Hobie Smith & Tim Florian 06 CHAMPS! - Pirate4x4.Com : 4x4 and Off-Road Forum

Heywood · 10-02-2006, 09:17 AM

Congrats on winning the season championship!

You guys are a class act and an asset to your sponsors.
Your driving/spotting skills and good sportmanship have prevailed.

Thanks for the hospitality at the comp, and helpful advice on the courses.

ACE-CAGE-#29 · 10-02-2006, 09:55 AM

X2

a2b · 10-02-2006, 10:17 AM

thanks sean, that was awefully nice of you to say.

Lazybum · 10-02-2006, 10:22 AM

Hobie and Tim have been on their game all season, they earned it.

Congrats guys!

93EddieB · 10-02-2006, 11:00 AM

Congrats Hobie and Tim. Good job.

Tim Florian · 10-02-2006, 11:48 AM

Thanks Guys

This season was a blast.

Air Ride · 10-02-2006, 02:45 PM

Good job guys

desertoy · 10-02-2006, 04:33 PM

You guys earned it. Congrats!

a2b · 10-02-2006, 07:17 PM

thanks for all the support guys. tim and i learned alot since we started from other competitors. dave cole, john james, and mike hendrix have been giving me driving tips for the past 2 years and it has paid off. this is the kind of support that i hope will continue in the ftoy community. thank you guys for everything

GJC · 10-02-2006, 07:39 PM

Congrats Guys, good show this Weekend!!!

azyota · 10-02-2006, 08:08 PM

Congrats Hobie, good job

Beat95YJ · 10-02-2006, 09:57 PM

Good job!

Im4yotas · 10-02-2006, 10:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by a2b

thanks for all the support guys. tim and i learned alot since we started from other competitors. dave cole, john james, and mike hendrix have been giving me driving tips for the past 2 years and it has paid off. this is the kind of support that i hope will continue in the ftoy community. thank you guys for everything

So when are you gonna let the rest of us in on these driving secrets??

Congrats guys, even did it with a carb and no tricky stuff (well, maybe the official ProRock cone stack

).

a2b · 10-02-2006, 10:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Im4yotas

So when are you gonna let the rest of us in on these driving secrets??

Congrats guys, even did it with a carb and no tricky stuff (well, maybe the official ProRock cone stack

).

we didnt do the pro rock cone stack bridge contruction....

when it comes to cones, we just jump it

Im4yotas · 10-02-2006, 11:00 PM

Are you kidding, Tim stacked a pyramid around the B cone of the last course

Not that you were anywhere near hitting it, but I was laughing my ass off. Couldn't even see the cone from where I was standing

a2b · 10-02-2006, 11:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Im4yotas

Are you kidding, Tim stacked a pyramid around the B cone of the last course

Not that you were anywhere near hitting it, but I was laughing my ass off. Couldn't even see the cone from where I was standing

Tim Florian · 10-02-2006, 11:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Im4yotas

Are you kidding, Tim stacked a pyramid around the B cone of the last course

Not that you were anywhere near hitting it, but I was laughing my ass off. Couldn't even see the cone from where I was standing

I couldn't resist.

When Dave convinced those judges that you could let a rock that you stack slide into a cone and not get penalized I about split a gut. I had to role with it.

samwilliams · 10-03-2006, 06:40 PM

Hobie & Tim. Thanks for showing us how to win in an F-toy. Bernie and I want to thank everyone for their support and help in our initial outing.

042 car

GJC · 10-05-2006, 11:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tim Florian

I couldn't resist.

When Dave convinced those judges that you could let a rock that you stack slide into a cone and not get penalized I about split a gut. I had to role with it.

Is that what Dave was doing in the video?

That must have been later Sunday, I missed That.

Tim Florian · 10-05-2006, 11:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GJC

Is that what Dave was doing in the video?

That must have been later Sunday, I missed That.

The first time he did it he set a rock down so close that when Matt drove on it it hit the edge of the cone and the top of the cone moved about 3 inches

He then convinced the judge that that is o.k.

The one in the video was 3 gates later on the same course. It slid into the cone as well.

However in reading through the pro rock rules they do not have anything written on the subject so I guess maybe it is legal??????? I don't see that happening at a We-Rock event.

JeepRecoveryTeam · 10-06-2006, 05:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tim Florian

However in reading through the pro rock rules they do not have anything written on the subject so I guess maybe it is legal??????? I don't see that happening at a We-Rock event.

As long as the tire does not cross where the cone was, it's not a cone. Both times I did that, I put a rock where the outer edge of the tire was going to cross AND inside the cone. I wanted to move the car to the left (in the video) when the rear end got light. People do it all the time in ALL of the series. But... if the tire crosses the footprint of where the cone was... it is most certainly a cone.

Tim Florian · 10-06-2006, 06:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JeepRecoveryTeam

As long as the tire does not cross where the cone was, it's not a cone. Both times I did that, I put a rock where the outer edge of the tire was going to cross AND inside the cone. I wanted to move the car to the left (in the video) when the rear end got light. People do it all the time in ALL of the series. But... if the tire crosses the footprint of where the cone was... it is most certainly a cone.

I was told by a judge at another event(CalRocks I think) that if I put a rock down and it hit's the cone, that that we would be penalized the same as hitting the cone. So I've gone with that all season.

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a2b Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Member # 22547 Location: everywhere Posts: 4,091	thanks for all the support guys. tim and i learned alot since we started from other competitors. dave cole, john james, and mike hendrix have been giving me driving tips for the past 2 years and it has paid off. this is the kind of support that i hope will continue in the ftoy community. thank you guys for everything __________________ -Hobie GOTPROPANE.COM HI-DESERT DRIVELINE IS THE BEST DRIVELINE EVER!

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