Headed out to the Cowlitz County Fairgrounds on Saturday to help out with the PNW4WDA race.
My club had three racers in the event.
As the morning rolled on more and more racers filed in. Lining up for tech. Horsepower was definitely in the air.
After the drivers had their meeting all the rigs lined up for the afternoon pit party. This is where the general public could come and check out the rigs, and talk with the drivers. I believe we had 38 racers in attendance.
I'm so accustom to crawlers and trail rigs, that checking out the race rigs had me overwhelmed trying to absorb it all. It was neat though seeing all the custom touches and small details people put into their rig.
Again it's about the small details.
With a good rain the day before the course was pretty soupy. I believe the technical term was "goo".
Two racers start in the middle, and then race around three barrels on their sides of the course. The first one to circle all their barrels and make it back to the center wins the match.
Lance putting the four squirrels to work.
You could tell some of the rigs had some serious time and money put into them. I greatly underestimated these "little" Jeeps. Tube chassis, coilovers on all four corners, cutting brakes, and 500+HP (some were pushing 700+).
My club had three racers in the event.
As the morning rolled on more and more racers filed in. Lining up for tech. Horsepower was definitely in the air.
After the drivers had their meeting all the rigs lined up for the afternoon pit party. This is where the general public could come and check out the rigs, and talk with the drivers. I believe we had 38 racers in attendance.
I'm so accustom to crawlers and trail rigs, that checking out the race rigs had me overwhelmed trying to absorb it all. It was neat though seeing all the custom touches and small details people put into their rig.
Again it's about the small details.
With a good rain the day before the course was pretty soupy. I believe the technical term was "goo".
Two racers start in the middle, and then race around three barrels on their sides of the course. The first one to circle all their barrels and make it back to the center wins the match.
Lance putting the four squirrels to work.
You could tell some of the rigs had some serious time and money put into them. I greatly underestimated these "little" Jeeps. Tube chassis, coilovers on all four corners, cutting brakes, and 500+HP (some were pushing 700+).
