2008

March 2008
Class 8 took an
unprecedented thrashing when KORE’s Stock Full class race truck beat all
nine competitors in the legendary Mint 400. (more)

March 2008 KORE wins best
suspension system at the Off Road Impact show held in Anaheim,
California.
2007
June
2007 Kent Kroeker stands on the podium again for
Second Place in the 2007 SCORE Baja 500. First ever finish of a 5.7
liter Hemi V-8 in professional desert racing. (more)
February
2007 KORE's trademark "Desert Assault" is issued to KORE by the
USPTO.
February
2007 Kent Kroeker submits two patents for components that will again
change the industry
February
2007 KORE Beast appears as cover truck and feature article for March
2007 issue of "Off Road Magazine"
It all started five years ago. The top-secret Off-Road
magazine satellite network started to collect spy images of 8,000-pound,
Cummins-powered Dodge Rams flying through the air. Since we hadn't seen
many Dodge trucks taking flight since Walker Evans was doing it 20 years
ago, we decided to investigate further. What we discovered was Kroeker
Off Road Engineering, codename "KORE."
(more)
January
2007
KORE reconfigures the Beast, experimenting with changes in
polar-moment. In order to optimize traction and the performance of the
rear suspension of the new Hemi race truck, KORE experiments on The
Beast by reconfiguring the rear tube work. (more)
January
2007 Kent Kroeker awarded "High Riser of the Year" at the Off Road
Impact show in Las Vegas. A former Marine, Kroeker started building
suspension products in his garage. "If every day you're not doing
something scary, you're not living." (more)
2006
December
2006 KORE acquires and begins to build out a new Stock Full race
truck powered by a "Hemi" V-8.
KORE is currently building a Hemi-powered, regular cab race truck that
uses Fox 4.3 inch bypass shocks in a unique configuration designed by
Kent Kroeker. The 2007 Baja 500 will be its first race.
(more)
December
2006 KORE begins to work with FLIR on a plug-and-play infra-red
video system that will allow racers to safely see through dust
(more)
November
2006 Three KORE 3.0 suspension-equipped Stock Full race trucks
tackle the SCORE Baja 1000 (more)
August
2006 KORE works closely with Fox Racing Shox to bring the first
patented "Float" suspension systems to the automotive world (more)
July
2006 U.S. Utility Patent No.: 7,077,371 issued to Kent Kroeker for
his "shock absorber mounting assembly."
We believe that when it's time to sell your truck, you
should be able to remove your suspension and use it on your next one.
Well-thought-out parts should also go on easily. That's why we minimize
or eliminate the cutting, drilling and welding required for
installation.
(more)
July
2006 KORE releases the Race Series Anti-Sway Bar (more)
July
2006 Kent Kroeker consults during the fabrication of three Stock
Full Dodge Ram Race Trucks
February
2006 KORE equips its Billet Control Arms with the new Evo Joint, a
part machined from solid 4140
January
2006 Weld Racing wins Best New Product Award at the Off Road Impact
show in Las Vegas.
January
2006 Toyo Tires uses the KORE Beast for their "Hard KORE
Performance" ad campaign used in nine different publications (more)
2005
December 2005 KORE releases the
KORE/Fox 2.0 Pro-Series equipped Chase Series suspension systems.
All weather, all terrain. The CHASE SERIES uses the same
high-performance VR coils and mini leaf packs as the RACE SERIES and
incorporates a shock that has been specially-engineered to fight any
abuse you can dish out. (more)
December
2005 KORE releases the inimitable "Unlimited Series" suspension
system. The suspension system against which all others are compared.
Designed from the ground up to maximize the potential of the HD Dodge
chassis. If you have the skills and drive to the edge, the UNLIMITED
SERIES is for you. (more)
November
2005 KORE presents the Unlimited Series suspension system at the
SEMA show in Las Vegas
August
2005 Kent Kroeker designs a new Dodge bump stop that absorbs immense
amounts of energy and will not push out of the holster
August
2005 KORE introduces its Billet Control Arms. The first of their
kind, they prove to be indestructible works of art. We
choose to machine many of our parts out of solid billet aluminum.
Sculpting parts from solid blocks of metal permits us to engineer unique
solutions, to create shapes that would otherwise be impossible using
conventional fabrication methods.Patent pending. Application no. 29/240,120 (more)
July
2005 Kent Kroeker helps design the most innovative off road racing
wheel in existence - the Weld Commando P.R.O.
July
2005 KORE introduces the Race Series Track Bar
May 2005
KORE brings its race-proven, consumer-friendly version of the variable
pitch coil spring to mass market, rebadges it "VR" for "variable rate."
KORE developed these coil springs to tackle
the Baja 1000. Imagine a street ride that is softer than stock, yet with
more roll-resistance for cornering and less dive for braking.
Arguably the most advanced coil springs on the market.
Patent application no. 29/254,878 (more)
March
2005 KORE introduces the patent pending "Billet Drop
Block" -patent pending application no. 29/240,112. The
purposes of the Billet Drop Block is to relocate the anti-sway bar
rotating point downward, to a more neutral position. This takes pressure
off of your end-links, thereby taking the anti-sway bar, which is an
integral part of your suspension, out of the equation for the first few
inches of wheel travel. (more)
March
2005 Gale Banks chooses KORE suspension to equip his project
Sidewinder All Terrain during a two-part Extreme 4x4 series that airs
more than a dozen times and reaches millions of viewers
February
2005 at Kroeker's behest, Casey Folks approves KORE's rear shock
configuration for "Best in the Desert" Stock Full racing
2004
November
2004 KORE introduces its Race Series steering stabilizer. Patent
pending - application no. 29/240,113. KORE
is not price-point driven, KORE is technology driven. At KORE, there is
no acceptable return rate. There is no acceptable failure rate.KORE
builds the best products using the best engineering and the best
materials we know of. If there's a better way to do it we're probably
already working on it. (more)
November
2004 KORE petitions SCORE to permit rear shocks to protrude through
the bed of Stock Full race vehicles. Sal Fish calls the KORE "Beast"
race legal.
November
2004 Kent Kroeker Solos the Baja 1000, places third, then drives
same truck home the next day. It is the first Cummins-powered vehicle
to cross the finish line of the Baja 1000. Kent drove for 29 hours
23 minutes and 10 seconds, bringing the Dodge Ram across the finish line
and directly to the podium. (more)
October
2004 Using patent-pending shock mounts, KORE fits first 3" x 11"
travel Fox shocks and Kroeker-designed variable-pitch coil springs on
front of a Dodge Ram 2500 4x4. For the UNLIMITED and RACE SERIES, our
patented Hybrid mount system permits our specially-designed, proprietary
2.5" diameter racing shock to be bolted into the stock location. These
mounts are machined from solid billet 6061-T6 aluminum. Thousands of
miles of racing and not one failure - that's why we guarantee them for
life. (more)
2002
November
2002 Kent Kroeker posts class win in Baja 1000 riding 330 miles with
U.S. ISDE team
2001
November 2001 Kent Kroeker gets
second in Baja 1000 riding with Rudy Iribe, Bobby Laughlin and Rod
Hamby (more)
2000
June 2000
Kent Kroeker and Tim Withers take second in Baja 500
1998
June 1998
Kent Kroeker solos SCORE Baja 500, only Iron Man finisher
March 1998
Kent Kroeker solos SCORE San Felipe 250 for a class win
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