Cheap Truck Challenge???

[DSM Turbos]

Had a blast. I have some videos and pics to go through when we get back. We have to fix one of the tow rigs up here in the am so we can get it home

 

[Infamous1]

was a great time!!! now i gotta get my usual rig up there for some og the great crawling they offer!!! great people and great event!!
A big thanks to Jay for showing us around after the race!!!

 

[Dylan W.]

Congrats on the win!!! Lets see a ''juicy details'' write up and tell us how it went.

 

[drkelly]

How many rigs competed?

 

[Infamous1]

10 rigs entered, probly 30 or so spectators, top three fastest laps were within 3 seconds, the top being 3:19 but the track clogged up pretty quick but there were a few good spots to pass, i had the best raw time in the first heat and had made a really bad decision on a pass and cracked my radiator so with the 90 second frugalitu bonous i had my co-driver and i made the decision to just stand pat on our time due to the leak and the reversal of the starting line up put us in the back of the pack , the guys stepped it up in the second heat and put us in third overall but there was several trail plugs so we felt we made a decent choice heres a pic of #37 after the first heat haha it looked pretty bad but we put the tire back on and drove it on the trailer

 

[REDLYNER]

Did anyone buy anyone's beater?

 

[untchabl]

No, none of the rigs were bought after the race. There were only a few that made it back to the trailers without being towed out and I think our rig was the only one that wheeled the rest of Saturday and we wheeled it today also.

 

[DSM Turbos]

Good to meet you guys and the race was a blast to watch. Next year I will have a rig for it

http://s1139.beta.photobucket.com/user/TKavlock/library/crozet All my pictures are here, but I have some video's on the wife's phone I need to get.

We spent the morning putting a new water pump, radiator, thermostat, fan clutch in the 2500HD to have it make it home.

 

[jcoleman]

This is posted on the CCTC section of the RCPFA forum already (http://rcpfa.com/forumdisplay.php?65-RCFPA-Cheap-Truck-Challenge-(CCTC), but I wanted to get this posted here because the NC guys represented!

After a pressure free look-see at the timing sheets, here are the official 2012 CCTC Results and some other statistics.

Rankings, Frugality Point Adjusted Times:

First Place- Team Hoonigan, Car #199, Black XJ LTD, 5m:17s
Second Place- Bottoms Up, Car #37, Black ZJ 5.2L, 6m:52s
Third Place- Team UglyGP, Car #44, White Spec XJ, 7m:42s
Fourth Place- GTGS, Car #8, Metallic Blue XJ, 8m:11s
Fifth Place- Aftermarket 4x4, Car #111, Chevy Tracker, 9m:37s
Sixth Place- Major X, Car #17, Dark Blue/Black? XJ, 9m:50s
Seventh Place- C&P Offroad, Car #11, Dodge Ram, 11m:30s
Eighth Place- Tim & Joe, Car #666, Red XJ with stack, 14m:16s
Ninth Place- ODBA, Car #13, Scout II 4banger, DNF (one lap complete)
Tenth Place- Hayden-Wilson, Car #1, GMC Jimmay, DNF

Raw Heat Times without Frugality Bonus Adjustment:

First- Hoonigan, 6m:47s
Second- UglyGP, 7m:42s
Third- Bottoms Up, 8m:22s
Fourth- GTGS, 8m:56s
Fifth- Aftermarket 4x4, 9m:37s
Sixth- Major X, 11m:20s
Seventh- C&P Offroad, 12m:15s
Eighth- Tim and Joe, 14m:16s

Looking at lap times, Team Hoonigan was again the leader, laying down a rock blistering 3m:19s on the first lap of the second heat. That was from the middle of the pack, so traffic had to of been an issue! Cliff and Mikey (Bottoms Up) in the V-8 powered ZJ turned out a 3m:25s time on their first lap.

Teams with sub 4 minute laps:

Hoonigan: 3m:19s, 3m:28s, 3m:58s
Bottoms Up: 3m:25s
Team UglyGP: 3m:39s
Aftermarket 4X4: 3m:52s
GTGS: 3m:54s
80% of the vehicles entered completed at least one heat. 40% of the trucks fielded were valued at $750 or less (including the top two finishers. No one took advantage of the dreaded buy out clause.

Hard luck "award" goes to Team Hayden-Wilson who wiped out their front end on a (sizeable) boulder within sight of the start line. They had a go at the second heat in 2wd, but unfortunately were not able to complete the course. Their Jimmy has the dubious honor of being the one truck actually sold after the event, although not in the buyout phase by a competitor.

Things learned:

-Power steering's good (Team ODBA)
-Radiator protection is good (Hoonigan, Bottoms Up, UglyGP, others???)
-Clear your GoPro card before the start (UglyGP)
-Watch out for the big-#ss rock on the left (Hayden-Wilson)
-Getting stuck in the staging area after you've shredded the front diff sucks(Aftermarket 4x4)
-Don't nerf someone going up one side of a gully when you're coming down the opposite side (UglyGP)
-Great Stuff puts off noxious fumes when it gets good and hot (Tim/Joe)
-"Rear steer" didn't come in handy (Major X)
-That Dodge Ram looked HUGE on course (various)

This was a great time and we hope to do it again--Thanks to all for participating!

Post up those pics and vids for all to see!

TEAM HOONIGAN, CCTC 2012 "NOT LOSER"

 

[jcoleman]

was a great time!!! now i gotta get my usual rig up there for some og the great crawling they offer!!! great people and great event!!
A big thanks to Jay for showing us around after the race!!!

Infamous-
I had a great time wheeling with you guys--hope you all can make it back up soon!

 

[zuke]

Got some of my Photos up here, Still got more to post, and a report to wriite on the event, Hopefully I get that done tonight...

http://rcpfa.com/album.php?albumid=52

 

[Infamous1]

thanks for posting the results over here jcoleman!!! I may just hang on to the ZJ get some weight out of it and some radiator protection and give it another try if yall do it again!!

 

[Stuntman Autoworks]

Infamous-
I had a great time wheeling with you guys--hope you all can make it back up soon!

Thanks for showing us around whenever my gopro vids load to youtube I will have them posted on here so check back in a couple days.

 

[Stuntman Autoworks]

Got some more pics of the second day of wheeling. Heres Jay who was our Guide for the open wheeling.

Heres some random pics and the last two are of me broken on Put Up or Shut It hill.

 

[Andy J.]

Good to meet you guys and the race was a blast to watch. Next year I will have a rig for it

http://s1139.beta.photobucket.com/user/TKavlock/library/crozet All my pictures are here, but I have some video's on the wife's phone I need to get.

We spent the morning putting a new water pump, radiator, thermostat, fan clutch in the 2500HD to have it make it home.

If you need a pit crew member next year, let me know!

 

[DSM Turbos]

If you need a pit crew member next year, let me know!

You know you are in the crew!

Videos from the wife's phone











http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRm12I-rRg4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-L1BXCm3mY - my favorite - 24 seconds in

 

[frankenyoter]

Was that a Tracker? Awesome! Maybe next year I can play too

 

[jcoleman]

- my favorite - 24 seconds in

I can't get enough of Dave in the Jimmy smacking that rock. I'm sitting here repeatedly watching it and my wife's like, "WTH are you laughing at"!

 

[Andy J.]

Thanks for the vids!

 

[zuke]

OK, the rest of my pics are up, I filled the first album;

http://rcpfa.com/album.php?albumid=52

and added a second

http://rcpfa.com/album.php?albumid=54

 

[Stuntman Autoworks]

My gopro vids are done uploading.
First Heat

Second Heat

 

[Infamous1]

oh my that was hard to watch!!!! I'm glad we did'nt have an in car camera!!haha would have to move that to the garage I'm sure, either that or we would be forever dubbed as "woooo guys" haha man that was so much fun!!!

 

[zuke]

OK, for those who wanted my Photos in a more easily viewable size, Go here;

http://s253.beta.photobucket.com/user/Zukesterj/library/Crozet November Open Wheeling and CCTC

And here is my one video from Body Shop;

http://s253.beta.photobucket.com/us...ling and CCTC/VIDEO0004.mp4.html?sort=3&o=109

 

[zuke]

Wanted to say thanks to all the nc4x4 members who came to the event, You definitely added a lot to it, and made it the success it was!