The awards have been handed out and the smiles
are locked in place while even more hearts are crushed. While
this is a sport that has it's dominating forces landing in
the top spots consistantly, this event brought out several
new names. Many of those names are creeping steadily up the
ranks and those top forces need to start looking over their
shoulders. I was often asked, "Who the heck is ___?"
after someone saw or heard an update. My answer was usually,
"I don't know. Maybe they came from an East Coast competition?"
Yup, the faces are changing and so is the
sport. UROC announced they are merging with RCAA. Craig Stumph,
founder of the most successful series in the sport of rockcrawling,
is retiring from UROC and hoping to compete again soon. Rigs
are constantly being reshaped and re-equiped in the constant
struggle of a two man team to conquer unforgiving rock formations.
Next year should be interesting to say the least. Look out
everyone big things are on the way.
While who won in the divisions is highly important,
we want to take this opportunity to congratulate Ken Shupe
on being the man that walked away with the bounty money that
was on Money Pit's head. You can watch Ken pillage the feared
climb in our video clip.
The final rankings for SuperCrawl II have
some surprises and some expected placing. Here's the list
for you to find your favorite.
UNLIMITED
1. Jon Bundrant 45
2. Tracy Jordan 48
3. Mitch Guthrie 56
4. Jason Paule 61
5. Curt Hildebrand 66
6. Ken Shupe 88
7. Rick Garrett 89
8. Troy Myers 92
9. Walker Evans 104
10. Joel McClure 106
11. Joel Randall 108
12. John Gilleland 110
13. Rob Bonney 113
14. Brett Epperley 115
15. Bart Jacobs 124
16. Matt Peterson 130
17. Mike Shaffer 132
18. Mark Berger 138
19. Terry Howe 146
20. Ron Christensen 153
21. Larry Trim 161
22. Jay Standish 175
23. Shannon Campbell 179
24. Jason Scherer 185
25. Carl Whitmore 204
26. Peter Wells 206
27. Tony Kasabasich 209
28. Harrison Beene 210
29. Chris Durham 211
30. Jennifer Little 211
31. Matt Burkett 214
32. Bryan Hamilton 216
33. John Hall 220
34. Aaron Dusenburry 224
35. Nate Williams 240
36. Ron Maximoff 241
37. Nick Sessions 242
38. Randy Torbett 247
39. Dave Schneider 253
40. Brian Anderson 254
41. Ken Blume 261
42. Gary Tidwell 271
43. Brandon Gillen 281
44. Dallas Lutrell 288
45. Ragnar Roberts 289
46. Zak Szczeck 312
47. Michael Hope 318
48. Neil Lillard 321
49. Matt Wooley 321
50. Vince Gochenouk 324
51. Brandon Feldt 333
52. Wes Rintelen 333
53. Shane Yost 351
54. Brandon Johnson 354
55. Jake Mecham 356
56. Robert Lane 356
57. JP Gudka 364
58. Curtis McNeil 367
59. Jason Antonwcci 433
60. Greg Davis 438
61. RJ Brown 442
62. Scott Gadsen 490
63. Bryan Kolman 490
64. Daren Runion 490
LEGENDS
1. Amy Bulloch 163
2. Ted Grady 173
3. Kevin Hawkins 174
4. Garrett Sisson 191
5. Joachim Schwiesow 195
6. Chris Holley 197
7. Aaron Clough 198
8. Dean Bulloch 200
9. Mike Bailey 222
10. Bob Standage 228
11. Jeff Rector 251
12. Luke Purcell 258
13. Mike Cole 289
14. Josh Burau 294
15. Michael Smythe 300
16. Braden Kemp 316
17. Tracy Evans 368
18. Kinsey Beard 368
19. Rhett Ferguson 384
20. Clay Egan 385
21. Jon Ragnarsson 398
22. Rick Beard 460
SUPER STOCK
1. Jeff Mello 93
2. Les Alan 112
3. Allen Ball 115
4. Tyler Wolford 143
5. David Laws 176
6. Dave Wallace 197
7. Becca Webster 198
8. Kathy Crook 204
9. Justin Smith 213
10. Shane Waechter 215
11. John Foutz 244
12. Creighton King 252
13. Scott Waymont 270
14. Frank Nesselhuf 278
15. Wes Herrman324
Congrats to Jon Bundrant, Amy Bullock, and
Jeff Mello for their respective wins! They truly are WORLD
CHAMPIONS!
9/27/2003 8:00P.M. CST - DAY 2
Believe it or not the HUGE boulder shown in
the picture above will later in the day be shoved down the
hill after the many rigs that have nudged it during the course
of the event!
9/27/2003 7:30P.M.CST - DAY 2
At this time the unofficial winners for the
3 divisions are:
Jon Bundrant - Unlimited
Jeff Mello - Super Stock
Aaron Clough - Legends
In a daring attempt to steal the lead from Jon Bundrant, Ken
Shupe decided to try for a spotter ride bonus on his last
event, Course 9. By doing this, if he aced the obstacle, he
would have pole vaulted soundly into first place. The gamble
back fired however, when he ended up rolling and giving up
40 points.
When we left the competition site to make
this update UROC had just posted the scores after all rigs
had completed 9 events. Some teams have finished all 10 courses,
but UROC only updates scores after all courses have been completed
by stages. So here they are.
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1. Jon Bundrant 20
2. Rick Garrett 42
3. Tracy Jordan 45
4. Mitch Guthrie 45
5. Ken Shupe 48
6. Jason Paule 41
7. Walker Evans 62
8. Curt Hildebrand 66
9. Brett Epperley
10. Rob Bonney 73
SUPER STOCK
1. Jeff Mello 92
2. Les Alan 110
3. Allen Ball 115
4. Tyler Wolford 141
5. Dave Wallace 157
6. David Laws 170
7. Becca Webster 173
8. Shane Waechter 191
9. Justin Smith 203
10. Kathy Crook 204
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1. Aaron Clough 130
2. Ted Grady 150
3. Amy Bulloch 163
4. Garrett Sisson 168
5. Dean Bulloch 170
6. Kevin Hawkins 171
7. Joachim Schwiesow 174
8. Chris Holley 194
9. Bob Standage 217
10. Mike Bailey 219
9/27/2003 12:45P.M. CST - DAY 2
UROC has changed the way they are updating
scores. We went to get the first update and had to become
temporary UROC staff to help round up the score cards necessary
for them to tally the totals.
After over coming an upload connection issue,
we are back up and running and giving the scores here first.
Becca Webster started the day on top of the
Legends Class but an untimely roll at the top of one of her
courses set her back 40 pts. and dropped down quickly in the
rankings.
Meanwhile Shannon Campbell walk his way up
where many had gone down in shame only to have his fuel relay
go out and loose all engine function. With 10 seconds left
on the clock, he and his spotter tried to push the rig across
the finish line only to be denied and suffer the 40 point
hit.
The FTM team running the Ford Ranger we speced
out for you in earlier coverage has become an Inline 5 as
the had to pull a rod out. They are taking 40's on the courses
to avoid the 50 pt. no show hit, and saving the rig for the
Money Pit run.
UNLIMITED
1. Jon Bundrant - 20
2. Jason Paule - 25
3. Ken Shupe - 36
4. Mitch Guthrie - 37
5. Rick Garrett - 41
6. Tracy Jordan - 45
7. Joel Randall - 47
8. Bart Jacobs - 50
9.Shannon Campbell - 57
10. Curt Hildebrand - 59
LEGENDS
1. Garrett Sisson - 91
2. Amy Bulloch - 111
3. Chris Holley - 114
4. Ted Grady - 116
5. Aarn Clough - 117
6. Jeff Rector - 143
7. Joachim Schwiesow - 150
8. Dean Bulloch - 155
9. Kevin Hawkins - 160
10. Bob Standage - 167
SUPER STOCK
1. Allen Ball - 72
2. Les Alan - 87
3. Jeff Mello - 92
4. Tyler Wolford - 114
5 Becca Webster - 123
6. Dave Wallace - 132
7. David Laws - 149
8. Kathy Crook - 162
9. Creighton King - 164
10. John Foutz - 168
