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07-23-2004, 08:42 AM | #1 |
The Wheels Keep Turning Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Phoenix, Arizona
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| Arizona Competitions, moved to "Get Togethers"
the event is back on but as a get together/fun crawl. details here: http://rccrawler.com/postp29391.html#29391 Boulder Battle #1 Remote Control Rock Crawling Competition Saturday, November 20th, 2004 Phoenix, AZ The event will be held where 24th street dead-ends at South Mountain Park, approximately 6 miles south of Sky Harbor Airport and Downtown Phoenix. Parking is available just west of the dead-end. A fun follow-the-leader/Fun-Crawl will start at 10am. Competition starts at 11am and will probably run until 1-2pm. After the competition we will continue to crawl for fun. For more information and maps visit http://www.geocities.com/boulderbattles or email boulderbattles@yahoo.com there will only be about 5 or 6 local people max attending, so i'm not promising anything huge. of course i will be there, and then most likely: fireman sr5dave lunatic minitrucker tod/hobbytown kevinlongisland and hopefully one or two of the local new guys that have shown interest. Here's a pic of the location in Phoenix: south mountain park: Competition Rules: Introduction: The courses will be set up so beginners and advanced drivers will enjoy the event. The courses will start out easy and increase in difficulty throughout the event. As much as possible, multiple gates will be available to navigate through a stage or section, allowing all level of driver to compete and have fun. Bonus points will be awarded for navigating through more difficult sections. The competitors score will be the sum of all points issued minus the sum of all bonus points earned throughout the entire event. Lowest total score wins. There are no limits on vehicle design. No winches allowed. Starting Position: Position in the starting lineup for each event is chosen randomly. All subsequent sections the first to start will be the one with the lowest score in the previous section and the second to start will be the next lowest and so on. Reposition: +3 Repositioning your vehicle incurs 3 penalty points. Drivers should attempt to get out of any situation their trucks have gotten into. Gate By-Pass: +6 You may choose to by-pass any gate at any time during your run. Drivers are encouraged to at least attempt a gate before by-passing. The maximum amount of points that can be accumulated on any gate is 6, so attempting a gate and failing to complete it will incur the same penalty as by-passing without attempting. But, if a gate is attempted and cleared, bonus points will be awarded and the total score for that gate will be +4 or less, making it advantageous to attempt a gate. Cleared Gates: -2 to -6 Bonus points will be awarded for clearing a gate. Drivers can have negative scores. Clearing a gate is defined as having all four tires past the imaginary line created by the gate markers. Reverse: 0 There are no penalties for reverse, I encourage drivers to analyze obstacles and set up along the best line. Gate Marker: +1 One penalty point for a gate marker offense. This includes any contact with the gate marker, or driving over the gate marker (straddling). A straddle is defined as having the vehicle’s tire touch the ground, rock, or tree outside of the gate. Also, you can not touch a gate marker from a gate you've already passed through. Rollover: +1 Any rollover incurs penalty points, whether the vehicle lands on it’s wheels or not. This is to encourage driving the obstacle carefully. The truck can be repositioned at the point of the rollover or anywhere behind that point. If a truck rolls over, only a rollover penalty will be assessed, even if the truck hits a gate marker or goes out of a boundary line. Stage times: Each stage will consist of approximately 5 gates. Each stage will have a maximum time limit, approximately 10 minutes. At which time the driver exceeds this limit, the driver will receive +1 penalty point per minute. DNF (Did Not Finish): At anytime during a section you may elect to withdraw from that section. At that time you will receive a score equal to the highest individual score received on that section plus 1 additional penalty point. Vehicle Breakage: There are no penalties for vehicle breakage. The vehicle can be fixed in place if it’s a minor problem. For major problems, the competitor will be allowed to remove the vehicle from the course for repairs. They will restart in the position and location where they broke. |
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07-23-2004, 09:18 AM | #2 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Whales
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| Re: November 20th, 2004 and May 28th, 2005 Arizona Competi
PinchFlat and myself will do everything we can to make it. That site looks perfect for a some killer crawling. Keep us posted. |
07-23-2004, 10:32 AM | #3 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Flagstaff, AZ
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| Re: November 20th, 2004 and May 28th, 2005 Arizona Competi
Sweet. I will be at both Hopefully my truck will be rebuilt by then!!!
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07-23-2004, 10:33 PM | #4 |
The Wheels Keep Turning Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Phoenix, Arizona
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| Re: November 20th, 2004 and May 28th, 2005 Arizona Competi
sr5dave, didn't i tell you, your putting on the second one! just kidding. i'll be up there soon to do some crawling. we can scope out some spots. should be fun. |
07-24-2004, 12:02 AM | #5 | |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Flagstaff, AZ
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I'm just regretting its so far off ;) Dave | |
07-24-2004, 07:57 PM | #6 |
The Wheels Keep Turning Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Phoenix, Arizona
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| Re: November 20th, 2004 and May 28th, 2005 Arizona Competi
maybe we can put on a "new" type of competition: Intoxicated Rumble on the Rocks #1, Flagstaff!!!!!!!! what do you think? |
07-24-2004, 09:56 PM | #7 | |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Flagstaff, AZ
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Although the spot is a very short distance away from my place, it would be possible ;) My only regret is these aren't sooner! Maybe the first will be popular enough we can have em more often | |
07-25-2004, 12:02 AM | #8 | |
The Wheels Keep Turning Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Phoenix, Arizona
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i guess this is why we shouldn't drive real cars while were intoxicated! | |
07-25-2004, 01:03 AM | #9 | ||
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Flagstaff, AZ
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Its nice having a loving GF to drive me around! Think you'll get up here any sooner than next year Kev? | ||
07-27-2004, 11:28 PM | #10 |
The Wheels Keep Turning Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Phoenix, Arizona
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07-28-2004, 03:51 PM | #11 |
PapaGriz Yo Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: In the garage building the wife a crawler
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| Re: November 20th, 2004 and May 28th, 2005 Arizona Competi
I am talking to my wife about flying out there for a long weekend. If things werk out I will be there but as of right now I will plan on coming. Keep us updated if there are any changes cuz I will be buying tickets before too long here. It looks like you got some good rocks. |
07-28-2004, 07:33 PM | #12 |
The Wheels Keep Turning Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Phoenix, Arizona
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| Re: November 20th, 2004 and May 28th, 2005 Arizona Competi
i don't think there will be any reason to change the date. even if something really important happens and i can't make it, there are 2 other guys here that can put on the comp.
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07-30-2004, 07:26 PM | #13 |
The Wheels Keep Turning Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Phoenix, Arizona
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| Re: November 20th, 2004 and May 28th, 2005 Arizona Competi
**Update** In respect to the event location, this event will be held like full size rock crawling events. The exact location will be withheld until just before the event and the location will not be crawled or practiced on by anyone, including myself and as best as I can control, locals. ****
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07-31-2004, 08:55 AM | #14 |
Newbie Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: New Mexico
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| Re: November 20th, 2004 and May 28th, 2005 Arizona Competi
You guys have some fantastic rocks out there in Arizona. I am trying to find something similiar in the canyons of New Mexico near my home. I hope to get my rig finished soon and learn how to drive it. I rode motorcycle trials for 30 years and some of those rocks look good enough for a trials competition let alone an R/C crawler event. |
09-16-2004, 07:32 PM | #15 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Flagstaff, AZ
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| Re: November 20th, 2004 and May 28th, 2005 Arizona Competi
Looks like my rig will be done! Hey Kev, who runs that site? |
09-16-2004, 11:54 PM | #16 |
The Wheels Keep Turning Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Phoenix, Arizona
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| Re: November 20th, 2004 and May 28th, 2005 Arizona Competi
whats up dave. did you catch uroc on espn2 today? pretty cool but too much talking. so, your rig is done, are you going to try and make moab? this site: http://members.cox.net/rockcrawling/ that's me. i stole the web from a budy, i liked the colors and layout. i'm not that good at webs, so that's why the site is not so nice. |
09-17-2004, 08:23 AM | #17 | |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Flagstaff, AZ
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The site actually isn't bad, the code is hard to look at, but it was made with a visual editor, so thats expected. I've started making pages for a living now so if you need anything, let me know | |
09-21-2004, 12:30 AM | #18 |
RCC Addict Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: The other Crawler State
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| Re: November 20th, 2004 and May 28th, 2005 Arizona Competi
I will be at the May event, that looks killer. |
10-19-2004, 09:47 PM | #19 |
The Wheels Keep Turning Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Phoenix, Arizona
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| Re: Arizona Competitions, moved to "Get Togethers"
the event is back on but as a get together/fun crawl. details here: http://rccrawler.com/postp29391.html#29391 there will only be about 3 or 4 local people max attending, so i'm not promising anything huge. |
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