W.E. ROCK :: World Extreme Rockcrawling

2008 W.E.ROCK :: All-Stock Nationals Presented By Cooper Tires

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9:00 am Sunday
Ok we are getting ready to kick off the LIVE coverage brought to you by Cooper Tires and 4x4directory.com. We will be starting the event momentarily. For all the coolest updates, make sure you hit up this link Streaming Video Link. Below are updates as we get them, please stand by for continous updates throughout the day...

Any ties are determined first by the Shootout Score, then by the score on A1

Bill Durham from Day 1 GETTING IT! up the A2 Bonus line :: Photo Credit: England Photography

10:00 am Sunday
The event has kicked off. Yesturday W.E.ROCK Officials had an introduction for teams so that fans and media can be associated with the teams and the story lines behind each of the battles. We'll go over some of those stories as we get updates today. The event also had an intermission today that will be deleated from the itinerary so that we can get the entire show completed by 3:00 pm today. We are also going to try and leave our streaming up for the awards ceremony with will be held at the State of the Art Cooper Tires Semi Display. Also, new to the coverage is the location of where we will be doing updates. As much as we love Dustin Webster, The Voice of W.E.ROCK, sitting in the speaker tower with his voice bouncing in our head was not a great addition to the crew's headache. We are now sitting in the luxurious Cooper Tires VIP Hospitality Tent with the likes of Spike TV, Cooper Reps, and a various other high end clients.

1. 832 Kurt Shramovich: -37
2. 963 Tory Trinka: 10
3. 17 Tim Florian: 33
4. 21 Kyle Bruso: 39
5. 117 Jake Good: 61
6. 890 Jon Terhune: 73
7. 242 Chris Ozman: 88
8. 629 Crystal McAuliffe: 89
9. 360 Bill Durham: 90
10. 31 Wade Cameron: 97
11. 407 Ricky Artes: 108
12. 902 Pual Hornung: 118
13. 207 Bryan Cooper: 123
14. 916 Travis Snider: 125
14. 421 Chris Enders: 125
16. 311 Kelly Young: 151
17. 00 Eli Aubuchon: 154
18. 25 Lisa Catt: 158
18. 39 Pat McCartin: 158

The biggest story line as of right now is the gap for first place. Shram has a huge lead at 47 points but can he hold on, the pressure will be on as The Shootout course has a total of 50 bonus points and a difference of 98 points if one team were to get a 40 for timing or pointing out. Next is the battle between Florian and Trinka, as they are 23 points away from each other and their battle in the Western U.S. Nationals was pretty intense. Tory Trinka took a win at Cedar City that impeded Forian's Undefeated streak. Hopefully the two battle enough to catch Shram and make the race for first a good one.

Seperating 7th-11th is less than 10 points. Wade Cameron is pushing to make that top ten standing. His driving style is going to go through the roof to play the game of catch up.

Update: 10:30

:: Photo Credit: England Photography
Giles Veerheecke is lined up first on course B4. They have the opportunity of getting bonus climb right off the bat, their attempt? Looks like the regular line is the choice for them, a good choice for the first course as teams like to get their first course under their belt before they start taking risks. This team goes by Team Digger and they have made the first gates crawling, something that course designer Lil' Rich thought would be more of a throttle climb. They finished, not sure of the score, maybe with a ten or so.

:: Photo Credit: England Photography
Team Those Gals are already through gate 1 and on their way to gate two and it seems as though they have made short work of the course to date as they are now driving through gate 3. The course they are on right now is B3 and was built to be one of the tougher courses of the event, this should help their overall score immensly in the points chase. They got a 10 on their score.

:: Photo Credit: England Photography
Shram is going for the regular line up on course B1, instead of going for the bonus, giving Florian and chance to catch up, though he has lined up for the second bonus, down hill so he isn't leaving the door wide open. Problem is if he hits the downhill cone, right in the way of the passenger rear tire, it could be detrimental to his score based in relation to other teams. He finished and all the cones look to be in their original place...

Update: 11:00

:: Photo Credit: England Photography
Pat McCartin was having a difficult time with B4, Got high centered and almost ran out of time. He finished the course with 2 seconds left. After yesturdays finish and having fix all day yesturday to compete today, it looks like he has made up some ground and he looks pretty hapy with his finish.

:: Photo Credit: England Photography
Chris Ozman is struggling with B4, in fact he just went over after using a bit too much throttle. With this unfortunate roll, it could take him out of the event. His first roll in his street legal Jeep TJ takes out his radiator and a bit of the front clip. He is the first roll of the day and it seemed that he just wasn't able to pull reverse in time to save it.

:: Photo Credit: England Photography
Kelly Young just finished B1 with a great score, and Jon Terhune just finished B3. Courses that were set to be tougher than Day 1 looks to be easier as teams are scoring really well. That or the Teams Driving capabilities are getting that much better. I'll take the later of the two...

Update: 11:30

:: Photo Credit: England Photography
Travis Syder looks to have just finished B2. He took a pretty gnarly line down from gate 3 to gate 4 and it looked like it payed off. One of the coolest driving lines of the weekend. Their score should reflect the awesome line.

:: Photo Credit: England Photography
Jake Good has been crawling his way through B3. Made a flawless right so far but with a big drop out to the finish with short a short wheelbase, it was extremely interesting. Lifting rear tires for a good ten feet, it was the longest stoppie we've seen here at the All-Stock Nationals presented by Cooper Tires. The Crowd went crazy as the finished the course.

:: Photo Credit: England Photography
Team Those Gals just overheated and broke a rear link mount off their rear axle. Their counterpart, Those Guys called time out for a recovery. Those Guys are next, pulling a great draw with being able to run behind their wives in a very similar vehicle. It should help out with their pursuit to first place.

Update: 12:00

:: Photo Credit: England Photography
Lisa Catt has been finishing courses today and coming out on top, she's on course right now and the crowd has been HUGE for her. It seems the louder they get, they better she drives. Most drivers buckle under that type of pressure, she thrives. She had to take a cone or two, but overall, she is doing really well.

:: Photo Credit: Dan Booth
Bryan Cooper is on B3 right now, that little Geo Tracker with it's Cooper Tires really crawls well. He has some obvious damage from yesturday's courses, but it doesn't seem do give him too much of a disadvantage. It just seems to add character, and the crowd is loving it. He just endoed and we got the pics...

:: Photo Credit: England Photography
Kyle Bruso and Chris Ozman are on breakdown time and they are both up on B1 right now. Those Gals are about to go on Breakdown when they get passed by Those Guys. B4 is taking the toll on teams. the last 3 for 4 teams have come out with some sort of damage. One Roll, One Ring and Pinion, one Rear Link Mount. The gamat in breakage...

Update: 12:30

Scores
1. Shram: -39
2. Trinka: 29
3. Florian: 33
4. Bruso: 37
5. Good: 47
6. Terhune: 80
7. Artes: 97
8. Durham: 99
9. Hornung: 118
10. Cameron: 121
I had the chance to sit with Ricky Artes from Jeepersden so we asked him a few questions. He is the Driver who took 3rd in the Eastern U.S. Nationals, sitting currently in 7th place.

W.E.ROCK: How do you feel you are doing this weekend?

Artes: Pretty Good considering a broken front ARB, We've had negatives on the last two courses, after much work last night.

W.E.ROCK: New Spotter, how is it?

Artes: He's doing well, communication is good, we are where we need to be...

W.E.ROCK: Havin' Fun?

Artes: Of Course! It's always fun to be out here wheelin'. B4 is my next course, with a broken ARB still, fixed Water pump and thurmostat, we should be putting on quite the show, check out the live feed because the camera will be fixed on it the whole time.

:: Photo Credit: England Photography
Travis Snyder with a BIG roll on B3. He finished with 12 seconds left. The RROCK guys have been claimed on 3 rolls on B3...

Update: 12:00

:: Photo Credit: England Photography
Update 1:00 pm
Kelly young is out after breaking a rear shaft and rear driveline. She did take an 11 on course B1 though and that alone made her weekend worth while. She'll be headin home a little early, but she'll be back for next years Eastern U.S. Nationals and well as the All-Stock Nationals presented by Cooper Tires.

:: Photo Credit: England Photography
Tim Florian upped the anty on B4, Killed it by making it past Gate 2 without hitting it. Jon Terhune was able to miss the same cone, but he had to roll through the gates to do it. I don't know if it will be enough because Shram and Walton (Spotter) is sitting with a -42. Florian plans on making it all up in the Shootout.

:: Photo Credit: England Photography
Those guys have their hood up and still on time in between Gate 1 on course B1. Hoods closed and he looks pissed. Driving faster than anyone yet on the course. You can tell he is running out of time. The entire vehicle is smoking and he is going for the bonus down hill. Hornung is crawling through gate 3 on B3, taking his time, the team has plenty of time on the clock. They still have a HUGE drop and drive out to the finish.

Update 1:30 pm

:: Photo Credit: England Photography
Wade Cameron just finished B1. Digger just finished all of his courses, ended with a score of 140 for the weekend. We are gearing up for THE Shootout. Florian is up right now on B1 and he has the chance at making up 20 points. Brian Cooper just made the climb on B4 now he just has to finish. Jon Terhune just went on breakdown time.

:: Photo Credit: England Photography
Ricky Artes has his hood up and sitting over at B1, it looks like he is cooling his motor down, even after changing his water pump in the late hours of the night. Looking at Brian Cooper's line, it looks like he gonna roll and take the cone. He has ZERO steering. Brian Cooper just finished with 2 seconds left. The crowd was left in suspense.

:: Photo Credit: England Photography
Pat McCartin in up on B3. He has zero steering, broken Ring and Pinion, and they are still going to run. The heart of these teams is HUGE as we have seen them go against the odds and come out victorious. McCartin finished his B2 course just in time with about 10 seconds left. You can hear the front R&P just ripping out.

Update 2:00
The Shootout
The way it works: The top six battle it out as W.E.ROCK attempts to find the National Champion at the All-Stock Nationals presented by Cooper Tires. The course is the MOST difficult that all the teams will face throughout the ENTIRE season. It's LONG and time consuming. There is 50 points of bonus' and a world of difference when it comes to the overall difference between not finishing and finishing with a perfect score. 98 points vary between the course's overall score. So that means that first place is obtainable for just about every vehicle that has entered. Sixth place goes first, 1st place goes last. Inverted order.

The Top Six Shootout Teams:

6th place: Crystal McAuliffe 128 points
5th place: Kyle Bruso 74 points
4th place: Jake Good 54 points
3rd place: Tory Trinka 5 points
2nd place: Tim Florian 4 points 1st place: Kurt Shramovich -23 points (Broke Rear Axle, Fixing right now)

Some Pics leading into The Shootout...