Personalities from the television series “Nitro Circus” made a pit stop at John Day Polaris, as they ventured on a coast-to-coast trip across America.

Hubert Rowland, in the TV show cast, and his crew pulled up in Polaris RZR side-by-sides to visit with business owner Gregg Haberly.

Rowland said they were traveling “the non-mainstream way across America,” driving dirt and gravel roads.

He said the purpose of the trip was to show how UTVs can be used for exploration.

“Our main path is country roads and back roads,” Rowland said. “We had to get on the highway for roughly three miles to cross the Mississippi River.”

“Nitro Circus” partnered with “Warfighter Made” for the cross-country trip, which started in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and ended near Florence on the Oregon Coast.

Warfighter Made is a nonprofit providing recreational therapy to ill, injured and combat wounded service members and veterans, also adapting and customizing the veterans’ vehicles to their injuries.

“We had some awesome military vets come ride along with us,” Rowland said.

Rowland, a Tennessee resident, is known as the engineering mastermind behind most of the stunts on MTV’s “Nitro Circus,” and he’s the mechanic for Travis Pastrana, a professional motor-sports competitor and stunt performer who is the main personality on the show.

Haberly joined the crew for part of the trip, showing them the way from John Day to Prineville.

Oregon State Police Sgt. Tom Hutchison gave the group an escort on the highway portion of the trip, from John Day to Laycock Creek Road.

“I wish Oregon was a little more lenient like the rest of the states,” Haberly said. “The side-by-sides and ATVs are as safe or safer than bicycles, motorcycles and Smart cars.”

Haberly said he’s been working with Salem for three years to try to relax the law that prohibits ATVs and UTVs on highways.

He was happy with the trip to Prineville.

“It was a lot of fun, and we’d like to do it again with a local group,” he said.

Hubert said he was glad to meet up with Haberly.

“Riding with him was awesome as well,” he said. “Being with someone that knew the area, and showing us some places he knew was great.”

Hubert and his crew, including cameraman Steve McCann, monster truck driver Pleasant Cook, also known as 4×4 Barbie, and Shana Lester made it to the coast Sept. 1.

“We went 5,000 miles in 29 days,” Hubert said. “(We saw) many beautiful parts of the country that no one sees except those that live there.”