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CRAWLIN 4 FUN · 07-12-2008, 10:36 PM

Got mine on Friday, ready to bash when were?

JPH Racing · 07-14-2008, 12:43 PM

Anyone thinking about hitting the Manteca Comp in two weeks?

drumbeater · 07-14-2008, 01:00 PM

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Originally Posted by JPH Racing

Anyone thinking about hitting the Manteca Comp in two weeks?

I am, We have some good stuff for the winners

JPH Racing · 07-14-2008, 07:45 PM

What about the last place guys, do they get anything cool?

bcrofts · 07-14-2008, 09:36 PM

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Originally Posted by JPH Racing

Anyone thinking about hitting the Manteca Comp in two weeks?

im down

hellbentrodder · 07-14-2008, 10:30 PM

I am thinking about it. Won't really know till after this week.

JPH Racing · 07-14-2008, 11:29 PM

Who's got a short bus we can car pool in? We'd have to leave pretty early .... But it sounds like fun!

I guess we'll figure this one out after I actually build my crawler for the Donnor Comp (in 4 days!) .....

Rockhabit · 07-16-2008, 10:19 AM

Manteca sounds like fun. I have a potential commitment for that week-end and cannot commit to go to Manteca until the last moment.
Off the crawler subject just for a moment....went to Lakeport last Sunday, to watch the races. Low and behold, they had a Slash Class with 6 entrants! What a blast to whatch. So there you have it, Lakeport on Sundays for a Slash Bash....

Sorry for the bad photos, 800x600 is all she,ll take and this is edited down to it...

JPH Racing · 07-16-2008, 09:57 PM

Rudy: Saw you this afternoon, I was turning left onto Parktrail in Santa Rosa, going for a hike with Oliver .... Waved, but I think it was too late ...

There's a group of our lacals heading up to Lakeport this Sunday, they are bringing their Slash's!

Crawler stuff: Hope to give my new ride a test run tomorrow after work. Got a few more hours to put into it, but she's lookin' SWEET! Anyone interested in a quick evening crawl under the 101, around 7:30, call me in the afternoon and I'll let ya know what's up! 586-3375

CRAWLIN 4 FUN · 07-17-2008, 07:18 PM

I'll bee there 7:00 - 7:30 ready or not no body panels need some wheel time Jake is going. per store phone call to shop.

hellbentrodder · 07-17-2008, 10:32 PM

Well how did the new rig work Jake? Good luck to all the Sonoma County guys going to Donner this weekend.

JPH Racing · 07-17-2008, 11:12 PM

The new rig checked out ok. It's really hard to tell right now, it went up some stuff like it was flat, and then other spots it got tricky .... I wish I had more time to tweak it, I'd like to try different foams, etc ... But, I think Dean and I will head off and find some granite tomorrow afternoon/evening up at the comp site.

The dig got me in some trouble, mostly on the downhills. I REALLY need practice time with that! I fumbled for the button too many times.

Overall though, I'm stoked to have the rig finished and I think it will outclass my last one by far.

Tonight, Nathan and I assembled another set of rims with Panthers. Nathan took all the screws out of the rims and then I built them up. That's a lot of screws for a 3 year old!!!

Thanks to Lance, my body isn't the usual yellow ... You guys will have to check it out! I'll try to snap some pics and load them before I leave ... but, if I don't get time then I'll post some and event pics when I get home.

bluc10 · 07-18-2008, 11:48 AM

hey guys Im new to the site but not to crawlin' I went to 2 0f the 3 comps jake has put on. I came in last at my first comp. than came in 6th in the last comp. I got 12 overall in all the comps. I know of some fun spots to crawl at Im in Windsor so someone hit me up @ hammackchris @yahoo.com or Call me @ 707-331-8644. Im always lookin for some new people to crawl with.

Rockhabit · 07-19-2008, 08:38 AM

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Originally Posted by hellbentrodder

Well how did the new rig work Jake? Good luck to all the Sonoma County guys going to Donner this weekend.

Yeah, Sonoma County, bring home the Gold....

JPH Racing · 07-19-2008, 11:00 PM

Well, rock Crawling Fans, Dean and I are back home in Sonoma County .... Sun burned, tired, and ready for more!

Overall, it was an awesome event! We both would have been more suited for the Novice class on Sunday, but we took our lumps and learned a lot today. The top drivers made the courses look easy, we struggled on some, did ok on others. The courses were all doable, we know this because the top dogs ended up with -50's .... That's right, we were intimidated, they walked all over the course!

The granite rocks up there on the Donnor ranch are absolutely awesome! The whole place is really cool. And, to top it off, the WE Rock 1:1's were off the hook with coolness! The r/c course overlooked the whole 1:1 layout, one course even ended a few feet from the Axial tent.

The fans for WE Rock are crazy. They stand less than 10 feet from the rigs as the blast the course, often having to jump back if one comes too close. It's a big family oriented sport though, which was really nice to see.

I didn't get a chance to take as many pics as I would have liked, but here's a few to give you guys the idea. The courses are much, much, much more challenging than they look in the pics .... Check out the mud box they had, the only part of the courses that I think was a bad idea (but maybe that's just me, I didn't appreciate having to scrub tires, most likely ruined a set of foams, and my chassis is a mess!).

Like I said though, overall it was a great experience. The judges were awesome, very helpful and positive guys. I learned a lot about time management, lines and thinking out side the box, damage control, the mental side of driving, my new dig, and realized I need MORE practice!!!!

You guys shoulda-been there!

More soon,
Jake

drumbeater · 07-19-2008, 11:23 PM

Glad you had a good time. wish I could made it but I'm fixing the comp rig for my son to use next weekend's comp

nuts5000 · 07-20-2008, 09:56 AM

Jake,
cant even tell what tires you are running..:-(:-(
that SUCKS!!!!

Rockhabit · 07-20-2008, 10:56 AM

Those are some yuky tires....Not to sure I like the idea of a mud pit either. Man those 1:1 look awsome...did Brian compete? Wish I could have been there too...Glad you guys had a great time and can't wait to hear about more details and what you have learned.

JPH Racing · 07-21-2008, 10:48 PM

Posted up some more pics and a little report (click here) on the JPH site.

I'm not sure how Bryan finished up in the WE Rock comp? On Saturday he was upside down and needed to get winched out .... Post up Bryan!!!!

JPH Racing · 07-21-2008, 11:41 PM

OK guys, how about the Manteca Comp?? Mapquest has it listed as 2 hours from the shop, only 114 miles ..... So, who's in and who's driving??? We need to sign up bu Thursday, so they can set the running order (but I'd guess that last sign-ups would be ok). They've got 20 something sign-ups already, should be a good time.

Post up, e-mail me, or call the shop and let's get this figured out!

07-12-2008, 10:36 PM	#461
CRAWLIN 4 FUN Quarry Creeper Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Who Knows Posts: 215	Slash Bash Got mine on Friday, ready to bash when were?

07-16-2008, 10:19 AM	#468
Rockhabit Newbie Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Santa Rosa Posts: 22	Manteca sounds like fun. I have a potential commitment for that week-end and cannot commit to go to Manteca until the last moment. Off the crawler subject just for a moment....went to Lakeport last Sunday, to watch the races. Low and behold, they had a Slash Class with 6 entrants! What a blast to whatch. So there you have it, Lakeport on Sundays for a Slash Bash.... Sorry for the bad photos, 800x600 is all she,ll take and this is edited down to it... Attached Images Last edited by Rockhabit; 07-16-2008 at 10:21 AM.

07-17-2008, 07:18 PM	#470
CRAWLIN 4 FUN Quarry Creeper Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Who Knows Posts: 215	Thur night crawl I'll bee there 7:00 - 7:30 ready or not no body panels need some wheel time Jake is going. per store phone call to shop.

07-19-2008, 11:00 PM	#475
JPH Racing RCC Addict Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Rohnert Park Posts: 1,093	Well, rock Crawling Fans, Dean and I are back home in Sonoma County .... Sun burned, tired, and ready for more! Overall, it was an awesome event! We both would have been more suited for the Novice class on Sunday, but we took our lumps and learned a lot today. The top drivers made the courses look easy, we struggled on some, did ok on others. The courses were all doable, we know this because the top dogs ended up with -50's .... That's right, we were intimidated, they walked all over the course! The granite rocks up there on the Donnor ranch are absolutely awesome! The whole place is really cool. And, to top it off, the WE Rock 1:1's were off the hook with coolness! The r/c course overlooked the whole 1:1 layout, one course even ended a few feet from the Axial tent. The fans for WE Rock are crazy. They stand less than 10 feet from the rigs as the blast the course, often having to jump back if one comes too close. It's a big family oriented sport though, which was really nice to see. I didn't get a chance to take as many pics as I would have liked, but here's a few to give you guys the idea. The courses are much, much, much more challenging than they look in the pics .... Check out the mud box they had, the only part of the courses that I think was a bad idea (but maybe that's just me, I didn't appreciate having to scrub tires, most likely ruined a set of foams, and my chassis is a mess!). Like I said though, overall it was a great experience. The judges were awesome, very helpful and positive guys. I learned a lot about time management, lines and thinking out side the box, damage control, the mental side of driving, my new dig, and realized I need MORE practice!!!! You guys shoulda-been there! More soon, Jake Attached Images

07-14-2008, 12:43 PM	#462
JPH Racing RCC Addict Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Rohnert Park Posts: 1,093	Anyone thinking about hitting the Manteca Comp in two weeks?

07-14-2008, 07:45 PM	#464
JPH Racing RCC Addict Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Rohnert Park Posts: 1,093	What about the last place guys, do they get anything cool?

07-14-2008, 10:30 PM	#466
hellbentrodder Rock Crawler Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Cotati Posts: 704	I am thinking about it. Won't really know till after this week.

07-14-2008, 11:29 PM	#467
JPH Racing RCC Addict Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Rohnert Park Posts: 1,093	Who's got a short bus we can car pool in? We'd have to leave pretty early .... But it sounds like fun! I guess we'll figure this one out after I actually build my crawler for the Donnor Comp (in 4 days!) .....

07-16-2008, 09:57 PM	#469
JPH Racing RCC Addict Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Rohnert Park Posts: 1,093	Rudy: Saw you this afternoon, I was turning left onto Parktrail in Santa Rosa, going for a hike with Oliver .... Waved, but I think it was too late ... There's a group of our lacals heading up to Lakeport this Sunday, they are bringing their Slash's! Crawler stuff: Hope to give my new ride a test run tomorrow after work. Got a few more hours to put into it, but she's lookin' SWEET! Anyone interested in a quick evening crawl under the 101, around 7:30, call me in the afternoon and I'll let ya know what's up! 586-3375

07-17-2008, 10:32 PM	#471
hellbentrodder Rock Crawler Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Cotati Posts: 704	Well how did the new rig work Jake? Good luck to all the Sonoma County guys going to Donner this weekend.

07-17-2008, 11:12 PM	#472
JPH Racing RCC Addict Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Rohnert Park Posts: 1,093	The new rig checked out ok. It's really hard to tell right now, it went up some stuff like it was flat, and then other spots it got tricky .... I wish I had more time to tweak it, I'd like to try different foams, etc ... But, I think Dean and I will head off and find some granite tomorrow afternoon/evening up at the comp site. The dig got me in some trouble, mostly on the downhills. I REALLY need practice time with that! I fumbled for the button too many times. Overall though, I'm stoked to have the rig finished and I think it will outclass my last one by far. Tonight, Nathan and I assembled another set of rims with Panthers. Nathan took all the screws out of the rims and then I built them up. That's a lot of screws for a 3 year old!!! Thanks to Lance, my body isn't the usual yellow ... You guys will have to check it out! I'll try to snap some pics and load them before I leave ... but, if I don't get time then I'll post some and event pics when I get home.

07-18-2008, 11:48 AM	#473
bluc10 Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Windsor Posts: 131	hey guys Im new to the site but not to crawlin' I went to 2 0f the 3 comps jake has put on. I came in last at my first comp. than came in 6th in the last comp. I got 12 overall in all the comps. I know of some fun spots to crawl at Im in Windsor so someone hit me up @ hammackchris @yahoo.com or Call me @ 707-331-8644. Im always lookin for some new people to crawl with.

07-19-2008, 11:23 PM	#476
drumbeater RCC Addict Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Sin City Posts: 1,852	Glad you had a good time. wish I could made it but I'm fixing the comp rig for my son to use next weekend's comp

07-20-2008, 09:56 AM	#477
nuts5000 I joined the Band! Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: cotati Posts: 181	Jake, cant even tell what tires you are running..:-(:-( that SUCKS!!!!

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07-20-2008, 10:56 AM	#478
Rockhabit Newbie Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Santa Rosa Posts: 22	Those are some yuky tires....Not to sure I like the idea of a mud pit either. Man those 1:1 look awsome...did Brian compete? Wish I could have been there too...Glad you guys had a great time and can't wait to hear about more details and what you have learned.

07-21-2008, 10:48 PM	#479
JPH Racing RCC Addict Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Rohnert Park Posts: 1,093	Posted up some more pics and a little report (click here) on the JPH site. I'm not sure how Bryan finished up in the WE Rock comp? On Saturday he was upside down and needed to get winched out .... Post up Bryan!!!!

07-21-2008, 11:41 PM	#480
JPH Racing RCC Addict Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Rohnert Park Posts: 1,093	OK guys, how about the Manteca Comp?? Mapquest has it listed as 2 hours from the shop, only 114 miles ..... So, who's in and who's driving??? We need to sign up bu Thursday, so they can set the running order (but I'd guess that last sign-ups would be ok). They've got 20 something sign-ups already, should be a good time. Post up, e-mail me, or call the shop and let's get this figured out!

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