The Best of the West: Oct. 27-28th - Wendover, NV

[Erik D_lux]

WHO WILL BE CROWNED "The Best Of The West"?

Our goal is to make this a non-profit competition. This will be our way of giving back to the community and helping the comp scene as much as we can. All of our time and efforts will be considered a donation to all of you.

The event is to be held October 27th and 28th in Wendover, Nevada.

Wendover is a fantastic town located approximately 120miles west of Salt Lake City (a 1hr 45min easy drive). Wendover was really receptive to us being there as most of their income comes from tourism. It feels great to be in a place where youre welcome and wanted!

While there is not a ton of ammenities such as a Wal Mart, Target etc,. there is a lot of recreation (hiking etc,.), the town is casino based (gambling, spas, pools, entertainment, and possibly a great place to bring your significant other!) and there is a lifetime worth of crawling to be done without ever driving the same line! Along with the town being a great town for RC crawling, it fits right in with the theme of this competition as hotels are very reasonably priced (I regularly stay for $50 a night) and you can grab a ham and eggs breakfast at the Red Garter Casino for $2.99! So, if the economy has you down, this is the comp to be at this season as it should be one of the most reasonably priced ever!

Tickets will go on sale, on my website, Tuesday September 4, 2012. As many know from participating in the 801 “Utah State Champs” in past years, spots can go VERY quickly so if you really want to be part of this comp, I suggest signing up ASAP. As of now, we will be taking up to 50 people. If we can get a couple more judges, we can take many more.

Tickets will be in the range of $25 per person. $25 will cover 1 class or all 3 classes. The price of the ticket will also cover T shirts and hopefully some extra goodness depending on the amount of people that sign up.

There will be trophies (thanks to the BYBRCC) for 1st-3rd 2.2, 1.9 and Super. There will also be a trophy for the overall winner.

2.2 to be held Saturday.

1.9 and Super to be Sunday.

This is considered a level 1 national qualifier at this point. This may change.

Please keep an eye on this first post as this is where I will update all the information.

Driver list:

2.2

1. Erik Dye – Dlux
2. Nick Adams – NonStopBoost
3. Marc Wright - Mac10
4. George Zanter - Crawler13
5. Jacob – Jacobflyin
6. Umpi
7. Oneeye
8. Mark A
9. Spencer
10. Donzx12
11. Lincoln
12. John Hall – Hall Style
13. Raul – 2manytickets
14. Weston Jones – Catfish
15. J.D. – Hardknocks
16. Brian Lorenz – Burbo
17. Steve Liffner - Boosted4lyf
18. Sam Garcia – Squish72
19. Brian hicks – cruiserbri
20. Braydon Winward
21. Timothy graham – Tuner
22. mike fawver – mfawv
23. Jason M Ransdell - REDROKIN00XJ
24. Kevin Bailey – Lil Digger
25. Brandon Bailey – Marlo
26. JJ Askwig – Rockdrifter
27. Mark welch
28. Dave Cape – Diamond D
29. Daniel guy – King GEE 2.2,
30. Cory Hannah - Red Rockcrawler
31. Jesse Howell - Jesseh1970
32. joshua jensen - 84bluetoyota
33. Larry Cowen –
34. Kelly Daniels – HTRDDZL
35. Klay Grover –Klaygrover
36. Nic Farrington – Superboy
37. John Ripplinger – SDS Customz
38. Fallout -
39. Tim Terry – Mr. Vertical
40. kenny shamblin – shamrocks
41. Jim Mann –
42. Daniel Schlotterbeck – Nicodrive01
43. Marty Mann – Manson
44. Todd Wood – T-roller
45. Thomas Bauer
46. J.B. Bunting – BigBlackCummins
47. Brian Anderson - Liquor Box
48. William – Rcbro
49. Jeremy Hansen – JeremyH
50. Paul Diddy – Diddy
51. Trent Diddy – Puffer
52. Matt Murphy – Murph dog
53. Mike Thompson – NazT
54. Jared Boone – Jrad
55. Kyle – Wheels
56. Dean Farrington – DeanO
57. Chris McMullin – Chris the battery man
58. Jason Veal – Toyotaboy
59. Ikaika Farrior – The Crawl Space
60. Jon Dukeminier
61. Casey Childs – Almighty Malach
62. Justin Tumbleson
63. James Barnhart - James003
64. Joey A - The caucasian mexican
65. Marcus Martinez
66. Jim Douthett
67. Joel Gatlin
68. Jeremy Keys – Stubs179
69. Nick Hickox – Scooter
70. Chris Boggs - Cboggs
71. Durrty

Super

1. Erik Dye – Dlux
2. Marc Wright - Mac10
3. George Zanter - Crawler13
4. John Hall – Hall Style
5. Timothy graham – Tuner
6. Kevin Bailey – Lil Digger
7. Brandon Bailey – Marlo
8. Dave Cape – Diamond D
9. Daniel guy – King GEE
10. John Ripplinger – SDS Customz
11. Fallout
12. kenny shamblin – shamrocks
13. Daniel Schlotterbeck – Nicodrive01
14. Marty Mann – Manson
15. Thomas Bauer
16. J.B. Bunting – BigBlackCummins
17. Brian Anderson - Liquor Box
18. Jeremy Hansen – JeremyH
19. Jeremy Keys – Stubs179
20. Casey Childs – Almighty Malach
    
    

1.9

1. Nick Adams – NonStopBoost
2. Marc Wright - Mac10
3. J.D. – Hardknocks
4. Timothy graham – Tuner
5. mike fawver – mfawv
6. Kevin Bailey – Lil Digger
7. Brandon Bailey – Marlo
8. Dave Cape – Diamond D
9. Daniel guy – King GEE
10. Cory Hannah - Red Rockcrawler
11. Jesse Howell - Jesseh1970
12. Nic Farrington – Superboy
13. John Ripplinger – SDS Customz
14. Fallout –
15. kenny shamblin – shamrocks
16. Daniel Schlotterbeck – Nicodrive01
17. Marty Mann – Manson
18. Thomas Bauer
19. J.B. Bunting – BigBlackCummins
20. Brian Anderson - Liquor Box
21. William – Rcbro
22. Jeremy Hansen – JeremyH
23. Matt Murphy – Murph dog
24. Mike Thompson – NazT
25. Jared Boone – Jrad
26. Dean Farrington – DeanO
27. Kyle – Wheels
28. Nick Hickox – Scooter
29. Steve Liffner
30. Spencer
31. Donzx12
32. Chris Boggs - Cboggs
33. * *Umpi

[Fishmaxx]

Found some cool pictures...not sure if they are of the exact same spot.

[Erik D_lux]

Thanks for posting some pics Fish! That will not be the exact spot but that does give a good general idea.

There is a lot of rock out there where we can go and it can change A LOT by just moving a couple hundred yards. The rock stays the same as far as traction goes for the most part but as you can see in the above pictures, they are nice, smooth rolling rock. The spot I have planned has some of that but also big ledges and some dirt.

Overall, the area has VERY high and consistent traction. You can pull off some crazy lines here. I will try to setup some courses to involve some dirt so it should mix it up pretty well.

Here are a couple more pictures I have of the general area (thanks to N8 of 801rcc).

[Erik D_lux]

One of the different ideas that I have for this comp is to run more courses than typical. I would like to run 7 courses

Running 7 courses will change many things:

If you mess one course up, you can easily still be in the game. I believe 7 courses will take a much better average and show who really drove the best that day.

This will test your car to its limits. 7 courses is much more time on the car where breakage is possible. Better have your car built well!

Obviously, youre getting more bang for your buck being able to run more courses.

My theory is that lines should be shorter so there will be less waiting in lines and more running, which is what we are all here to do.

The only thing I need to make this happen is a couple more judges. So, if youre up for judging and making a 7 course comp happen, please PM me and lets get it going.

Thanks to all the sponsors so far, I have 10 judges already. 14 would really set this comp off!

Also, I think I only have 3 judges for 1.9 and super. So, I would need more for those or we would be looking at 3 total courses for both classes and a longer day.

[HTRDDZL]

It says 2.2 is Saturday.... But the dates are Friday and Saturday?

[Erik D_lux]

Thanks.

2.2 is Saturday the 27th and 1.9/Super is the 28th which is a Sunday.

Hopefully I can get a moderator to fix the thread title too.

[HTRDDZL]

No problem, just trying to make sure I can swing it with work....

[NaZ-T]

I will be there!!

Work is taking up a lot more of my time lately but as you know D-lux, I will help in any way possible

[TURBOFEST]

Damn you guys and your amazing crawling locations!!!!

Sounds fun...good luck with the comp!

[Mark A]

Wow looks sick Cant wait to go. I'm sure Erick will do a great job.

[CrAwLeR13]

I can't wait for this event. The BYB is bringing around 15 guys to represent for norcal. Thanks Erik for having the BYB help put this on.

[Erik D_lux]

Originally Posted by CrAwLeR13

I can't wait for this event. The BYB is bringing around 15 guys to represent for norcal. Thanks Erik for having the BYB help put this on.

Sounds like things could fill up really quickly from just 801 and BYB!

[Erik D_lux]

Originally Posted by Erik D_lux

Sounds like things could fill up really quickly from just 801 and BYB!

Huge thanks to Team Debead for the awesome graphics!

Thanks Lisa!

[RCHuffer]

Originally Posted by Erik D_lux

Huge thanks to Team Debead for the awesome graphics!

Thanks Lisa!

I like the flyer Lisa, ...

[Lincoln]

7 courses that sounds good. Thanks for putting up some pics now i know what tires to run. Sounds like a lot of fun

[Erik D_lux]

Originally Posted by Lincoln

7 courses that sounds good. Thanks for putting up some pics now i know what tires to run. Sounds like a lot of fun

Just about any tire will work here. I have run Rock Claws and they even felt good. Yes, I said ROCK not BOSS claws and they were the non soft version on top of that.

[2manytickets]

Good thing I just put mine on. Now I'm ready.

[TEAM DEBEAD]

Originally Posted by RCHuffer

I like the flyer Lisa, ...

Thanks Glen!

[HARDKNOCKZ]

Im pasting a link over on the WCRCC site now so expect another dozen or so of So Cals finest...oh, & me too...

[stubs179]

Maybe 1 from Fl?