OBC 2006

Post by **Kruiser Dude** » Wed May 17, 2006 6:40 pm

Heard a little rummor from when they all got together today. Seems there is about mid 40 teams still in it and sound like the top runners are
(in no particular order)
Rohan and Wayne
Cass Jones
Greg Scanlan and Mark
Laurie and Shaun
Kim Bolton
Cooper and Hummer
chunk and chipper

Post by **GQHOON** » Wed May 17, 2006 6:59 pm

Latest news:

This morning the placings were as follows:
1st Rohan Kanavan
2nd Cass Jones
3rd ??? (White GQ with V8, Black Bonnet??)) any1 have an idea?
4th Laurie Sterbeck
5th TEAM HOON!!!

Sorry about any names spelt wrong...

Anyway, Someone called Waterford rolled, knocked the window out, "no-one hurt" and still competing.
White USA car in group B not competing anymore (actually quite a few trucks aswell).

In regards to Team Hoon, they had 3 stages today.
Ist stage they finished in time.
2nd stage...well!...they were 50mtrs from the finish line and doing the final winch when Wazza ran out, got the rope, started running and their engine stopped again. DNF

3rd Stage...DNS... truck wouldnt start.

Apparently they think it could be a crank angle sensor, at the moment they are on their way to pick it up from the workshop...Wazza was running to town to get it, (their truck stopped again), when hoon caught up with him...(Truck started again)... Let's hope this is the problem.
They are doing a Denian Stage tonight at 8pm.

also....apparently their might be a protest in regards to someone lodging a protest, (in regards to the size of Procomp tyres)...!!

and...everyone in group B have suffered punctures except Team Hoon..they are using Maxxis Tyres...
That's all the goss for now...... Bel

Post by **Bighazza** » Wed May 17, 2006 7:09 pm

cool updates!!!!

Post by **PMT** » Wed May 17, 2006 7:24 pm

Yeah great work Bel, Andrew, Morkz, Joe & everyone else reporting back to us, THANK YOU & KEEP EM COMING

P.S GO THE HILUX

Post by AJ » Wed May 17, 2006 7:26 pm

GQHOON wrote:This morning the placings were as follows:
1st Rohan Kanavan
2nd Cass Jones
3rd ??? (White GQ with V8, Black Bonnet??)) any1 have an idea?
4th Laurie Sterbeck
5th TEAM HOON!!!

Who let that damned Hilux in there....

Go the Patrols

Post by **RV80** » Wed May 17, 2006 7:33 pm

GQHOON wrote: 3rd ??? (White GQ with V8, Black Bonnet??)) any1 have an idea?

Maybe Greg Jackson from Qld?

Post by **Sandy Pandy** » Wed May 17, 2006 8:20 pm

It took about 8 phone calls to get this info (kept on dropping out) but here's the latest from The Hulk.

Graeme and Jeff, along with the rest of the field, gathered at HQ today (Silverton?) to do three different stages - all fast runs through creeks/gullies with sand, "bloody big" rocks and a water crossing (called "The Sheep Dip") thrown in to keep things interesting.

The boys are on top of the world after absolutely blitzing the DNF times in all three stages.

DNF time 15:00 - ET for The Hulk around 6:00
DNF time 10:00 - ET for The Hulk around 6:00
DNF time 10:00 - ET for The Hulk sub 5:00

(ET = Elapsed Time)

As you can see - the results are certainly worth crowing about ! They seem to think that were in the top third of the field for each stage.

They are currently enroute to Denian for a night stage (in the sand) and will line up for a similar event tomorrow morning before heading off for a pore cleansing dip in the rejuvenating mud at Viewmont.

I think that Jeff said that they did a tyre today (can't be sure) but it can't have held them up judging by their ET's.

Jeff confirmed that the apparent cause of GQHOON's engine trouble was most likely a crank angle sensor (Graeme's a Grease Monkey so The Hulk boys stopped to help them get back to civilisation for repairs). Sorry folks, but the awful phone coverage meant that I couldn't get any further info on other crews - I'll keep trying though !

Apparently the next likely phone contact will be Friday PM.

GO THE HULK !

Post by **GQHOON** » Wed May 17, 2006 8:30 pm

Team Hoon, USA Truck #45 (all wheels off) & A QLD Truck #54(on hoist) all in workshop at the moment...busy,busy,busy.... Here's a pic of the USA truck... Diff & Driveshafts being repaired.
Sorry picture is not clear...I'm getting pictures sent by mobile from Wazza.

Post by **Hales231271** » Wed May 17, 2006 8:46 pm

Gotta take your hat off to Laurie and Sean.

Go the Hilux.

Cheers
Dazza

Post by **Link** » Wed May 17, 2006 9:12 pm

GQHOON wrote:3rd ??? (White GQ with V8, Black Bonnet??)) any1 have an idea?

Most likely it's Greg & Brent from Townsville..

Post by **"CANADA"** » Wed May 17, 2006 9:57 pm

toughnut wrote:Hey guys, just getting a bite to eat while my windscreen is getting replaced. We had a little lie down today in one of the short Poolamica stages. Still going strong though. It was just a safety thing to replace the windscreen. There should be pics of me on here soon. There were a lot of people taking photo's. Hulk is doing well. Bruce in the lime green rangie pushed his fan through the radiator yesterday but has replaced the fan and repaired the radiator. Cass and Kym are both doing really well. Terrence the South African is going great, he hasn't DNF'd anything and is now the only one in our group that hasn't. Nick Mannell is going well and we haven't really had any major breakages yet. That's a feat in itself having done both Nundooka and Poolamica. We are out to Denian tonight and then Viewmont for the mud on Friday. Thanks for all the support guys and I'll let the other guys know as well

Post by **gqpete** » Wed May 17, 2006 10:12 pm

Just breifly spoke to hoon. Looks like their out..
They are in B.H. just changed th crank angle sensor and now it won't start.
So much for # 56 being my lucky number...
Teams 45 & 54 still there at the work shop.

Post by **zuker1500** » Wed May 17, 2006 10:22 pm

3rd ??? (White GQ with V8, Black Bonnet??)) any1 have an idea

Sounds like the RGM boys Greg and Brent

A big

for the Townsville lads.

Post by **toughnut** » Wed May 17, 2006 10:50 pm

zuker1500 wrote:3rd ??? (White GQ with V8, Black Bonnet??)) any1 have an idea

Sounds like the RGM boys Greg and Brent

A big for the Townsville lads.

Yeah the boys are having a great run. I'm at silver city getting the trip notes now to head out to the sand. the hoon boys are still here scratching their heads and wondering what is wrong with their truck. Will chat again hopefully at the end of the week

Post by **tuf355** » Wed May 17, 2006 10:53 pm

sad to see so many drop out early , especially normy . but good to see the QLDER`S going well , any news on jane & pete ????

Post by **Wooders** » Thu May 18, 2006 12:10 am

How about some names of those that have pulled out?
How are the Jeeps runing

Post by **bling1** » Thu May 18, 2006 3:02 am

hay hoon boyz get the part of the kill bill wreck, i think its the fluxs capacitor under the bonnet son. bad luck boys keep trying your biggest fan WHERE'S WALLY GO ONTRACK 4WD CLUB

Post by **cutzook** » Thu May 18, 2006 6:24 am

anyone know how heath and brett are going in the gold gu running the bfg crawlers from qld. an update of there progress would be great someone.

cheers joel

Post by **04muf** » Thu May 18, 2006 7:10 am

spoke to heath last night.He was on his way back to Broken Hill to do some welding repairs to his A frame.Said it had cracked through centre pin area.He also said that run through the darling river was the stage that most people balked at due to the depth of the water and risk of blowing too many winch motors.Only one dnf to date.Ian has apparently blown three winch motors and suffering from suspension problems,mostly shock problems.Will post more info as it comes through.

Post by **Pesky Pete** » Thu May 18, 2006 7:54 am

tuf355 wrote:sad to see so many drop out early , especially normy . but good to see the QLDER`S going well , any news on jane & pete ????

Pete and Jane are doing some pretty good times and having the time of their life. Did a rear pinion but are back up and running.

Post by **GQHOON** » Thu May 18, 2006 8:26 am

Hoon boys stopped working on truck 2am this morning...they still don't know what's wrong.."major dissapointment" to them... Wazza did say to thank Dennis and his Crew at Silver City as they continuously are helping all the competitiors, not charging for workshop and feeding competitors hot soup and bbq's...Fantastic ppl and much appreciated!!!

Post by **2dextreme** » Thu May 18, 2006 9:14 am

Can anyone tell me if Mani and Kevi are still going, also if anyone nows how Todd and Ivan are going in the ex cab blue/green GQ

Post by **Sandy Pandy** » Thu May 18, 2006 9:27 am

Mrs Hoon #1 & #2 - Sorry to hear the Hoon boys can't get up and running - what a shame! Here's hoping they find & fix the problem and can get moving again. Everyone puts so much time effort and $$$$ into this event and it's great to see people supporting each other. Big thumbs up to Dennis and crew at Silver City and I'm sure there are lots of other people down there that deserve many many thanks for helping out competitors as well. Group B (Hulk etc) are heading out to Denian this morning to play in the sand and off to Viewmont later for the water and mud stages - so that will be interesting !! Any info will be received gratefully and of course, we will post any that we get thru - not hopeful for phone coverage today tho'. See ya !!

Post by **RogTJ** » Thu May 18, 2006 9:47 am

Fantastic to see Laurie and Sean doing well. The hilux only went back on the road a few weeks ago with a toyota V8 to replace the old turbo diesel.

Post by **GQHOON** » Thu May 18, 2006 10:13 am

Team Hoon's OBC has come to an end... boys have put truck on trailer

They enjoyed the whole experience, but even though it has come to an end.....hopefully they'll be back next year and have another go at it. This times the Hoon Ladies are going!!!!

They are off to Denian to have a look and then heading home... I should have some pictures from today from Wazza, so I will post them on here tonight.
Thank you Sandy Pandy for all your updates and concerns...Good luck to your team.

Good Luck to everyone still competing...this has been an enjoyable and frustrating experience!

Post by **toughnut** » Thu May 18, 2006 10:20 am

I've pulled the pin as well. As we were driving out to Denian for the sand our pyro gauge was sitting on almost 600 degrees just cruising on the highway. We tried a whole heap of stuff and couldn't sort it out so rather than damage the engine we've called it a day.

Guess I'll have to come back next year to make sure I finish it

Post by **bad_religion_au** » Thu May 18, 2006 10:23 am

fark me look at the carnage list... this event is insane

Post by **Drafty** » Thu May 18, 2006 10:27 am

GQHOON wrote:
Team Hoon's OBC has come to an end... boys have put truck on trailer
They enjoyed the whole experience, but even though it has come to an end.....hopefully they'll be back next year and have another go at it. This times the Hoon Ladies are going!!!!
They are off to Denian to have a look and then heading home... I should have some pictures from today from Wazza, so I will post them on here tonight.
Thank you Sandy Pandy for all your updates and concerns...Good luck to your team.

Good Luck to everyone still competing...this has been an enjoyable and frustrating experience!

NOT GOOD

Post by **bogged** » Thu May 18, 2006 10:41 am

2dextreme wrote:Can anyone tell me if Mani and Kevi are still going,

they hydro'ed the engine on day 1 in the mud.. From that I would doubt they were still going.

I cant see how carnage is great.. Am I missing something?

Lots of effort time and money goes into getting ready and into these events.
To be out on day 1 or 2 wouldnt be seen as

awesome shit by the dudes competing.

toughnut wrote:our pyro gauge was sitting on almost 600 degrees

hope it wasnt a faulty Pyro gauge dude.

Post by **Sandy Pandy** » Thu May 18, 2006 10:46 am

GQHoon & Toughnut - Sorry to hear the bad news !! Sure is a tough comp ! I'll be more than happy to see our team "Hulk" finish the mud bath and water run tonight without carnage - wonder how well they'll "float"?
I'm sure looking forward to seeing you HOON Ladies next year! Also looking forward to the pics later on tonight - thanks too for all your updates so far.
Anyone know how many trucks are actually still competing?????

Hope the boys have a safe trip home.

Cheers
Sandy

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