Highmark
08-08-2004, 08:33 PM
The pics are uploading (all 100 or so of them :lol: )
We set up two courses, the first was extremely difficult and no one made a clean pass (we ended up running it two times) the second course was slightly easyer but had a very steep and tall climb in the middle with a tight squeze afterwards followed by a waterfall and an optional gate that was very tight and steep with a ledge to the side that cought almost everyone's tires.
Here are the overall event standings:
1st: Jason in Augusta with his Flammed Gecko
2nd: Highmark with "El Mule"
3rd: CSR with his "nearly stock" TXT-1
4th: 4XADICT with "Overkill" or The buggy
Scores
Jason in Augusta: 260
Highmark: 220
CSR: 190
4XADICT: 120
Course 1 run 1.
Jason's first run went very well, he cleared the second gate which no one else could get up and went on to make the 3rd, but there was a huge drop off proceded by a hole that swollowed his rear axle so he was fourced to reposition. While attempting the fourth gate his FWD died and he then rolled off a ledge so he was forced to reposition at the gate, he then tried to make the steep climb up to the 5th in reverse and got no where so his first run was a DNF
I I was unable to clear the first gate so I repositioned in front of it and made my way to the 3rd gate. I droped off a ledge insteed of staying on it like I should have, I then attempted the large drop/hole that swallowed Jason's clod and lost both drive shafts when I tried to right it after I rolled.
CSR had problems with the 2nd gate so he eventualy had to reposition in front of it, he cleared the small ledges in front of gate three farely easaly and made his was to "THE HOLE" where like everyone else he was swallowed, so he to repositioned in front of the gate and made his way to gate 5 (he was the only person to make it beyond gate 5 on there first run)which he cleared without alot of drama and then went to gate 6. Gate 6 wasnt nice to hime however so he repositioned and made his way to gate 7 where he had some problems with a small tree that really liked his front axle, but he did make it past and threw the finnish line.
4XADICT had some problems with his drive shafts poping off nearly the entire event and couldnt make gate 2 so he went on to gate three where he blew both drive shafts and eventualy had to call it quits.
Course 1 run 1:
Jason's second run was the same as the first with the exception of being able to get past gate 4, he then went on to gate 5 and 6 which he cleared as well and then went to the finnish line.
My run was the same as the first as well until gate 3 which I was able to clear without alot of problems, I then inched my way down a rock to the side of the drop off and attempted to come up and past the fourth cone but I started to slide of the ledge and the speed control killed over preventing me from comming back up. I then made my way to gate 5 which I was able to clear and skiped gate 6. Gate 7 was relitivly easy because unlike everyone else I could squeze by the tree but I lost my front drive shaft and had to make the finnish in 2wd.
CSR made basiclly the same run with a few less roleovers and was able to finnish the corse, due to some great driving, then right as he made gate 7 his battery conked out and he had to inch his way accross the finnish (FOOT! :flipoff: )
4XADICT did some fast repare work on his buggy but still had the same drive shaft problems, this time however he was able to get to gate 3 where he had the same problems as the other rigs in "THE HOLE". Yes you read right it even swallowed and Kong tire Xfactor axle buggy :lol: . He made sevral attempts at it but lost the drive shafts and had to give it up.
Corse 2
Jason made good progress up until gate 3 where the sheer rock face caused him to role over a number of times. He eventualy bypassed this gate and went on to gate 4 where he had a few problems fitting threw but made it eventualy. He then went to the "Y" section, on one side there was a waterfall roughly 12" tall with slick rock that was nearly vertical and on the other another nearly vertical but shorter and more narrow wall with a large rock to the side that ate everyone's tires. He made sevral attempts and but eventually (to everyone's amazment) made it up.
I started off pretty well clearing all of the gates without alot of mistakes untile gate 3 where I drove half way up and realised that I would flip because of my wheelbase. I bypassed the gate and made it to gate 4 where I made it threw once I was lined up and went on to gate 5 which I was unable to get up even after sevral attempts.
CSR made the the first and second gates and went on to the third which he made a good attempt at getting up but rolled a couple of times. Although he rolled he saved it from rolling around 3-4 times which made for a good show. He did however have to bypass the gate and went on to gate 4 which gave him a few problems because of his 2ws but he eventaully made it with a little effort. The rest of his run was made trying to get up gate 5 where he made his truck look alot like an acrobate self righting around 7-10 times :lol:
4XADICT had alot more luck on this corse and was able to clear gates 1 and 2 after squezing the Kongs threw a few tight spots. He then almost made gate three but after rolling it a few times went on to gate 4 where he had some problems fitting but eventualy got threw with alot of work from his independent 4ws. Gate 5 was a little tight for him so after a couple of attempts he made a run at the waterfall and really got use scared when it roled bacwards into everyone watching.
A big thanks goes to everyone who showed up!
We set up two courses, the first was extremely difficult and no one made a clean pass (we ended up running it two times) the second course was slightly easyer but had a very steep and tall climb in the middle with a tight squeze afterwards followed by a waterfall and an optional gate that was very tight and steep with a ledge to the side that cought almost everyone's tires.
Here are the overall event standings:
1st: Jason in Augusta with his Flammed Gecko
2nd: Highmark with "El Mule"
3rd: CSR with his "nearly stock" TXT-1
4th: 4XADICT with "Overkill" or The buggy
Scores
Jason in Augusta: 260
Highmark: 220
CSR: 190
4XADICT: 120
Course 1 run 1.
Jason's first run went very well, he cleared the second gate which no one else could get up and went on to make the 3rd, but there was a huge drop off proceded by a hole that swollowed his rear axle so he was fourced to reposition. While attempting the fourth gate his FWD died and he then rolled off a ledge so he was forced to reposition at the gate, he then tried to make the steep climb up to the 5th in reverse and got no where so his first run was a DNF
I I was unable to clear the first gate so I repositioned in front of it and made my way to the 3rd gate. I droped off a ledge insteed of staying on it like I should have, I then attempted the large drop/hole that swallowed Jason's clod and lost both drive shafts when I tried to right it after I rolled.
CSR had problems with the 2nd gate so he eventualy had to reposition in front of it, he cleared the small ledges in front of gate three farely easaly and made his was to "THE HOLE" where like everyone else he was swallowed, so he to repositioned in front of the gate and made his way to gate 5 (he was the only person to make it beyond gate 5 on there first run)which he cleared without alot of drama and then went to gate 6. Gate 6 wasnt nice to hime however so he repositioned and made his way to gate 7 where he had some problems with a small tree that really liked his front axle, but he did make it past and threw the finnish line.
4XADICT had some problems with his drive shafts poping off nearly the entire event and couldnt make gate 2 so he went on to gate three where he blew both drive shafts and eventualy had to call it quits.
Course 1 run 1:
Jason's second run was the same as the first with the exception of being able to get past gate 4, he then went on to gate 5 and 6 which he cleared as well and then went to the finnish line.
My run was the same as the first as well until gate 3 which I was able to clear without alot of problems, I then inched my way down a rock to the side of the drop off and attempted to come up and past the fourth cone but I started to slide of the ledge and the speed control killed over preventing me from comming back up. I then made my way to gate 5 which I was able to clear and skiped gate 6. Gate 7 was relitivly easy because unlike everyone else I could squeze by the tree but I lost my front drive shaft and had to make the finnish in 2wd.
CSR made basiclly the same run with a few less roleovers and was able to finnish the corse, due to some great driving, then right as he made gate 7 his battery conked out and he had to inch his way accross the finnish (FOOT! :flipoff: )
4XADICT did some fast repare work on his buggy but still had the same drive shaft problems, this time however he was able to get to gate 3 where he had the same problems as the other rigs in "THE HOLE". Yes you read right it even swallowed and Kong tire Xfactor axle buggy :lol: . He made sevral attempts at it but lost the drive shafts and had to give it up.
Corse 2
Jason made good progress up until gate 3 where the sheer rock face caused him to role over a number of times. He eventualy bypassed this gate and went on to gate 4 where he had a few problems fitting threw but made it eventualy. He then went to the "Y" section, on one side there was a waterfall roughly 12" tall with slick rock that was nearly vertical and on the other another nearly vertical but shorter and more narrow wall with a large rock to the side that ate everyone's tires. He made sevral attempts and but eventually (to everyone's amazment) made it up.
I started off pretty well clearing all of the gates without alot of mistakes untile gate 3 where I drove half way up and realised that I would flip because of my wheelbase. I bypassed the gate and made it to gate 4 where I made it threw once I was lined up and went on to gate 5 which I was unable to get up even after sevral attempts.
CSR made the the first and second gates and went on to the third which he made a good attempt at getting up but rolled a couple of times. Although he rolled he saved it from rolling around 3-4 times which made for a good show. He did however have to bypass the gate and went on to gate 4 which gave him a few problems because of his 2ws but he eventaully made it with a little effort. The rest of his run was made trying to get up gate 5 where he made his truck look alot like an acrobate self righting around 7-10 times :lol:
4XADICT had alot more luck on this corse and was able to clear gates 1 and 2 after squezing the Kongs threw a few tight spots. He then almost made gate three but after rolling it a few times went on to gate 4 where he had some problems fitting but eventualy got threw with alot of work from his independent 4ws. Gate 5 was a little tight for him so after a couple of attempts he made a run at the waterfall and really got use scared when it roled bacwards into everyone watching.
A big thanks goes to everyone who showed up!