KOH, Dirt Riot, ECORS..... I thought I was ready. All of the pre-running, all of the tuning, it was all in preparation for the main event, the grande finale..... The Show. The weather was perfect for the event, my jeep was tight, I knew exactly what the game plan was. What I did not prepare for however was the hoards of competitors..... hundreds of them! Something different about "The Show", these people weren't here to make friends, everyone had the same goal in mind. I was determined to have my best finish yet, but so was everyone else, I had no idea what I had signed up for............
Black Friday 2013.
Yep, That is the line of madness I was in on Thanksgiving day. I literally got run over by two women and their shopping cart.
Ran over, passed by, hardly noticed. Like I said, I thought all of the races and events I did this year had me prepared, I wasn't even close brah... Not even close. So it's time to look at
everything. I need more travel, I need more wheelbase, I need more articulation, let's cut this thing apart and get more
Mall Crawlier.
Here is the rig all ready for Thanksgiving day/Black Friday madness:
Then off to Maryland, where my co-driver
Mike O'Donnell (MO2500) is going to be performing surgery:
Axles out:
Time to remove all of the CA mounts:
Air bumps cut off too:
Mike burning up the wire brushes: