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9/27/2003 1:15A.M. CST - DAY 1

And for you fellas that just love a good set of boulders without the adornment of an ugly ol' rig . . .

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9/27/2003 1:05A.M. CST - DAY 1

We received questions about the new FTM Ford Ranger that we posted an earlier picture of. We grabbed one of the crew and got some of the
4-1-1 for those inquiring minds.

Motor - I6
Tranny - Dodge Automatic
Transfer - Atlas II
Drivelines - 6 States
Axles - DynaTrac 60's F/R
Gearing - 5:36
Lockers - Detroit F/R
Cutting Brakes - F/R
Chassis - Custom Built Bill Force Chassis from FTM
Skins are for a Ford Range

9/26/2003 11:45P.M. CST - DAY 1

We took time out to chat with Shannon Campbell this weekend about his new rig. The specs on this leaner, meaner machine are as follows:

Engine - LS1
Tranny - Power Glide
Transfer - 5.0 Atlas
Axles - 9" Curries
Tires - 40" Goodyear MTR's . . .and they are already siped!
Cutting Brakes - Front and Rear
Weight - 2650 lbs

This rig took 2 weeks and 5 days to build from the ground up. SuperCrawl is its debut event. The team practiced one day in Gilbert, AZ and one day in St. George before this compeition.

Kimber - What was your goal in building this new rig?
Shannon - "To reduce the center of gravity and bring the weight down. The old rig weighs 3250."

Kimber - What is your real world expectation from this event?
Shannon - " Number 1, of course."

Kimber - Who do you think is your number one competitor standing in your way?
Shannon - " Tiny is the one to beat."

Kimber - What is the one wakness the rig has coming into this event?
Shannon - "The converter needs a little more stall so that I can have more control. They (Hughes) are working on it now."

Kimber - What are you expecting from the courses this year?
Shannon - " Someone told me its a real, twisted cone fest out there."

Kimber - Since this is a single seater, what will you do on the "spotter ride option" courses?
Shannon - "We'll go for the bonus points."

Kimber - What series' are you planning on competing in next year?
Shannon - "We'll do RCAA, UROC, and EROC."

Kimber - So you've got a new rig AND a new spotter? How long has he been with you?
Shannon - "Mike Dieu took my brothers place. Mike spotted for me once at a UROC competition and had been wheeling for about a year prior to that."

Kimber - How is he doing compared to your Brother?
Shannon - " He'll let me do the driving. He's a lot calmer which let's me be calmer and he keeps me from doing something stupid."

Kimber - So now that you've spotted once, what do you think of it?
Mike - "It's a lot of work. Definately a difficult thing being a spotter."

Kimber - What would you say is the hardest thing about it?
Mike - "Thinking ahead of the driver to get him lined up where he needs to be."

Kimber - Have you driven the rig?
Mike - "No."

Kimber - Why not?
Mike - "I don't fit in it! I need more of a man sized Jeep."

Kimber - What is your realistic goal for this event?
Mike - "Well I'd like to win, but would settle for top 5."

Kimber - How is this different from the trail riding you've done?
Mike - "There's no pressure on the trails. It's all about fun."

Kimber - How do you like stacking rocks?
Mike - "I'm opposed to the spotter doing anything. (laughs) Stacking can help sometimes and others the drive spits them out and it's a waste of effort."

Kimber - What do you think about the forcasted heat?
Mike - "Heat isn't gonna be a serious concern. I work in construction back home in Arizona all the time."

Kimber - How do you feel about waiting for your next course?
Mike - " Sometimes if you don't have to wait it's a disadvantage because you can't watch the course ahead of time. About a 2-3 rig wait seems good. Too many rigs, and it gets boring."

9/26/2003 9:15P.M. CST - DAY 1

UNLIMITED

1. John Bundrant 10
2. Mitch Guthrie 15
3. Jason Paulie 15
4. Shannon Campbell 16
5. Ken Shupe 23
6. Curt Hildebrand 28
7. Rick Garret 30
8. Joel McClure 31
9. Tracy Jordan 35
10. Walker Evans 36
11. Joel Randall 37
12. Brett Epperley 37
13. Ron Christensen 41
14. Rob Bonney 45
15. Matt Peteson 48
16. Bart Jacobs 49
17. Mike Shaffer 58
18. Tony Kasabasich 62
19. Nate Williams 64
20. Chris Durham 68

21. Harrison Beene 71
22. Brandon Gillen 71
23. John Gilleland 74
24. Troy Myers 75
25. Larry Trim75
26. Terry Howe 76
27. Bryan Hamilton 83
28. Aaron Dusendury 86
29. John Hall 87
30. Mark Beger 88
31. Michael Hope 88
32. Jason Scherer 91
33. Peter Wells 93
34. Jay Standish 96
35. Matt Burkett 100
36. Randy Torbett 105
37. Jennifer Little 106
38. Carl Whitmore 106
39. Ron Maximoff 117
40. Ken Blume 118

41. Dave Schneider 120
42. Dallas Luttrell 121
43. Nick Sessions 124
44. Matt Woolley 127
45. Ragnar Roberts 128
46. Brian Anderson 137
47. Brandon Feldt 138
48. Neil Lillard 144
49. Gary Tidwell 151
50. Vince Gochenouk 153
51. Zak Szczeck 156
52. Wes Rintelen167
53. Shane Yost 169
54. Jake Mecham 170
55. Brandon Johnson 174
56. Greg Davis 188
57. Robert Lane 189
58. RJ Brown 192
59. Jason Antonwcci 193
60. JP Gudka 200

61. Curtis McNeil 203
62. Scott Gadsen 240
63. Daren Runion 240
64. Bryan Kolman 250

LEGENDS

1. Amy Bulloch 57
2. Ted Grady 69
3. Aaron Clough 74
4. Dean Bulloch 85
5. Garrett Sisson 87
6. Kevin Hawkins 89

7. Bob Standage 95
8. Chris Holley 101
9. Jeff Rector 117
10. Luke Purcell 121
11. Joachim Schwiesow 15
12. Clay Egan 145
13. Shane Waechter 147
14. Josh Burau 150
15. Mike Bailey 153
16. Michael Smythe 155
17. Braden Kemp 170
18. Mike Cole 171
19. Kinsey Beard 173
20. Rhett Ferguson 193
21. Tracy Evans 200
22. Jon Ragnarsow 230
23. Rick Beard 240

SUPER STOCK

1. Becca Webster 43
2. Allen Ball 47
3. Jeff Mello 50
4. Les Alan 61
5. Tyler Wolford 71
6. Dave Wallace 78
7. Justin Smith 114
8. Kathy Crook 116
9. David Laws 118
10. Scott Waymont 129
11. Wes Herrmann 131
12. Creighton King 138
13. John Foutz 142
14. frank Nesselhuf 171

There were 5 scores that UROC was unable to provide accurate totals for on their final course. they were short the final course tally for: Clay Egan,Tony Kasabasich, Nate Williams, Troy Myers and Brandon Feldt. therefor these drivers scores only reflect 4 course driven instead of 5 like the other scores you see above.

9/26/2003 5:30P.M. CST - DAY 1

Team Shaffer/Clifford has tried the Money Maker and gave up one of the most spectacular rolls of the day. They went over once and landed on their side and were able to flop it back onto its rubbers. They then went head long back at it attacking the climb with a vengence, only to be denied yet again by the mighty rock.

Tracy Jordan is now missing a tooth after attacking one course and slamming in to solid rock. His head was thrown forward and when it came back up onto his shoulders he was sporting a Big Gapper up front. This didn't stop him though as he went on to finish without his spotter on the other end of the strap to pull him through.

Creighton King is still in it and scoring within the top 10 after his earlier woes turned out to fixable. Jon Bundrant was the man to beat coming into this event and he still is. Tiny is walking flawlessly through the courses under Jon's guidance andLarry McRae's spotting.

Scores as the last of the competitors wrap it up for the day are below.

UNLIMITED

1st . . .Jon Bundrant . . . . . .0

2nd . . Shannon Campbell .15

3rd . . Mitch Guthrie . . . . . . 15

4th . .Jason Paulie . . . . . . .15

5th . .Rick Garrett . . . . . . . .18

6th . .Ken Shupe . . . . . . . 23

7th . .Brett Epperley. . . . 26

8th . .Walker Evans. . . . .26

9th . .Curt Hildebrand . . .26

10th .Joel McClure . . . . 27

LEGEND

1st . . .Garrett Sisson . . . . . . . . 24

2nd . . Amy Bulloch . . . . . . . . .43

3rd . .Ted Grady . . . . . . . . . . . 69

4th . .Aaron Clough . . . . . . . . 74

5th . .Jeff Rector . . . . . . . . . . .77

6th . .Jon Ragnarssow . . . . . 80

7th . .Dean Bulloch . . . . . . . . 82

8th . .Chris Holley . . . . . . . . .89

9th . .Kevin Hawkins . . . . . . 89

10th .Kinsey Beard . . . . . . .93

SUPER STOCK

1st . . . Allen Ball . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

2nd . . Becca Webster . . . . . . .46

3rd . .Jeff Mello . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

4th . . Les Alan . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50

5th . .Wes Herrmann . . . . . . . . 51

6th . .Dave Wallace . . . . . . . . .52

7th . .Tyler Wolford . . . . . . . . . 71

8th . .Creighton King . . . . . . . .101

9th . .John Foutz . . . . . . . . . . . 102

10th.Justin Smith . . . . . . . . . . 114

9/26/2003 4:30P.M. CST - DAY 1

Here's some pictures from today's action so far. Ken Shupe has been the first to climb the Money Pit and made it look easy. Ken Blume has promised to tame the beast and Brandon Gillen is going at it right now in an attempt to take the money and run.

The above picture is just for you manly men who believe the girlies have to go with wheelin. There's a few more coming up too.

And for those of you into EXTREME GOLFING . . . . Here's a golf cart that you can really use your driver in.

We are off to get the next set of scores for you guys. Look for entire picture galleries of todays action tonight after we get back to the base camp of Casa De Clifford.

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9/26/2003 3:43P.M. CST - Day 1

Most teams have completed 3 of 5 courses for the day. Mike and Lance have a 40 due to a roll on course 10. They turned around and got the lowest score of the day on their next course which gained some lost ground for them. Creighton King in the Super Stock Class is out due to a blown tranny. Rick Beard in the Legends division is also done for the day. There are still several roll-overs occuring. No one has tried the Money Maker yet as they are all preserving their rigs for the final days competition. UROC is telling us they expect the price on this "Dare Yuh to Try" obstacle to go up by the end of tomorrows event.

UNLIMITED

1st . . .15 - Jon Bundrant . . . . .0

2nd . . .74 - Curt Hildebrand . .2

3rd . . .87 - Jason Paule . . . . .2

4th . . .86 - John Gilleland . . .5

5th . . .88 - Bart Jacobs . . . .5

6th . . .73 - Mitch Guthrie . . .11

7th . . .13 - Brett Epperley .13

8th . . .54 - Shannon Campbell .15

9th . . .32 - Ron Christensen . 16

10th . .14 - Rick Garrett . . . . 18

LEGENDS

1st . . .69 - Garrett Sisson . . . . . . .24

2nd . . .91 - Kevin Hawkins . . . . .28

3rd . . .51 - Amy Bulloch . . . . . . .31

4th . . .57 - Ted Grady . . . . . . . .35

5th . . .89 - Rhett Ferguson . . . .43

6th . . .25 - Jeff Rector . . . . . . . 54

7th . . .93 - Bob Standage . . . 63

8th . . .22 - Chris Holley . . . . . 64

9th . . .3 - Aaron Clough . . . . .68

10th . .47 - Dean Bulloch . . . .71

SUPER STOCK

1st . . .35 - Allen Ball . . . . . . . . . 27

2nd . . .49 - Becca Webster . . . 34

3rd . . .53 - Les Alan . . . . . . . . . .36

4th . . .75 - Wes Herrmann . . . .41

5th . . .58 - Jeff Mello. . . . . . . . 43

6th . . .80 - David Wallace . . . . 50

7th . . .94 - David Laws . . . . . .59

8th . . .61 - John Foutz . . . . . . 62

9th . . .37 - Tyler Wolford . . . .68

10th . .96 - Justin Smith . . . . .68

We'll be uploading some more picture afterr this posts. Thanks for checkin' in with our first event coverage from SuperCrawl II.

9/26/2003 12:41P.M. CST - Day 1

There are 101 teams here to compete this weekend. We had hoped to give you a list of all teams, drivers and spotters, but we were unable to get this info in a data file. We have been given a list but in the interest of keeping the coverage coming to you, we will take the time to type all the names in after the days courses are completed. In the mean time, we'll be giving you the top 10 from each class. Keep in mind that some competitors have yet to run their first course.

UNLIMITED

1st . . . 9 - Mark Berger . . . . . . . . Score 0

2nd . . .10 - Tracy Jordan . . . . . . . . . . . . 0

3rd . . .15 - Jon Bundrant . . . . . . . . . . . . 0

4th . . .18 - Walker Evans . . . . . . . . . . . . 0

5th . . .19 - Greg Davis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0

6th . . .20 - Brandon Gillen . . . . . . . . . . . 0

7th . . .26 - Scott Gadsen . . . . . . . . . . . . 0

8th . . . 28 - Neil Lillard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0

9th . . .29 - Dave Schneider . . . . . . . . . .0

10th . .32 - Ron Christensen . . . . . . . . . 0

LEGEND

1st . . .89 - Rhett Ferguson . . . . . . . . .0

2nd . . .69 - Garrett Sisson . . . . . . . . 10

3rd . . .25 - Jeff Rector . . . . . . . . . . . .14

4th . . .90 - Ken Shupe . . . . . . . . . . . 18

5th . . .51 - Amy Bulloch . . . . . . . . . . 21

6th . . .57 - Ted Grady . . . . . . . . . . . 22

7th . . .91 - Kevin Hawkins . . . . . . . .26

8th . . .55 - Michael Smithe. . . . . . . 32

9th . . .30 - Mike Bailey . . . . . . . . . 40

10th . . ..40 - Josh Burau . . . . . . . . 40

SUPER STOCK

1st . . .35 - Allen Ball . . . . . . . . . . . 4

2nd . . .96 - Justin Smith . . . . . . . .4

3rd . . .58 - Jeff Mello . . . . . . . . . .21

4th . . .49 - Becca Webster . . . . .34

5th . . .53 - Les Alan . . . . . . . . . . 36

6th . . .27 - Creighton King . . . . .40

7th . . .80 - Dave Wallace . . . . .40

8th . . .75 - Wes Herrmann . . . .41

9th . . . 37 - Tyler Wolford . . . .47

10th . . . 94 - David Laws . . . . 47

9/26/2003 10:15A.M. CST - Day 1

As the day gets started here in ST. George, UT for the 2nd annual SuperCrawl, teams are lining up and tackling last minute repairs. Amy Bulloch is back to defend her World Champion 2002 Limitied title. The heat already has teams, judges, and spectators sweating and the sun isn't high in the sky yet.

Rick Beard was the first to start the event off. After a wicked hopping sessions trying to conquer the first of many vertical climbs this years event has to offer, he had to take a take the dreaded 40 pts. do to rear driveline breakage.

From there on the sounds of engines revving beyond governors and rock knawing on metal skid plates could be heard from every course. While there have been some good scores so far, the carnage has prevailed and if teams like UROC's Series '03 Winner, Dean Bulloch, went unscathed in the damage department, it has been often at the cost of timing out and still scoring the nasty 40. Make no mistakes, 40's are happening in multiples for the various teams. courses are little longer than in the past but times are very short and the cones give no mercy.

The rigs are starting off looking shiny and straight for the most part. Including the new FTM Ford Ranger and Team Shaffer's newest rig piloted by Josh Burau.

We are also being treated to multiple wheel stands and tires hangin precariously in the air as the teams try to balance their way through some serious off camber obstacles. Flex is definately your friend in these course layouts as well as a very steady and patient throttle foot. Curt Hildebrand showed us how this is done on his first obstacle as well as Allen Ball.

Stay with us as we get ready to bring you our first set of scores from the SuperCrawl II.

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