Colorado Rock race!
 

KORR prelimanary Race!
Place: Red rocks school Saturday May 3rd 10:00 am registraion
Jumps/courses may be preran, but final lay out will not be done til morning of.
It is recommended that you racer goes 20+MPH (but jump by pass' will be proved, however it will effect your time).
So rock race class rules (heres what I am thinking).
-limited to tube based scale rigs( This will be waved for this race only!)
-14" max wheel base
-1.9-2.2 wheels only
-tire no taller then 6"
-12.5 inches wide, no more then.
-rear steer optional
-no winching
-same body/tuber size rules as 2.2 class
Course set up and points lay out
-Single truck run at a time(possibly two at a time)
-cones line both sides outlining direction
- reversing will cost no points or time
- winner is determined by lowest overall time
- 3 courses per comp then top 5 finals course
- if truck must be rolled over a 10 second penalty will be given and must be rolled back over by the driver.
- no repairs will be given during a course run
-if course is not finished a 2 minute penalty will be given on top of slowest time.
-course will be 24 inches wide at the narrowest point
-cone markers for course layout.(may change)
-its a timed event counting up best time wins, but i also figure we time it depending on how long the course are going to be. (like 2.2). AKA timing out is a possibilty.

So who is in?

This sounds like fun...

What's the deal about the "TUBER CHASSIS" only? Sure is going to limit your entries!!

Will be waived for this race and possibly others. The point is this is a different type of scale competition.

As much as I'd like to do this I doubt I'll make it. I've got waaaaay too much work to do on my scale rigs for Montana and I already lost a full day yesterday because of the comp.

That's kinda the idea.:lol:
We don't want there to be 50 competitors, then it just becomes a long day with a lot of sitting around and doing nothing and takes the fun out of it. Also, this was to not really allow people to use their 2.2 comp rigs. We want to see actual rock racing rigs and for them to look like actual 1:1 rock racing rigs. Like Patrick said, it's more of a twist off of a scale comp, not a 2.2 comp. It should keep things a lot more entertaining and a lot more fun to watch."thumbsup"

I'm out, it's finals week at school and I'm moving. Plus the F-150 is dead after the last rock race and the Campbell buggy isn't anywhere close to being done.

Ty, you should put a date in the first post, not just "Saturday"."thumbsup"

:roll:tube frame scale rigs? kinda lame. lots of people have tubers, but not all of them are scale. If you don't want 50 people to show up, put a limit on how many people can run. first come, first serve. I guess I will have to build a 1:1 red devil to be legal for this one.:roll:

Maybe for the 5 people that will show up:roll:

Just run what ya brung and see if you can keep it together!! Nobody was trying to make it "lame" just trying get the feel out! If it somewhat looks real run it!!

And Ed, get started on the 1:1 Red Devil!!:twisted:

There was a bunch of us that talked about these rules before hand and we all decided that these were the best for what we wanted. If you don't like the rules feel free to start you're own rock racing series with your rules, I'll come and compete in that too."thumbsup"8)

The whole point if that rule was to make it like 1:1 rock racing/King of the Hammers. The "Tube Frame Scaler" rule best depicts this. Limiting the number of entrants doesn't accomplish what we were after, if 50 people show up with tubed scaler rock racers that would be awesome. Like Patrick said though, the first comp is just practice, bring something fast, break lots of parts, and most of all have fun!! Then you can decide if you want to put in the time and make a tuber for the series."thumbsup"

I don't mean the rock race idea is lame, just the rule of scale tubers only. I was in the process of building a tuber just for rock racing, and don't want to start over to build a rig that is scale to a 1:1 rig.

Its not quite that strict. I can see no problem with something like a Hustler or what not. Basically if it has a cockpit its pretty scale to me. But Im sure this will come into debate at a later date. But for now anything can run, but I would definatley recomend some wheel speed. I doubled one set yesterday that had 6" lips and a 8 foot gap:lol: And like I said before everyone is allowed to go out there check out the terrain and drive the courses as much as you want."thumbsup"

Thats The idea for saturday guys so man up be prepared to break everything and leave with a smile on your face.

Give us a photo Ed. But Im sure it will check out fine."thumbsup"

I will have get some pics resized to show them. the rig won't be ready for a couple months or so when I have $ to buy the rest of the parts needed.
i just don't like the scale part.

Well if that's the case I would say that you'd probably be fine. How many 1:1 moon buggies actually look like a real vehicle? They look closer to a rc car than a 1:1.:lol: So if you translate that over from the 1:1 to rc, it's dang near impossible to not be "scale"."thumbsup":lol:

Just get er done and come have some fun!

What you guys need to add to the courses is a rail slide similar to what Area BFE in moab has set up. Leaf springs work well for rc crawlers."thumbsup"
Looks like I need a killer brushless and lipo setup for this. my fastest motor won't do 20mph.

And wrecker, I really like how you built the cambell tuber. good job.

Thanks dude."thumbsup"8)

Just remember, there will be bypasses to all of the big jumps that require a 25mph rig. So a big motor and battery aren't required, but the bypass is sure going to take a lot longer. It's all trade offs, just run what you've got for the first one to get an idea of what speed sits your rig and driving style and go from there. You might prefer a 15mph rig, I just personally prefer a 25mph rig.:lol: There is nothing more fun than airing out the big ass kickers in a crawler.:twisted::lol:

DAMMIT I am all excited to try this out and don't know if we can make or not. my new rig is waiting for lots of parts before it can go anywhere. This time i built a chassis that is kinda light weight. Hopefully it can leave the ground when necessary.

turtle: good idea then"thumbsup"