4x4 Super Trucks Round 2 Nov 27

Post by **sierrajim** » Sun Nov 27, 2005 9:00 pm

Was a great day, good drive by hottie as well.

Post by **BASSYK** » Sun Nov 27, 2005 9:05 pm

and me

we got 13th overall ,out of 22 entrants
im happy with that for my first competition.
thanks to Matt (Pink Pig) for helping push me that little bit harder

and it was a good drive by hottie , i think he placed 10th overall not a bad effort at all

Kev

Post by **PSI250** » Sun Nov 27, 2005 9:56 pm

Was a good day!! A fair bit of nice driving on show!!
Was a pity I had to leave early as i didn't get to see all the days action

Heres my pics of stage 2 for those interested -
http://photobucket.com/albums/v283/PSI2 ... ertrucks2/

I have a few more pics so if anyone was there and wants some pics of there truck etc PM me, i might have some.

Post by **grimbo** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 9:24 am

James what happened to your Hilux, we got there and you were being towed away. Then you spent the rest of the time i was there with the bonnet up.

I was pretty disappointed with the event i must say. As a spectator event it got pretty boring pretty quick. It was just cars tearing around wwith a few small obstacles to slow them down.

It's great that Colin has started to do something and it has great potential I reckon but I think it needs to have more variety in events. Maybe have the one high speed event, then change the 2nd one into a more obstacle course with harder bits and no high speed sections.

The 3rd one needs to be better placed with spectators as it seemed to be a gathering point for the cars and not an event.

I reckon add a few more short hard trials style events.

Also the guidance to get in was a little lacking. We came through the tunnel and then it was left to us to figure out where to go from there. Maybe a few signs or attendants guiding people would have been good.

The commentator did a great job of keeping people informed of who was doing what. top job, get him to Tuff truck.

All in all it is an event that has great potential and the organisers need to be commended for getting any sort of event up and running in Vic. I just hope that it can eveolve further into a quality event that can attract a variety of vehicles, not just the high speed winch guys

Post by **sierrajim** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 11:45 am

grimbo wrote:James what happened to your Hilux, we got there and you were being towed away. Then you spent the rest of the time i was there with the bonnet up.

Finished the car at 3am Sunday morning, loaded onto trailer at 6am.

Ended up with carby issues before we even hit the first mound. Spent the rest of the morning chasing parts, getting it running as best we could. Which wasn't very well.

We completed stage 2 with a lack of power to the engine so we used the starter the whole stage with my navi changing gears. In th end it died on stage 1 and wouldn't start again. Starting a rebuild tonight, should be done sometime next week.

It was only on the track in motion for a while but did anyone get some pics of the unreliable red Hilux?

Post by **grimbo** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 11:53 am

Bummer.

Did Ben bend his front diff because it sure looked like it was having some weird angles on the front wheels?

The ABT rock buggy was very impressive and was pretty cool on the little demo area. The PGS thing always makes me laugh and it did again on the track.

Some of the winch guys have some serious motor action happening. The speed they were getting on the back straight was awesome.

Hopefully the 4Runner that rolled can get straighten out

Post by **sierrajim** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 12:26 pm

Ben's front diff is beyond repair, its parked out in my yard now.

Its bent up and backwards, sheared a u-bolt, bent both front springs and mashed the pinion.

Post by **morkz** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 3:17 pm

yeah i have a couple of sad pics of the red hilux

i think they are mainly from stage 2 the one with jump in it.

I have about 900 shots to go through from the weekend, so i'll try edit through the lot and if any competitors want some printed up let me know or if your a competitor who liked the shot and would like it no problems.

I have heap of shots of people getting massive air on the jump laying sideways through corner or even bog whole shots.

With my prints i can have them printed up to A3 or A2 so if you want custom design let me know

Post by **BASSYK** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 4:31 pm

hopefully you got some good ones of me

you have a PM

Post by **hottiemonster** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 6:00 pm

well i had an absolute blast. I came 2nd in class and 10th outright which i am very happy about. the tracks were good and SS1 and SS2 were my favorites. the car drove fantastic and i was able to drive the car home

i had a few dramas for the event:
1. winch solinoid box died, so i need to thank Greg (bundyrum4x4) for lending me his solinoid box for the event.
2. coil lead fell off on SS1

fixed that with a cable tie to make sure it didnt happen again.
3. problem with wheel nuts and studs on the way home, but lets not go there

thanks needs to goto the Vic All Terrain CLub & the Gippsland 4WD Club for marshalling the event, they did a great job.

i like the sound of the mav of Kevin, mmm turbo. Also its unfortunate that ben and james had some bad luck, Ben was in my group behind me and was driving hard which looked great, didnt see much of you James.

i will be back for round 3 which i hear will be in febuary unless its held on the pajero challenge weekend.

if anyone has pics of my car (car 13 - black shorty GQ) plz email to peterbutcher@netspace.net.au or pm me to sort out something.

thanks

Peter

Post by **bagsy** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 8:41 pm

Excellent event, had a ball . Those rocks on ss2 got real ugly by the end of the day.... If anyone has pics of car 19 , Ads and Shane ,can you pm me.Huge thanks go out to vic all terrain and gippsland 4wd clubs for the marshalling, great job guys....cheers shane............

Post by **okz00k** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 9:51 pm

Anyone out there prepared to write up a bit of a story for the front page of http://CCDA.info

Let's tell the world how good this event was.

If have a story and/or piccies you would like published, feel free to send them to editor@CCDA.info

Post by **morkz** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 10:36 pm

Hey all

Yeah looking through all the photos i will start tommorow night and put them up.

Hottie monster not sure if i have any good ones of you but will look.

I now i have a few good shots of the sandy old ute getting air of the jump and a few others.

the hilux well i got a little bit of that in the bog hole.

But i do have an awesome shot of shorty gq with the infinty v8 in it.....

But saying that heres one of rohan !!!!

Post by **griffo** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 10:18 am

personally it made my day to see the 3 hilux based poor excuses for trucks break down, stuff up or roll. it was ace!

and good to see adam and bagsy come in 5th overall

it would also be good to see a challenging track, and a decent winch stage. since when was winching over a speed hump hard

Post by **vanzbrown** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 7:59 pm

grimbo wrote: The commentator did a great job of keeping people informed of who was doing what. top job, get him to Tuff truck.

Yup, i agree... Did a top job. Did well to stand in the one spot on that mic all day.

VB

Post by **morkz** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 9:02 pm

Ok

Pics are up

http://www.morkzmedia.com.au/super_trucks_round2/

http://www.morkzmedia.com.au/super_trucks_round2_1

if anyone wants orginal or a custom poster of there pics let me know i can do upto A2 on some shots and most can do A3 posters either way can do anyting smaller after that.

pm me or email for further details

Post by **krimnl** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 11:26 pm

some good photos in that lot.

i like the pics of the zuki in the air

and Bills big jump

Post by **bling1** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 7:40 am

awsome photos morkz had a ball mostly when bill kept jumping bigger and bigger where's the $50 bucks mat, see you all next time

WHERE'S WALLY

Post by **chompyd** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 9:12 am

Fairs Fair ....... you guys deserve it and i am a man of my word...... about being a man better catch up with me before the sex change ...... ummm.... next event i am at i will pay my debt in full !!!

Post by **griffo** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 9:50 am

vanzbrown wrote:
grimbo wrote: The commentator did a great job of keeping people informed of who was doing what. top job, get him to Tuff truck.

Yup, i agree... Did a top job. Did well to stand in the one spot on that mic all day.

VB

the commentator did well although his info wasnt correct most of the time
he came up with 3 different names for bidders, and had not alot of an idea about engines

Post by **chompyd** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 11:02 am

VB[/quote]
the commentator did well although his info wasnt correct most of the time
he came up with 3 different names for bidders, and had not alot of an idea about engines[/quote]

No shit ....... I was apparently driving the shorty gq that kev was ...... and i kept telling him if he is gonna call you my name at least drive like me ..... he was safe in doing so there were no trees around !!

Post by **sierrajim** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 12:02 pm

griffo wrote:
vanzbrown wrote:
grimbo wrote: The commentator did a great job of keeping people informed of who was doing what. top job, get him to Tuff truck.

Yup, i agree... Did a top job. Did well to stand in the one spot on that mic all day.

VB
the commentator did well although his info wasnt correct most of the time
he came up with 3 different names for bidders, and had not alot of an idea about engines

Apparently my car was on the track most of the day according to the commentary. Even while we were fixing it in the pits????

Post by **grimbo** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 12:03 pm

Ok well the time i was there the commentary was good and he can only work with the info provided to him

Post by **sierrajim** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 12:25 pm

It was certainly more informative with a comentator than the first round without one.

Post by **scotto** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 9:24 pm

Ben's carnage and more
http://www.3rdrock4x4.com/forum/viewtop ... c&start=50

too many pics to upload again..

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