[fuggy]

This is one of the sickest climbs I have ever seen. Knowing how far Tracy would have rolled if he lost it when he was bumping it.....damn.....sick.

Can the bar be raised over the Rock Bug?

YouTube - W.E.Rock 2009 Grand Nationals - Tracy Jordan & The Rock Bug on the Shootout (Part 2 of 2)

That was awesome! The cool thing is Tracy actually wheels this rig a lot between comps and the thing just works and is built to survive. I wonder how much prep he puts into it between hard weekend runs....?

 

[lxh0318]

Cool Climb/descent:smokin:

You should recognize the first descent:flipoff2:

 

[BadAZYj]

You should recognize the first descent:flipoff2:

Yeah I did...:homer:


did they go up it at all in the comp or just down?

 

[B.A.R.K]

I will be cheering for you guys!

Here are some updates from the Rock Bug Blog

It’s hard to imagine that this time last year we were still wiring up the Rock Bug (see “Rock Bug Weekend Update for January 24, 2009”). Despite all of our best efforts to have the Rock Bug ready to race 2009 King of the Hammers (KOH), its highly custom Scat V4 motor decided otherwise. Literally one day before the race, severe lack of engine performance forced driver Tracy Jordan and the Rock Bug to bow out of the 2009 KOH competition.

It was a tough blow, especially given the amount of time and energy devoted to the Rock Bug project. There was little time to feel bad about it though as the 2009 W.E.Rock rock crawling season was about to begin. So we were all back at it trying to make the Scat V4 motor happy. It took us the first two W.E.Rock competitions before we were able to get the Scat V4 motor under control. Once we did though, the fate of the Rock Bug had permanently changed.

With a perfectly running Scat V4 engine, Tracy Jordan and the Rock Bug seemed unstoppable, taking home 1st place spots in the final two W.E.Rock competitions. Shortly after, the 2009 W.E.Rock season ended on the highest note we could ask for. Tracy Jordan and the Rock Bug won the 2009 W.E.Rock Grand Nationals (see “W.E.Rock 2009 Grand Nationals – Tracy Jordan & The Rock Bug on the Shootout (Part 2 of 2)”) which is one of the highest rock crawling awards of the year. Life was good.

With a full year of rock crawling competition (and three victories) under its belt, we’re more ready then ever for this years 2010 KOH competition. Instead of rushing to put together a brand new concept vehicle, we are now able to take our time and focus on many of the smaller items we ran out of time for last year. We spent most of this year’s preparation on cooling (larger transmission cooler, radiator cooling fins, oil sump scoop), modifications to comply with new rules (rear light bar, bladder style fuel cell with firewall, window net changes), and small go-fast improvements (higher performance alternator, on-board tools, fresh air system). All in all, the Rock Bug is now looking ready to race.

The Rock Bug will be back on the road tomorrow heading over to Gerald’s place for final wiring on the new electrical goodies. After which, Tracy and the Rock Bug will be heading out to the KOH lake bed for some final tuning. Set your calendars for February 12th, 2010 which marks this years KOH race day. Hope to see you out on there!

 

[B.A.R.K]

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JR, you could've had your jack and impact mounting questions answered here

 

[the freeak]

Any updates since the race?

I heard they had tranny troubles again...

 

[zachv]

Tracey and the Rock Bug were my secret choice to win. This rig is awesome in pictures, but way better in person. It takes a bunch of laps around her to see all of the clean work and details. The early trans failure really bummed me out--I can only imagine how Tracey and Eddie felt.

Better luck next year, guys.

 

[wngrog]

Me too Zach..he was on EZ's ass through Crowbar and I just knew he was going to have a good shot at it.

I want to see the video of him backing up the sandhill.....

 

[B.A.R.K]

Nolen,

Do you know the story behind this? These guys are way to meticulous and detail oriented to leave the vise grip there by accident. I noticed it in the Crawl article and your pics above.

 

[Hvy_Chevy]

looks like this needs some speed holes in it to save some more weight

 

[B.A.R.K]

looks like this needs some speed holes in it to save some more weight

Nah, It helps keep the dust out

 

[TDW]

Nolen,

Do you know the story behind this? These guys are way to meticulous and detail oriented to leave the vise grip there by accident. I noticed it in the Crawl article and your pics above.

Easy, convenient storage of a handy tool if needed in a pinch. Noticed it on his rig at the Reno event last summer and stole the idea.

 

[powthief19]

Can anybody speak to the piece of technology that is affixed to the ram on the rear axle?

Is this to prevent bending of the ram? Thoughts? I just haven't seen this before.

 

[chadjans]

Nolen,

Do you know the story behind this? These guys are way to meticulous and detail oriented to leave the vise grip there by accident. I noticed it in the Crawl article and your pics above.

Tracy told me they are a good luck charm.

 

[B.A.R.K]

Can anybody speak to the piece of technology that is affixed to the ram on the rear axle?

Is this to prevent bending of the ram? Thoughts? I just haven't seen this before.

It is a mechanical lock to keep the rear steering centered. IIRC, activate by a cable near the driver.

 

[B.A.R.K]

Tracy told me they are a good luck charm.

Vice Grip should pony up a few bucks for the advertising.:grinpimp:

I wonder where they put it during KOH since the GPS antenna is taking up the space.

 

[KAZ]

I have one clamped to my seat brace, sometimes your catch can gets full or your roll over valve isn't working so I use it to clamp off hoses or whatever, they are also just plain handy to have quick access to.

 

[XtremeEngineering]

Tracy has it on there for good luck as was stated above. He is pretty superstitous.... That's what the beard was all about as well. Just like Mike S. used to have a #3 sticker on his dash that he always touched pre run. Back in the UROC days.

 

[Arya Ebrahimi]

looks like this needs some speed holes in it to save some more weight

That and they should at least trim off one wing of the wing nuts to cut weight :laughing:

 

[crewchief]

Tracy also use to wear a old camo shirt under his driving shirt that was good luck. That was until it looked like something a castaway would wear.