"Boulders and bridges scale adventure" August 24th

[Crawler/Madness]

SOCO RC Crawlers.In co-operation with 'The 719 scalers" presents "The Boulders and Bridges scale adventure" at Palmer park in Colorado Springs. This adventure will start at the bottom of Devil's playground at the end of P9 parking area, Sunday August 24th at 10:00 a.m. There will be over 160 gates with bonus areas, as well as items to collect that will need to be attached to your rig as you navigate this adventure. Registration 9-10. Drivers meeting 10-10:30. 1.9 rigs start at 10:35. 2.2 rigs start at 10:40. Entry fee is $10:00 dollars. With prizes for 1.9 and 2.2 winners as well as the best female driver ( Driving Diva ) and Best driving brat award (under 12). and some other giveaways.



Rig requirements "Run what you Brung"

1.9 class-All 1.5 to 1.9 size tires ( Must be licensed Manufactured tires or knock offs), Tires can be siped or grooved.

2.2 class-All 2.2 tires ( No chisel or comp style tires allowed), tires may be siped or grooved. Class 3 rigs will run 2.2 class

All scale items/tools i.e. Tow strap,sand rails,super secret snatch blocks or trash-a-roo's must be attached to your rig at all times, unless you are using them. Real tools may be carried by the driver.

A min. of 5 scale points is mandatory.

A tow strap is mandatory and can be used for self recovery.

A scale trash-a-roo or other types of devices for carrying or attaching items to your rig is required: i.e. Rubber bands,twist ties,plastic zip ties,velcro,Duct tape,bubble gum. etc.

A winch is not required,but highly recommended as there will be areas that you will have to winch through.

A spare tire is not required,but can be counted as a scale point.

Judging and rules will be covered more in detail at the drivers meeting. Dropped Pin
near Palmer Park, 3650, Maizeland,Colarado Springs, CO 80909
http://goo.gl/maps/2AJ3D



Get ready for a day of fun at "The Bridges and Boulders scale adventure" in beautiful Palmer park.

[Qcustomz]

Darn. Won't make it on time

[666]

So spots where you need a winch, as said, if you don't have one, what are your options?

[Crawler/Madness]

You can hand assist with a tow rope if no one is around to help you. These adventures are highly dependent on cooperation from fellow crawlers to complete the adventure. With all the bonus runs and items to find, you don't have to be the first to finish to win. Just have fun and keep your eyes open for items to pick up. They might be worth something.

[domofthedead]

sounds like fun, hopefully I can get my junk "comp ready" by then

[HDMM]

Well....today I realized that this is the weekend that I am going out of town for a few days.

Nice....

[Crawler/Madness]

We have some great prize payouts for this weekends adventure. Plus a super secret prize for one unlucky adventurer??? . . Gonna be a great time. See ya there.

[arcanecrawler89]

Unlucky?! Dun dun dun!

[cruiserbrandon]

I have a highly modified wrexo that I would love to come run its the only thing I have close to a scaler. What qualifies the 5 points I need to enter? Is 4s and front dig legal and what do I need for a tow strap?

[Crawler/Madness]

This is a run what you brung event. You would be running in the 2.2 class. 5 scale points is pretty easy to achieve on a rig, a small trash-a-roo /spare tire/driver There is no hand of god allowed unless you are working on your rig. Thus the tow strap. A shoe string with hooks on either end will work for helping your fellow crawlers or flipping yourself over when you go turtle up ( we will have a couple super secret snatch blocks for sale at the comp super cheap.). This sort of adventure comp is based on cooperation from your fellow crawlers to finish and is based on having fun not counting points as you blow through gates.

[cruiserbrandon]

Very cool I honestly could care less about winning as much as I would rather meet all my local fellow crawlers in one spot and see what this competition stuff is all about.

[Crawler/Madness]

It is loosely based on a G6 event, a very long course with every kind of challenge short of water to crawl. Pack a spare battery,water,tools and spare screws. Adventure will be around a mile long with bonus courses off the sides.there will be items to collect so think about how you will be attaching them to your rig.

[Crawlorado719]

Oh I'm bringing a few gallons of water for a muddy gate or two...I don't want to see clean pretty rigs finishing.

Bridges are almost done. ...

[domofthedead]

for someone who hasn't been to palmer park before, what is rock and soil like there? any tire preferences? ( ie: rockbeast IIs, tsl/sx, krawlers or....)

[Crawler/Madness]

Sandstone mixed with sandy soils. Soft tire with stiff sidewalls work best. I run 1.9 super swampers stretched over 2.2 rims with 2 stage proline stadium foams.start experimenting with different combos and see what fits your rig best. They work awesome for me. I'm sure you will get a ton of advice on tires to use.

[Crawler/Madness]

Ok everyone, we are all set for the scale adventure tomorrow. Any members that volunteered to help out we will be meeting at 8 at p9 to start setting up. If someone could grab a cooler and a case of water I will reimburse. See everyone in the morning.

[Crawlorado719]

Hope everyone had a great time and enjoyed the course/bridges! I know I did for sure. Thanks to Tony and the Soco Crawlers they threw a fun event for everyone to enjoy. Toy's for Tots sounds like it's gonna be interesting. .

[arcanecrawler89]

Thanks to the 719 scalers great run loved the bridges David!

[Crawlorado719]

It was my pleasure. ..good times indeed.

[Crawler/Madness]

Thank you to everyone that came out today to "the bridges and boulders scale adventure. Great job drivers,we had a pretty hard course laid out with over 200 gates. Most rigs made it through the course with only a couple casualties. Special thanks to David/Crawlerado, Cyrus/cykb4117 and David/lespaul02 for their hard work on course set up. Great job guys, love the wide variety of terrain at every angle possible to test the rigs. Thanks to all the SOCO members for helping out with set up and registration, Couldn't of pulled it off without the brains behind the nerds.Congrats to all the winners, Watch for that Diva next time.Remember what god gives you, Diva's will take it away. Today's winners:
1.9 class
1st - Davis cepek / -11
2nd - Dan shearer / -4
3rd - Cyrus bloxham / 0
4th - David Gibson /2
5th - Damien smith / 35
6th - Jeff Montoya / 110
7th - Bryan Montoya / 112
Aaron Rainer DNF
Jesse orth DNF
Joe Keller DNF

2.2 class
1st - Micheal Johnson / -16
2nd - Brandon Muller / 0
3rd - Dominick Boucher / 20
4th - Cody Burnet / 39
5th - George Rice / 45
6th - Joe LoBiondo / 109
Eric Gonges DNF

Driving Diva - Jesse Orth
Driving brat - Damien Smith

Good job everyone, Next event we will be doing is a "Toys for Tots" extreme team scale event coming this September to end the summer. It will be based on the same rules as today with a team challenge twist. So pick a buddy get yourself a secret snatch or winch and join us for an event that benefits children in need of Christmas presents this year..