello and support Owens Racing. It’s always great representing the local off-road community at events like this.
If you’re in the area, be sure to check out our friends at OK4WD —they’ve been a staple of the off-road community for years and are just down the road from the fairgrounds


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06/16/2026

What a weekend at Line Mountain 4 Wheelers’ 3½ Miler and the East Coast 4 Wheel Drive Obstacle Races!
We had a great weekend of racing, finishing 2nd Overall on Saturday, and backing it up on Sunday with two 1st place finishes and two 2nd place finishes. The Jeep was working great, and we’re proud of the results against some tough competition.
A huge thank you to our sponsors who make it all possible: OK4WD, Daria Metal Fabricators, Lenig & Kosmer Coal Washery, Dynamic Motorsports, Spidertrax Offroad, Miller Motorsports, and Mountain House Machine & Hydraulics. Your support keeps us on the track and competing at our best.
We also want to give a big shoutout to all the volunteers and members of Line Mountain 4 Wheelers for putting on another outstanding event. These races don’t happen without all the hard work behind the scenes, and we truly appreciate everything you do.
Thanks to everyone who came out to race, support, and cheer us on. We’re looking forward to the next one!
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04/03/2026

 
This photo takes us back to the ‘80s, racing in PA — and it’s where the OK4WD story got a little better. That’s Mike Rauch behind the wheel of #225, and even then, it was clear he was on another level. His builds were immaculate, detailed, and dialed in. And on the track? He made it look easy.
In 1986, Mike joined the OK4WD team — and over the next 40 years, he helped shape everything this company stands for. His expertise, his dedication, and his commitment to every customer he served became part of the foundation of who we are today.
As Mike prepares to retire at the end of this month, we want to take a moment to honor everything he’s given to this company and this community. It truly feels like the end of an era.
If you’ve got a Mike story — a build he helped you with, advice that stuck with you, or just a memory from the shop — drop it in the comments. We want to hear them all. 👇

02/09/2026

King of the Hammers 2026 didn’t end the way we wanted, but it reminded us exactly why this race earns its reputation.

Huge thank you to everyone who traveled all the way from the East Coast to California to be part of this effort, and to everyone who spent countless hours in the garage keeping the Jeep ready to race. This program doesn’t happen without you.

Race recap: we had a solid start and were steadily moving up the leaderboard through the first lap and a half. Unfortunately, one small mistake in what looked like a simple section of the course resulted in a roll onto the side. The Jeep landed with a rock in exactly the wrong place, causing cage and frame damage that made it unsafe to continue. King of the Hammers is unforgiving—out here, even the “easy” spots can end your day in an instant.

For some perspective on just how brutal this race was, only two teams finished a shortened course within the time limit this year.

We’re proud of the effort, the pace, and the team that showed up and gave it everything.

A massive thank you to our partners for their continued support:
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• Daria Metal Fabricators
• Lenig and Kosmer Coal Washery
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• Solar Technology

We’ll take the lessons, rebuild stronger, and be back. That’s racing. 💪🏁

01/25/2026

09/29/2025

Last weekend’s 55th annual 7 miler was a very eventful end of the 2025 race season. Starting out Saturday in the morning B group race with the blue cj things went bad quickly around mile 3 on the first lap I hit a rock a little too fast resulting in a flat front tire. It has been a while since we had to change a tire during a race and the lack of practice showed with a less than stellar performance. After we got going again I was struggling with vision and wasn’t paying attention and drove onto a huge boulder, which isn’t a problem for the big Jeep, but the cj was stuck on the skid plate. Attempting to get unstuck resulted in an even worse predicament with the front tires 12” off the ground. After a lot of highlift jacking and rock stacking by copilot Jeremy Dietrich we finally got unstuck. The next 3 laps went ok until with 3 miles to go on the last lap the oil filter mount broke off the frame and the filter got a hole and a loss of oil pressure ending our 1st race of the day.
Race 2 started better with tough competition and lots of dust we had a decent pace going. Lap 3 I made a mistake in a tight section of track and hit a tree hard with the right front tire. Somehow it only bent the knuckle and everything else was ok and we kept pushing on. Lap 4 we had a rock roll up under the rear differential skid plate bending it into the driveshaft yoke destroying the ujoint. Luckily we were close to the campground and the crew was able to get there with a new driveshaft and get us back going. With the down time we ended up in 5th place and also secured 4th for the season points. Saturday night and Sunday morning we worked to repair the blue Jeep to take on the vintage race and attempt to repeat our overall win from 5 years ago. This race went well until the front axle housing broke 50 yards from the finish luckily it kept moving with lots of tire rubbing across the finish to secure the overall win and also the fastest lap time of the day. Thanks to and coal for their continued support. Big thanks to for the steering ram, the tree hit would have destroyed other rams ending our race.

09/18/2025

Getting ready for this weekend's 55th anniversary race, it is shaping up to a stacked A class this year.

06/12/2025