Nissan trials - 5th to 6th November

Post by **daflee** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 6:20 am

A top weekend, a bit wet at times, a bit slow at others (especially when you sit in the queue at S3 for 4 hours and then S8 for 3 hours).

Good to meet a few guys from here. Seen Redzook drive S3 - top drive mate, very controlled up and over the last logs. You deserve the open title.

Will upload some photos to our website soon http://www.wellsprung.org.au

Dave

Post by **BIG ZOOK** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 6:32 am

The Vitara roll over was good action. the bar work held up perfect..

did anyone see the crazy goose that just held it pined up the end of stage 3 even after getting to the top and hit a tree head on knocking it into the crowd? a camera girl and a bunch of us got some leaves in our beer...

Athol

Post by **Gordo** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 6:42 am

daflee wrote:... a bit slow at others (especially when you sit in the queue at S3 for 4 hours and then S8 for 3 hours)....Dave

yes the Waitin Trials lived up to it's name for another year

Post by A1 » Mon Nov 07, 2005 6:52 am

Well shite hey Redzook takes out the open class on radials

well done dude ................

Hey RB has ya mum been asking what happened to her gooon

Chops matey (aka GOON BOY) wasn't real heathly the next day

Any way was a pretty shweet weekend ....some real coool action Sams roll proved the importance of exo cages .......and the red bundera that rolled also proved that maybe the officials need to spend less time checkin whether flares are fitted and make a new regulation that either internal or external cages are mandatory .......because its only a matter of time until someone gets seriuosly injured ...........and then we will be left with maybe a good competition goin down the drain due to insurance dramas which as everyone is aware is a big issue of late

(my 2cents)

Dan

Post by **djr320kw** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 7:22 am

Great weekend good to meet lots of people

I am surprised that external or internal cages are not compulsary (sp??)

I think that a cage, window nets, helmets and most proberly harnesses should all be standard. If you have the money to compete you have the money to put in the saftey items.

Post by **Shorty40** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 7:40 am

djr320kw wrote:Great weekend good to meet lots of people

I am surprised that external or internal cages are not compulsary (sp??)

I think that a cage, window nets, helmets and most proberly harnesses should all be standard. If you have the money to compete you have the money to put in the saftey items.

Dont be silly

Big flares and red recovery hooks are far more important

Post by **brighty** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 2:23 pm

cutzook wrote:that last pic, its a um decent wheel stand. i bet when he landed on the ground he changed his pants.

That would've had to been the best wheel stand of the weekend I reckon..... it went up, and stayed upright for quite a few seconds..... I had ages to take the pic.... just pissed I didn't have it on video mode.....

Post by **ozy1** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 2:23 pm

congrats to all the people who took out places on the podium, and congrats to all thos people who had fun,

I would also like to add a few words of wisdom, that were spoken by Rob (oldyella) "if you arnt having fun and enjoying youself, you might as well pack up and go home", i have to admit, i agree 100% on this,

Jeff had an unlucky weekend, but it could have been heaps worse, so a good save on his behalf,

i fairly happy with the way my rig drove saturdays events, but sundays event were average, if there were more tracks like saturdays itd be alot more fun, some things learnt about my rig on the weekend, is it wheel stands a bit so ive gotta look into it a bit more, but i will be back next year,

Trees Revenge is a bit how ya going, the 30 point mark is not good, i think it needs to be changed for next year.

ill post some pics later on

Post by **Wendle** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 3:47 pm

did the red rangie with the mogs (red bitch) stay together all weekend?

Post by **MD4x4** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 4:48 pm

Yes Trees Revenge was not a good track for me either. I was a bit embarrassed being the first car up on trees revenge and smacking the tree on the 30 point marker way too hard, but after seeing most people struggle to get past there it made me feel a little better. Did not help that my rear left spring decided to drop out on the first hole at the 20 point mark.

Next Mod.>>>> Spring Retainers.

By the way anyone got a winch bar for a SWB GQ for sale.

MD

Post by **Hekta** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 4:50 pm

Wendle wrote:did the red rangie with the mogs (red bitch) stay together all weekend?

Yep it did. Looked awesome with the Mogs under it

83Lux gave it his "favourite car of the comp" award

Post by **83 lux** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 5:26 pm

What a great comp

I had a ball
best comp i have been to for a long time

Well........
I WANT RED BITCH

Tim owes me more then he thinks

(it didnt brake till he was well past it .............. well he has a point you know)

I like sleeping
and there are some really really good comp rigs getting around down there now

Well High 5 to everyone down there it was a GREAT weekend

Post by **Miss Wendy** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 5:47 pm

and make a new regulation that either internal or external cages are mandatory .......because its only a matter of time until someone gets seriuosly injured ...........and then we will be left with maybe a good competition goin down the drain due to insurance dramas which as everyone is aware is a big issue of late (my 2cents)

Not a bad suggestion..my first born was navi in Sam's truck.
We do require all vehicles to be road registered as passenger vehicles tho. I think this would pose a problem with some of the daily drivers ?.

Post by **Miss Wendy** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 5:50 pm

Shorty40 wrote:
djr320kw wrote:Great weekend good to meet lots of people

I am surprised that external or internal cages are not compulsary (sp??)

I think that a cage, window nets, helmets and most proberly harnesses should all be standard. If you have the money to compete you have the money to put in the saftey items.
Dont be silly

Big flares and red recovery hooks are far more important

We got tough on the flares a few years ago when a truck spat out a fair size rock hitting a guy in the middle of the chest. Lucky he was too pissed to feel much.

Post by **Hekta** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 5:52 pm

Miss Wendy wrote: I think this would pose a problem with some of the daily drivers ?.

Custom roof racks... there are a few exo'd rigs around that are Daily Drivers.

PS Miss Wendy one of the funniest things on the weekend was you taking off after the guy in the subaru (I think) beeping the horn at him for doing a burnout on the 'donut pad'

Post by **2THDR100** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 5:56 pm

DIRTY ROCK STAR wrote:WHAT A WEEKEND!!!!!

just got home to newy......

few key points....
screwy - watch out for that TREE!!! and i have always wanted to jump on and kick a Nissan, thanks matey.

MY45- stay outta my tent ya shirt lifter.

red zook, some top driving there chief!!! it was the incentive wasnt it....
RB, dude layto is gonna have your nuts for his transfer full of water.

all the other competitors, thanks for putting on a great show.

organisers, might i say TOP WORK!
and a couple of small points...
1. good stuff you didnt postpone or cancel.
2. the gate people should possibly be a bit better versed to answer Q's and remember whats going on with handing out wrist bands and stuff.
3. good work cracking down on some of the hoons. but sometimes i think the crackdown was alot more dangerous then the donuts. specifically a long wheelbase GQ beeping a horn and cutting infront of a white 80 series to try to get old mate in a red shorty cruiser.
4. lots of bin bags on trees at events is a top idea.
5. that was the fastest i have seen TLCC recovery work, but still some big delays, TTC style excavator to reef them out is the GO. or put the TLCC guys on speed. or maybe try some yobos, atleast some rum drinking red necks will get the job done!

Many thanks for the feedback for the organisers - we will take your points on board at our wrap up meeting

Da Prez

Post by **ann** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 5:56 pm

Miss Wendy? Any chance of a run down on some scores?

We are dying to know! Or any idea on when the website will be updated?

Post by **2THDR100** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 5:59 pm

MY45 wrote:And no one drove the wombat holes this year

The track just wasn't up to taking that many cars after all the rain

Da Prez

Post by **2THDR100** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 6:04 pm

ann wrote:Miss Wendy? Any chance of a run down on some scores?

We are dying to know! Or any idea on when the website will be updated?

For G-d's sake. While you buggers were playing on your computers or straigtening out your rigs, I was up at SORRA cleaning up and didn't get the trailers unloaded until 11:00pm Monday!

Results will be up on the Nissan Club's website as soon as I get them - hopefully sometime tonight. In the meantime - live in suspense

Da Prez http://www.nissanpatrolclub.org

Post by **Tiny** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 6:06 pm

had a fantastic weekend cept for some of the waiting. I was expecting TTC style recoveries, as they still went a little slow, but after breaking both CVs, rear locker not working and being up againts a tree on event 2 I was impressed this year at the much mre professional aproach of the guys at that event.

Revoveries by Tony on ther stair case were also A1, but I still think some more work on the orgonazations of the event lines etc would be good as well. When I asked where to head to the next event after finishing one I mostly got blank looks, and the line I got onto by accident after driving in circles for trees revenge saw me push way ahead (lucky for me I was finished by 3pm) and by 2pm the guy in front of me had yet to do his first event for the day......maybe some signs on trees? just a thought, I geuss I will reflect a little differently after wild rock has being run and won. Its always different when you actually run something.

Thanks to Daz (China) for the pedes and to the patrol club for another truck breaking, bone crushing wet and wild weekend

Post by **`maddog** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 6:09 pm

MD4x4 wrote:Yes Trees Revenge was not a good track for me either. I was a bit embarrassed being the first car up on trees revenge and smacking the tree on the 30 point marker way too hard, but after seeing most people struggle to get past there it made me feel a little better. Did not help that my rear left spring decided to drop out on the first hole at the 20 point mark.

Next Mod.>>>> Spring Retainers.

By the way anyone got a winch bar for a SWB GQ for sale.

MD

Yeah I managed to modify my front bar on that tree as well

Post by **Wooders** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 8:45 pm

Miss Wendy wrote: We got tough on the flares a few years ago when a truck spat out a fair size rock hitting a guy in the middle of the chest. Lucky he was too pissed to feel much.

Don't get me wrong you guys did a great job running a top event.
But the approach to flares was a bit of a joke.
We had our reserve knocked back becuase the flares he uses every single day on his realatively mild Jeep didn't cover his offroad tyre lugs by about 0.5cm........yet there were rigs going through with bits of flat stuff that didn't even cover the length of the tyre - letalone some of the sharp edges on some......
and if you were to take the flares so seriously why not get anal about having mud flaps too.....
I dunno just seemed silly.

Oh yeah my only main suggestion for next year (which I hope to run in again because I did enjoy it) - why not have the queues to each event clearly marked?
Even just a few signs - cause there were plenty of people who wanted to do the right thing but had no idea where to go after finishing a run and that resulted in multple queues and a few bits of unnessacary agro.....

Just a suggestion.....

Post by **.::lil-oscar::.** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 10:06 pm

guzzla wrote:we had just finished driving event 3 and were leaving the track when screwy introduced himself to a large gum tree. here are the results of their intoduction. it was a good save by him as it could have been alot worse had he not stomped on it.

www.msnusers.com/MyWebDocuments.

Linky no workie :( Would be awesome if you can post up a link that works coz i'd love to see the action shots of screwy's tree encounter.

Post by **evanstaniland** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 10:24 pm

hey every1 i had an awesome wkend got 2 meet some of the crew and got so very very drunk on saturday night thanks to the help of burbon n coke and home brew madori straight yum yum wasnt it DRS

got some good pics will post them up

Cheers
Evan

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Post by **sufolla** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 10:43 pm

Hekta wrote:
Miss Wendy wrote: I think this would pose a problem with some of the daily drivers ?.
Custom roof racks... there are a few exo'd rigs around that are Daily Drivers.

PS Miss Wendy one of the funniest things on the weekend was you taking off after the guy in the subaru (I think) beeping the horn at him for doing a burnout on the 'donut pad'

Are you sure that was Wendy, doesn't strike me as her style

What colour car was it?

Post by **DIRTY ROCK STAR** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 10:44 pm

evan,

TIDY WORK DUDE!!!!!!!!!! and yeah you were wasted dude and ya took ya time getting up on sunday! more practice needed!

Post by **evanstaniland** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 10:45 pm

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