Where's the comp pic's????????????

Come on Tico... Where's the pic's.. I saw a shot over on the creepers of you and Chris on the hill.. Where's the red rubi???

There was some action!! Good footage and pictures are on the way. I'll give you a hint...Joe's ZJ needs a new front windshield...

Locked_N_Loaded wrote:

There was some action!! Good footage and pictures are on the way. I'll give you a hint...Joe's ZJ needs a new front windshield...

Oh yeah and a BFH Today completely kicked ass. I had a blast spotting for Bill. His boys will be happy to know that there dad didn't roll his jeep. Tough luck in the end but still had a blast. Somthing about hanging out with your friends on the comp course all day with cool rigs and something always going on. I loved it. can't wait to do it again.

http://www.slackeroffroad.com/photo/thumbnails.php?album=114&page=1

Locked_N_Loaded wrote:

There was some action!! Good footage and pictures are on the way. I'll give you a hint...Joe's ZJ needs a new front windshield...

No body damage just windshield???

I got to see this one...

body flex????


Dam... I always miss the good stuff...

Well there might have been a LITTLE bit of body damage

I agree thought Nester...it was awesome minus the cold. It was cool to learn the rules and the techniques for comp too.

I see Chris came in 3rd in class 2..

It was a kick ass day. To bad next year wont be the same.

Man do I have you guys spoiled-here are the pictures for the day, I will work on the videography later.
http://photoshow.comcast.net/viewshow/js3AZ4EN

Enjoy.

Chris and I placed 3rdon the Class 3, then on the shootout we were tied wwith team 111 and to seperate us into 2nd and third they used the time factor we ended up in 3rd due to a 11 second diference, damn. But we did work well together and had a great time too. Thanks to the members present for thier support and specially the 4 teams competing, it showed our club has very good contenders and I think next year we will have more teams on the course. Great job of spotting by Matt Moore, Eric Nester, Nick Fisher as well as the drivers for thier sportsmanship; Greg knoll, Bill Gilbert, Joe Fernaks.

Carnage: Joe-flip the Grand Cherokee, Bill's locker gave out on the last 10 second of the course, Chris-lost a portion of his Bushwacker fender and grind the front drive shaft. Incredible performance by all, I am very proud of what we all achived.

NICE PHOTO SHOW TICO, I AM SORRY I COULD NOT COME TO WATCH THE ACTION AND SEE JOE ROLL HIS GRAND CHEROKEE IN PERSON LOOKS LIKE HE MIGHT MAKE IT A CONVERTIBLE NOW

Awesome job guys....

well After getting all the oil out of the air box and putting about 2 qts in the motor I turned the key and it fired right up and ran smooth with no smoke

well heres the damage

Joe is this the start of a Grand Buggy good thing you made those tube doors the old doors won't fix anymore.

It was a blast, a little too cold but once we got running it heated up real quick. Thanks Nester, you ROCK! Spotter means everything during the comps, all I do is drive. 2 cent o ring plugged the airway of the rear ARB and got "temporarily detained" at a spot that shouldn't have been an issue. Had we made the last 10' we would have made 7th place, not bad considering what we were competing against. Instead we were like 14th out of 25 competitors. I don't think I would compete against the buggies in the unlimited class again but if they created a super modified class then I'm in. Thanks again for spotting Eric I do appreciate it. BTW I still have your helmet.

Bill thank you. I had a blast I will get the helmet later. Yeah if they make a a super modified or unlimited modified class for the full body rigs I would love to spot again. Joe I want to be there if you cut the top off. I will buy the beer . Anyway guys it was a blast I think I'm hooked. This weekend will change the direction for the buggy.

Is the grand that bad.. Pic's are sometimes deceiving and I really couldnt tell if the pillars are that bad..

Thats sucks if so...


I have a full internal cage but if it goes on its lid then its done also.. Its got me thinking about a simple exo cage with just a couple loops over the top and at the bottom of the windshield.. I hate to add even more weight to the mammoth..

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well After getting all the oil out of the air box and putting about 2 qts in the motor I turned the key and it fired right up and ran smooth with no smoke 9

Dammit we should have got that puppy running and went back at it.

Makes for a great video Mr 919!

I was judging that course where he rolled. We had a rubicon roll two people before him. Joe took it like a man, and his last words before going down the hill were, "Nick should we stop? I am NOT rolling for this compition!" That was when Nick was on the spotter rope in the off camber turn at the begining of the Vid.

That just straight out sucks... Made it through the hard stuff and have that happen....

From my untrained eye it looked like he had a better chance of rolling at the start of vid but made it. It looked like he was lined up good, ties straight but then back drivers tire bumped up? What caused it to roll, was he off camber on passanger side and the hump was the catalyst?

We had a hard time of keeping her on the ground trying to swing the turn into the 2nd gate. The turning radius and top heaviness made for a difficult time and before the strap was on there were a few of those dead silent nobody move situations. We took an extra backup to play it safe which was when joe said he didn't wanna roll in this comp it wasn't worth it. The thing that sucked though was the backups weren't even doing us much good because it kept sliding off the line we needed and picking up the back end. My body still hurts from holding that thing from going over - and yes matt it was a bummer to make it through the hard stuff to go over there.

Once he got to the top part of the hill he looked lined up perfectly and we were getting down to about the 2-3 minute mark so I said straight on down and lined up for the descent (NOT LEFT). Anyway there was a hump on the driver side coming down that put you off camber and the only way over it was slow...very slow...but better yet avoid it since it was the wrong line. Looking back on it I should have said stay passenger and avoid the hump on driver but like I said he was lined up perfectly where he was sitting and once he got moving down hill it was too late. That green land rover went over the same spot (bad line) but stayed rubber side down with some smooth creeping. Anyway, the most important thing is that Joe didn't get hurt which I was a little worried about with the roof coming down. I'll have a lifelong memory of Joe upside down telling me he was stuck.

From where I was standing he looked pretty well lined up too. Just one of those things that happen. Just sucked that it happened to Joe. The other roll you could see coming. I don't think that Nick or Joe did anything wrong in the situation. they were having a pretty good run until that point. Assuming they did not hit any cones on the last gate they would have had a great score, below some of the others on that one.

He started to turn the wheel to get to the next gate and when he hit the bump and went off camber he hit the brakes and the sent him over. I saw it happen from the other angle and now watching the vid I can see what happen. another funny part about it is the next gate was the hardest, where everyone thought they were going to roll and like chris said someone else did.