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Post by beretta »

Hey Adam,

Glad to hear you're home safe and sound!

Thanks for controlling our passages :oops: you were great! :D

But serious yourself and Al were awesome, certainly didn't expect it, but I definately appreciated it! We had a blast and you guys definateyl contributed to it being a good time.

Good luck with getting your truck up and running, I'll look forward to seeing you guys competing nect year.

Hope to see you there next year if not before!

Hopefully I will be there Navi-ing again if not I'll go along to spectator or marshall i guess.

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Post by Coighty »

This was my 2nd year at the obc and would have to say without trying to offend other group leaders that Ad's and Al have set a standard that could be impossible for others to follow, you guys were unbelievable, thanks for a top couple of days.
As for the the actual event Paul and Sharyn did a top job with what they had to work with, congrats to them, and the result while not a true indication realistically the only one the could be given as we had all only done those 3 stages together. They probably could of also given east and west places, as group a&b had done east and c&d the west, just a thought from a competitor. Anyway it is what it is, well done to the Thai's, i will definatly be back next year and am happy with my 12th position, with a few top 10 stages.
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Post by Ruffy »

Coighty wrote: i will definatly be back next year and am happy with my 12th position, with a few top 10 stages.
Oh damn... you beat us :roll: :roll: .. such a tough event and all.. you guys are sooooooooooooooo good.. how can we ever be that great???
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Post by cebarry »

speaking of East & West stages.....
Eugene has spent time (with nothing else to do at present, like fix the truck) to work out the placing results of Group A & B in all the stages that they did, that's the 3 in town and then the 5 @ Deniam and the 2 @ Viewmont!


1st Todd & Ian Car 7 ........pts 904
2nd Ian & Roger Car 8 ....... 886
3rd Neil & Chris Car 3 ....... 778
4thAshley & Dave Car 9 ....... 730
5th Somthob/Thai Car 38 ....... 693
6th Robbie & Simmo Car 16 ....... 639
7th Rowan & Wayne Car 1 ....... 606
8th Paul & Guy Car 26 ....... 591
9th Peter & Jane Car 19 ...... 566
10th Nick & Shane Car 15 ...... 550
11th Tim & Gary Car 35 ...... 535
12th Celia & Eugene Car 18 ...... 505
13th Alan & Stuart Car 14 ...... 502
14th Boon /Thai Car 37 ..... 479
15th Bill & Wally Car 28 ....... 467
16th Justin & Ryan Car 22 ..... 430
17th Phil & Warwick Car 10 ...... 369
18th Steven & Paul Car 31 ...... 328
19th Brett & James Car 29 ...... 236
20th Alan & Henry Car 21 ...... 191

E & O E this is just a fun exercise for Group A & B.....

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Post by cebarry »

Any news/update on Jane & Peter Car 19....they had a v. unfortunate accident at Denian/shifting sands and needed major front end repairs @ Silvercity 4wd, to be able to drive their Daily Driver (awesome shopping trolley) home to Qld.
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Post by MYTTUF »

Were back after a rather dissapointing week spent stuck in Broken Hill. The rivers rose very quickly which was great for the area and good to be able to see but really sucked arse as we were there to see some real 4wd action. Anyway my 1st bush camp was on the way home camped on the Murray (sorta like Viewmont) at Hattah and the highlight was having to drive Greenies GQ home from Calder Park after the trailer it was on blew the 2nd spare tyre!!
There's always next year!
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Post by Coighty »

Hey Ruffy no need to be bitter we all know its not a true indication, but it still stands you'll have to come back next year to beat the 80.
You guys did well with a 3rd on a stage at the presentation.
Never mind don't feel bitter let it all out or it will eat you up all year.
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Post by Ruffy »

Coighty wrote:Hey Ruffy no need to be bitter we all know its not a true indication, but it still stands you'll have to come back next year to beat the 80.
You guys did well with a 3rd on a stage at the presentation.
Never mind don't feel bitter let it all out or it will eat you up all year.
Regards
Paul :?
lol... dunno about next year, but we'll be back.
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Post by beretta »

Ruffy wrote:
Coighty wrote:Hey Ruffy no need to be bitter we all know its not a true indication, but it still stands you'll have to come back next year to beat the 80.
You guys did well with a 3rd on a stage at the presentation.
Never mind don't feel bitter let it all out or it will eat you up all year.
Regards
Paul :?
lol... dunno about next year, but we'll be back.
pfft, you'll be back! Besides I love reading this stuff after each event we're all in, it's too funny. Talk about rivalry, in a good way of course. :lol:
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Post by gouldy »

cebarry wrote:Any news/update on Jane & Peter Car 19....they had a v. unfortunate accident at Denian/shifting sands and needed major front end repairs @ Silvercity 4wd, to be able to drive their Daily Driver (awesome shopping trolley) home to Qld.
Gouldy perhaps you know?.....
Jane & Peter car 19 ended up at Robbie's house for repairs.
The car has a lot of damage , radiator, fan, winch bar, both inner and outer gaurds, radiator support pannel, bonnet, both front doors and chassis are damaged. As far as I am aware most of the parts were available it town.

Not sure if the car is mobile yet.

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Post by cebarry »

geees that's a real shame and prob costing them heaps financially as well as time. Mum & Dad need to get back to their 3 girls!?!.......but I'm sure all you wonderful Broken Hill peoples are doing everything possible to get them mobile and on the road home.
Give them a hug from us....and ask Jane to email me when she does finally get home.
Thanks for the update, much appreciated.
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Post by beretta »

OKay on behalf of Celia and Eugene, here are some of their happy snaps from the trials and tribulations of Group B.

All lined up in the maccas carpark
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One of the Thai wippets.
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The Piglet

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The Procomp Jeep, Alan Mc and Henry Lefever
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Phil Swindales new truck, Manny's old rig.
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Peter and Janes daily driver, doesn't look like this now, but will again soon.
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Lined up at Denian

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Camped at Denian
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Eugene in his element! :lol: At Viewmont.

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Time for a wash?

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The lovely Celia, relaxing in front of our 5 star resort at Viewmont.
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Alan Mai enjoying the surrounds.

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Paul Gambel and Guy Holt, FIXING THE 80! Yes folks you read right, the 80 was broken and had to be welded up!
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Home sweet home in the Shearing Shed at Viewmont
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Post by cebarry »

thank u muchly Beretta! :armsup:
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Post by suzuki boy »

Great pics! :cool:

Those thai zooks are pretty unreal! And to think there only there toys! :twisted: The gaurd chop on the front is huge!

Great pics will certainly have to come watch some time soon! :cool:
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Post by dogbreath_48 »

Were the thai zooks running the 120y-banjo winches?
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Post by GQ4.8coilcab »

dogbreath_48 wrote:Were the thai zooks running the 120y-banjo winches?
what are they
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Post by dogbreath_48 »

GQ4.8coilcab wrote:
dogbreath_48 wrote:Were the thai zooks running the 120y-banjo winches?
what are they
A datsun 120y diff assembly driven off a PTO with a brake on one side and a winch drum on the other (apply the brake to winch in). There was a thread on these a while ago i think.

Edit: Gods winch

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Post by henry »

Can anyone tell me please what classes will be running in the OBC for 08. And how many cars were in the touring class this year? ( I think it was touring offered as well this year was'nt it?) and how many were in the Challenge class? Thanks, Nik.
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Post by MYTTUF »

henry wrote:Can anyone tell me please what classes will be running in the OBC for 08. And how many cars were in the touring class this year? ( I think it was touring offered as well this year was'nt it?) and how many were in the Challenge class? Thanks, Nik.
Not really sure bout next year but I believe there were 5 cars in touring class this year including a Rangie and a 4 GQs. The rest were Challenge Class.
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Post by beretta »

The Thai zooks were awsome to watch. They were running turn brakes on them, so they turned on a 5c peice, watching them take on Rohan Canavan and win in the quarry was pretty amazing to watch.
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Post by turps »

Well what a interesting couple of weeks. I was Marshalling at Viewmont and the same thing happened as last yr. We drove everything no worrys. Then it turns to shit. What a bugger. And Zach even talked us into the new layout as the old one. Had the winch working pretty hard on 1 batt getting the ute across. So the new layout had us drive it in around 2min25. So we thought this should be good. Only problem is as per last yr. The mud got deep real quick. The teams that had to winch most did real well. And only just missed out on getting out the other side.
Mind you with that little tractor and worn out winches and batts on all our cars. It made for a very long night. Think we hit the sack some time around 6am, to get up at 7:30 to start fixing stuff.
I didnt see much of the morning stage. As myself and a couple of the other guys had to go fix the grader so the afternoon stage could be ran. What fun that was havent laughed so long in ages. And what is it with farmers leaving shit in the middle of paddocks when they have finished using it. Took abit to get it going after charging the batts of the Jeep and changing the front wheel. For info a Patrol bottle jack want lift a front grader wheel off the ground.
Once the thing was running we got the wheel changed and Brent drove it back to where the arvo stage was. But due to rain on the track we watched the grader drift around some of the corners, as it it was Rohans middy.
So once the grader was there the arvo stage was on. I was going to chase on a bike. But being a crap rider. Didnt think motor bike, wet paddocks and me mixed. So road shotgun with one of the medics in the chase car. After following the thais and bru for awhile they both pulled the pin. Due to over heating by all 3 teams and the thai's had no idea where they where. So with help from Bru (thanks mate, safed us heaps of time). the 3 teams made it back to camp.
All seemed to be going well, with most teams already at the lagoon by now. we took the short cuts, just as it started to piss down rain. Novice driver in the wet with her new car. Made for a very intresting trip. We got to the finish line just as Coops and Hummer where makeing hte final crossing. PGS and Nick M where up to the doors in mud and had to be dragged out (glad we fixed the grader).
So with fresh rain on the night stage. Kill Bill did a fantatic job to get as far as they did. Problem was with all hte rain. The grader was struggleing for traction and was starting to bog in. MMMM that not good. So with heavy rain still falling the night was cancelled.
Had a sleepin and watched a movie the next morn. Dont know why, we where just slackers for some reason.
But the arvo stage was set to be good. With the rain holding off. All teams gave it a good going. With storys of Rohan and Ivan racing across clay pans. And Rohan just stuffing around as he had time to waste. Since there winch was broke.
Was amazed at how many teams drove past the waypoints (near the stop go) only 2 out of 9 teams drove straight to it. Phil (car 10) didnt even make it that far when the alt broke, then the spare broke.

Well after every one finshed and called it quits. We found out we where on the first night of lock down. So that made for a nice day of doing nothing on Wed. Untill mid afternoon. When Schultzy got a phone call from the SES saying the roads are still closed and a huge storm had just hit Pooncarie and was heading nth. The decision was made to move the competitors to the shearing shed (gotta be better than a paddock) and the spectators got moved to High sandy ground.
The competitors must have thought wonders of the resort style accommodation. With most making use of the facilities of sit down flush toilets and hot showers.
While they where doing Graeme was sweet talked into cutting up a sheep for tea. Alan did a top job with getting the spuds and pumpkin on and fireing up the bbq for the lamb chops.
Also a couple of slabs of beer where made available to those interested in a beer. And no I dont know who got Linda started on the Bundy cans. We apologise for that. :rofl:

Good news came on Thursday morning. Everyone is allowed out and back to broken hill. We arranged for the competitors to team up with the Spectator group to help them get back to Menidee where the black top started.
Then we had the task of packing up all our stuff while it still rained. We ended up leaving some time around 2pm. after another inch of rain falling, which made for an interesting drive.
FOund a motel in BH and then went to the presentation night. Then Friday had the long boring drive home.
Found out I had to goto work on saturday and sunday. Which suxed big time.
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henry wrote:Can anyone tell me please what classes will be running in the OBC for 08. And how many cars were in the touring class this year? ( I think it was touring offered as well this year was'nt it?) and how many were in the Challenge class? Thanks, Nik.
This year was Trophy (not Touring Class) and Challenge. Five Trophy.....and 37 Challenge( I think as I believe there were 42 starters.)

Both classes do everything (all stages etc) exactly the same, the only difference is the size of the tyres (35" for T class max.)and it also depends how your truck left the factory.....if it's with a turbo...then that's not classed as a mod!. Our swb has the original engine still and has 300+ thou on the clock!!! but it goes well. Managed to get all four wheels off the ground in the Xterain @ Denian...he he! and sh-t myself!......it bounced like a beach ball and just got higher with each bounce....sadly no one got a pic but the spectators seemed to appreciate it! That explained why they all hung out at that spot too.

We also weighed our truck at the PrologueQuarry fully loaded...... 2.86 tons!!!! I believe the Zooks weighed less than half that!.... so cutting off excess body weight and making the truck light as, is a must!
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Post by sierrajim »

cebarry wrote:
henry wrote:Can anyone tell me please what classes will be running in the OBC for 08. And how many cars were in the touring class this year? ( I think it was touring offered as well this year was'nt it?) and how many were in the Challenge class? Thanks, Nik.
This year was Trophy (not Touring Class) and Challenge. Five Trophy.....and 37 Challenge( I think as I believe there were 42 starters.)

Both classes do everything (all stages etc) exactly the same, the only difference is the size of the tyres (35" for T class max.)and it also depends how your truck left the factory.....if it's with a turbo...then that's not classed as a mod!. Our swb has the original engine still and has 300+ thou on the clock!!! but it goes well. Managed to get all four wheels off the ground in the Xterain @ Denian...he he! and sh-t myself!......it bounced like a beach ball and just got higher with each bounce....sadly no one got a pic but the spectators seemed to appreciate it! That explained why they all hung out at that spot too.

We also weighed our truck at the PrologueQuarry fully loaded...... 2.86 tons!!!! I believe the Zooks weighed less than half that!.... so cutting off excess body weight and making the truck light as, is a must!
Perhaps back to a zook for you next year as well?
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Post by grimbo »

interesting comment from someone on the 4WD Monthly website
Bending the Rules
Posted: 2007-05-20 21:59

I am a keen 4wder and live near Broken Hill, servicing the surrounding area that is greater in size than Victoria. This week we had the Outback Challenge in the area, which was cancelled due to rain (boy did we need it!) and all dirt roads were closed as a result.

The event organisers persuaded both the RTA and the Central Darling Shire council to let both competitors, spectators and their vehicles, who were stuck out on competition areas, access to roads that were closed as they had not made any preparation whatsoever regarding the possibility of wet weather. The fine for driving on closed roads vary but most are more than $1000 per tyre, including spares. Some areas can also fine for the cost to repair the road, so why were these people exempt?

Even though I love 4wdriving and watching competitions, I would like to know who is going to pay for the repairs to these dirt main roads? The Menindee to Ivanhoe road was only just finished being graded 2 months ago, and was a 100km/h road. Now, due to the damage caused by being used when wet, when it dries out it will be chopped up 60km/h road. Out here we don't have the luxury of having sealed roads everywhere. I cannot believe that everyone expected to be allowed to use these roads at any time no matter what the weather is. Obviously your readers aren’t listening.

When it rains out here every thing shuts down and nothing happens until the roads are reopened. In this instance these roads will take at least a week to dry. I cannot believe that part of the communication towards the event did not include information relating to this. I am very disappointed with the organisers, as all they seemed concerned about was making sure that the event finished on time and that people where able to get back to their concrete jungle come Monday morning ready for work.

I hope that the competitors and spectators enjoyed cutting these roads up and in turn causing our rates to increase to repair these roads. I wish these people would understand that these roads are vital to us and some people travel up to six hours a day just to work. These times will now be lengthened due to damaged roads.

People need to understand and take into account that if it rains, the roads are closed for a reason – to preserve them – and you need to be prepared to be stuck for about a week if need be. It appears the organisers of the Outback Challenge failed to take this into account and advise everyone.

Your need to get back to the city is obviously more important than hard working country peoples needs to get supplies in to feed their families.


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Post by Wild West »

No they just need a support vehicle carrying supplies for them like the thai zooks did.
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Post by Coighty »

Obviously this person from 4wd mthly forum is ill informed as i believe the organisers of the OBC pay quite a substantial amount to the local councils to help re-patriate the local roads after we leave. This plus insurances and other costs is why entry to the OBC is so high.
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Post by Squik »

Ahhh... it was a letter sent in by a local guys...

Coighty, if that's the case, jump on the Soapbox and add a comment... this is what Soapbox is for..
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Post by GQJacko »

gouldy wrote:
cebarry wrote:Any news/update on Jane & Peter Car 19....they had a v. unfortunate accident at Denian/shifting sands and needed major front end repairs @ Silvercity 4wd, to be able to drive their Daily Driver (awesome shopping trolley) home to Qld.
Gouldy perhaps you know?.....
Jane & Peter car 19 ended up at Robbie's house for repairs.
The car has a lot of damage , radiator, fan, winch bar, both inner and outer gaurds, radiator support pannel, bonnet, both front doors and chassis are damaged. As far as I am aware most of the parts were available it town.

Not sure if the car is mobile yet.

Cheers

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Yeah there were heaps of people that pitched in and helped fix the car at Robbies place.
Ill name the ones that i can remember - Robbie, Pete, Jane, Myself (Jacko), Acky, Hollitt, Jamie, one of the thai guys and Simmo played in the water as per the pic.

Im sure ive missed some names but i do know Pete and Jane were extremely greatful for the help.

The car was mobile by about 4:30pm Friday when we left to head back to SA.

Pretty good effort considering we only started after a great BBQ lunch put on by Robbie and his wife.

Just goes to show what a great community the 4wd world is.

Cheers

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Post by cebarry »

YAY that is g8 to hear and see.....even the Thai's got involved.....
Absolutely agree, and all the local Broken Hill people are pretty special too, they always welcome us with open arms and help out unconditionally.

Robbie being a competitor knows only too well what it's like having a damaged truck..........and good on him for being so generous.

I trust Jane & Peter are back in Qld long ago already.....thanks to all who helped them you are the best.

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Post by suzuki boy »

Looks like it was a big job! :bad-words:

Really think the OBC is a special comp where the older guys help out the newer guys and really who ever wins is just a bonus!

Have to get out there and watch it one year! Maybe even compete in a few! ;)

Well done to every one! :cool:
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