TOPERI 2010 - 27th & 28th November

[CanberraMav]

Well finally back and dry!!

Awesome weekend! The competion was run exceptionally well as usual and everyone in the ACT4wd club was impressed.

Myself and Bob my Navi where in the blue Sierra with Rob and Greg in the orange. After a few good placings over the years of competing a first place has made our year!!

It proved to be a tough competion as usual that was made even harder by the weather.

Go the zooks!!

Thanks go to the Canobolas boys who always do a great job.

PS
Bring on the photos!!

[GQ4B]

Huge congrats from the AT4 club to the Canobolas 4WD Club for running yet another awesome event! And thanks to Tony for letting us all 'take over' his property for the weekend.

Our 3rd year of competing and this time we drew team 1 which gave us both advantages and disadvantges but made for some great driving and strategies within our team. Thanks to my navi Stevie and to Charles & Scuba in car 1A for a fantastic team effort! The tracks we're all fantastic to drive and really got you thinking. After completing Stages 1, 2 & 3 and only some of Stage 4, I was very happy that I could still drive my truck safely back home with no issues.

We all had a very enjoyable weekend despite the rain and can't wait for next years event.

Cheers, Brett - Car 1B - AT4

[purplepig]

did anyone get footage of the purple 40 series on stage 2 doing the wheel stand?

[red rattler]

Congratulations to the Canobolas crew for putting on another great event, best organised and run event we have been to. Had a blast navving fo Mel as she drove the Rattler like she didnt own it lol ha. Cant wait for next years event,

[the gun]

At the presentation yesterday in my hast to get the formalities over, I overlooked one important thank you. To Tony and Penny Richards on behalf on the Canobolas 4wd Club and the competitors of this years Tough Dog Toperi Challenge I’d like to thank you for not only the use of Toperi Park but also your equipment in the running of the event. Without your generosity there would be no venue and no event.

[MjWatt]

Awesome weekend, once again the Canobolas 4WD Club did an fantastic job, even when it poured on sunday. Everyone from the Raymond Terrace Club had a blast yet again.



Got a few pics below -- Most of the Terrace Club

[the gun]

the event was TOPS!
great work all involved it runs very smoothly, recoveries are good. CHEERS!

next year that winch point at top of stage 2 should definitely be a bonus if you can get a tyre up on it whilst towing your team mate i think.

I was standing not far from this when it happened, But by far the funnist thing was you towing your team mate into the winch point after you running over it.

[the gun]

1 858 9 Rob McKenzie Greg Finlay Justin Thompson Bob Rutton ACT 4wd
2 722 33 Wayne Rumble John Adamson Travis Hartfield Erik Lavander Southern Tablelands
3 714 25 Paul Monsuier Greg McDonald Alan Cox Andy Bates On All 4s
4 704 20 Jason Rosochacla Dee Rosochacla Brian Page Rob Knight Lithgow 4wd
5 674 3 Chris Tierney Jamie Gaynor Sam Magueri Michael Jenkins Kamikaze
6 628 22 Ziggy Koeck Brian Kelly Bob Watling TBA Brindabellas
7 618 14 Grant Feltham Matt Snape Matt Borg Luke Szkrauda Blue Mountains Extreme
8 611 1 Brett McCurley Stephen Cramp Charles Bottemann Steven Grima All Terrain
9 585 11 Michael Barrett Chase Berry Robert Biddle Luke Harris Southern Tablelands
10 577 29 James Whalan Andrew Gardiner James Kardell Kevin Willis Dubbo 4wd
11 575 34 Marshall Bell Don Bell Steven Juarez Peter Townsend Shellharbour 4wd Club
12 556 7 Brett Long Greg Long Matt Louttit Deon Beier Logan Districts
13 548 38 Shaun Clancy Adam Tyson John Robertson Steve Brennan Lithgow 4wd
14 544 13 Steve Price Phillip Mawbey Michael DePasquale Andrew Markenzie Locked In
15 544 2 Hamish Hudson Richard Sammons Andrew Stanton Troy Bolton ACT ATC
16 542 6 Evan Staniland Dale Staniland Bogan Kable Joel Cooper Raymond Terrace
17 526 16 Mel Robinson Chris Robb Linda Williams Colin Williams Motorex
18 503 30 Charles Anastasio Chloe Neuman Danny Danis Paul Smith Bong Bong
19 469 19 Brett Holbert Andrea Snape Kale Hemmings TBA Blue Mountains
20 466 17 Adam Paviour TBA Michael Rossen Ian Ross Wellsprung
21 455 8 Geoff Knowlson Matthew Halse Jai Moloney Jamie West Cor 4x4
22 451 15 Brad Hamilton Darryl Hardiman Dean Alderson Shane Loder Blue Mountains
23 450 24 Shaun Waid Duncan Waid Peter Higgins Trevor Eadon Black Dog 4WD
24 439 4 Shannon Piggin John Panetta Jason Seidl Mark Panetta Kamikaze
25 409 27 Steve Patten Paul Smith David Davies Dave Davies Snr Bong Bong
26 371 37 Jason Brown TBA Michael Catanzariti Jason Catanzarti Brindabellas
27 371 12 Nigel Fredericks Les Briggs Lawrence DePasquale Michael Brewer ACT 4WD
28 363 28 Ben Mitchell Mitcheal Brooks Cameron Richardson Gary Moore Trac 4
29 344 32 Steven Quinn Paul Gamble Brian Andrews Ben Knight On All 4s
30 307 10 Marc Barsley Daniel Llewlyn Corey Kruska Toby Shepphard Cor 4X4
31 272 26 Peter Morris Neville Gregory Ronald Pearson Ben Hill Coalfields
32 260 18 Glen Richards Robert McGill Shaun Dennis Andrew Carr Motorex
33 259 5 Anthony Neil John Latter Scott Omeley Todd Cooney Raymond Terrace
34 255 35 Paul Semmens James Mcevop Stephen McMahon Robert Bruce All Coast
35 243 21 Shane Bakes Mick Dimmuno Michael Chote Tony Woods All Coast
36 241 36 Brett Findlay Matt Biddle Robert Cole Laurance Cole Coalfields
37 215 23 Richard Robertson Kurt Vebergang Snowy Geerling David Ohehir TLCC


By the way, it rain nearly all day today. Toperi Park is looking very water logged.

[turbo gu]

the event was TOPS!
great work all involved it runs very smoothly, recoveries are good. CHEERS!

next year that winch point at top of stage 2 should definitely be a bonus if you can get a tyre up on it whilst towing your team mate i think.

I was standing not far from this when it happened, But by far the funnist thing was you towing your team mate into the winch point after you running over it.

Didn't they do that twice

[Jcas24]

16th, Im happy with that. we were fourth after stage 1&2, so gotta be happy after a breaking a cv on 3.

Phil & Tom did a great job as well after Ev & Dale had to withdraw.

Massive thanks to all the Canobolas members, another great Toperi!

[turbo gu]

At the presentation yesterday in my hast to get the formalities over, I overlooked one important thank you. To Tony and Penny Richards on behalf on the Canobolas 4wd Club and the competitors of this years Tough Dog Toperi Challenge I’d like to thank you for not only the use of Toperi Park but also your equipment in the running of the event. Without your generosity there would be no venue and no event.

On behalf of AT4 thanks to Tony and Penny for allowing this comp to happen Couldn't ask for better hosts
Can't wait for next year!!

[Shady]

We had a great weekend despite the weather. Thanks to Canobolas Club & all those who made this event happen.
The poor old Bronco copped a hiden , broke everything 148 points on stage 2 with only one wheel drive at the end, we shattered a rear Dana 70 axle which then rotated the locker air seal in the diff carrier & ripped off the copper air line at the same time destroyed a front hub . We managed to get both front wheels turning for course 3, Big Thanks to the guys from Dubbo club for the use of their welder to weld up the stripped locking hub.
7th place is awesome .
Congrats to all
I think the bronco may be due for a major rebuild ???

[Black Bull]

we shattered a rear Dana 70 axle which then rotated the locker air seal in the diff carrier

You broke a D70 Axle ?

I think the bronco may be due for a major rebuild ???

rockwells

[Shady]

we shattered a rear Dana 70 axle which then rotated the locker air seal in the diff carrier

You broke a D70 Axle ?

I think the bronco may be due for a major rebuild ???

rockwells

Not just broke, " Shattered " New Chromo's on the way !

[lukes4x4]

top weekend . thanks toperi for giving us a absolute blast. saturday was great and sunday was bloody cold and wet. thanks to shady and matt borg for letting me run like a bitch with a 7th place , it was well worth it.

cheers Lukey.....

[Grizzly Bear]

Thanks to the boys for running the event. We had a great time and hope to return next year. Can we put an order in now for a weekend with no rain???
Cam Ben Gary and Mitch from Trac4 club

[teambullet]

Great weekend, despite the weather, tracks were great...
2nd year in a row we have snapped a tie rod end metres away from the end of stage3
Be back next year to try and get to stage 4.....
Congrats to Wayne and Travis for a well deserved 2nd place. Go the luxs.
Huge congrats to the canobolas boys and girls for a successful weekend.
Heres some footage of our teams.
Denny

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9BjcS0-23k" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[BUSTED100]

Congrats to all that competed/attended and a huge thanks to Tony and the Canobolas Club, the Shellharbour 4WD Club had a great time. A very well run event, we loved it. Come on Toperi 2011, hopefully we can better our 11th place

[lux3l]

Another top weekend apart from the rain,guess it made it more fun.
Thanks Canobolas club for a job well done weekend went pretty smooth.
Bit of carnage to my truck broken spring and bent draglink. Was lucky to get to where i did .
Cant wait for toperi 2011.

[micka1]

Awesome event , great tracks and people .

Big thank you to Tony firstly and the Canobolas club for running such a good event .

Thanks Micka from the Wellsprung club .

Bring on 2011 !

[GU42PATROL]

Thanks to everyone involved for a great comp!!

Congrats to rob, Greg and co. !!!!

Was an excellent event and there were many great drives!!

[pricey]

Another Toperi Challenge done and dusted, and another big congats to the Canobolos Club for a top weekend Thank you Tony and Penny for opening up Toperi Park for the weekend. The event flowed well, and the tracks were great.
On track 2 i ended up putting a hole in the front housing, and while taping a bucket to the underside of the diff to catch the oil i had many of the competitors offering to help fix it. I think the only thing i did was disconnect the batteries when a plate was welded over the hole. So a massive thanks to the boys from the Dubbo club and the OnAll4s club who patched up the hole and all the other people who come over to offer the boys assistance and moral support while fixing it The camaraderie between the competitors is tops . Just gotta learn to stop breaking it in the first place. . . . . . . . . . .
No pinion breakages either which was rather nice!

Cant wait for the next one!

Cheers Pricey

[CV Smasher]

Another Toperi Challenge done and dusted, and another big congats to the Canobolos Club for a top weekend Thank you Tony and Penny for opening up Toperi Park for the weekend. The event flowed well, and the tracks were great.
On track 2 i ended up putting a hole in the front housing, and while taping a bucket to the underside of the diff to catch the oil i had many of the competitors offering to help fix it. I think the only thing i did was disconnect the batteries when a plate was welded over the hole. So a massive thanks to the boys from the Dubbo club and the OnAll4s club who patched up the hole and all the other people who come over to offer the boys assistance and moral support while fixing it The camaraderie between the competitors is tops . Just gotta learn to stop breaking it in the first place. . . . . . . . . . .
No pinion breakages either which was rather nice!

Cant wait for the next one!

Cheers Pricey

You can't even blame your old man this time

[montana]

heres a few photos from saturday before the camera crapped itself. if you want any steal them , will upload some more later.

http://s1109.photobucket.com/albums/h42 ... eandAllan/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[the gun]

Hi all
Because of the wet weather on Sunday we have a whole bunch of Toperi shirts unsold. If anyone would like a shirt I'll send them out freepost. Just pm me and I will sort it.
Glenn

[STIKA]

A few pictures


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bh9RbE8dtgI" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ioqPkFR_OY" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[MUD80D]

Steve from bong bong on stage 4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EX57wGU_a5s" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Collie14]

had a great time thanks 2 everone that was involved and the drivers and navies did a great job there allways has 2 be some one that plays music all night a drives around like a dick head

[GU Junkie]

Awesome slide show Stika.

Congrats to Lithgow Team 2 Jason/Dee and Brian/Rob. 4th place driving reasonably standard hilux's with only 35" tyres on Brians car. You guys on the bigger tyres should be ashamed to be outdriven like this......I know I am
In all seriousness they deserved their 4th place and the right to put some bling on the mantlepiece. As did all the top finishes including Al from On All Fours - not sure how you came in 3rd when the car finished on it's side Al ?

Well done Canoblas club and thanks Tony and Penny for your making your place available.

[AustImages]

Howdy all,

Pics from the weekend are up:
http://www.australianimages.com.au/gall ... llery=1096

It was just me doing pics for the weekend, but managed to get most of the trucks I think, in spite of the weather on Sunday. They are sorted into team order, and there are a few crowd shots right at the end as well.

Kev from KAMO is doing the DVD, which I assume will be out early next year. BTW, for those waiting on the Willowglen DVD, I should get them from Kev next week.


Cheers,

Jamie