Preview Contingency Friday Saturday
Big
Boulders Bash at St. George
UROC
Final Friday SCORES
Photo
Gallery
Superior
Axle 11:00 PM Update
St.
George, Utah (June 17, 2005) Shannon Campbell took his Campbell
Enterprises LS1 powered rock rig to the Big Boulders at
St. George and led of the pack of Super Modified Division
after the UROC Pro National Series teams completed five
of the eight obstacles today. We caught up with Shannon
Campbell about 10:00 PM while he and his crew were prepping
their rock rig for Saturday's action. Campbell said, "Ah,
we got lucky today and with Tracy, JohnnyG and and those
other guys close, anything is possible tomorrow when we
get closer to the main event. If you remember, I gave away
the main event at the Phoenix competition and we're hoping
not to do that again." Campbell was smiling while drinking
an ice cold cerveza.
In
the Modified Stock Division On Track Krawler Team's Dean
Bulloch was the leader after a hot dusty day in the dirt
at the Big Boulder Bash. Bulloch used his Klune V to crawl
his Suzuki to the top of several obstacles this afternoon
and tomorrow he'll be working all day as the Modified Stock
Division will compete in five different obstacles before
teams are determined who makes it into the main event. It
wasn't easy to hunt down Bulloch tonight, but once we did
he said, "The competition is fierce in our class and
its still anyone's game. We're heading towards making it
into the main event and then we'll hopefully make some things
happen and get to the podium."
Saturday's
action start's at 10:00 a.m. and we'll provide you with
the latest from the Big Boulder Bash as teams aim to qualify
for the main event.
Superior
Axle 6:30 PM Update
St.
George, Utah (June 17, 2005) Johnny G has just finished
his last obstacle of the day and full scoring will be available
soon. Stay tuned for a complete first day wrap up in the
next couple hours.
Superior
Axle 4:30 PM Update
St.
George, Utah (June 17, 2005) The wind swept dust filled
Big Boulder Bash continues to see carnage in the steep canyon
just outside of St. George, Utah. Toyo Tires sponsored Matt
Woolley rolled his moon buggy twice and suffered a minor
injury to his left leg. His suffered a blown shock on the
right rear and some minor cage damage. His crew said he's
done for the day with the damage and minor injury.
Walker
Evans continues to prove he is one bad-azz competitor as
he rolled his Campbell Enterprises built rock rig very hard
suffering a bloody nose. But the off-road racing legend
forged back into the fray even though he scored a +40 on
that obstacle.
Beard's
Jason Scherer rolled "Tiny," the world famous
single seat moon buggy, on a steep boulder, but both competitors
teamed together to roll the Nelson & Nelson built rock
rig back onto all fours and where they raged hell on the
obstacle getting to the finish gate with only two seconds
to spare.
Don
"The Maverick" Robbins commented the course obstacles
are too short and lack creativity in the layout. Robbins
said, "This is sort of like follow the leader trail
stuff versus good creative difficult courses. I wish it
was a little different."
The
weather conditions are playing big havoc here at the Boulder
Bash. The wind continues to sweep dust from the Southern
Utah plains into the event site canyon creating a hot dusty
bowl for spectators, teams and UROC officials as well.
UROC
reported to us that they were victims of a vehicle burglary
several nights ago as the UROC semi-tractor trailer was
parked at the event site and theives broke into the trailer
stealing the UROC sound system. They had to rent equipment
from Salt Lake City and the sound system only allows the
announcers to provide very brief comments before the system
shuts down on overload. Big Sarge said, "We're doing
the best we can under the circumstances." One of the
speakers on top of the UROC trailer caught fire, but the
St. George Fire Dept. was here to put it out immediately.
UROC
Scoring Official - Stephanie was having difficulty with
the scoring computer and was unable to provide us the latest
scores as of 4:30 p.m. As soon as we have them in hand you'll
be the first to review them.
Superior
Axle 3:00 PM Update
St.
George, Utah (June 17, 2005) UROC Scoring Officials have
just provided us with the first scores from Friday - Day
1 action here at the third round of the UROC Pro National
Series. In the Modified Stock Division - the Lovell Brothers
from Fort Collins, Colorado are leading as they have completed
all three of their obstacles for the day. They have loaded
their rock rig and scored +2 for the first day's competition.
Dean Bulloch is sitting at +9 with one obstacle to complete.
Brian Errea had a bad first day and ended up at +52 for
the day. Errea said, "We rolled on the last obstacle
of the day and had some problems. We'll be back ready to
work hard tomorrow." Becca Webster/Rich Klein scored
two +38's on two of their three obstacles today so they
sit at +76. The carnage on the Red Bull Rock Her today was
a fuel pump and fuel line that they took care of without
a problem. Dave Schneider had a great two first obstacles
and has +6 points and readying for his next obstacle.
Modified
Stock:
1.
Lovell Brothers - +2
2.
Dave Scheider +6
3.
Dean Bulloch +9
4.
Aaron Clough +45
5.
Craig Stumph +46
In
the Super Modified Division the carnage has taken a toll
on several teams. Rock Runner Racing's Jason Paule suffered
a broken control arm and after repairing the rock rig he
started to drive away and discovered they also broke a wheel
and a brake line forcing them to jump into action to make
repairs before the next obstacle. Paule has scored +43 after
completing obstacles #2 and #3.
The
story of the day so far is between Shannon Campbell and
Bruce Zeller who are on fire here at the Big Boulders Bash.
Campbell has scored -5 while Zeller has -15 after the first
few obstacles.
The
tight competition after the two top teams is just that...very
tight. Here are the scores of the top ten at 3:00 p.m. here
in St. George.
1.
Bruce Zeller -15
2.
Shannon Campbell -5
3.
Peter Mazzoni +6
4.
Jason Scherer +10
5.
Don Robbins +11
6.
Johnny G +11
7.
Aaron Dusenbery +16
8.
Jason Bunch +16
9.
Joel Randall +16
10.
Tracy Jordan +17
Superior
Axle 1:15 PM Update
St.
George, Utah (June 17, 2005) This just in...Superior/Pirate4x4.com/Toyo
Tires sponsored Mike Shaffer/Lance Clifford are done for
the weekend. On their first obstacle of the day they grenaded
the Short Star motor in Mike's rig. King Pirate immediately
asked, "Got any cerveza?"
Mastercraft's
Carnage Crew in action
Fabtech's
Tracy Jordan & Jerry Watson
Superior
Axle 1:00 PM Update
St.
George, Utah (June 17, 2005) The UROC follies continue at
the Big Boulders Bash in St. George. Reigning UROC Pro National
Champion Tracy Jordan should be named Mr. Controversy. Here's
the latest. On his second obstacle of the day he rolled
his rebuilt Campbell Enterprises rock rig out of bounds
ending up on all four BFG Krawlers. UROC Judges/Marshalls
ruled him out of bounds, but Jordan and his spotter Jerry
Watson argued that they rolled out of bounds accidentally.
UROC Officials ultimately ruled that the rollover/infraction
was an accident, therefore allowing him to complete the
obstacle even though he went out of bounds. After he rolled
through the finish gate Jordan high-fived the judge smiling
from ear-to-ear.
Bender
- Why are you smiling? A desert chick at a rockcrawl. The
queen of the Big Boulder Bash!!!
In
other folly news, Goodyear's Joel Randall was competing
in his first obstacle when UROC CEO Ranch Pratt saw that
one gate cone appeared to be to difficult for Randall to
make it through the gate. Pratt picked up the gate cone
and removed it from the competition allowing Randall and
the remaining competitors not to have to negoatiate the
cone. Hmmmmmmmm...Randall was the first of the competitors
to attack that obstacle, therefore no other competitors
had run the course or attempted to get around that cone.
We
have no scores as of yet, but the tension is building as
teams are fighting for every single point here at the Big
Boulders Bash.
Superior
Axle Noon Update
St.
George, Utah (June 17, 2005) Competition has just started
here in St. George and the obstacles are interesting to
say the least. Many competitors raised their eyebrows to
a couple different big drop off's. Karnivore Rock Racing's
Nate Williams exclaimed, "Have you seen those drop
offs? They're big! The obstacles are short and it seems
you better be on your game right away. The climbs aren't
too bad, but my first obstacle is gonna' be tough"
Set
in a steep canyon with obstacles arranged on each side,
the courses are short with one main drop off or technical
climb on each course. Tracy Jordan commented, "We're
either going to be scoring big negative points or lots of
penalty points."
Rough
Country, Fabtech, TeraFlex, BFGoodrich, Toyo Tires, Goodyear,
Maxxis and more are all on display here in the Boulder Dustbowl
at the bottom of the competition site. The steep canyon
is south facing towards the Virgin River Canyon and the
wind is blowing at a stiff 10-15 miles per hour. At times
gusts have been really strong blinding the vendors set up
in the Boulder Dustbowl. Temperatures are hoving at a mild
88 degrees with a forecast of only the mid-90's through
Saturday.
A
small crowd is on hand here at the Big Boulders Bash and
St.George's finest are also here to control the crowds.
St. George Fire Department has personnel on scene dressed
in full fighter gear prepared for any emergency. We spoke
with a couple of the firemen who told us that recently St.
George has experienced some big brush fires and their presence
here at the Big Boulders Bash is preventative.
King
Pirate Lance Clifford, also known as "Chicken Bone,"
here in St. George area said, "This place is moon buggy
heaven with these big drops. Any rock rig that has a rear
engine configuration should be scoring some negative points.
We asked Chicken Bone how many points he deserved for his
antics last night at the steak house and he said, "You
know I'm the champ!"
The
competition is underway and we'll provide you the latest
in the next few hours. Stay tuned.
