VA-Scaler hosting 1st Camel Trophy Team Challenge June 1st, 2013

[kunas]

Originally Posted by mjderstine

well dude im gonna be getting there around 8am to set up. you are welcome to get there early and help.!

ill be up at prob 6ish so come on come all early to help

[amatuer33]

Well thanks for your permission!!!!!!!! Maybe I will do that.

[mjderstine]

less than 24 hours now. really look forward to this guys!

[kunas]

hey, if anyone finds a JK in the mudpit tommorrow its mine

[mjderstine]

Pre running?

[kunas]

making sure the mudpit is slimmy enough to give us a fit tommorrow

[kunas]

twas the night before the event and its all quite throughout the course nothing is moving not even a horse, i looked at the winch hill and mudpit and said WTF

[amatuer33]

Sounds like the leprechaun was pre running thow!!!!!!! Just won't take an ass whippin like a man. LOL

[kunas]

Originally Posted by amatuer33

Sounds like the leprechaun was pre running thow!!!!!!! Just won't take an ass whippin like a man. LOL

ole milkgirl thats funny (not really) i have a mudpit with your name on it

[amatuer33]

I can't wait to pull you through it. Or better yet you just be out of the way so I can get through it.

[kunas]

Originally Posted by amatuer33

I can't wait to pull you through it. Or better yet you just be out of the way so I can get through it.

how did that go for you milkgirl, not to good HUH , well our first camel trophy scale challenge is behind us, broke alot of trucks had some wicked obstacles and the mudpit was evil to say the least we will have pics and videos up soon, 3-4 hour event depending on your driving and truck reliability. thanks to all our sponser and contestants that showed up had a great turnout Ron

[truckbob]

This event was well worth the drive .Courses were well planned.I had a great time Rom thanks for your hard work. So many of the obstacles looked unbelievably scale. My favorite was the mud pit of despair!

Thanks

[amatuer33]

It was an awesome time!!!!!! The course was tough in a lot of spots. good bit of winching. All in all it was a great time. Good job setting course up. can't wait for the next one.

[mjderstine]

had a great time at the event. and it was a huge success. thank you to all the contestants who showed and participated. Also huge thanks to Ron (Kunas) and his family for hosting the event. the burgers and dogs were great. I really like the potato salad.

Thank you to all the vendors who were able to participate and supply some awesome prizes for the contestants.

We started the day with 5 teams of 3, and from what i remember only three teams were able to complete the race. There was a lot of attrition from everything from tranny failures to water getting in just the right spot. The course was very technical and very scale. Ron and friends did a great job building huge scale mud pits, jungle passes, creek crossings (more than anyone could count), a pulley operated floating bridge!, and numerous winch hills and axle twisters.

As the pictures and videos come in post to your liking. If you took pictures dont be shy and put them up here. There is some video coming, but just needs to be edited for content.

Congrats to the winning Team of Kunas, Gabe, and Chris M. they completed the course in just under 3 hours and 30 minutes. Also congratulations to the teams who were able to complete the course. this was def a very technical course that without teamwork would not have been possible. Winches and tow straps were tested to their limit all day.

The original plan was to have a course that would take about an hour to complete, but at the end of the day we quickly realized it would take closer to 3-4 hours.

here are some preliminary pics of the contestants walking the course. It took about 45 minutes just to walk the course and show all the obstacles!




































this is how our host arrives to the contest!

almost had a rollover on this winch situtation, but luckily it stopped and balanced like this!












a little hunting and camping before the event.!

[kunas]

sellenks sami accidently slipped in the creek, me being the friend that i am i dropped mine in the creek to make sure he didnt need help,well after about 30 minutes we finally managed to get them both out well sellenk was driving toward the gate and he took a wrong turn and droppd his sami in the mudpit by accident of course again as a friend i had to go in and make sure he was alright, bottom line we both ended up getting pulled out and the field looks like a big mudpit, when we were stuck our buddy mj comes flying across the field to check on us and he couldnt stop in time his pathfinder slid right into the mud as well and he had to do 3-4 laps around field (i think his trottle stuck) cause he seemed like he was going to fast in the mud and sliding all around everywhere anywho we are all fine and all 3 1.1 managed to live for another day, videos of mudbogging coming u shortly

[kunas]

the pic of ur d90 mj looks sick hooked to the toyota

[mjderstine]

Suzuki Samurai and Xterra in the mud - YouTube



thanks man. it was a hairy moment. the D90 almost went over but just happened to balance right on the cusp!

[mjderstine]

some first video. its not everything. but its what i could get edited today.

Camel Trophy Race 1/10 scale - YouTube

[kunas]

Nice video we want more

[Hoosierdady]

Very cool video. Looks like you guys had a blast. And Willis won himself a nice Hilux cab too.