cliffhanger 07

Post by **Blue Lightning** » Sat Jul 07, 2007 11:27 pm

Ahhh, looks like we are going to be playing in the mud hey Hobzee. Can't wait, 4B still drying out from OBC. Those bumps in the creek look like they are going to slow down our 130k/h top speed from last year up the creek. Oh well we could be spending some time in the air then. See you all Sunday night, can't wait. Hope the beers are cold.

Post by **Blue Lightning** » Sat Jul 07, 2007 11:30 pm

Hobzee and Rudi, is there Next G coverage out there at Cootawundi.

Post by **NavRun** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 3:43 pm

Next G and CDMA coverage is good on the property. I am sending this message via Next G internet 2 k's from base camp.

Rudes

Post by **hottiemonster** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 5:01 pm

got a phone call from Greg Smith today with some updates

* there are approx 15 cars racing
* there has been a couple of winch failures , possible broken motors
* couple of diesel vehicles have cooked their motors on the creek runs i think and many overheating problems

as for Greg Smith & Justin Worden

* SS1, he broke a cv at the start line and drove the hole stage with the broken cv within the DNF time of 45 minutes, i think he completed it in 25 mins, bit of a mess inside the hub.
* blew part of the intercooler piping off on SS1 and fixed it on the stage
* think he said he got 4th on SS1
* his car has been overheating slightly but is ok.

been told Hobzee is going to email me pictures so as soon as i get them, i will post them up on here.

thats all for now, hopefully get another call tonight or tomorrow

Post by **hottiemonster** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 6:23 pm

just got this email from Hobzee,

Update - perfect weather - T Shirts

Stage 1 won by Little Mule Racing - KJs and Ruffy - Smithi came 4th with
broken CV and a winch (not all winched)

Stage 2 all winched. Not aware of times.

Stage 3 all winched - most impressive and fastest was WA team Bad Influence
(Adrian Parker and Alan McGilvray)

Stage 4 tonight in the quicksand...

Most unfortunate - SHH Racing (Barry Smethurst and Jim Hayes in Reg GQ Turbo
Dsl Ute) and Sooty Racing (Mick Magher and Trevor Dean in GU Turbo Dsl
F.A.T. ute) both blew up motors in the deep sand of stage 1. Neither had
made it to the water. Team ET (Kyle Yates and MTR in GQ Dsl Wgn) did a pwr
steer hose and had a fire but all ok. Still placed second in Stage 1
regardless.

Regards and thanks

Steve Hobbs

Post by **hottiemonster** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 6:32 pm

Post by **beretta** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 7:54 pm

Nice one Hottie, thanks for puttin the pics up!

Do you know what happened to Todd and Ivan int he placings?

Post by **LOCKEE** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 8:12 pm

Cool,

Good luck everyone, keep the updates coming.

Post by **tuf355** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 11:00 pm

any updates of todd & ivan, BLUE GQ from QLD

Post by **cebarry** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 7:17 am

We having withdrawals, looks like it's another top Cliffhanger. Tanx for the supa pix, keep them coming.....well done to Lil Mule...Ruffy!!! on ya guys, for taking out the 1st stage.
Go Todd & Ivan (from Bgroup obc)
Justa's Brian & Barbs too....how the newbies in their new truck going??

Keep having FUN!

Celia & Eugene

Post by **Mrs Bundyrum4x4** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 8:55 am

Just got a call from Greg
after yesterdays 4 ss
Todd and Ivan are in 1st Place

Greg and Justin in 2nd place

Mule and ? (sorry don't know name) in 3rd

Thats all I know for now.

Post by **LOCKEE** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 9:23 am

Mrs Bundyrum4x4 wrote:Just got a call from Greg
after yesterdays 4 ss
Todd and Ivan are in 1st Place
Greg and Justin in 2nd place
Mule and ? (sorry don't know name) in 3rd
Thats all I know for now.

Don't worry Carol, most people try not to remember Ruffy and Lil Mule is the car name.

Post by **Mrs Bundyrum4x4** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 7:15 pm

Spoke to the boy himself they are just heading out for a winch wall night stage

The 3ss today were hard going with some cars seizing motors from over heating.
Greg thinks that they have placed 4th on ss1, 4th on ss2 and 1st on ss3 (mud run of course) today.

All up there has been about 5 to 7 cars pulled out of the event leaving only 7 to 8 cars running.
Some cars are being worked on as we speak hoping to get going again.[/url]

Post by **2dextreme** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 9:31 pm

Spoke to Todds wife tonight as of in the morning Todd and Ivan are doing well. He was coming first by40 points but haven,t heard anymore news as yet. They had a blow out on the way in to the comp area, the tyre was only less then 600km old.will try and get some more info on some of the other guys tomorrow morning.

Post by **cebarry** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 7:07 am

We can't reach our mates Justa......no reception/phone switched off!?

any word from anyone who does get thru with update please? sad to hear so many trucks have dropped by the wayside too.

Post by **Mrs Bundyrum4x4** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 7:52 am

I spoke to Greg last night about 7pm and he said that they drove all day until about 6pm.
They didn't even stop for lunch.

So all were VERY tired, and they were about to head out on the night stage.
I will update when I hear more.

Post by **Mrs Bundyrum4x4** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 8:08 am

Just spoke to Greg and they don't know the rankings as yet.
Last night there was two night stages, 1 stage was cancelled as the first car took two hours to recover from the first bog hole.
The seconed stage only two cars did not DNF, it was a navergation stage.

Post by **Mrs Bundyrum4x4** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 9:10 am

The results as of this morning are
1st with 1855 points are Greg and Justin Smithies
2nd with 1805 points are Todd and Ivan ARB Catalaba
3rd with 1795 points are Adrian and Alan Muppets
4th with 1775 points are Chris and Daniel Little Mule Racing
5th with 1515 points are Darren and Chris Tassie Boys

Well Done Boys.

Post by **The Fish** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 10:49 am

Smithie and Justin are going well

Post by **2dextreme** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 12:05 pm

Sounds like its hard going out there. I heard that Todd and Ivan had done another cluch [time to change the set up i think] but got back in time for the night GPS stages. Its very close by the looks for things. Does anyone know what day it finishes. i thought today is the last day.

Post by **LOCKEE** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 10:54 pm

Ay more updates?

Post by **krimnl** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 4:23 pm

must be some more updates??

Post by **goodie** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 4:51 pm

so is Jim Hayes out of the event?

Post by **Mrs Bundyrum4x4** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 4:55 pm

All I have heard is that as of this morning there was only 10 points between 1st and 2nd, and that today was going to be a sand driving day.

Post by **beretta** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 5:08 pm

cmon make with the updates!

Post by **Mrs Bundyrum4x4** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 5:13 pm

I just tried again then to find out more, but with no luck.
I will post a soon as I know.

Post by **Mrs Bundyrum4x4** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 6:13 pm

Winch wall was 4m high

The teams are just finishing now.
Hope to get some results later

Post by **Big-Fella4x4** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 6:43 pm

Any news as yet!!!!!!

Its a pity that so many are out but we are keeping the fingers crossed for "blue lightning". C'mon guys, anything pleasssssse.

Hey Dale, he definitely needs a new clutch setup and soon. from the sound of things.

Post by **beretta** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 7:33 pm

Mrs Bundyrum4x4 wrote:Winch wall was 4m high

Must have been the same wall as we did last year on the last day, it was huge!

Post by **Mrs Bundyrum4x4** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 8:44 pm

I just heard that the top 4 placings faced a 4.5m winch wall, the top 2 placing had a DNF on the winch wall

The day was made for high powered rigs it was a pure high speed day.
The results are not in YET.
I will post up as soon as I know.

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