San Diego, CA – UTVUnderground.com announced today that industry performance leader ///AIRDAM Clutches has signed on as sponsor of the first annual UTV World Championship, to take place in Laughlin, Nevada February 19th through the 21st. This exciting new event will feature two world championship UTV races including a Best In The Desert Championship points race, and a short course / motocross style Production UTV Championship race. In addition to the growing prize purses and contingency cash, Polaris RZR will be awarding the winner of both Championship races a brand new Polaris RZR XP1000! More prizes will to be announced as the race weekend draws near.

“///AIRDAM Clutches is one of the most popular companies when talking about squeezing every bit of performance out of your CVT clutch on your UTV,” stated UTVUnderground.com CEO/Founder Joey “Joey D.” DiGiovanni. “Adam and his team back some of the fastest UTVs in the sport and we are really excited to have them as a sponsor of the UTV World Championship!”

The four-day event format will feature one full day of racing, contingency and tech in downtown Laughlin, demo and enthusiast rides, and a business-to-business UTV industry summit. The UTV World Championship is part of The Best in The Desert (BITD) Off-Road Racing Association series and will be marketed, co-produced, and covered for television by motorsports media heavyweights, Mad Media. The format will bring together UTV desert racing, UTV motocross style short-course racing, and enthusiast rides, into one massive multi-day event on the edge of the Colorado River in Laughlin, Nevada. The event will also be a showcase for UTV manufacturers and aftermarket manufacturing companies. Enthusiasts and racers will be able to pre-run the racecourse in stock UTVs during the “Family Fun Poker Run”.

“This is the largest event ever put together for UTV racing. We at ///AIRDAM Clutches are super excited that we will be at the UTV World Championship, set up early in order to do sales and installs and tuning for your race machines before the races,” stated Adam Harvey, owner of ///AIRDAM Clutches “For both the desert race and the short course race, we at ///AIRDAM Clutches will offer an award and prize for the FASTEST LAP in each race. If you plan to be at the top and you want to win the Polaris RZR 1000 for 1st place, and win the Fastest Lap award and prizes then you better make sure you get to Laughlin and make sure your machine is dialed in. We plan to be there early and we hope to see you all there!

For more information on registration, visit For racer registration go to: BITD.com.