UROC ProNational Event #5
2005
Vernal, UT
Brought to you by Superior Axle & Gear
and Marlin Crawler
Dean Bullock Wins
Modified Class!
Final
Scores - Modified
| Team |
Position |
Score |
| Bullock / Munford |
1 |
35 |
| Lovell / Lovell |
2 |
41 |
| Stumph / Stumph |
3 |
52 |
| Errea / Schwiesow |
4 |
98 |
| Clough / Mabey |
5 |
108 |
| Bulloch / Bulloch |
6 |
127 |
| Webster / Klein |
7 |
152 |
| Whitmore / Williams |
8 |
162 |
| Schneider, Dave |
9 |
165 |
| Hanks / Candelaria |
10 |
169 |
| Mellow, Jeff |
11 |
211 |
| Sisson / Sisson |
12 |
232 |
| Bailey / Bailey |
13 |
253 |
| Beard / Beard |
14 |
346 |
Mark Berger Wins Super Modified!
Final
Scores - Super Modified
| Team |
Position |
Score |
| Berger / Ness |
1 |
90 |
| Campbell / Dieu |
2 |
103 |
| Paule / Wadeson |
3 |
121 |
| Scherer / Goodrich |
4 |
123 |
| Randall / Jorgensen |
5 |
127 |
| Jordan, Tracy |
6 |
145 |
| Evans / Campbell |
7 |
189 |
| Wells / Wells |
8 |
189 |
| Bunch, Jason |
9 |
192 |
| Robbins, Don |
10 |
198 |
| Torbett / Nixon |
11 |
206 |
| Gilleland / Williams |
12 |
206 |
| Sessions / Hensel |
13 |
213 |
| Woolley / Reid |
14 |
221 |
| WIlliams / Ayres |
15 |
230 |
| Schaffer, Mike |
16 |
245 |
| Jacobs / Merrill |
17 |
246 |
| Mazonni / Socha |
18 |
251 |
| Zeller / Poston |
19 |
255 |
| Brown / Brown |
20 |
261 |
| Blume, Ken |
21 |
263 |
| Little / Little |
22 |
266 |
| Howe / Lazzelle |
23 |
271 |
| Hildebrand |
24 |
275 |
| Garrett / Geoller |
25 |
279 |
| Gadsden / Cosner |
26 |
280 |
| Clifford / Clifford |
27 |
286 |
| Webster / Johnson |
28 |
288 |
5:00 PM Update
Frame and electrical problems cause trouble for the Team
Clifford. With just one course remaining Lance Clifford pulls
out the wrenches and does some quick repairs are loosing power
on their third obstacle of the day. Also a major issues is the
rear frame near the pan hard bar has completely broken. Lance
uses a pair of ratchet straps to hold the frame together for
just one more run. The sharp frame brake is dangerously close to
the radiator lower hose and threatens to puncture it as the rear
axle articulates.
| Here is
an interesting place to connect a pull strap, right on
the axle. When the spotter pulls from this point all of
his effort is used in the direction desired. |
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The
rigors of event coverage should not be under estimated.
This sound engineer for the Discovery channel catches a
break from recording the action. |
Noon Update
There are a total of 8 courses that each drive must complete
over the two days of competition. The Modified rigs ran courses
5-8 on Friday while the Super Modified rigs ran courses 1-4.
Today the groups switch courses and Super Mod runs 5-8. The
Modified Class are running courses 1-4. Each course has two
routes, one for Modified Class and the other line for the Super
Modified. Yesterday none of Super Mods were able to complete
course #2 without using a winch, but today the on the Modified
line, several of the drivers have been able to score a perfect
scores. Becca Webster does a "ride a long" with her spotter for
bonus points up course #2.
Carl
Whitmore nearly rolled down off the top of course #3 when he was
driving right on the lip of the cliff below him. Driving right
on the edge without fear, that's rock crawling.
9:00 AM Update
It's
cool now, but forecasters are predicting 80 degrees with partly
cloudy skies for today. On the course things are really heating
up on this, the last day, of the last event, in the 2005 UROC
Pro Series. Competition is scheduled to start at 10:00 AM today.
The
current series points leader in the Super Modified class is
Shannon Campbell. Currently sitting second in points for this
event, Shannon has the series win in site.
In
the Modified class team Lovell & Lovell are tied for first in series points with Errea / Schwiesow but Lovell's team did better in yesterdays driving and is 37
points ahead of Errea / Schwiesow.
Dustin
Webster and the Redbull Rock-It ended up in last place
in Fridays scores due in part to a controversial call on
course #1. Webster cleaned the course with no problems
but at the end was disqualified after apparently hitting
a start gate cone. Neither the Judge or a Marshal had
actually seen this happed and apparently were responding
to what they though the spotter had said. The resulting
loss of points was devistating to the teams chances
By Chris Geiger
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