[Dan Dibble]

I.R.O.C. (Nascar) idea for rock compition

Have about 15 or so EQUALLY equiped Jeep Rubicons. Invite the top teams. All for charity.
Ya I know how could we get Jeep to sponser and bring the rigs??? But wouldnt be cool to see, who the best drivers REALLY are???

Just an idea, Dan

 

[Blue-Beard]

not a bad idea.

 

[High5]

very cool idea but i really can't see JEEP letting 15 rigs get trashed like that. it would be fun to watch though.

 

[EClayton08]

That's a kick ass idea. Somone should talk to Jeep about it, they might give a few Rubicons to do it, 15 is a lot tho.

 

[TEX]

Jeep MIGHT be willing to do that provided you could do some things for them - namely, make sure the events are televised, make sure you have a LOT of events, etc, etc, etc.


TEX

 

[EClayton08]

Jeep MIGHT be willing to do that provided you could do some things for them - namely, make sure the events are televised, make sure you have a LOT of events, etc, etc, etc.


TEX

Yea I agree, if someone can set it up and make it on TV, Jeep might give some Rubicons. You have some guy sittin at home seeing this Jeep doing all these hard trails and that guy not knowing its the driver goes out and gets one to try to do that hardcore stuff. Pretty good advertisement IMO

 

[Big Rich]

Great Idea....

But someones been working on it for a long time already

More info to follow

 

[TEX]

BTW, in order for it to be a TRUE representation of 4-wheeling, you'd have to do more than just rock crawling & you'd have to have drivers from highly varied aspects of the sport (as with IROC). In other words, you need some RCAA guys, some SCORE guys, some CORR guys, and yes even some GUMBO guys

TEX

 

[Big Rich]

and yes even some GUMBO guys
TEX

Gumbo guys on the da ROCS, BHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!

 

[TDW]

very cool idea but i really can't see JEEP letting 15 rigs get trashed like that. it would be fun to watch though.

I saw DC trashing twice that many Rubicons at the Rubicon last summer.

 

[TEX]

Gumbo guys on the da ROCS, BHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!

Hey, sometimes I think some of you rock guys who like to drive with the skinny pedal missed your calling Oh, don't forget, you Cal-Rocs guys would have to get muddy too. Not only does IROC go outside of NASCAR to get drivers, they also don't do all their racing on ovals :idea:


TEX

 

[McSoo]

I think they'd need tires bigger than 31"....

 

[Big Rich]

Hey, sometimes I think some of you rock guys who like to drive with the skinny pedal missed your calling Oh, don't forget, you Cal-Rocs guys would have to get muddy too. Not only does IROC go outside of NASCAR to get drivers, they also don't do all their racing on ovals :idea:


TEX

MUDDY.....now wait a minute.

I just finally got the Texas mud off the cherokee, from my visit there 2 weeks ago.

We like the water just not the MUD. It gets everywhere.



Rich

 

[TEX]

We like the water just not the MUD. It gets everywhere.

Used to love driving deep water on a warm day. Too bad it's illegal now Was a great way to wash off the mud too


TEX

 

[KSL]

Camo and Rich were working at a toy buggy class with very limited mods alowed. Not the same but still realy cool.

 

[Spank]

A fabricator friend of mine who used to work on pro SCORE trucks had an idea like this. It would be basically a spec rockcrawling competition in which all of the vehicles are nearly identical. You must use a predetermined chassis and suspension, and get all your parts from 1-3 sources. That way it would be only the driver and spotter team's abilitys which dictate the winner. It would be a truly Driver's competition. Anyone with enough $$$ could enter, but if they don't have driver skill, they won't have a snowballs chance in hell of winning.

As much as I disdain NASCAR, this would be set up in much a similar fashion. I think a setup like that would be hugely successful.

Now, if only we could be the sole chassis provider, we would be in the $$$$$. :flipoff2:

What do you guys think of an idea like that? What if you could rent a spec truck, and compete for big money?

 

[Dan Dibble]

Camo and Rich were working at a toy buggy class with very limited mods alowed. Not the same but still realy cool.

This is kinda where I got the idea from.

http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=114277&highlight=iroc+series

 

[85TrailToy]

I think they'd need tires bigger than 31"....

With a 4" lift they can run 35's.

 

[ROKTOY]

They used to supply 30 new YJs a year when they were doing the Jeep Cup Rallies.....
can be done if the manufacturer can pony up the $$.

Jay

 

[KADski]

Just talk jeep into supplying a chassis with no interior, sport bar, t-case, suspension or axles. Make the t-case, and axles open and limit lift. I dont know if you would need to restrict suspension setups or not. Just outlawing forced articulation should be enough.
I would think that alot of people would buy a stripped down TJ chassis if the price was right.
If jeep dosent want to do it then just have the Bruiser class and Poision spyder could have the buisness.
I think the easiest way to level the field is the limit height, tire size, HP (restrictor plates ), Wheel base, width, basically everything that effects the way a rig will go up the trail. Then you have NASCAR rockraceing.