3-24-07

   
 
 

Wasn't sure this trip was going to materialize as it was pouring rain on the way out to the meeting spot.  As usual it was raining all around the wheeling area but the actual wheeling spot was clear of falling rain. 

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Thanks to everything being wet Raider Nation was a lot harder than usual.

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Cary was bumping it pretty good on the first big fall.

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Scott navigating his way thru the crack.  I fell in here and put a nice sized dent in my drivers side panel.

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The last fall gave us all fits with the break over making it near impossible for the low slung buggies. Due to some rocks falling down from the center our old line to the right no longer worked so most of us tried over to the left. As you can see Jack gave it 100% effort but despite the super sticky tires the fall had the upper hand.

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Scott and myself gave it a go and ended up winching. Scott was also fighting a slit Krawler for most of the trail so he couldn't give the fall a full on assault. 

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Brad giving it a go.

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Troy ended up making it thanks to his rear steer and a well timed bump.

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Cary was really close.

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Jason tried a line way to the right and promptly rolled over.  Amazingly even after being on it's lid for more than 10 minutes his motor had no oil in the cylinders. The roll dented Jason's cage up pretty good and broke his engagement lever off of his winch.

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Craig went over as predicted :)

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Mark proved that 3 feet of belly clearance is sometimes useful, he made the fall without too much effort in a nice display of driving.

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