Rotorua Winch Challenge

skid · Post by **skid** » Sun Aug 12, 2007 7:02 pm

did anyone go :?:

how was it :?:

who won

got any pics :?:

Dak · Post by **Dak** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 9:45 pm

Yole, I was there, it was wet, it was cold, but it was good. Not sure on placings as I had to leave before prizegiving to get back home. I think most had a good weekend though. Duh, just found this, http://www.warlordautosports.com/kiwi/forms/national_winch_points_2007.xls

Cheers, Jeff.

Clint · Post by **Clint** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 10:28 am

We Came
We Saw
We fell in a hole, broke stuff, hit trees & ran out of gas.

It was fun though, & Klems Hilexusann is starting to work pretty well.

Cheers
Clint

BrentC · Post by **BrentC** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 10:47 am

So my neighbour came 6th in Shermin

I had wondered why it was parked outside the local engineers last week.

that points system is a bit weird :?:

some crazy BS descending maths weighted to a 11th placing or above - nearly as dopey as yachting regatta scoring. :shock:

mudhaw · Post by **mudhaw** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 9:46 pm

Good comp had fun

Lots of brake downs, most impressive was Arron snapped the whole knuckle and ball off in stile on stage 3
We blu a turbo on the last stage with a huge cloud of smoke an still managed to ground ancor anther 400 meters before it started to run on the oil leaking from the turbo

worthog · Post by **worthog** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 9:02 am

What happened to Shermin

GQTROL · Post by **GQTROL** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 5:23 pm

worthog wrote:What happened to Shermin

Hit a tree and got a DNS (penalty for hitting pine tree) on one stage. Broke a rope and DNF'd on another stage.

sarmajor · Post by **sarmajor** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 5:26 pm

He didn't win this time. Others had better runs through the stages.

Justin didn't roll his truck so that helped.

There was abit of carnage out in the forest.

Trucks blowing winches and PTO drives and falling over etc.
Off course the highlight was running out of fuel while winching a steep bank on Sunday.
Just normal winch challenge stuff.

mudhaw · Post by **mudhaw** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 7:56 pm

Shrmin also had a new virgin navi for this comp, broken in now but will probably go back to driving for the next one.
Or should i say broken now

nz4x4 · Post by **nz4x4** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 8:58 pm

Who was navi for shrmin?

lilpigzuk · Post by **lilpigzuk** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 9:03 pm

so no pics???

lilpigzuk · Post by **lilpigzuk** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 9:05 pm

and good too see the zuk on the podium again Ben and Nigel

Dak · Post by **Dak** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 9:29 pm

Steve McConnell was navi for Tony White in shrmin. I have a few pics but they are shite, camera didn't like the weather.

Cheers, Jeff.

lilpigzuk · Post by **lilpigzuk** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 9:31 pm

Dak wrote:Steve McConnell was navi for Tony White in shrmin. I have a few pics but they are shite, camera didn't like the weather.

Cheers, Jeff.

Is Steve building a new truck after getting rid of the Disco??

mudhaw · Post by **mudhaw** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 10:23 pm

Steve is building a new truck somthing a bit lower.
he thinks lower with twice the horse power is going to stop him rolling over every comp
Should be up and running next year
I hope no one got any photos of Steve on stage six, he lost his track pants in the big mud hole and came out in his undies :shock:

Not a pretty picture :roll:

Jungle · Post by **Jungle** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 11:20 am

I was looking after SS 6 with sarmajor and I'm sorry to say that there were two magazine photographers on the stage and I'm sure we will see Steve's undies real soon.

And BrentC, i can explain the points system if you want. Its pretty simple.

G

Rural53 · Post by **Rural53** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 11:40 am

I was marshalling on SS 3 where Aaron broke his truck. He went nearly vertical and the back wheels were about two feet off the ground!

After landing

Winching himself three wheeled across the quarry floor

The damage

BrentC · Post by **BrentC** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 2:13 pm

Jungle wrote:And BrentC, i can explain the points system if you want. Its pretty simple. G

It's ok George I understand it and the arguements for and against - all very similar to when I was on yachting rules committees :shock:

Shane · Post by **Shane** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 7:02 pm

Rural53 wrote:I was marshalling on SS 3 where Aaron broke his truck. He went nearly vertical and the back wheels were about two feet off the ground!

After landing

Winching himself three wheeled across the quarry floor

The damage

I take it they fixed it?
Didnt them come 3rd?

Shane

mudhaw · Post by **mudhaw** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 8:13 pm

They broke it last stage on saterday and had a new diff fitted by midnite and yes they did come 3rd

Dak · Post by **Dak** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 8:29 pm

Jeez that man is hard on gear :-)

4WDbits · Post by **4WDbits** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 12:13 pm

Dak wrote:Jeez that man is hard on gear

You should have seen how fast he could fix it.

badnuz · Post by **badnuz** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 2:11 pm

PRIME TV speed machine is showing coverage of this event soon this arvo

if i cant be out getting dirty i can at lest watch others doing it!!

86-surf · Post by **86-surf** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 7:40 pm

hi there im new here. was all this in rotorua??

mudhaw · Post by **mudhaw** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 7:40 pm

Yep it all happened in rotarua

Rotorua Winch Challenge

Rotorua Winch Challenge

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