Tough Dog Toperi Challenge 23rd-25th Nov 2012

[ferog]

My first event as driver, and by far one of the best events we've attended, very well organised and run smoothly, recoveries were great, amenities and catering awesome, good people & gorgeous property (note to self bring repellent next time) we had an absolute ball!

Only one comment; Next time can we bribe the icecream man to turn up on Sunday with some back-up trucks as well, he would have been very rich.

Congratulations to the winners! You guys were really good spectating.

I was stoked to drive the first 2 stages to the 80 point marker. Sunday was trickier but still so happy with how the 80 went for it's first comp, and best of all- no damage (apart from a bent tie rod end).

A well deserved Thankyou to the organisers and officials involved, I think it really set the standard for how an event should be. Can't wait to compete again next year!


Unfortunately I have no pics of our drive, if anyone has any pics of my car or of team 3, could you please post them up or email them to me at- emjem@tpg.com.au (Pink chopped 80 & Scott's blue lukeys built Lux)

[MUD80D]

Awesome weekend!
Big arms up to the cannoblas club for a great event. tracks were tough but good.

Top job to the Cannobalas Club and all involved, another top event

(even to that evil so and so who towed me out of track 2 with his pootrol that really hurt)

You got towed by a Nissan not good mate I even drive home on my 39" and broken left rear axel

[Bentzook]

[BUSTED100]

Awesome weekend!
Big arms up to the cannoblas club for a great event. tracks were tough but good.

Top job to the Cannobalas Club and all involved, another top event

(even to that evil so and so who towed me out of track 2 with his pootrol that really hurt)

You got towed by a Nissan not good mate I even drive home on my 39" and broken left rear axel

mine ain't broke
just damaged pride

[matt79]

Had a awsome weekend and so did the rest of the Dubbo club that was there.
Thanks to the Canobolas club for running such a great event.
Second the idea of icecream on sundays

[Nerd]

3 cheers for the Canobolas club for a great event thanks guys. Had a absult blast any placings yet

[Toperi]

Here is the final points score for all teams.

Position Score Team Driver A Navigator A Driver B Navigator B Club
1 554 27 Marcus Donsworth Roland Marsh Phil Meyers Ethen Humpries Suzuki 4wd Club
2 540 15 Josh Heather Matt Wattson Mark Peters Joshua Armstrong Lithgow 4wd
3 515 9 Brad Hamilton Glen Gorman Matt Borg Nathan Borg Blue Mountains
4 512 22 Kurt Scheldrick Chase Berry Robert Biddle Luke Harris Brindabellas
5 503 13 Thomas Barrett Michael Barrett John Adamson Wayne Rumble Brindabellas
6 473 23 Chris Tierney Mark Borg John Panetta James Gaynor Kamikaze
7 473 4 Shaun Clancy Adam Tyson John Robertson Andrew Doring Lithgow 4wd
8 445 25 Matt Diamond James Walsh Dave Tucker Kevin Willis Dubbo 4wd
9 444 11 Hamish Hudson Rick Sammons Andrew Stanton Troy Bolton ACT ATC
10 419 16 Paul Gamble Steven Quinn David Mattyieson Christian Martin On All 4s
11 393 31 Brett McCurley Glenn Russell Charles Bottemann Steven Grima ACT 4wd
12 388 17 Rob McKenzie Greg Finlay Justin Thompson Bob Rutten ACT 4wd
13 360 7 Shane Loder John Mannix Grant Feltham Matt Shield Blue Mountains
14 349 34 Jason Hearne Daniel Freeman Bogan Kable Joel Cooper Raymond Terrace
15 346 1 Paul Monsuier Greg McDonald Alan Cox Andy Bates On All 4s
16 326 20 Marshall Bell Don Bell Steven Juarez Peter Townsend Shellharbour 4wd Club
17 325 3 Emma English Jeremy English Scott Bailey Josh Morgan Trac 4
18 312 21 Ziggy Koeck Brian Kelly Bob Watling Paul Saunderson Brindabellas
19 304 8 Steve Patten Paul Smith Tracey Johnston Josh Short Bong Bong
20 302 33 Scott Omeley Michael Waterson Nick Segrott Evan Staniland Raymond Terrace
21 298 32 Charles Anastasio Mitchell Gregory Michael Bennett Kieth Dyson Bong Bong
22 272 10 Nathan Hancock Ben Brown John Swab Chad Lyons Newcastle Landrover Club
23 266 36 David Luke Max Serra Luke Arnold Luke Davie AT4
24 265 35 Rob Hutchinson Adam Schutz Brad Kosij Kean Peard Wellsprung
25 262 18 Danny Radburn Jack Bannerman Mick Day Eddie Signorini Brindabellas
26 254 2 Brad Wilkins Aaron Wilson Tom Sethack Craig Price Mudgee 4x4
27 250 30 Jason Rosochaki Robert Knight Danny Peters Brett Champere Lithgow
28 197 29 Nigel Fredericks Les Briggs Lawrence depasquale Brenton Moule AT4
29 182 24 Michael Catanzariti Jason Catanzariti Jason Brown Gerald Cornes Brindabellas
30 180 19 Paul Harris Dane Haigh Steve Price Dean Sondergeld Locked In
31 165 14 Glen Richards Jeremy Hill Shaun Dennis Lewis Storrie Motorex
32 150 6 Lynda Williams Colin Williams Robert Cole Ron Pearson Coalfields 4wd Club
33 146 12 Mel Robinson Chris Robb Jay Flanagan Boyce Nichol Motorex
34 94 5 Reece Warnecke Bradley Williams Adam Walters Paul Beanan Bong Bong
35 93 28 Cameron Richardson Alex Hall Mathew Halse Ben Kennedy ACT ATC
36 93 26 Glenn Odlum Ross Davidson Michael Tot Les Tot ACT ATC

A big thank you to everyone who who attended over the 3 days for leaving our property so clean and tidy, it is a pleasure to have you here.
Our new format of scoring worked ok on saturday but on sunday it was very hard to get points on track 4, while some of the top end cars made it look completely driveable ( jimbobs 40 series ) most struggled to get any points. Now that we have seen how it all worked we can plan our changes to the scoring for next year. Team work seemed to disappear a little this year and I think we need to get back to that, I think we could keep the stops as they are but with no penalty, maybe a free tow between cars but it will use 1 stop, bonus points if you use less than your allotted stops per track, with hindsight track 4 should have had a free winch at the first rock ledge that caused so much grief for many.
There were some amazing drives over the weekend, the best display of raw horsepower must have been Bogan Cable on track 4 trying to climb the first rock ledge, it was a couple of minutes before anyone could see if anything was left inside the dust cloud.
We will get a set of rules out very soon on what will be required from roll cages etc to pass scrutineering next year.

Thanks again everyone for a very entertaining weekend.

[BUSTED100]

Thanks for having us there Tony, you and the club, as previously mentioned by all, put on a Top Comp and the proposed changes to next year sound spot on (minus the free winch on track 4)

[turbo gu]

Tony as your first attempt with a completely new set of rules the event still ran smoothly and I didn't hear of any scoring complaints. Big congrats to you and your club for a top effort.

[Shady]

A big thanks to all the Canobolas 4wd club members for another great event and for building some new great tracks.
I was a bit disappointed that the new scoring method discouraged pairs from working as a team to get through the tracks due to the large penalties incurred .
I heard a few teams talking about calling it at 10 and 20 point markers so as not to risk getting penalties , no point trying to drive to 100pts only to get 5 points and a damaged truck.

That being said it was still a great event and based on Tony's comments above which sound a lot fairer and will bring back the team work and the incentive to aim higher, I'm sure the guys will refine the rules and make it bigger and better next year.

If nothing else there are a heap of trucks out there today which actually have working hand brakes.

Thanks again guys & can't wait to see what you put in front of us next year
Shady
Blue Mountains 4wd Club

[hizook]

Big thanks and thumbs up for the conobalas 4wd club awesome event cant wait for next year.

[Shady]

Thanks for having us there Tony, you and the club, as previously mentioned by all, put on a Top Comp and the proposed changes to next year sound spot on (minus the free winch on track 4)

I agree if the stop penalties and towing penalties were removed I don't think there would be a need for a free winch on track 4 in its current form.

[evanstaniland]

Great event as always tony!
New rules did push the teams apart but like it was mentioned being the first to try new will have it's learning!

I think this years event and mainly track 4 truley showed the gain of Mog diffs. Being the navi of Nicks mog disco I didn't pick up a rock to pack all weekend and he didn't touch his diff on stage 4 step!
That being said there were some nice lines driven on that rock too. Team 32 the lithgow hiluxes drove it nice!

Great wkend !!

[Jcas24]

what a great weekend. thanks to Tony & the club, I've being to every toperi so far and they just keep getting better.


pretty happy with 14th, The big patrol struggled with the usual breakages , sounds like Bogan is getting that sorted for good so thanks to Jase & Dan for holding us up. you guys did great for your first comp.

[Nerd]

any pics
i will post up some pics tomorrow

[tuff_89zook]

Was an awesome weekend thanks to tony an the rest of the club for the efforts it was my first comp driving and had an absolute ball can't wait to for next year

[untamed lux]

big thanks to canoblas club from all the lithgow crew!! also thanks to all the competitors
we are happy with our 2nd place,the new rules really required team work and its showed
with the results!! congrats to markus n Phil can't wait to battle it out again next year.drive of the weekend I'd have to give to my brother(believe it or not) team 32,competing for he's first time in the black hilux and a new truck showed alot of people how to drive around your team mate and finish track 1. thanks again tony!!

[ethann]

Here's some pictures from day 1, I'll upload photos from day 2 sometime today.

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set= ... 634&type=1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[BUSTED100]

Here's some pictures from day 1, I'll upload photos from day 2 sometime today.

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set= ... 634&type=1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

some top photos

[AustImages]

Pics from the weekend are up.

About 1250 shots, sorted by team order:

http://www.australianimages.com.au/gall ... llery=1139" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[ethann]

Pics from the weekend are up.

About 1250 shots, sorted by team order:

http://www.australianimages.com.au/gall ... llery=1139" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Aww I was hoping you got some pics of Team 27 on track 2!

[Bentzook]

Phill and I entered this years Toperi Comp just for fun. We ran mid field in 2011, thought we could do a little better this year. With plenty of training days together, we knew our rigs could go the distance. We did TuffTruck 2012 and finished top 20, our first major Comp with the "Gravinator", thinking this is alright and we didn`t break anything.
Enter Toperi 2012, Phill asked me to lead the way. A big challenge, as he`s the better driver, didnt want to let him down. I went hard as I could, told him if I lay over, just drive over me and finish. He did. Never thinking about scores, I kept driving. He didnt want me to know on Saturday night we were top 5. I left early Sunday arvo after packing up, didnt stay around for the Presentations, never thought I was in the running for a Trophy or prize. Later Sunday evening driving though Bell Line Rd, Phill rings me, to tell me we`d won. I didnt believe him, about to hang up on him. WOW, who would have thought we could do IT. Our little Zooks. Go the Zooks.

Thanks to Tonys Property and the Canoblas Club for putting on this awesome Event, we sure did enjoy ourselves.

[CV Smasher]

Here is the final points score for all teams.

Position Score Team Driver A Navigator A Driver B Navigator B Club
1 554 27 Marcus Donsworth Roland Marsh Phil Meyers Ethen Humpries Suzuki 4wd Club
2 540 15 Josh Heather Matt Wattson Mark Peters Joshua Armstrong Lithgow 4wd
3 515 9 Brad Hamilton Glen Gorman Matt Borg Nathan Borg Blue Mountains
4 512 22 Kurt Scheldrick Chase Berry Robert Biddle Luke Harris Brindabellas
5 503 13 Thomas Barrett Michael Barrett John Adamson Wayne Rumble Brindabellas
6 473 23 Chris Tierney Mark Borg John Panetta James Gaynor Kamikaze
7 473 4 Shaun Clancy Adam Tyson John Robertson Andrew Doring Lithgow 4wd
8 445 25 Matt Diamond James Walsh Dave Tucker Kevin Willis Dubbo 4wd
9 444 11 Hamish Hudson Rick Sammons Andrew Stanton Troy Bolton ACT ATC
10 419 16 Paul Gamble Steven Quinn David Mattyieson Christian Martin On All 4s
11 393 31 Brett McCurley Glenn Russell Charles Bottemann Steven Grima ACT 4wd
12 388 17 Rob McKenzie Greg Finlay Justin Thompson Bob Rutten ACT 4wd
13 360 7 Shane Loder John Mannix Grant Feltham Matt Shield Blue Mountains
14 349 34 Jason Hearne Daniel Freeman Bogan Kable Joel Cooper Raymond Terrace
15 346 1 Paul Monsuier Greg McDonald Alan Cox Andy Bates On All 4s
16 326 20 Marshall Bell Don Bell Steven Juarez Peter Townsend Shellharbour 4wd Club
17 325 3 Emma English Jeremy English Scott Bailey Josh Morgan Trac 4
18 312 21 Ziggy Koeck Brian Kelly Bob Watling Paul Saunderson Brindabellas
19 304 8 Steve Patten Paul Smith Tracey Johnston Josh Short Bong Bong
20 302 33 Scott Omeley Michael Waterson Nick Segrott Evan Staniland Raymond Terrace
21 298 32 Charles Anastasio Mitchell Gregory Michael Bennett Kieth Dyson Bong Bong
22 272 10 Nathan Hancock Ben Brown John Swab Chad Lyons Newcastle Landrover Club
23 266 36 David Luke Max Serra Luke Arnold Luke Davie AT4
24 265 35 Rob Hutchinson Adam Schutz Brad Kosij Kean Peard Wellsprung
25 262 18 Danny Radburn Jack Bannerman Mick Day Eddie Signorini Brindabellas
26 254 2 Brad Wilkins Aaron Wilson Tom Sethack Craig Price Mudgee 4x4
27 250 30 Jason Rosochaki Robert Knight Danny Peters Brett Champere Lithgow
28 197 29 Nigel Fredericks Les Briggs Lawrence depasquale Brenton Moule AT4
29 182 24 Michael Catanzariti Jason Catanzariti Jason Brown Gerald Cornes Brindabellas
30 180 19 Paul Harris Dane Haigh Steve Price Dean Sondergeld Locked In
31 165 14 Glen Richards Jeremy Hill Shaun Dennis Lewis Storrie Motorex
32 150 6 Lynda Williams Colin Williams Robert Cole Ron Pearson Coalfields 4wd Club
33 146 12 Mel Robinson Chris Robb Jay Flanagan Boyce Nichol Motorex
34 94 5 Reece Warnecke Bradley Williams Adam Walters Paul Beanan Bong Bong
35 93 28 Cameron Richardson Alex Hall Mathew Halse Ben Kennedy ACT ATC
36 93 26 Glenn Odlum Ross Davidson Michael Tot Les Tot ACT ATC

A big thank you to everyone who who attended over the 3 days for leaving our property so clean and tidy, it is a pleasure to have you here.
Our new format of scoring worked ok on saturday but on sunday it was very hard to get points on track 4, while some of the top end cars made it look completely driveable ( jimbobs 40 series ) most struggled to get any points. Now that we have seen how it all worked we can plan our changes to the scoring for next year. Team work seemed to disappear a little this year and I think we need to get back to that, I think we could keep the stops as they are but with no penalty, maybe a free tow between cars but it will use 1 stop, bonus points if you use less than your allotted stops per track, with hindsight track 4 should have had a free winch at the first rock ledge that caused so much grief for many.
There were some amazing drives over the weekend, the best display of raw horsepower must have been Bogan Cable on track 4 trying to climb the first rock ledge, it was a couple of minutes before anyone could see if anything was left inside the dust cloud.
We will get a set of rules out very soon on what will be required from roll cages etc to pass scrutineering next year.

Thanks again everyone for a very entertaining weekend.

Wow what a fantastic weekend, we were stoked to take out 1st place on track 3 and 4
Big thanks to Tony and Penny for letting us all use their fantastic property and to the Canobolas club, you guys and girls have turned the Toperi challenge into one of the most professionally run events on the 4wd calender its fantastic to see it improve every year.

The new format seemed to work well, you defiantly made the best of a bad situation. It did take away the team work side of it so it would be good to improve that next year.

Thanks also to my Navi Borgy and team mates John and Jamie but the biggest thanks is to James (Jimbob) from JMW Engineering for letting me drive his 40, I dont know anyone else mad enough to loan me their car to comp.

[4X4 shorty]

Love this shot awsome drive Phil ur a mad man still cant believe you got pass

Top weekend, I got asked a hundred times why I let someone else drive my car............. I think chris proved why

Awsome drive Chris and Borgy

[AustImages]

Pics from the weekend are up.

About 1250 shots, sorted by team order:

http://www.australianimages.com.au/gall ... llery=1139" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Aww I was hoping you got some pics of Team 27 on track 2!

Sorry, one of the downsides of being on my own. Can't be in two places at once!

[ethann]

Sorry, one of the downsides of being on my own. Can't be in two places at once!

Understandable! Lots of great shots though!


Here's the second album from my camera
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set= ... 634&type=3" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[CanberraMav]

Had a great time.

Tracks were alot tougher.

Its a shame that you guys had to drop the old points system but you did a good job introducing a new system.

I think rear steer needs a 2 stop penalty.
Portals need a stop penalty

No free winch on track 4.

See you next year!!

[turbo gu]

Had a great time.

I think rear steer needs a 2 stop penalty.
Portals need a stop penalty

No free winch on track 4.

See you next year!!

I reckon thats sounds fair
And also the dropping of penalties for the stops and make it time based stops and bonus points for not using them all would be a cool.

[CV Smasher]

Had a great time.

I think rear steer needs a 2 stop penalty.
Portals need a stop penalty

No free winch on track 4.

See you next year!!

I reckon thats sounds fair
And also the dropping of penalties for the stops and make it time based stops and bonus points for not using them all would be a cool.

I agree too, i think that will level the field a bit more.

Any chance of getting the individual scores posted up Tony?

[rocnut]

Thanks Tony & canobolas club for another great event, everyone from Lithgow club had a ball. I'd like to see timed tracks + stops. We were team 31 jason rosochacki & danny peters & I'm pretty shore we should be 11th not 27th, I thought we had a good drive especilly danny for his first comp he drove around me twice. If you could check this & correct it it would be appreciated. Thanks again & look forward to next year, Jason