Desert Racer's UTV Company Is Coming to The East Coast Soon

Robby Gordon's Speed UTV is heading to Kentucky, and bringing jobs with it.

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By: Jonathon Klein

Oct 14, at 7:54am ET

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When you think of go-fast UTVs, you're likely picturing desert landscapes, Baja vibes, big mountains, and open plains. Locales where you can utilize the mountains of power from their turbo- and supercharged engines. Places with vast public lands. Wide-open country for wide-open throttle.

That, however, doesn't exactly describe the East Coast of the United States.

There, public land is at a premium and often small as heck. There are, however, off-road parks, rock bouncing competitions, mud festivals, and places where high-output UTVs can stretch their legs. And that's exactly why legendary desert racer Robby Gordon's Speed UTV is heading to Kentucky for an all-new manufacturing hub.

Oh yeah, y'all are finally getting access to some of the most rowdy UTVs around.

Speed Kentucky will serve the East Coast area, as it's set to become the assembly and distribution hub for the region. The outfit sought help from Kentucky to renovate an old industrial park, which it will then invest over $1 million into further retrofits, as well as supposedly support over 60 full-time jobs once complete.

Per the release, the location for the new site will be in Owsley County, Kentucky, and was pushed along through the state's legislature, along with a host of tax incentives to bring it there.

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"When I think about these 60 planned jobs, I think about the families who could build a life around them," said Senate President Robert Stivers, adding, "People want to make a living without having to leave the place they call home. We secured $500,000 for upgrades to the industrial building with opportunities like this in mind. I look forward to seeing people in Owsley County go to work here."

The legislature also secured $1.3 million in tax incentives over 15 years, though those are tied to Speed Kentucky's continued operations, and other agreements. At the ribbon cutting ceremony, Stivers added, "Robby and Jimmy, thank you for choosing Owsley County. I also want to thank Erik Hubbard and Backroads of Appalachia, our local officials and the people who have worked for years to bring a business to this park. Owsley County has waited a long time for a day like this. I’m glad I could be here to share it with them."