Friday Night saw two quick stages and one stage with a huge hill straight up out of the creek.
Johnny Trackabout lent his Truck out but at least this time it wasn't him that rolled it !
It was soon back on its wheels and continued on to finish the stage but didn't sound too healthy after that and they retired from the event.
it was a long steep hill with everyone taking at least two goes at the winch to make it up.
Dave Metcalf was behind the wheel instead of behind the whistle for this event and getting a reminder of what it like competing instead of running an event, he was also an early retiree with clutch problems.
The big hill stage was taking a long time to complete and the stage didn't finish until 3.30AM with most taking the opportunity to hang around the campfire to keep the chill at bay.
Saturday saw a further six stages, two of which involved reverse winching down into a steep narrow gulley before winching back out and returning back to the start line.
The winch tree was pulled out of the ground on one of the stages forcing the rest to use ground anchors.
Two of the other stages crossed forward through the same steep narrow gully causing quite a few problems with approach angles.
The creek and the tall steep hill on the other side of the valley was the setting for two more stages running side by side.
Competitors had an easy drive through the creek followed by a very steep and long winch up the bare hillside, not a place you would want to break a winch rope as it was a long way back down with nothing to stop you.
the end of the track had both stages running through the same deep water hole to the finish line.
Sunday Started with a layer of frost covering the swags but it turned into a beautiful warm day to watch the very long tenth stage.
Competitors crisscrossed the creek attacking some deep sections and slippery banks as they made their way up to the mid point.
Lucky it was warm as quite a few of the people lining the creek got wet as the competitors blasted up a long section in the creek just before the finish corner where they had one last winch then screamed to a halt in the finish box.
While the results were tallied, special stage 11 commenced on the hill drag area across the paddock.
The faster trucks grabbed some air over the cross roads with Greg Jackson losing the front drive shaft on the bottom jump and still managing to make it to the top.
Wil Neilson had a scary moment when his Nissan bounced off the track after getting air and went up the bank eliciting a rather large ooh from the crowd of spectators.
The V8’s really loved being able to stretch their legs on this climb but Robbie Marshall’s Turbo Diesel still managed to get the quickest time.
The presentations were held back at the Expo Music Stage to round off another fantastic weekend of thrills and spills.
Congratulations to Christian Trusz and Terry Kane for a great effort to take the winners trophy.
Greg Jackson and Brent Griffin came second.
Jason Wotherspoon and Errold Misso came third.
Stage Winner with no penalties are:
SS1: Christial Trusz and Terry Kane
SS2: Greg Jackson and Brent Griffin
SS3: Wally Rhodes and Troy Callinan
SS4: Greg Jackson and Brent Griffin
SS5: Greg Jackson and Brent Griffin
SS6: Greg Jackson and Brent Griffin
SS7: Greg Jackson and Brent Griffin
SS8: Wil Neilson and Glen Teichman
SS9: Rob Marshall and Joel Jeffrey
SS10: Christian Trusz and Terry Kane
SS11: Robbie Marshall
The overall scores starting from 24th spot are:
Total
24: Kirby White and Kodi Zabel 18
23: Darren Blackburn and Karl Chaney 23
22: Robbie Weller and Anthony Stout 129
21: David Metcalfe and Chris Wood 252
20: Nathan Barrett (Noof) and Danny McDonald 452
19: Mike Clayton and Samantha Clayton 466
18: Andrew Stark and Craig Linnane 493
17: Wally Rhodes and Troy Callinan 507
16: Danny Moore and Matthew Sawyer 511
15: Brian Gregg and David Gregg 533
14: Michael Camac and Glen Hollings 575
13: Brad Drummond and Phil Macready 603
12: Peter von Pein and Jane von Pein 621
11: Ashley Bunney and Warren Bunney 627
10: Wil Neilson and Glen Teichman 650
9: Mark Fowler and Mark Beilz 653
8: Michael Baucock and Ashlie Enright 687
7: Bob Dunsmore and Damian Henningsen 696
6: Robbie Marshall and Joel Jeffrey 701
5: Scott Purkis and Josh Foster 709
4: Joel Thomson and Paul Espig 742
3: Jason Wotherspoon and Errold Misso 764
2: Greg Jackson and Brent Griffin 796
1: Christian Trusz and Terry Kane 874
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