As always the town of Goldendale, WA gave us a warm
welcome over the holiday weekend, and unlike last years
hot weather; we had great weather on Saturday. Even with
the wind and chill factor on Sunday it was still a
fantastic weekend! The event ran smoothly and courses
were tough, technical and challenging for everyone. It
was a great balance of uppers, downers and side-hilling
obstacles. Cody and Jim did a great job maneuvering
through trees, climbing up loose boulders and going from
silt-dirt to rock!
Usually front engine vehicles have an easier time in
Goldendale, but it would seem this event was for the
rear engine "Moon Buggies". Jason Paule, who has won
this event the last two years, did a great job finishing
in 4th place with an awesome fill-in-spotter, Mark
Berger. (Mark is filling in for Travis Wadeson while he
is recovering from a recent car accident). Tracy Jordan
surprised us all bringing his Toyota Land Cruiser
Competition Rig and had a rough start to his day
Saturday. I believe it was Tracy's first course of the
day, A4, where he caught on fire and rolled over. And
Shannon Campbell was in the lead going into Sunday's
event until he started his buggy up and blew a rod on
his first course, closing the door on his chances for
finishing on top. In Goldendale there is no making up
points with any mishaps, you are either on your game or
you're not. And it seemed that Team Waggoner was on
their game the entire event!
Keeping it consistent throughout the weekend Cody and
Jim completed each course with minimum penalty points.
With Cody, a.k.a. 'Bones', (thank you to Mike at Houp
Photography for the new nickname), being 52lbs lighter
he was able to hop out of the buggy to help stack rocks
with Jim. 'Roxanne' seems to like carrying around a
lighter load too.
The top 6 teams ran through the Shoot-Out with only
Jason Paule completing the course. "Mr. King of
Rear-Steer" shows why he is a tough competitor to beat.
Others came close to finishing and put on a great show
for the spectators. Because the other competitors didn't
finish, it gave us enough of a point gap to secure our
first place position before even running the Shoot-Out.
Cody and Jim still gave it their all, but ended up
getting stuck between a rock and a tree about halfway
through the course. Good times!!!!!
Events that are set in locations like Goldendale are the
best "REAL" Rockcrawling events! Having an event held in
a familiar 4x4 setting might encourage spectators to
become future competitors. It's amazing what a couple
orange cones can do to a hillside that will spark the
curiosity in a fellow wheeler.
-Lindsay Waggoner
UNLIMITED CLASS SCORES
| Name |
Team # |
Score |
Rank |
| Cody Waggoner |
117 |
-28 |
1 |
| Jason Scherer |
13 |
-20 |
2 |
| Bruce Zeller |
181 |
-17 |
3 |
| Jason Paule |
0 |
10 |
4 |
| Tom Haman |
22 |
44 |
5 |
| Tracy Jordan |
112 |
55 |
6 |
| Brent Bradshaw |
12 |
107 |
7 |
| Bobert Mckenney |
8 |
163 |
8 |
| Bill Kreisel |
7 |
166 |
9 |
| Shannon Campbell |
35 |
224 |
10 |
| Scott Ellinger |
8 |
235 |
11 |
| James Treacy |
138 |
258 |
12 |
| Kurt McLaughlin |
33 |
289 |
13 |
| Richard Wiltfond |
114 |
324 |
14 |
| James Pearson |
417 |
338 |
15 |
| Peter Antunac |
679 |
354 |
16 |
| Brad Sybouts |
120 |
372 |
17 |
| Kevin Dubois |
41 |
409 |
18 |
PRO MODIFIED CLASS SCORES
| Name |
Team # |
Score |
Rank |
| Brian Errea |
1 |
57 |
1 |
| Terry Dagan |
35 |
72 |
2 |
| Brad Lovell |
232 |
82 |
3 |
| Buzzy Bronsena |
17 |
83 |
4 |
| Ben Hanks |
163 |
104 |
5 |
| Tim Florian |
777 |
113 |
6 |
| Becca Webster |
88 |
137 |
7 |
| Dean Bulloch |
9 |
145 |
8 |
| Dave Cole |
54 |
166 |
9 |
| Glenn Bonner |
19 |
169 |
10 |
| Michael Klensin |
143 |
183 |
11 |
| Mike Bailey |
262 |
189 |
12 |
| Hal Frost |
21 |
212 |
13 |
| Todd McCullen |
222 |
235 |
14 |
| Ted Grady |
464 |
251 |
15 |
| Carl Nielson |
65 |
274 |
16 |
| Andy Johnson |
33 |
312 |
17 |
| Mark Thurston |
308 |
339 |
18 |
| Jeff Mellow |
888 |
366 |
19 |
| Cisco Sabin |
111 |
407 |
20 |
| Jody Everding |
619 |
407 |
21 |
| Jason Minnoch |
16 |
408 |
22 |
MODIFIED STOCK SCORES
| Name |
Team # |
Score |
Rank |
| Troy Bailey |
1 |
-53 |
1 |
| Buzzy Bronsema |
17 |
-41 |
2 |
| James Andrus |
222 |
-20 |
3 |
| Jeremy Sodorff |
188 |
-1 |
4 |
| Dan Patterson |
124 |
3 |
5 |
| Eric Hackney |
76 |
32 |
6 |
| Troy Trinka |
963 |
40 |
7 |
| Travis Thompson |
22 |
55 |
8 |
| Glen Granger |
91 |
77 |
9 |
| Jamie Dunbar |
25 |
127 |
10 |
| Crystal McAuliffe |
629 |
167 |
11 |
| Joel Monroe |
4 |
171 |
12 |
| Jesse Bigby |
121 |
231 |
13 |
| Brandon Henker |
433 |
350 |
14 |
FORMULA TOY SCORES
| Name |
Team # |
Score |
Rank |
| Hobie Smith |
10 |
-50 |
1 |
| Matt Messer |
29 |
-41 |
2 |
| John James |
28 |
-27 |
3 |
| Brett Portor |
20 |
-20 |
4 |
| Cody Deschamps |
35 |
39 |
5 |
| Chris Pook |
32 |
52 |
6 |
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