Round one May 3 2008 Landcruiser Mountain Park
The first round of the Superior All Terrain Challenge was held during the May long weekend with clear blue skies and cold crisp nights over Landcruiser Mountain Parks Expo area.
With several different competitions such as the Superior All Terrain Challenge, SSS Winch Challenge, Barrel Race, Gymkhana, Rallycross, Hill Drags and Mud Pursuit taking place over the weekend, spectators were spoilt for choice on what to watch but found it impossible to watch them all as some overlap occurred.
Saturday morning saw a new concept for the Superior All Terrain Challenge with heats comprising side by side racing on separate short tracks.
The two competitors then swap tracks and race again before moving to the next pair of tracks.
The tractor tyres scored a victim when Lynda in the bright pink Team Barbie GQ patrol got hung up on the diffs on the second set of tracks down on the flats while
Michael in the white wizard GU was having trouble keeping his wheels on the ground on the rock face at the start of one of the third pair of tracks.
Romana was enjoying herself as usual ... she usually has a big grin all weekend.
Fresh from competing at Tuff Truck, Greg had the repainted, repowered and revamped rover in fine form as they attacked the courses, everyone knows Red is supposed to be faster and they were out to prove it.
Brian had put a new silver body on the old blue MQ and had only finished a few hours before so was hoping it would all keep together OK for the weekend.
Steve rolled the black 75 series whilst climbing the loose powdery climb of the
3rd set when the front slid round, luckily the roll cage did its job and saved a lot of damage to both human and vehicle bodies.
The last track of the day was another change from the norm.
Competitors had 4 obstacles to drive within a time limit but could gain a bonus if they drove the bonuses a second time with the proviso that if they didn’t make it in time they lost all the points.
Those who had an easy run managed two runs while those who had a bit of trouble played it safe and stuck with the one run.
Keith was one of only a few who took the uphill run through the big rocks of the third obstacle while most of the others took the down hill direction through them.
Sunday saw the top 5 in each class line up for the final shootout with the racing all held in the area directly in front of the Rock Bar.
Craig hit the rock garden hard enough to shake his fillings out and had the wheels on his buggy bouncing high in the air while traversing the angled logs along the top track.
Paul had a good run in the Big Wheels hilux with consistent driving all weekend.
The side angle as he traversed the rock pile looked pretty spectacular.
Brian’s luck ran out when he got stuck on the tractor tyres and broke a main spring leaf on the front of the MQ, he kept the V8 roaring though until the axle moved far enough for the tailshaft to separate disconnecting drive to the front end, he still didn’t give up and kept trying but the noise of the tailshaft flogging around put an end to his run.
John had a fast run with the boxing kangaroo on the bonnet of his Middy bouncing all over the place but his time didn’t stop until he had collected all the bits that fell out of his vehicle.
The tailgate fell off just before the tractor tyres and his spare and the ramp fell out as he came into the finish line … it was a quite a comedy as they ran around with no idea what had fallen off or where it landed but they couldn’t finish until all the bits were secured back onto the vehicle.
The All Terrain Challenge was a little down on numbers as a few of the regulars couldn’t compete but some new competitors had added some variety and made it a fun and exciting competition for competitors and spectators alike.
. Shane Gerrish
RESULTS:
Outlaw:
1st Damien McCotter
2nd Roger Edols
3rd Stuart Parkes
4th Craig Scotney
5th Greg Tinney
Super Modified:
1st Keith Bignell
2nd Ross Jewel
3rd Paul Whiting
4th Lynda O’Reilly
5th Craig Kittle
Modified:
1st Ken Bain
2nd John Butler
3rd Rick Nolan
4th Brian Langbien
The winners:
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