BITD Vegas to Reno "The long Way"

Avanteone · Aug 12, 2009

426rider said:
I'm gettin excited and I wont be in a rig at all, just helpin in the pits for the Rumblegoat team.

Can't wait dude! Gonna be a good time! My helmet will be here tomorrow and then going up tomorrow afternoon to make sure my firesuit doesn't need any alterations!

Avanteone · Aug 18, 2009

Ready to go! I know the Rumblegoat Racing Ranger is on it's way down South. I fly out in the morning! Super fawking excited! For you guys headed down in the 4400 KOH class, I'm gonna try and catch up with as many as I can and get some comments and pics and stuff for CRAWL.

John

Pook · Aug 24, 2009

What a crazy week.

After going a GPS confirmed 94.09mph in a rockcrawler, running through the silt when its so dusty you can't see the GPS or gauges 2' in front of you, hoping your not going to find the car in front of you stopped, taking corners that you'd be driving at 30mph on pavement at 65mph on a rutted gravel/dirt road... I now fully understand why people say your running on the edge of control when they are talking about desert racing.

I got to codrive for 170miles of desert roads,rocky goat trails, Silt beds, dodging telephone poles at 65mph and no mechanical failures. Day 1 we kicked some serious butt, If it wasn't for the some cooked fuel pumps and broken hoses that took us out of the race days 2 and 3 we would of got a podium finish without a doubt.

I have to say it, Jason and Trevor you guys built one hell of a rockcrawler. When DSI gets the new fuel system in he'll be kicking some ass. :beer:

Hellbilly · Aug 24, 2009

Pook said:
What a crazy week.

After going a GPS confirmed 94.09mph in a rockcrawler, running through the silt when its so dusty you can't see the GPS or gauges 2' in front of you, hoping your not going to find the car in front of you stopped, taking corners that you'd be driving at 30mph on pavement at 65mph on a rutted gravel/dirt road... I now fully understand why people say your running on the edge of control when they are talking about desert racing.

I got to codrive for 170miles of desert roads,rocky goat trails, Silt beds, dodging telephone poles at 65mph and no mechanical failures. Day 1 we kicked some serious butt, If it wasn't for the some cooked fuel pumps and broken hoses that took us out of the race days 2 and 3 we would of got a podium finish without a doubt.

I have to say it, Jason and Trevor you guys built one hell of a rockcrawler. When DSI gets the new fuel system in he'll be kicking some ass. :beer:

Do you have a side view of daves car I want to see what's on the new skins

Clark · Aug 24, 2009

Check the DSI build thread on Pirate, there's pics in there.

http://pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=768509&highlight=dsi&page=7

here's on of a few in there:

Jason C · Aug 24, 2009

Pook said:
What a crazy week.

After going a GPS confirmed 94.09mph in a rockcrawler, running through the silt when its so dusty you can't see the GPS or gauges 2' in front of you, hoping your not going to find the car in front of you stopped, taking corners that you'd be driving at 30mph on pavement at 65mph on a rutted gravel/dirt road... I now fully understand why people say your running on the edge of control when they are talking about desert racing.

I got to codrive for 170miles of desert roads,rocky goat trails, Silt beds, dodging telephone poles at 65mph and no mechanical failures. Day 1 we kicked some serious butt, If it wasn't for the some cooked fuel pumps and broken hoses that took us out of the race days 2 and 3 we would of got a podium finish without a doubt.

I have to say it, Jason and Trevor you guys built one hell of a rockcrawler. When DSI gets the new fuel system in he'll be kicking some ass. :beer:

Call me when you want to get some shocks!

I am VERY JELOUS of you getting to be a part of that race. I regret shutting the shop down as soon as I did and not being able to be in that race. and you guys kicked royal ass when you 2 got in that car.. you should have ran the whole thing. I think the car liked you two better. I am proud as fawk of the way you guys ran pook. Hopefully you can get the stain out from your underware! :flipoff:

Hellbilly · Aug 24, 2009

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ClarkW said:
Check the DSI build thread on Pirate, there's pics in there.

http://pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=768509&highlight=dsi&page=7

here's on of a few in there:

Thanks Clark :redneck:

Bunk1 · Aug 25, 2009

Hopefully the race coverage on pirate is archived for you to read chris, It was way cool the first day.

Pook · Aug 25, 2009

Jason C said:
Call me when you want to get some shocks! I am VERY JELOUS of you getting to be a part of that race. I regret shutting the shop down as soon as I did and not being able to be in that race. and you guys kicked royal ass when you 2 got in that car.. you should have ran the whole thing. I think the car liked you two better. I am proud as fawk of the way you guys ran pook. Hopefully you can get the stain out from your underware! :flipoff:

:haha: no stains here. After the first few miles I got settled in. Dave's a good driver, I felt comfortable and we got into the groove. :awesomework:

When we stopped at the finish I was disappointed that was the end of my ride. :redneck:

Dave W · Aug 25, 2009

Lost an engine, and had one of the other racers shortcut about 30 miles. Protest is in...:stirpot:

AMJ · Aug 25, 2009

Pook said:
:haha: no stains here. After the first few miles I got settled in. Dave's a good driver, I felt comfortable and we got into the groove. :awesomework:

When we stopped at the finish I was disappointed that was the end of my ride. :redneck:

LOL after a few miles you will either puke in your helmet or settle in.

Nice job. To bad the fuel issues came up or you would have probably won.

Broken Again · Aug 25, 2009

Dave W said:
Lost an engine, and had one of the other racers shortcut about 30 miles. Protest is in...:stirpot:

Sorry to hear that...

My buddy, Scott Hartman(1706) did well in his class.

Avanteone · Aug 25, 2009

Broken Again said:
Sorry to hear that...

My buddy, Scott Hartman(1706) did well in his class.

I co-dog'd in the 1706 car for the first part of day 3, what an absolute blast!

John

Broken Again · Aug 27, 2009

Avanteone said:
I co-dog'd in the 1706 car for the first part of day 3, what an absolute blast!
John

No chit..You the guy from Crawl?
Scott's an old school wheeler and a great guy.
Have a bunch of friends on the team..Bob & Machelle Green, Mike Opper,
Tony Briley, Steve Walace(Wally). Wheeled with these guys for years.

Symon623 · Aug 27, 2009

Sorry to hear you guys had fueling issues...... car looks badass.

So are ya hooked?

My good friends at Jagged X won the SXS class..... :awesomework:

Avanteone · Aug 27, 2009

Broken Again said:
No chit..You the guy from Crawl?

Technically not WITH Crawl, but they're all friends and I was there representing them, since they were all busy running the Rubicon.

426rider · Aug 28, 2009

AMJ said:
LOL after a few miles you will either puke in your helmet or settle in.

Nice job. To bad the fuel issues came up or you would have probably won.

I think many people had fuel issues. Many rigs stopping for a few minutes then back up and going again. We (RGR 7302) had some vaporlocking issues until we removed our hood which seemed to help some.