Some bad ass Rock Crawling this past weekend

[81911SC]

World Extreme Rock Crawling Championship held this past weekend in Jellico Tenn.
Lots of pics all from Pirate4x4.com. I'm just passing them along.
Weather was miserable all weekend. Either it was a downpour or 130 freaking degrees. Back and forth the whole time. I had the best seat in the house cause I was a judge.
There were only two hotels in the asscrack of a town so all the competitors and most everyone else stayed at the Jellico Inn and had drunken firework fights all night. That was insane.
Here is a video of the fights
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu...deoid=37878177

Here are some pics of the event
All credit goes to Pirate4x4.com








I was judging this course












And here we are pulling out Shannon Cambell after I think he might have blew up his brothers LS7 rig.

All and all, awesome time. Big thanks goes out to Big, Lil', and Momma Rich

[DieselNuts]

Nice pics. looks like fun.

this made me lol though \/\/

Big thanks goes out to Big, Lil', and Momma Rich

[Captain-Obvious™]

damn that's badass, I used to crawl my jeep back in the day..

[Decepticon™]

damn that's badass, I used to crawl my jeep back in the day..

Wait wasnt your jeep 2-wheel drive
Peace.Love.Honda

[Captain-Obvious™]

Wait wasnt your jeep 2-wheel drive
Peace.Love.Honda

it might have been broken...

why you gonna call out the crew man??

[csmiths]

damn that looks like it was alot of fun man.

[81911SC]

It's a lot of fun for sure.

[Papa_Smurf]

baaaaad ass.

there was a wheelin event @ flat rock this past weekend that my sister and her boyfriend went to.

i've got alot of appreciation for wheeling/rock climing after watching it first hand.

[81911SC]

It's some of the most unreal driving I've ever seen. I've done it but never drove/competed so it was cool to see a competition.

[green91]

cool **** we do this pretty often in my neck of the wood, theres alot of sick rigs in north ga.

[six7teen]

i mean, im a honda guy and all, but nobody can say that stuff wouldnt be fun!! nice pics man!! looks like some fun stuff

[fawk_you]

I plan on making it to one of those events ONE of these days. Thats so sick.

[fawk_you]

I plan on making it to one of those events ONE of these days. Thats so sick.

That was a mouthfull. WOW was I tired.

[DevilK9]

It killed me to miss this event.

Jellico is such a unique venue. The Weavers have really added some great improvements over the past two years. I've never been there when it's been dry. With all the coal dust, the mud bakes into tread grooves and turns sticky crawling tires into drag slicks.

Congratulations to the winners, and I'm glad everyone had a good time. Big and Lil' Rich and the whole RHINO crew put on a great show everytime.

[DB4LYFE ™]

PIC 12 was crazy! nice pics and i bet u had alot of fun!

~DB4LYFE

[Random Hero]

Dope fo sho.

[vubuilt]

awesome... dont they race up/down instead of slow crawling?

[81911SC]

They go on the point system. The lowest score wins.

[Motivation]

That's gotta be good for it. ha. nice pics. looks like it was a fun event.

[81911SC]

There is one in Dayton Tenn. in a couple weeks, Fawk.

[fawk_you]

There is one in Dayton Tenn. in a couple weeks, Fawk.

NEED DETAILS. STAT. Got some friends from TN, im all about a road trip now days. Little car, good gas, new tires. F*uck it. PM me or somethin y0.

[DevilK9]

I don't know of anything big coming to Dayton. I know that W.E.ROCK was there this past May/June.

In response to VUBUILT, there are two types: crawling and racing.

Crawling tests technical ability through a smaller course. Competitors move through a course marked by cones and are given points for any mistakes, back-ups, etc. The competitor with the lowest score after multiple stages wins. Very difficult driving.

Racing tests both technical, mechanical and bravery on a larger course of rock, mud, dirt and ...yes.. air! Basically one of the most extreme form of off road, these competitors fly through courses in pursuit of fastest times without killing themselves. Two courses run side by side (in XRRA) and in RockCross, all vehicles are on the same course.

For a better understanding visit www.werock.cc (for rock crawling) and www.xrra.com or www.rockrace.com (for rock racing). They have schedules on both sites.

There are smaller regional series, but these are the major events of each category.

Hope that helps.

[JDM_Goddess]

that sh.it is sooo badass. my friend does some of that

[J-ROCK]

that looks fun as hell! i want to try it sometime! lol nice pics also

[81911SC]

Bumping since it's coming on the discovery channel in 15 mins.