OFFICAL Outback Challenge 2010 Updates!

[Alison]

Well it's the start of 'Outback Challenge Fever'!

This year I will be posting live updates everyday on this page for everyone to see.

The event is being held from 21st - 28th May starting in Broken Hill.

For anyone interested in spectating here are some details: http://www.outback4x4challenge.com/spectators.php

This link gives you details on the Updated Format, Event Schedule, Spectator Packages, FAQ and a Booking Form.

An updated competitor list will be available shortly.

We will also be putting updates on our Facebook Page Outback 4x4 Challenge. Join up as a fan and see all the old pics and videos being currently posted.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/outback-4 ... 5091005630

Looks like it could be any interesting event this year as there is a lot of water coming down from up north. Paul will be leaving the mud stages until last to setup as conditions could change quickly.

What other info would you like to see??

Regards
Alison

[Alison]

2010 Outback Challenge Competitors

01 Greg Scanlon & Liam Nunns
02 Lawrie Sternbeck & Steve Hobbs
03 David Cameron
04 Alan Mai and Stuart Schoof
05 Nick Mannell & Torben Hansen
06 Nunzio Coffaro & Diego Colonnello - Venezuela (Production)
07 Max Baerlocher
08 Robbie Calvert
09 Alan McMullen and Shayne Barkley
10 Bruce Borchardt & Kean Peard
11 Bill Tsaousis - No Longer Competing
14 Brett Burns & James Simonds
15 Mick Hingerty & Tim Hunter
16 Cosmo Scarpin & Mark Di Stefano
18 Phil Swindale & Craig Hartin
19 Dale Bowles & Marc Bowles
20 Shane Kilmurray
21 Andrew Mumford
22 David White & Peter Sayers
23 Dave Bantick & Josh Bantick
24 Brenton Higham
25 Jeff Redman & Jason Forrsman
25 Ross Cacialli & Andrew Curry
27 Matthew Moore & Andrew Smith (production)
28 John Clemens & Tony Bright
29 Peter Mihaloff & Clinton Sharpe

[Alison]

Outback Challenge Itinerary 2010

Friday May 21st Registration and scrutineering in Broken Hill

Saturday 22nd SS01 (Prologue) in afternoon in daylight
Dinner Break on site - Local service clubs selling food
SS02 night stage - same location as SS 01
Entry fee is charged to this site to support
Broken Hill Legacy - Please show them your support


Sunday 23rd Morning travel to Property One (Denian)
Competing and camping on Property One

Monday 24th Competing on Property One
Later afternoon run to Property Two (Viewmont)
Camping on Property Two

Tuesday 25th Competing on Property Two
Camping on Property Two

Wednesday 26th Morning travel to Property Three (Poolamacca)
Competing on Property Three
Camping on Property Three

Thursday 27th Competing on Property Three
Camping on Property Three

Friday 28th Competing on Property Three
Camping on Property Three
Presentation is on this last property
(we will notify if this changes closer to the date.
Dinner Provided.


Note for 2010, Property One is Denian, Property Two is Viewmont and Property Three is Poolamacca (Willangee being the HQ and spectator base).

[Alison]

One Month To Go

Its really close now and after talking to many teams, they are still working on their vehicles but very very keen to head to Broken Hill for the event start in May.
There is one major change that has occurred for 2010 and that is the stages in Broken Hill on the start weekend.
The quarry which has traditionally been home to the Sunday stages has been sold.
We decided it was a good year for a change and will now have two stages running at Nine Mile on Saturday.
One in the afternoon which will be the prologue and the other in the evening after a dinner break.
Broken Hill Legacy has been the beneficiary of the gate takings at the Sunday stage so this year there will be a friendly face from the Legacy team down at Nine Mile who will greet spectators and will have leaflets with competitor details. So if you are attending remember you are supporting the returned soldiers and their families in the Broken Hill region through attending this stage.
Both Rotary and Legacy will be selling great food onsite .
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Rain and wet weather
There has been plenty of rain falling in northern Queensland and some of it is heading down the Darling towards our Mud and water property at Viewmont which is great, it will allow us to expand the water and mud areas.
Not all water from Queensland heads down the Darling so we don’t have to be alarmed, but the mud stages will not be set up until five days before the event to utilize the best of the water we can and allow for any issues we might have with accessing areas.
The other areas of the competition are at the mercy of local rainfall. As the outback weather can be unpredictable we recommend everyone traveling with the challenge keep at least a few days of rations of food in their vehicles for emergencies.
Following the event from home
For information on the event you can use our website and this year for on the ground updates now and during the event from competitors, marshals and official updates, go to the facebook page outback4x4challenge Get all your friends to be a fan, we are putting pics, video and more up each day and they can get updates from twitter too during the event every day. There is always general event information on the website www.outback4x4challenge

[Alison]

********Lastest news in*******

Unfortunately it looks like Bill Tsaousis is unable to compete in the OBC this year. Bill's car is not ready to race, he is getting some improvements done on the vehicles suspension. Spoke to him today and is all keen for next years event.

Will miss you guys this year!

How are all the other teams going?

[TRobbo]

An official news line - good work Alison

[destructo GQ]

yeh im gunna be pretty shit on the gps ali, but me and hoon have heaps of food so when we get lost we will survive.

[Lexlux]

I'm doing the same as Bill, new shocks, different diffs front and back, new tray (but still painted blue). Still alot of work to do but I have confidence in my nephew Pete to have it ready. Anyway Hobbsy will finish anything not done when he gets here (he thinks he's coming to the Gold Coast for a holiday) We'll be there. Lawrie

[Alison]

yeh im gunna be pretty shit on the gps ali, but me and hoon have heaps of food so when we get lost we will survive.

You'll be right, I'll give you a little bit of coaching on the GPS when we get up there if you like.

Sharpy you are going to love this event!

The trick is keeping the car going for the whole week, it's like having several winch challenges in a row.

[Alison]

I'm doing the same as Bill, new shocks, different diffs front and back, new tray (but still painted blue). Still alot of work to do but I have confidence in my nephew Pete to have it ready. Anyway Hobbsy will finish anything not done when he gets here (he thinks he's coming to the Gold Coast for a holiday) We'll be there. Lawrie

Good luck with everything Lawrie, I'm sure your really going to give everyone a run for their money this year!

I'm really looking forward to seeing everyone at the OBC again!

Keep the updates coming, it's great to see.

[Hobzee]

I'm doing the same as Bill, new shocks, different diffs front and back, new tray (but still painted blue). Still alot of work to do but I have confidence in my nephew Pete to have it ready. Anyway Hobbsy will finish anything not done when he gets here (he thinks he's coming to the Gold Coast for a holiday) We'll be there. Lawrie

If people only saw the state of the Hilux at present they would never expect it to be ready on time. And if they think their own car cant be ready but Lawrie's can then they need to rethink. If everyone saw what "we" are doing then they would all be starting again building new trucks.

Lawries quote of the week .... I told Lawrie I'm already fearful of sitting in the passenger seat this year - Lawrie said I should have been more fearful last year before the changes were made. Gulp!

Anyway, keep up the good work up there in Sunny Qld this long weekend boys. (Bruce K, Sean C, Pete S all pitching in with Lawrie). 19 more sleeps to go before we head off.

Meanwhile this weekend I think I will mow the lawns then go fishing.... in Melbourne. Oh what it is to have a driver who lives interstate...

Nice work Alison. Are you staying for the week?

[Alison]

Hey Hobzee

Thanks for the update.

Yes I will be there for the week and looking forward to it. I'll be posting updates as they happen through the whole event.

[needhelp]

car 27 qld team matt moore prodution class go qld

[SuziDuzi]

Here you go Hobzee, some pics of the Lux just so you know what is waiting for you when you get here
Bree :O)

The beginning





This morning

[Hobzee]

car 27 qld team matt moore prodution class go qld

What about Lawrie Sternbeck - he's a Qlder too. Poor Lawrie!

[Hobzee]

Here you go Hobzee, some pics of the Lux just so you know what is waiting for you when you get here
Bree :O)

Oh No Bree - I can't see them. That's worse than not sending anything>>>

How did the boys go this weekend? Hangon the weekend is not over for you guys. Tell them to keep going!

Went and sat in Lexlux II today just so I could be there with you guys in soul. It started 1st go too.

[SuziDuzi]

Here you go Hobzee, some pics of the Lux just so you know what is waiting for you when you get here
Bree :O)

Oh No Bree - I can't see them. That's worse than not sending anything>>>

How did the boys go this weekend? Hangon the weekend is not over for you guys. Tell them to keep going!

Went and sat in Lexlux II today just so I could be there with you guys in soul. It started 1st go too.

Can you see them now? I think I fixed it!!

The last 2 days went well, Bruce came up on Saturday and did a heap of welding then Sean came over yesterday and helped with some technical things. They finished at about 12.30 this morning and are back at it now. My poor 100 is really looking forward to getting its spot back in the shed!!

[Alison]

Looks like your in for a bit of fun Hobzee, especially with that new suspension!!


Do any other COMPETITORS have pick of their cars yet?

Who from OL is coming to SPECTATE this year?

[purplebus]

thanx for the updates everyone. looking forward to following "online".
great job Alison

[Alison]

With ONLY 15 DAYS to GO how is everyone going with their preparation???

I know Al Mac and Shayne will be out doing some testing shortly.

By the sounds of things Lawrie and Hobzee will be doing their testing on the way to OBC.

How about the other teams? Have their been any major hold ups? Will you be ready on time?

[Britswed]

Heard Max Baerlocher pulled the pin today??

[Linda]

Heard Max Baerlocher pulled the pin today??

Awww.. how come? Was Cosmo going?

[pommy66]

So how many teams are going ........

[scanno]

Arb Bendigo car is almost back on track. We were ready about a month ago, started doing a bit of testing and heaps of unforseeable stuff went wrong. One new thing each week. Car overheating first week. Trans blew up second week. Turbo blew up third week. No major new mods except for mounting a new big 24 v alt in the a reasonable spot and getting rid of that other crap ,run out of time last minute 24v alt mounting job which caused all our greif on the cars last outing. Facing a few late nights yet but we will be there. Cheers Greg and Liam.

[Britswed]

Arb Bendigo car is almost back on track. We were ready about a month ago, started doing a bit of testing and heaps of unforseeable stuff went wrong. One new thing each week. Car overheating first week. Trans blew up second week. Turbo blew up third week. No major new mods except for mounting a new big 24 v alt in the a reasonable spot and getting rid of that other crap ,run out of time last minute 24v alt mounting job which caused all our greif on the cars last outing. Facing a few late nights yet but we will be there. Cheers Greg and Liam.

What no bonnet bulge

Good luck Mate

Mal

[hobzees4wdshop]

lexlux 2 updates

[Alison]

Just had an update come through from Robbie Calvert & Andy Miller.

The Disco has had a major overhaul, now has the ute chopped off and a tray. It has also had a power upgrade with the fitment of Gen3 Motor & Auto.

Appartently they are running close to time and will do the finishing touches on the trailer on the way up.

It's getting exciting now!!! Only 7 days until the event begins!!

P.S. Sorry to mention that to those people still building cars.

[smsancelestino]

yeh im gunna be pretty shit on the gps ali, but me and hoon have heaps of food so when we get lost we will survive.

je je

[smsancelestino]

hello all, I see that many are not ready yet, but that's part of this type of competition, I still remember last year that my car did not arrive soon, but my good friends helped me a lot with hobzees4wdshop rubbers and many things more, and my friend Jhonattan of Silver City, his father and mother all excellent people, good luck to all and hope to see you in 2012.
a special greeting to hulk team.

[Britswed]

Just had an update come through from Robbie Calvert & Andy Miller.

The Disco has had a major overhaul, now has the ute chopped off and a tray. It has also had a power upgrade with the fitment of Gen3 Motor & Auto.

Appartently they are running close to time and will do the finishing touches on the trailer on the way up.

It's getting exciting now!!! Only 7 days until the event begins!!

P.S. Sorry to mention that to those people still building cars.

NIssan Diffs???