The 2009 Northwest Axial WCC Qualifier!

[MikeBerg]

[BENDER]

Originally Posted by rbgerrish

Oh great, if you show we'll have to have a security team to restrain the tweens. Damn LA celebrities... I'm not sure you'd have time to drive, what with all the boobs to sign!

[davec]

Originally Posted by rbgerrish

Oh great, if you show we'll have to have a security team to restrain the tweens. Damn LA celebrities... I'm not sure you'd have time to drive, what with all the boobs to sign!

I'd be happy to skip driving for the day in order to hold the pens and keep the line in order.

[rbgerrish]

The event will most likely be moved to Lucia Falls, near Battleground, WA due to high river levels at George Rogers.

http://www.orcrc.com/forum/showthrea...ed=1#post41299

To Lucia Falls:

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?f=q&h...,10.283203&z=7

[BENDER]

Flight is booked!! Reserving my rental car and hotel room first thing in the morning.

[grover]

Glad to hear you are going to make it.

[Tanis]

Originally Posted by BENDER

Flight is booked!! Reserving my rental car and hotel room first thing in the morning.

I'll see ya there, I can't miss a chance to hang out with you.

[toyofast]

Originally Posted by BENDER

Flight is booked!! Reserving my rental car and hotel room first thing in the morning.

We been having great PNW weather last few days too! Lots of rain, clouds, wind and no sight of the sun. It's said to be nice tomorrow(Sunday) for the comp though!

[toyofast]

Great courses and some great drivers were really kicking ass today. Thanks to Axial for shipping Bender out to us so we could let him roll on some PNW mono-rock.

Big thanks goes out to Brian Parker for also playing in the PNW clouded over sunshine for the day!

[DRIVNMF]

A.W.C.C.Q. / ORCRC RND 7 Results

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WOW!!! Do not pass up the chance to attend a comp @ Lucia Falls. This area is in my top 3 favorite places to comp. I could not describe how beautifully technical and hypnotic this epic comp location is. The only way it gets better, I was told, is when the water is lower and exposes the natural "bowls" caused by the rapids. I could only imagine, because what we had was "tha shiz-nit".

I have always been inspired by the PNWs talented drivers. Thier poise under pressure and ability to drive in rainy weather w/ wet tires has always impressed me. I was not let down. 43 pro drivers, several nationally ranked and others are legends in the making, showed up to throw down on 4 BPRCA sanctioned courses. The end result will be remembered as the greatest top 5 shootout to date ( more about that later).

First, the 2.2 novice class recap. There is a growing number of novices in ORCRC and WARCRC who will be, without a doubt, assets to the Pro Class when thier time comes. Thier driving skills were tested on longer than usual courses and gates that pros hit, (course 1, gate 3).

A huge shout out goes to the winner of the Novice Class, Willy Davis. Willy is a BPRCA novice and already signed up for the '09 Axial West Coast Championships, so he gave his BPRCA paid invite to the 2nd place finisher, Woody Evans. This kind of generosity is what attracts people to rc crawling. Thank you Willy and Congradulations Woody. We look forward to seeing you in three weeks.

Great job, Novices! It was a pleasure judging for you.

Here are the results:

2.2 Novice:

B.P.R.C.A. ''09 AWCCQ Lucia Falls
FINSISH # DRIVER COURSE 1 COURSE 2 COURSE 3 COURSE 4 FINAL SCORE O.A. POINTS
1 Willy Davis 4 -5 -8 4 -5
2 Woody Evans 1 30 7 10 48
3 Sabrina Wallstrom 7 21 4 34 66
4 Sh-N0 Davis 21 22 5 30 78
5 Ryan Wheller 10 30 36 17 93
6 jon hill 15 28 36 16 95
7 Scott Melton 50 30 20 -5 95
8 Sam Hair 28 24 12 34 98
9 Hunter Evans 4 36 30 38 108
10 Jamie Dalton 30 10 36 38 114
11 Mitchel Barber 30 30 30 36 126
12 Wayne Hair 30 30 34 32 126
13 Rodney Jim 26 38 34 34 132
14 Justin Huff 26 34 36 38 134
15 Dan Coop 50 50 36 50 186

Note: All ties are broken by course 1 score.



Pro Class? Let's just say those that what the pros, where watching future r/c crawler hall of famers in pure unadulterated action. The pro courses where nightmares for some, "wet" dreams for others, and a reality of what is to come in three weeks for ALL! The pro drivers of the ORCRC and WARCRC experienced the "chess game" first hand w/ alternate lines that consisted of 4 gates and all penalties being counted against you in those lines. They faced courses that expoited weaknesses in their crawlin' game. Some adapted quickly, while others fought the boogey man / course designer all day.

The top 5 drivers went to a shoot out course. They were:

1. TANIS.................-85
2. DRIVNME............-72
3. SUPERDAVE........-71
4. BENDER.............-70
5. GROVER............ -52

The shootout course was course 4 ran backwards. Grover manhandled the alt. line and sent the message, "BRING IT!". Bender (my vote for the first driver into the rc crawler hall of fame), responded to Grovers war cry up until gate 6, when a broken cvd slowed him down. Watching Bender drive the next section of course w/ 3 wheel drive is why this driver will be a hall of famer. UN-FING-BELEIVEABLE. Superdave was up next. Being one point behind 2nd, he set out on course w/ fire in his eyes. Entering the first gate in the alt line, his confidence level was pinging of the limiter, then, uh-oh, trouble. The crack of Lucia was about to swallow his rig whole, when, with the passenger front and driver rear in the air, SuperDave recovered, and went on to finish the course to put pressure on 2nd place to do the same. Drivnmf had 2 points to play with. With SuperDave setting the pressure cooker on high, Drivnmf hit his boiling point at gate 8. Tanis lined up, knowing all he had to do was finish, but with how good of a score? Tanis was the only driver who cleaned the finish line gate, this display of crawlin' talent netted him the win and the BPRCA paid invite to the '09 AXIAL WEST COAST CHAMPIONSHIPS.

Action was sureal. Location was epic. If you missed it; history will repeat its self, so be ready, the "boogey man" will be back.

Thank you ORCRC. Your club hospitality was great.
Thank you Judges. You were professional and it was great judging along side of you.
Thank you Axial. Your dedication to the r/c crawling community is un equaled.
Thank you CKRC. Your support of the BPRCA is priceless to me.
Thank you BPRCA Volunteers. Your hard work and ability to put up with my zaniness is amazing and the BPRCA would not be succesful without you.

The biggest THANKS of all, goes to the "DRIVERS" of the Pacific Northwest, ORCRC, and WARCRC. Your support and enthusiasm of rc crawling and its sponsors have made this event. I thank you, my sponsors, AXIALRACING.COM and CKRCCRAWLERS.COM, thank you, and the BPRCA thanks you.

2.2 Pro:


B.P.R.C.A. '09 AWCCQ " Lucia Falls"
FINSISH # DRIVER COURSE 1 COURSE 2 COURSE 3 COURSE 4 Shootout FINAL SCORE O.A. POINTS
1 Nathan Tanis -28 -10 -20 -27 -7 -92
2 Dave Ripplinger -20 -18 -4 -29 -19 -90
3 Chad Hargrove -10 -18 4 -28 -15 -67
4 Brain Parker -14 -13 -17 -28 20 -52
5 Brad Dumont -18 -15 -20 -17 34 -36
6 Jim Hand -9 -9 -19 -10 50 3
7 Kenny Shamblin 2 -20 -20 -8 50 4
8 Dustin Sigfried 20 -19 -19 -18 50 14
9 Tim Samuels -11 26 -15 -18 50 32
10 Scott Van Ortwick -12 24 -20 -8 50 34
11 Dave Copher -23 24 -6 -6 50 39
13 Josh Smith 5 22 -17 -9 50 51
14 Stuart Gartner -7 20 -15 9 50 57
15 Erin Mcloud -11 26 26 -14 50 77
16 Torry Hadley 24 20 -20 3 50 77
17 Mike Regal 26 20 -2 -15 50 79
18 Lars Peters 36 -6 -1 0 50 79
19 Randy Storm 24 -15 5 20 50 84
20 Ryan Gerish -18 28 26 6 50 92
21 Justin Coburn 19 20 14 -7 50 96
22 Mike Brown 32 12 19 -6 50 107
23 Rocky Carlson 26 20 -6 20 50 110
24 Kenvin Tatti -9 20 24 30 50 115
25 Dennis Young -7 24 24 24 50 115
26 William Gauderman 26 30 -15 24 50 115
27 Jon Dollar 1 28 22 20 50 121
28 John Boatright 24 14 24 20 50 132
29 Chad Hand 5 26 50 6 50 137
30 Todd Dalseg -1 26 36 28 50 139
31 Dennis Varney 20 28 26 24 50 148
32 Chris Mcmullin 26 20 22 34 50 152
33 Robyn Mathews 24 24 26 30 50 154
34 Tom Sikes 34 26 28 20 50 158
35 Dan Guy 24 26 36 28 50 164
36 Blain Thomas 26 26 34 34 50 170
37 Rodney Jim 26 38 34 34 50 182
38 Mike Black 50 26 38 20 50 184
39 Sean Hackster 50 26 50 20 50 196
41 Nick Dystar 50 26 50 24 50 200
42 Mike Plimentel 50 12 50 50 50 212
43 Sean Fogli 50 26 50 50 50 226

Note: All ties are broken by course 1 score.

[grover]

Congrats Nathan, you really put it out there for this one.

Thanks to Brian and Ryan and the clubs BPRCA ORCRC WARCRC EWRCRC for the EPIC memories. Cant forget to thank Axial and Brad as well.

Chad-

[BENDER]

Wow, what a weekend!!

It was awesome to finally make it up to the great NW and crawl. Everyone was very friendly, and a blast to compete with. I didn't hear a single complaint from anyone there. The courses Parker laid out were incredible, with a perfect mix of steep obstacles, drops, off camber sections, water hazards, etc. I would definitely come back again. The Lucia Falls location is probably in my top 5 for best places to crawl/compete. Congrats, and thanks, to all the drivers that showed up, all the sponsors for their dedication to R/C rock crawling, all the volunteers that helped judge, set-up courses and organize the event.

I'd like to thank my sponsors Axial, MaxAmps.com and Montana Scale Designs. I wouldn't have placed top 5 without your help.

I've got a ton of great pics from the event. I will get them posted in a gallery on Axial's blog ASAP, and link it here when I'm done.

Congrats to fellow Axial Team Driver Nathan Eells (aka Tanis) for his victory. He was a man on a mission.

[Mr. Burpsalot]

Here are a few more pics!

[BENDER]

Awesome pics Mr. B, thanks for posting them. ^^^^^

I got the article posted on our blog. Here's a few highlights, click here for the full story and more pics.

[toyofast]

Nice write up Brad. Thanks for making the trip up north!

[BENDER]

Originally Posted by toyofast

Nice write up Brad. Thanks for making the trip up north!

Thanks Brett.

[davec]

Bender - Nice work on the write up and pictures, and great driving up in the PNW. I wish I could have seen more of your driving, but what I saw on course #3 was impressive to say the least. It was the fastest and most well-executed run I saw on that course all day. And that was out of the 45 or so trucks I judged on that course. It was especially cool to see your run right after Tanis. His run was flawless as well, but just a little SCARY!! Hope to get the chance to see you again sometime.

[BENDER]

Originally Posted by davec

Bender - Nice work on the write up and pictures, and great driving up in the PNW. I wish I could have seen more of your driving, but what I saw on course #3 was impressive to say the least. It was the fastest and most well-executed run I saw on that course all day. And that was out of the 45 or so trucks I judged on that course. It was especially cool to see your run right after Tanis. His run was flawless as well, but just a little SCARY!! Hope to get the chance to see you again sometime.

Thanks davec. I had a blast crawling with you guys. And I agree that Nathan's run on 3 was awesome. Crawling on the very edge of a 30 foot drop straight down to the river with no chance of vehicle recovery will make anyone pucker up a little.

[Tanis]

Originally Posted by BENDER

And I agree that Nathan's run on 3 was awesome. Crawling on the very edge of a 30 foot drop straight down to the river with no chance of vehicle recovery will make anyone pucker up a little.

Yes, even after the 4 hour drive home, it still felt funny when I sat down

What a blast!!...having the opportunity to comp with a bunch of top level drivers showing off their skills on course, it's easy to learn new things on a day like that
I want to give a shout out to my sponsors that made it possible to have a rig capable of hanging with the best. TCS, Axial, VP, Holmes....always a great combination of parts and support to get it done.