Race Yota 4653

ToyotaTom · Jul 21, 2022

extremetownie said:
I was looking for you. We where in the prairie and it was hot, so not much visiting. Did you break?

No major breakages, I smashed the rear bumper real good coming down the little waterfall.

ToyotaTom · Jul 23, 2022

Everyone loves good photos.

ridered3 · Jul 23, 2022

All sorts of good pictures were taken if you/the race truck!

ToyotaTom · Aug 15, 2022

Sturgis!

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ridered3 · Aug 15, 2022

Gotta include these from Sturgis!

ToyotaTom · Sep 14, 2022

I found some chipped and cracked front ring gear teeth after the Sturgis race. Rebuilding the diff and putting new seals in the front axle before U4 Nationals.

ridered3 · Sep 14, 2022

ToyotaTom said:
I found some chipped and cracked front ring gear teeth after the Sturgis race. Rebuilding the diff and putting new seals in the front axle before U4 Nationals.
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Fun stuff. How are you sitting points wise?

ToyotaTom · Sep 27, 2022

ridered3 said:
Fun stuff. How are you sitting points wise?

Sitting in 8th place going into Nationals next month

The truck is back together and ready for some local seat time.

ridered3 · Sep 27, 2022

ToyotaTom said:
Sitting in 8th place going into Nationals next month

The truck is back together and ready for some local seat time.
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That's great on points and make sure that local seat time doesn't include self recovery time like in the past :rolf:

ToyotaTom · Oct 6, 2022

Shake down run complete. Now it is time to prep the truck for U4 Nationals.

ridered3 · Oct 6, 2022

ToyotaTom said:
Shake down run complete. Now it is time to prep the truck for U4 Nationals.
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Looking good!

ToyotaTom · Oct 30, 2022

Great race! We got to Disney, did some day time and night time prerunning. The next day was qualifying in the morning and the 4600 race in the afternoon. Qualifying was uneventful, I was first off the line and back to camp to prep for the main. I got the truck staged in the back of the pack where we qualified. I worked my way to the start line and 3, 2, 1 go! I got about half way through the course and cut a tire, I drove on the flat for a while till I reached a flat spot to do the tire change. I got the tire changed and was back on course. At some point coming back towards the start/ finish I cut another tire so I rolled into the hot pit for another tire change. Got back on course with a fresh used Craigslist KM2 with no beadlock. Headed into the Little Blue obstacle I rolled the truck on a drop off section. The truck went over on the driver's side, the roof and then settled on the passenger side. U4 recovery got me winched back over and off I went again. Coming back across the river towards the start finish I lost steering. I pulled off and found a missing bolt for the driver's side TIE rod to steering arm, I grabbed a spare from the truck, got it in and headed out again. No other issued till the last lap where I got stuck in the bottom of Little Blue. Once again U4 recovery got me winched out and on my way back to the start/ finish for the checkered flag. Overall a great race at a great location.

ridered3 · Oct 30, 2022

ToyotaTom said:
Great race! We got to Disney, did some day time and night time prerunning. The next day was qualifying in the morning and the 4600 race in the afternoon. Qualifying was uneventful, I was first off the line and back to camp to prep for the main. I got the truck staged in the back of the pack where we qualified. I worked my way to the start line and 3, 2, 1 go! I got about half way through the course and cut a tire, I drove on the flat for a while till I reached a flat spot to do the tire change. I got the tire changed and was back on course. At some point coming back towards the start/ finish I cut another tire so I rolled into the hot pit for another tire change. Got back on course with a fresh used Craigslist KM2 with no beadlock. Headed into the Little Blue obstacle I rolled the truck on a drop off section. The truck went over on the driver's side, the roof and then settled on the passenger side. U4 recovery got me winched back over and off I went again. Coming back across the river towards the start finish I lost steering. I pulled off and found a missing bolt for the driver's side TIE rod to steering arm, I grabbed a spare from the truck, got it in and headed out again. No other issued till the last lap where I got stuck in the bottom of Little Blue. Once again U4 recovery got me winched out and on my way back to the start/ finish for the checkered flag. Overall a great race at a great location.
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Thanks for the race recap and you got lots of screen time during the 4600 race.

Did you have a codriver for this race? What did you think of the course overall?

ToyotaTom · Oct 30, 2022

ridered3 said:
Thanks for the race recap and you got lots of screen time during the 4600 race.

Did you have a codriver for this race? What did you think of the course overall?

No co-drive for this race, Visions or the Sturgis race.

The course was awesome! The terrain and natural obstacles in that area are crazy. The camping and surrounding area was nice, overall a great place for an Ultra4 race. We will definitely be back for this race in 2023.

ridered3 · Oct 31, 2022

ToyotaTom said:
No co-drive for this race, Visions or the Sturgis race.

The course was awesome! The terrain and natural obstacles in that area are crazy. The camping and surrounding area was nice, overall a great place for an Ultra4 race. We will definitely be back for this race in 2023.

It looked quite cool between the natural obstacles and the water crossings. Did you stay at Disney or at MAO?

ToyotaTom · Nov 1, 2022

ridered3 said:
It looked quite cool between the natural obstacles and the water crossings. Did you stay at Disney or at MAO?

We camped at Disney. Just a short drive to the race course.

Racing!

ToyotaTom · Nov 5, 2022

ridered3 · Dec 20, 2022

Many thanks to @ToyotaTom for hooking us up with some Trail Rig Racing swag! Going to hang the number plate in little dudes room cause that's what every kiddo needs! Thanks again and best of luck with next race season.

Bebop · Dec 21, 2022

Class act !

ToyotaTom · Dec 21, 2022

ridered3 said:
Many thanks to @ToyotaTom for hooking us up with some Trail Rig Racing swag! Going to hang the number plate in little dudes room cause that's what every kiddo needs! Thanks again and best of luck with next race season.

You are welcome, anything for the kids lol.

We now have Raceline Wheels and Rugged Radios supporting our race program for the 2023 Ultra4 season. We got some new beadlocks wheels and a new waterproof radio for King of the Hammers.