Crawlerado Scale Series Top Truck Challenge - April 11th 2009 -

[chrisjlittle]

Just so no one was wondering why I didn't run my 7t puller... I wish I had a decent camera so I could show you all what I did to the armature in my 27t motor Every single visible wire is black and crusty looking, all of the insulation is now charcoal Not to mention the melted BEC. I wonder if castle will warranty it?

Goodall: thanks for giving me that motor. Maybe next time I should get a silver can
JC: You better have footage
Mike: Thanks for setting this up, I think we all had a good time.
Dan and family: Thanks for hosting, sausage, etc...
Kris & Griz: congrats
Good to see everyone else, I had a great time.

[engineerjoe]

All the pics and vids are here:
http://s233.photobucket.com/albums/e.../tuff%20truck/

If anyone wants any of the vids or full size pics let me know.

here's a sample:

the sound really sucks on that video camera, much better when viewed while muted

[TwistedXT]

Thanks to everyone that showed! Awesome to run and even better to watch! Those guys have braging rights for the next year! Lets see if they can hold onto thier title! Joe -sick pics and video man! Thanks for sharing! i know Todd got over 700 pics and Skidplate took like 5 hours of video! Cannot wait to see the results!

[Rogue]

Thanks to all, I was worried about my stuff in the water and mud, but I'm glad that I did run this event, had a great time. Now to clean everything.

I've got almost 800 pictures that are still being loaded onto the computer, will have some up later tonight or tomorrow!

Grizz Nice job on the 1.9 win
Kris Nice job on the 2.2 win. You got me just by a little bit, Next time!

[RPMJ]

Thanks Mike (twistedxt).... I will be cleaning out mud for a while
Thanks to Dan and Rhonda for hosting a great event.
Thanks to Rogue, Jgoodall, Cato and everyone else for helping me with my scaler this season.
Congrats to Grizz and Kris

Kris, that Ford is awesome.

[kris]

Thanks again Mike you put a lot of work in to this and it was a fun day


Thanks to everyone esle for the kind words I knew the truck could get it done and it was up to the driver.
Rogue you will have your chance next year the F-350 will be there

[666]

Hmmm, the F-350 comp rig that has been thoroughly tested for years won, hmmm imagine that!

Way to go Kris!!

And Griz, you rock as well, but.......:-P

[jason]

Woohoo Team RCC swept the event!

Congrats guys, Lola and I had a great time watching yesterday, I'm going to have to build a truck for it next time.

Thanks Kris for letting me run the winning truck through all the courses after the comp was done. I dunno why you guys had such a hard time with the mud pit, I went right threw it

[Grizzly4x4]

I had an incredibly fun day guys. It was alot of work keeping both trucks running all day, just like the real TTC I'm sure. But it was totally worth it as well as all the cleaning I will be doing. Thanks to everyone who showed up to drive, take pictures, and support.

Mike, Dan, and Rhonda, great job on the courses, the food, and the event. Thanks for letting us have the event at Finishline. The courses turned out way better than I had imagined.

Congrats to my Team RCC teammate on the win in 2.2, way to go Kris. You and the F-350 deserved that win.

Cato, great job in 1.9, you drove the F-350 amazingly and it held up well. You deserve the win as much as I. But I'm keeping the trophy just the same. :-P

Great pics Joe. I'll be hitting you up for some copies.

A big thanks to all my sponsors, this event was brutal on the rigs but their parts and support were key in Pepe staying running till the end.

RCCrawler
Holmes Hobbies
The Crawler Store
Montana Scale Designs
Reign RC
CrawlerGraphics
Vanquish Products
Ace's Doughnuts
Createacrawler Wheels

I didn't get many pics after the first couple courses, but here are some and you can see all of them at:
http://photobucket.com/ScaleTTC_4112009
If you want any high res versions of the originals just send me an email.

Til next time guys.

[THnCS]

Great event Mike and Dan!! Way to go to all the competitors, awsome job. Congrats Grizz on the 1.9, what happened to Guido? I thought he had a lock on the 2.2 title as well. Congrats to Kris on the 2.2 win, was there any doubt that the comp scaler would pull it out. Plus you were the only one to go old school with the mashers I will say that if this becomes a yearly event, I will build a rig just for this Thanks to ChrisLittle, I now know that a scaler can walk on water

[cato]

Thanks all for the "cool-pics" (Ejoe, rogue, grizz4) :

Someone said same thing, think on another sight but i'll quote
"look at the 'shit-eating' grin on the passengers' face"
(true show of the feeling all had at this event!!)



"Guido".....baddest of the bad.......................!

[brushlessemaxx]

wheres all the 1.9 pics? looks like everyone is running 2.2s.

[Rogue]

Originally Posted by brushlessemaxx

wheres all the 1.9 pics? looks like everyone is running 2.2s.

There were only 3 1.9 running. The pictures show all of the rigs that ran.

[Grizzly4x4]

Originally Posted by THnCS

Congrats Grizz on the 1.9, what happened to Guido? I thought he had a lock on the 2.2 title as well.

Thanks bud, but no, Guido never had a lock on the 2.2 class. Guido performs pretty good for what he is, but he is best at looking realistic on the trail and getting scale bonus points. I think they ended up dropping the scale bonus points in the end anyway and strictly going off of who won what event. Seemed like everyone enjoyed watching Guido run and that's good enough for me.

My next 2.2 scaler will be less of a drivable scale model and more performance oriented. More like Pepe and Kris' F-350.

[THnCS]

Originally Posted by Grizzly4x4

Thanks bud, but no, Guido never had a lock on the 2.2 class. Guido performs pretty good for what he is, but he is best at looking realistic on the trail and getting scale bonus points.

I thought since Guido was the only one to get the tonka truck to move, that would have put him over the top Darn Kris and his cheater rig

[skid plate]

Posted some vids of the event in the scale thread. Link

I'll get more later.

JC

[Grizzly4x4]

Any chance us "also-ran's" will know how we did in 2.2?

[FinishLineRC]

Man I had such a great time on Saturday....what a blast!! Anyone who ever thought this would be fun and didnt participate....get yer gear ready for hopefully a mini series of this stuff....we talked on Sat about making the area ALL rock crawling/obstacle courses and pulling track. With that said, thanks to all who participated, came out to join in the fun, and hopefully the grub was good. Hope everyone had as much fun as I did and WOOOHOOO for the next one!!

[FinishLineRC]

If Im not mistaken, it went Kris 1st, Rogue 2nd, Guido 3rd, RPMJ 4th, FinishLine, Ty and who am I missing all rounding the end slots......Damn my winch

[FinishLineRC]

I missed Goodall, Will, and Im still in a fun blur......