Well Just got back from ERoCC and man it was a blast~!!! Mike aka SpaceGhost is one hell of a driver! Jim aka RkCrawl had a bit of bad luck but had a sweet rig and did well except for the bad luck and it was great to meet him and others from the board. I'm not sure as i didn't stay for the awards but i think Troy Meyers came in 1st place in unlimited. It rained a bit at the end of today but other then that it was dry and hot. Can't wait for the September event.
later
bob
p.s. Wassup PinkDude!

just got in also.
troy has a nice ride. though i think shupe stole the show,
when he was the only one to get a negative 12 points
on the one obsticale, can't remember the name of it.

Shupe was the ONLY one to climb Crow's nest, and it was a 12 point bonus climb. Shupe told me he wanted that hill renamed "Troy's Dream". Troy didn't attempt it. Frankie Fountain put on one HELL of a show on that hill Saturday, on a freshly rebuilt motor (so I was told). Chris Durham also gave it a valid try, and provided a great show as well.

Mike Smyth (Spaceghost) - well.....he didn't do to bad either, considering he was in a 'cruiser!! :flipoff2: Seriously, Mike was fully on his game this weekend! Good job Mike!!:D

Troy - I know you lurk here, so.....Congrats man!!! You were on this weekend!! :D

Must have been an Indiana thing for this event!!

I think frankie has a story to eventually tell everyone sometime, but I'll let him do that. Yeah shupe was a blast to watch gong up crow's nest. I was just hoping that'd shut the damn radio guy up when he made it. Troy's just got one of those types of rigs you can't stop drooling over and he and his spotter work great together. Congrats if indeed u did win. also gotta mention the fella's in the stockish green cj5 on 33's from MOAB offroad ("in Kentucy!!!") that thing was quite as hell but they could really drive that sucka.
later
bob

I think frankie has a story to eventually tell everyone sometime,

Yea Frankie has a hell of a story to tell. He had electrical problems with his motor and it was "only" putting out about 200-250 h.p. The story starts after he gets his electrical bug fixed and finds about 250 to 300 more horsepower out in the parking lot.
Like Rockjeep said though, I'll let him tell you.

So how did frankie do besides put on a show? did he score good?

So how did frankie do besides put on a show? did he score good?

He was doing pretty good, but had to go home a little early. That parking lot can be rough. :D

I thought Frankie told me no one would be able to climb Crow's Nest:confused:


:flipoff2:

Pics ??? :cool:

ARok, I have some pic's of Frankie on the hill. If I send them to you, will you post them for me? They are from a distance, but you can get a good idea of the hill.

I got back last night about midnight central time. I didnt start getting tired until the last hour or so.

The event was once again bad ass! The only complaint that I have is the two groups format. I liked it better when there was 4 groups. Less crowding on the obstacles, moved quicker, etc...

Other than that, thank you again to the TrailKeepers for bustin tail! I know that is a LOT of work and we appreciate it!

I want some final standings! How did Mike end up?

Originally posted by TyTy

I want some final standings! How did Mike end up?

Check the other ERoCC thread for the link.

I was down there on Sat. Frankie's show was just too funny IMHO. He gave it hell trying. I wish I could've been there on Sun. to see shupe make crow's nest, I didn't think anybody would make it after the reaper tore it to hell. How many others were close enough to go running for cover when he started chuckin' rocks 100'? Troy was definately on his game, looked like all the guys from the badlands were doing fairly well. What did the guy in the blue CJ on 42's end up breaking on sat. at the end of the day. I know he entered that 2nd to last course with no 4lo, just wondering if he finished off the tcase. That's when I left. I'll definately be there for the Sept. event for the whole weekend.

Easy

Originally posted by EasyXJ
What did the guy in the blue CJ on 42's end up breaking on sat. at the end of the day. I know he entered that 2nd to last course with no 4lo, just wondering if he finished off the tcase. That's when I left. I'll definately be there for the Sept. event for the whole weekend.

Easy

I think you're talking about "Full Throttle". He finished off that D300 with his 454 :eek:. It's the second one he's grenaded in ~3 months. Told me that an Atlas will be the replacement and we'll see them in the Sept. finals.

Originally posted by EasyXJ
I was down there on Sat. Frankie's show was just too funny IMHO. He gave it hell trying. I wish I could've been there on Sun. to see shupe make crow's nest, I didn't think anybody would make it after the reaper tore it to hell. How many others were close enough to go running for cover when he started chuckin' rocks 100'? Troy was definately on his game, looked like all the guys from the badlands were doing fairly well. What did the guy in the blue CJ on 42's end up breaking on sat. at the end of the day. I know he entered that 2nd to last course with no 4lo, just wondering if he finished off the tcase. That's when I left. I'll definately be there for the Sept. event for the whole weekend.

Easy

The guy in the blue CJ (Full Throttle) did finish off his 4hi on hardcore.

yea; he lost 4 lo and then 4hi went next
he said the 300 is getting replaced by an atlas
Tom Diviak is his name
BigDude your fast with the typing

I'm Tired! That course in the parking lot at the BW was brutal Saturday night. :flipoff2:

I'll be back and get into this thread after a pot of coffee.

First order of business is to say a "BIG" thanks to ALL the Trailkeeper's, the vounteers, judges, course desiger(s), and of course the back bone of the Erocc's event, those "wonderful significant others". You all ROCK!

Now will the "real" Ken Shupe step forward!

Originally posted by fabricator
BigDude your fast with the typing

:flipoff2:

Have to make up for 3 days of missed posts. Better head over to gen chit-chat:D

Originally posted by bigdude


:flipoff2:

Have to make up for 3 days of missed posts. Better head over to gen chit-chat:D

A day late and a dollar short! If you would have gotten off your ass and bumped up to a 2K post count you would have NEVER broken that ring and pinion!

Some people just don't know how to prep for competition these days:rolleyes:

I didn't realize that was a 454 in that thing, no wonder he keeps blowing the 300. Man do I have a lot of work to do this winter on my XJ/MJ buggy. Any of you folks going over to the ProRock event in a couple weeks. I think I'm going to be working the event, even if I don't, I'll be there.

Easy

Originally posted by SpaceGhost
I'm Tired! That course in the parking lot at the BW was brutal Saturday night. :flipoff2:

I'll be back and get into this thread after a pot of coffee.

First order of business is to say a "BIG" thanks to ALL the Trailkeeper's, the vounteers, judges, course desiger(s), and of course the back bone of the Erocc's event, those "wonderful significant others". You all ROCK!

Now will the "real" Ken Shupe step forward!

SpaceGhost,

I have to say it again - way to deal with it!

We all enjoyed putting on the event and we were glad to see you all back to tackle Darrel's course again.

BTW, was the 24 hour garage able to help you out Saturday night?

Originally posted by TrailKeeper

BTW, was the 24 hour garage able to help you out Saturday night?

As a matter of fact yes they did, but in a round about way. They really didn't have the stuff there to help, but mentioned a local guy who uses their shop to fix his trucks, and he was expected back soon. So we took the number and planned to call if our luck didn't change. We headed back to the BW and Jeff (with Chris Durhams help, nice going guys) was replacing the output shaft of his tcase. There stood a local fellow named Chuck who helped them find the tcase there in Jellico. Turns out he is the guy the shop was talking about. He took me a few minutes down the road and I bought a whole front axles for parts at Jellico prices!

Thanks Chuck! And Tim!

Originally posted by Madmarx
ARok, I have some pic's of Frankie on the hill. If I send them to you, will you post them for me? They are from a distance, but you can get a good idea of the hill.

Send um and I'll post um.

we only did 2 obsticals but they where lots of fun crows nest was awsome we had motor bugs but i tried with what i had i told shupe he was the bad ass of the day on crows nest.the fking parking lot is to hard of a obstical for the reaper.we went from 0 to 60 back to 0 in 6 seconds. i stood it up on the nose and the lower heims sheerd off and the axle flipt under the rig at 60 boy that was awsome .we will be back hey big dood you ant that big.the event was great the cones where ok for my width . we just had bad luck ,but what the hell we showd up and beat the shit out of the reaper.big dude was a nice guy we had a bad start on the web site but its all good. ill be back just to ride the obsticals in the parking lot by the way i was the only one to try the parking lot obstical gues every body else was not drunk enough .:rolleyes: :confused: 350 sammy yaw got me drunk and i forgot where my room was .:flipoff2:

Originally posted by ARokCrwlr


Send um and I'll post um.
Check e-mail...

350 sammy yaw got me drunk and i forgot where my room was

BWAAAAAA HAAAAAAA HAAAAAA

Hope you didnt have to sleep in the Reaper.:D :D

bobby,

I picked up your blue chair.

Originally posted by RockJeep
Well Just got back from ERoCC and man it was a blast~!!! Mike aka SpaceGhost is one hell of a driver! Jim aka RkCrawl had a bit of bad luck but had a sweet rig and did well except for the bad luck and it was great to meet him and others from the board. I'm not sure as i didn't stay for the awards but i think Troy Meyers came in 1st place in unlimited. It rained a bit at the end of today but other then that it was dry and hot. Can't wait for the September event.
later
bob
p.s. Wassup PinkDude!

Thanks RockJeep. I'll have it together and be back in september. I will make it past 2!! :mad: obstacles next time.

Originally posted by TyTy
The only complaint that I have is the two groups format. I liked it better when there was 4 groups. Less crowding on the obstacles, moved quicker, etc...

Other than that, thank you again to the TrailKeepers for bustin tail! I know that is a LOT of work and we appreciate it!

I want some final standings! How did Mike end up?

Tim, Darrel, and I talked, and I believe we decided that at the finals and future events, we are going to start 4 groups... just to keep the action thick and the carnage from bringing the competition to a halt. Thanks for the feedback.

Originally posted by EasyXJ
I didn't realize that was a 454 in that thing, no wonder he keeps blowing the 300. Man do I have a lot of work to do this winter on my XJ/MJ buggy. Any of you folks going over to the ProRock event in a couple weeks. I think I'm going to be working the event, even if I don't, I'll be there.

Easy

I'm most likely going to go, if the wife will allow me out of the house after all the trips to Jellico. Be there supporting all the guys/gals that run the ERoCC Events... <sniff,sniff> you guys are all like kin to me now.

Originally posted by jeepinchad


Tim, Darrel, and I talked, and I believe we decided that at the finals and future events, we are going to start 4 groups... just to keep the action thick and the carnage from bringing the competition to a halt. Thanks for the feedback.

Chad - This is good news! Outside of the really long delay in getting going, the event was super well organized, and well executed! Great job. Keep up the great works guys!

Any feedback on the opening ceremony on Saturday?

:rainbow: or not?

Originally posted by TyTy


A day late and a dollar short! If you would have gotten off your ass and bumped up to a 2K post count you would have NEVER broken that ring and pinion!

Some people just don't know how to prep for competition these days:rolleyes:

:rolleyes: Dam! If that is all if would have taken to hold that front together, I would have made sure he got to 2k! :D

Originally posted by TrailKeeper
Any feedback on the opening ceremony on Saturday?

:rainbow: or not?

You should always hear the Star Spangled Banner before any sporting event, that being said, I'm still not sure if we did or not. :flipoff2:

Perhaps a decent recording maybe? :D

Originally posted by TrailKeeper
Any feedback on the opening ceremony on Saturday?

:rainbow: or not?

I thought it was kinda :rainbow:, but I agree with the national anthem. The hot dog guy has some large nuts.

We planned on a recording, but that fell through. Not to worry... we WILL have a recorded version of the National Anthem for the next event... or do you guys want ME to sing it? :eek:

Originally posted by Madmarx

Check e-mail...

Ok, here they are compliments of Madmarx
#1

Originally posted by ARokCrwlr


Ok, here they are compliments of Madmarx
#1

Oops, gotta resize them. I'll post um up in a bit.

Originally posted by jeepinchad
We planned on a recording, but that fell through. Not to worry... we WILL have a recorded version of the National Anthem for the next event... or do you guys want ME to sing it? :eek:

15 minutes before the ceremony we found out the recording could not be found. We had to run around and find someone to sing it in that time period. The guy from Morley Baptist Church stepped forward at the last minute to help us out, or else Chad would have had to sing it.

Originally posted by ARokCrwlr


Oops, gotta resize them. I'll post um up in a bit.

Any luck yet?

I know... I can't wait to see some pics.

I have been unable to post the pics from Madmarx. Everytime I try I get a "no response" from the server. I'll keep trying. :confused:

How about opening up a new EROCC pics thread when you get the working that way we will all know when you get them up??

If you want, send them to me, and I'll put them on my server.

Originally posted by jeepinchad
If you want, send them to me, and I'll put them on my server.

I have a bunch, if you want them for your site...

Send them on... I'll post them and give you photo credit as long as I can use them on the ERoCC Website and future items (such as programs, advertisements, and all other stuff related with the events).

You can email them to: cadams@dugan-meyers.com

Chad, I will send all the pics I took on Saturday to you in the morning. There are about 40...

Chad,
Sent 54 of 'em. Most are from Tabletop and Battleship, I wasted most of my day there. Use them however you want...

Great event BTW, $10 a carload to get in is cheap. Even though I was a loner, it was well worth the $10. I was glad to see porto-johns available, and plenty of food and drinks for people to buy. Great prices on the food too, when you could have bent people over if you wanted to. $2 for a burger, $1 for a dog, and only .75 cents for a 20 oz water or can of Coke was more than fair. Thank you. I look forward to going to another one sometime :beer:

I got about 40 mb of free space on a oc-3 (or some rediculous) connection, I'll be happy to host some pics. Hell its the schools bandwidth and its unlimited.

Chad, I'll send you the pics I have also.

Mike C

Originally posted by Welby
Chad,
Sent 54 of 'em. Most are from Tabletop and Battleship, I wasted most of my day there. Use them however you want...

Great event BTW, $10 a carload to get in is cheap. Even though I was a loner, it was well worth the $10. I was glad to see porto-johns available, and plenty of food and drinks for people to buy. Great prices on the food too, when you could have bent people over if you wanted to. $2 for a burger, $1 for a dog, and only .75 cents for a 20 oz water or can of Coke was more than fair. Thank you. I look forward to going to another one sometime :beer:

Glad you had a good time. The food booth was provided by the Morley Baptist Church, who sets their own prices. We charge them a small fee to setup a booth at the event. Me thinks maybe we need another food booth though, based on the length of the lines at times.

Originally posted by jeepinchad


Glad you had a good time. The food booth was provided by the Morley Baptist Church, who sets their own prices. We charge them a small fee to setup a booth at the event. Me thinks maybe we need another food booth though, based on the length of the lines at times.

blah, blah, blah


WHERE'S THE PICS ALREADY?

Hold your panties!!

O.K., there... done.

Go to the website and click on the link that says Click Here for July Results under the UNITED RENTALS logo

http://www.erocc.com/

Personally, I think you need to have 4 of those trailers setup. 2 back where the Morley group was and 2 out to the front. Trust me, they'll all get the business. People won't go use them when there is a huge line because they don't want to miss any action. Even if it's the Morley group with 4 trailers, they'll see a huge increase in the $$$ they make. They need to make sure they don't run out of food again also. My buddy and I stood in line for 20 mins and when we got close, they ran out of burgers and dogs. I'm not bitchin' cuz I had snacks with me, but you and they would be better off with more than just 2 food trailers.

Easy

We are working to get more food vendors there. We had 2 vendors at the June event, but one of them could not make this event. We warned the Morley Baptist Church that they were the only one and to bring lots of food, but they can only bring so much because they don't have a freezer.

They are working on a freezer and they are trying to get another trailer.

The other group that did the June event is planning on being at the September event.

If we can't find any other church groups or non-profits willing to do it, we will find a company to sell. But we would rather give back to the community.

Originally posted by TrailKeeper
We are working to get more food vendors there. We had 2 vendors at the June event, but one of them could not make this event. We warned the Morley Baptist Church that they were the only one and to bring lots of food, but they can only bring so much because they don't have a freezer.

They are working on a freezer and they are trying to get another trailer.



Make it mandatory that everyone gets the same type of products as the Morley group. I think everyone will agree with me that their burgers and dogs actually taste damn good. No wonder they sold out, I was buying 4 dogs at a time they were so good. Hamburgers were the same. And only $1/dog :eek:

Hey Tim and Chad, just something to consider passing on to the food vendors, that they might want to have something like PB&J or grilled cheese sandwiches on the menu. I don't eat meat, and therefore my choices for food were limited. I think at minimum they would sell tons of PB&J to kids. I am not complaining at all, just passing on a suggestion to make EROCC even better

Originally posted by Madmarx
Hey Tim and Chad, just something to consider passing on to the food vendors, that they might want to have something like PB&J or grilled cheese sandwiches on the menu. I don't eat meat, and therefore my choices for food were limited. I think at minimum they would sell tons of PB&J to kids. I am not complaining at all, just passing on a suggestion to make EROCC even better

I second the grilled cheese idea. Those would kick ass with a couple hot dogs on the side :D. I'm making Buddy pay my food bill:p

Hey, I have that picture from at Buckners. It turned out great. Only problem is I have to make it so small to upload tot eh site it sucks. Anyone wanna host it?

Thanks

PS> BigDude, your hand is getting into mischief in this pic! Naughty Naughty!:D

Originally posted by bigdude


I'm making Buddy pay my food bill:p

There goes the tube buggy! :D

Originally posted by TyTy
Hey, I have that picture from at Buckners. It turned out great. Only problem is I have to make it so small to upload tot eh site it sucks. Anyone wanna host it?

Thanks

PS> BigDude, your hand is getting into mischief in this pic! Naughty Naughty!:D

I can host it... send it to rkcrawl@tidesys.com

Originally posted by bigdude

I'm making Buddy pay my food bill:p

Note to self: Get in line BEFORE pinkdude.

Originally posted by TyTy
Hey, I have that picture from at Buckners. It turned out great. Only problem is I have to make it so small to upload tot eh site it sucks. Anyone wanna host it?

Thanks

PS> BigDude, your hand is getting into mischief in this pic! Naughty Naughty!:D

Send it to me... I'll host it.

If anyone is wondering what the reaper looks like, I have some pics on my website from a trail ride here in memphis eariler this summer: http://home.off-road.com/~mithrandir/trails/04-28-02/

Here's one for ya:
http://home.off-road.com/~mithrandir/trails/04-28-02/1043.JPG

If someone would bring a sno-cone machine to the event, they'd make a fortune!:cool:

I think I remember someone mentioning that. :p

Oh man, snocones would've gone over way too huge. I doubt that there would've been enough ice in Jellico for that ;) I hope you don't think I was complaining either, just trying to give helpful suggestions. PB&J sounds like a good idea too. If they do grilled cheese it would have to be on a seperate grill for the true veg heads. The Morley group did have some of the best burgers I've had in quite a while.

Easy

Originally posted by EasyXJ
Oh man, snocones would've gone over way too huge. I doubt that there would've been enough ice in Jellico for that ;) I hope you don't think I was complaining either, just trying to give helpful suggestions. PB&J sounds like a good idea too. If they do grilled cheese it would have to be on a seperate grill for the true veg heads. The Morley group did have some of the best burgers I've had in quite a while.

Easy

We didn't think you were complaining - we want the feedback. Feedback from this board and others was the reason we had the transportation for the disabled, why we moved the DJ out of the info booth, why we distributed the driver list at the driver's meeting, etc.

Aren't there plenty of twigs and berries around the course already for the true veg heads? ;) Seriously, we will suggest the grilled cheese and PB&J to them.

Originally posted by TNToy
If anyone is wondering what the reaper looks like, I have some pics on my website from a trail ride here in memphis eariler this summer: http://home.off-road.com/~mithrandir/trails/04-28-02/

Here's one for ya:
http://home.off-road.com/~mithrandir/trails/04-28-02/1043.JPG its for sale after repairs we are upgrading to bigger links ends troy said he has never seen a chrome moly shear off like that ,but 500 horse and the emergency stop over came the heim joints .we are going to build a compation only machine this machine was built for trail riding .hey any sponsers out there we need some unimog axles.we will keep the supercharged lt1 its to much dam fun to sail.hey big dude im watchin you.
:flipoff2: ha ha

Originally posted by Madmarx
ARok, I have some pic's of Frankie on the hill. If I send them to you, will you post them for me? They are from a distance, but you can get a good idea of the hill. i wont to see these pics can you post theme shoud i show more ass next time .:D

pics pics pics pics pics pics please.
No pics of me at erocc guess i did not show enough ass o well any body got pics of the reaper on crows nest or the carnage.
No carnage pics without the crows pics thank you.

http://www.chad-adams.com/erocc1/july/madmarx/index.htm

Frankie, I only got pics from a distance, but there are 5 or so about 3/4th's the way down the page.