Rock Crawling Competition

So I am kind of doing so catch up on all of the fun things we did this summer and this is one I can't leave out.

JD entered a rock crawling competition in Delta, Utah this summer. He was in the legends class, which is one class above stock. It was so much fun although the first day of competition (the only day I was there) was cold, rainy, and very muddy. He was in second place the first day of competition and by the end of the day he broke the birfield in the front axel. Luckily we were able to find a part and get it fixed for day two. He was doing great day two until he broke both sides of the front axel which dropped him to finishing seventh place out of 17 people. He did really well. His brother Stewart also entered but he broke the first day of competition and still wasn't last place.

There were a few people that tipped their rig upside down or on its side. It was the first time I have ever seen anyone tip over. I have some really cool video from it, but I haven't had a chance to edit it. As soon as I do I will definitely post it. I would let JD do it again in a heart beat even if it did cost $500 to fix the front end. It was well worth the fun. We will be going to Moab again in a month so I will make sure to post all the pictures from that trip.

Before the Competition Started


After the Competition was over. These dents are still there today. Neither door will open now so you have to crawl in the window to get in or out of the truck. I was not to happy when he smashed my side!

This obstacle was one of the toughest to do. You can tell by the pictures that follow of other crawlers.

This guy sell tools to JD at work. We are going to Moab with him this next weekend.

The guy that drove this rig was at least 45+. His rig was awesome. This is the same obstacle you saw JD on at the beginning.

This is someone else, but JD ran this obstacle in 2-wheel drive after he broke part of his axel on the first day. It was so funny to watch him run it. He was beat to death by the end because the second part of the course is a bunch logs that you have to go over and he hit them really hard.

They had a lift to get the trucks out of obstacles when they broke or got stuck. Not very many rigs got very far on this obstacle. At least that I saw.

This is the guy's rig that put on the competition. He is sponsored so it was decked out with alot of cool stuff that JD would love to have.

This rig was in the unlimited class (upper class). I think he passed every obstacle, but he is built for competition.