National 4X4 Show Brisbane / WE Rock Pro Series THIS WEEKEND

Post by **nottie** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 8:48 pm

love the idea on not destroying it. mmm maybe there is a market for selling these

Post by **ANDY_M** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 9:30 pm

Went for a look this arvo, amazing stuff.

Post by **jav** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 12:07 am

nottie wrote:love the idea on not destroying it. mmm maybe there is a market for selling these

Mick will stress test it sunday with the mog.

Post by **Mad Cruiser** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 1:57 pm

Have to say last years courses looked better as it was insane with all sorts of angles.

To me it looks like a giant ramp ! Here i was thinking it'd be similar to the american's no where near it.

Last year was similar to the yanks and more interesting

Post by **Nev** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 3:53 pm

Must say I was a bit skeptical when I saw the course as well but I thought it offered some pretty good lines and the best bit was being able to quickly disemble parts of the course with the forklift to allow for quick and easy recovery when Balsy couldn't drive it! Still don't know what was wrong with the car? Oh and well done to Sam for running out of fuel half way up! Good to see the pro's make some mistakes too. Oh and Brado and Joel's buggy looked the goods too!

Post by **Shorty40** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 4:26 pm

Here are a few pics I took today. The course looked like a good one to move around and give spectators an idea of the sport. Well done Sam and crew

Sorry for the quality, but I only had my phone

I also got some vid of the offroad buggies as they both had Lexus quad cam V8s

And that whats going in my buggy - they sound hot

Post by **lay80n** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 5:40 pm

Shorty40 wrote:

CONE !!!

Looks great, good to be able to get the sport to the masses and hopefully get some more coverage and competitors. Great stuff lads.

Layto....

Post by **basketcase** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 6:42 pm

Nev wrote:Must say I was a bit skeptical when I saw the course as well but I thought it offered some pretty good lines and the best bit was being able to quickly disemble parts of the course with the forklift to allow for quick and easy recovery when Balsy couldn't drive it! Still don't know what was wrong with the car?

The auto didn't like the angle.

Post by **80lsy gq** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 7:09 pm

Mad Cruiser wrote:Have to say last years courses looked better as it was insane with all sorts of angles.

To me it looks like a giant ramp ! Here i was thinking it'd be similar to the american's no where near it.

Last year was similar to the yanks and more interesting

after driving it today i would have to say that this is absolutely craploads of fun....the pictures dont really do it justice of exactly how big some of the angles are around the obstacle and then throw in the side pieces and it brings in a whole new dimension..this is by far the best fun ever to drive on and the felling when you are sitting on top of the container, front digging to the right and driving down the 50 deg angles almost on your side and then powering out of it is awesome..

maybe tomorrow Sam wont get a flat tyre on the hard courses and we will see the green and gold tumbling its way down the slopes...

lookin forward to tomorrow...time for sleep now....very very worn out..i must be getting old

dave

Post by **dirtyGQ** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 7:14 pm

good on all involved i say for setting it up and making it happen,easy to talk about how it should be done but doing it is another thing.
The rest of the national 4x4 show was garbage.

Post by **Troll00** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 7:21 pm

Mad Cruiser wrote:Have to say last years courses looked better as it was insane with all sorts of angles.

To me it looks like a giant ramp ! Here i was thinking it'd be similar to the american's no where near it.

Last year was similar to the yanks and more interesting

This is way better than the yanks, 3 rolled over on the last stage of day Braden, me in homless and Rod did the best recovery of himself I have ever seen and then roll again Sam was the only one to drive it with his skirt on!!!!

Who keeps putting those stupid cones in all the wrong places always seem to find ever one of them

Post by **Strange Rover** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 8:18 pm

Im not too concerned about the way the structure looks at this point - we can easily improve on that.

But the driving is absolutely fawkin awesome. Its amazing the lines we are driving with such a simple structure. Put it this way on the 3rd course there were probably 5 or 6 very near rolls that had the spectators crying for more. On the last course we gave it to them and we had 4 rolls.

Probably the coolest thing for me was when we were just doing poser shots for some of the media that was there. And I mean absolute poser shots - you know, crawl forward.....stop...take a few shots....take a different line....get a wheel in the air....get a few more shots etc etc - no revs - no noise - just crawling. We probably had about 200 people just standing there watching us crawl. I couldnt believe it....they were lapping it up.

I just wish we had another week to build this stuff. We could of have had ten times the lines to play on. Best bit about it is that to do it again we arnt starting from scratch...we just keep building from here.

This is the future....

Sam

Post by **80lsy gq** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 8:27 pm

Strange Rover wrote: Probably the coolest thing for me was when we were just doing poser shots for some of the media that was there. And I mean absolute poser shots - you know, crawl forward.....stop...take a few shots....take a different line....get a wheel in the air....get a few more shots etc etc - no revs - no noise - just crawling. We probably had about 200 people just standing there watching us crawl. I couldnt believe it....they were lapping it up.

Sam

sorry about your light

Strange Rover wrote:
This is the future

yes it is...

i can see it now.....three or four containers, transitions between them and some weird shite all over the ground...and all transportable.....

did i mention that i am lookin forward to tomorrow.....

dave

Post by **Roctoy** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 9:14 pm

here's a few pics i snapped off.

Post by **Shorty40** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 9:54 pm

Awesome stuff guys

I knew I should have stuck around for the late session

As Sam said, I thnk the best parts of this setup is that it is transportable and easy to add on to

Nice pics Chris

Post by **Daisy** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 7:17 am

Mad Cruiser wrote:Have to say last years courses looked better as it was insane with all sorts of angles.

To me it looks like a giant ramp ! Here i was thinking it'd be similar to the american's no where near it.

Last year was similar to the yanks and more interesting

Comin in today for a look??? Remember, its a portable course... and theres always room for improvement. In the limited time Sam had (as well as runnin a business that is flat out durin the hot/warm season) I think we did exceptionally well considering it was only one container to play with. Plans are to have more containers with some more crazy angles and steeper climbs for the future shows

Troll00 wrote: Who keeps putting those stupid cones in all the wrong places always seem to find ever one of them

Strange Rover wrote: This is the future

Most definitely.

BRING IT AWN

Post by **mud4b** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 7:27 am

wont be down today tom but could you post up some comp details tonight if you get the chance.
thanks bud.

Post by **Zuki** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 2:35 pm

ok just got back was a good show by the guys i will upload pics shortly. i've got heaps of pictures how many to people want.
cheers heath

Post by **jeep97tj** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 2:57 pm

Very cool I like the idea, Its like lego, the set just keeps growing, make a few pieces every year and in no time u will have a giant portable corse that can be changed around at will

Post by **Zuki** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 3:55 pm

well i've found i've got 50 soemthing pics so i'll try and post as many as possible for you guys to look at there were a number of awsome drives one from sam and bolsy bit of bad luck to rod dirt with his commo engine.
enjoy guys
heath

piglets new looking rig

mog

mog carnage form ttc07

rod

rod not succeding to start the buggy

bolsy keen to start

bolsy driving the track

sam showing everyone how it's done top drive sam

Post by **Zuki** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 4:01 pm

ok the last lot
cheers heath

dave getting ready to drive again

sam sort of stuck but manages to recover from it and drives out

sam recovering his own buggy (popped bead lock and somethign else)

sam always with a good smile on his face top stuff mate

rod dirt driving again

bolsy again after helping rod jump start his buggy

Post by **Daisy** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 6:10 pm

1st place - Sam - Strange Rover
2nd place - Rod Dirt'e
3rd place - Damo - Troll00
4th Place - Bolsy - 80sly
5th Place - Brado - XRO

I'll post scores up and feedback later on tonite. I just got home and need a good wash

Post by **nottie** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 6:24 pm

Judging by the heap of pics now up it does show the potential for this type of coarse to become bigger and better.

Post by **Spartacus** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 8:19 pm

and this one time, at the 4x4 show, a buggy ran out of fuel... somethings fishy goin on

Post by **Mad Cruiser** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 9:04 pm

It rawked today !

Have to say that the pics make it look like it's nothing but when your there in person it's awesom !!!!!

Sam sure drove pretty well at 3pm today didn't touch any cones, Damo ripped the rail off the container. Brado broke a tailshaft. Bolsy got stuck on the top corner of the container and put it on it's side then rushed out and stood on the buggy waving his arms up in the air while the crowd went crazy

Rod nearly completed it but was let down with electrical problems real shame cuz he was only metres away from the finish line.

Better luck next time Rod ! Love the smile on Sam's face when he had to recover rod's buggy with the forklift

Post by **jav** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 9:15 pm

I've never seen Rod move so quick when his buggy burst into flames on the last run

Good effort from the XRO team for there first time out , finished there buggy friday morning and competed all weekend

Post by **80lsy gq** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 10:09 pm

Daisy wrote:1st place - Sam - Strange Rover
2nd place - Rod Dirt'e
3rd place - Damo - Troll00
4th Place - Bolsy - 80sly
5th Place - Brado - XRO

I'll post scores up and feedback later on tonite. I just got home and need a good wash

WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

damn Tom you really need to learn some maths

as if Homeless would have beaten me...i actually got him by one point even without driving the last stage thanks to my auto deciding it wanted to be a 2 piece casing...the roll from the top of the container (crowd pleasing as it was)cracked it open so now i need to get another auto into it before first round of Werock or the judges wont have anything to drive....

gotta say this was an awesome weekend,,highlights for me was Rods last run (it was all the navis doing

) over the 60degree and then back followed by the fire, Sams rear burning on the third run of the day and i was really pleased with my second run of the day, a clean run, albeit with a couple of reverses and the only one to drive the stage thus cementing my position as Apprentice Rock God....

well done to Sam for both the designing and construction of the course and also for some of the drives you did in the old school buggy..top stuff..you truly are the Container Jesus.,..lookout Adrian he is after your crown

i think the best thing about driving on something lke this is that you can learn so much about what your car can and cant do..i got more from this weekend of driving than i have for the whole time i have had the buggy...

now all i have to do is convince Sam to leave the course set up at work..lunchtimes will be heaps of fun

dave

Post by **jimmyb** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 10:46 pm

Was also good to see Ray there getting into the filming for the4x4show

Post by **Micka** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 7:31 am

I only managed to catch about 30 mins of action late on Saturday afternoon, and I thought that the course looked much better in person. The guys did a great job constructing it and I am sure that the next one will be infinitely better in design.

As someone stated earlier, the ability to add on and modify in endless.

Post by **Troll00** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 8:41 am

Dave just take it like a man and admit your were beaten by me in the oldest buggy and driver in Aus, you DNS the last stage and should have got 50 "L"

Cheers
"Wombat"

Sam thanks !!!that's the most fun and the best testing facilisty you can have, was get to test the buggy to it limits and beyond, now just have to refine the old girl and get it to dig better and inprove the steering and we should have a really good series, the boys can't wait for round 1

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