I decided to make my thread here so I could point out all the good and bad. I'm trying to stay purely positive in open forums because I want to do this event every year.
First I'll post up a few results from guys you might know:
BigWoody (aka Greg Stone): DNF'd. I think he hit a tree but I know the carnage was slight. He lost a bead and damaged the wheel but thinks he might be able to bang it back into place.
Travis: DNF'd. Hit a tree and sheared all the bolts on his ram mount. I'm pretty sure I saw it parked at the awards ceremony so it might be fixed already
Lou Levy: First place in the C class. Nice smooth run.
John Thomas: 5th place in the A class. A note about this, overall the weekend went pretty well but John got screwed. They were going to take the top 5 and have a runoff so he didn't go 100%. Midway through the day the changed the rules and said you get what you get. As the course dried out the times got faster and John was beat (John went first). He also entered in the B class but thought he would run the next day. The finished the B class ahead of schedule and he never got to run. He would have been a force in the B class too.
Me (aka Vanguard): 2nd place in the C class. I was pretty happy with my run. If I ran that course 10 times I think the time I posted would have been in the top 2. I did take some carnage. I was flying sideways through the air and my right rear hit a tree and bend my axle housing. It's going to need to be replaced.
Prizes: When he first set up the event he said he knew he might lose money but that the prizes were solid. Sometime in the last few weeks he said the prizes might go down if they don't get enough competitors. The actual prizes were worth between 1/4 and 1/2 of the promised prize money. For example, I was supposed to win $2,000 in cash in prizes but I think I can get $350 for the impact wrench and the check was $550. I'll be lucky if my prizes cover my damages.
Logistics: It was pretty well done for a first time race. Actually, it was pretty well done for nearly any race. I had faith that the times were accurate, that the course was safe and clear, etc. The music was good, the mud bogs were fun to watch, etc. They took a lot of heat as people predicted mass failure but it didn't happen. I was really impressed. They paid medics and cops to be on hand just but in both cases they had a slow weekend.
BTW, Nolan wrote on this forum that the reason people endo off of jumps is that they get off the gas too soon. That advice was really valuable. This course was 60% about who could handle the 2 1/2' jumps the best. There must have been 20 or 30 of them. Thanks for the tip.
First I'll post up a few results from guys you might know:
BigWoody (aka Greg Stone): DNF'd. I think he hit a tree but I know the carnage was slight. He lost a bead and damaged the wheel but thinks he might be able to bang it back into place.
Travis: DNF'd. Hit a tree and sheared all the bolts on his ram mount. I'm pretty sure I saw it parked at the awards ceremony so it might be fixed already
Lou Levy: First place in the C class. Nice smooth run.
John Thomas: 5th place in the A class. A note about this, overall the weekend went pretty well but John got screwed. They were going to take the top 5 and have a runoff so he didn't go 100%. Midway through the day the changed the rules and said you get what you get. As the course dried out the times got faster and John was beat (John went first). He also entered in the B class but thought he would run the next day. The finished the B class ahead of schedule and he never got to run. He would have been a force in the B class too.
Me (aka Vanguard): 2nd place in the C class. I was pretty happy with my run. If I ran that course 10 times I think the time I posted would have been in the top 2. I did take some carnage. I was flying sideways through the air and my right rear hit a tree and bend my axle housing. It's going to need to be replaced.
Prizes: When he first set up the event he said he knew he might lose money but that the prizes were solid. Sometime in the last few weeks he said the prizes might go down if they don't get enough competitors. The actual prizes were worth between 1/4 and 1/2 of the promised prize money. For example, I was supposed to win $2,000 in cash in prizes but I think I can get $350 for the impact wrench and the check was $550. I'll be lucky if my prizes cover my damages.
Logistics: It was pretty well done for a first time race. Actually, it was pretty well done for nearly any race. I had faith that the times were accurate, that the course was safe and clear, etc. The music was good, the mud bogs were fun to watch, etc. They took a lot of heat as people predicted mass failure but it didn't happen. I was really impressed. They paid medics and cops to be on hand just but in both cases they had a slow weekend.
BTW, Nolan wrote on this forum that the reason people endo off of jumps is that they get off the gas too soon. That advice was really valuable. This course was 60% about who could handle the 2 1/2' jumps the best. There must have been 20 or 30 of them. Thanks for the tip.
Thats impressive. 
