Congratulation to the winners of the W.E. Rock Western Series Round 1 at Three Peaks Recreation Area, in Cedar City, UT

Unlimited
Jesse Haines/Chris Poblano

Pro Mod
Jared Neff/Rawlin McGhie

Sportsman A
Woody Swearingen/Logan Backus

Sportsman B
Kendra Winters/Jeremy Winters

Sportsman C
Nate Hurst/Kevin Boren

UTV
Robby Flandro/Nick Schafer

WE Rock Cedar City

There is so much good that comes out of a weekend when everyone is on their A-game. Perfect scores, competitors challenging each other, everyone is pushed up another notch. The first round of the Western WE Rock Championships was in Cedar City, Utah, in early May. Forty competitors took to the rocks; the comp area was the main bowl at Three Peaks Recreation Area. Over the years, we’ve shifted the courses all over the Iron County park, but this year, we went back to basics.

On Day 1, we saw some incredible scores. The Unlimited class was on fire. Perfect scores on A1 through A3 for many – for everyone on A2. The competition was tight at the end of the day. Jesse Haines and Dave Wong were tied at the top with a single backup each during the day. John Hembel and Michael Brassanini were knocking at the door with the same backup and one cone. Many were just a cone or two behind.

On Sunday, all bets are off. Rarely do we find perfect scores on the second day. The course designer is always looking for bigger challenges on day two. The driver’s order gets reversed, in Unlimited, which put Dave Wong up first. Knowing that his top challenger was tied, it would require Wong to try some things he might bypass if he had options. The first course was B4; he took the bonus line on Gate 5, rolled, and broke the portal box – leaving it wide open for Jesse to take the win. Haines played a very strategic game from there out, not taking bonuses he didn’t need. Coming into the Shootout, Haines could have bypassed everything and still won, but the true sportsman he is, he climbed the wall, the only one to do so – to give the crowd a thrill!

In ProMod, the lead changed with every course through Day one, with Jared Neff pulling ahead at the end of the day. The ProMod class got a Shootout opportunity, and Tyler Harper had one heck of a run, finishing with only one second left on the clock for a score of positive 2, the best ProMod score in the Shootout.

The Sportsman classes were all heart, as always.

Brian “Woody” Swearingen from IH8MUD competed for the first time. No stranger to rockcrawling, he has attended events for years, photographed, and written stories, but he brought his rig this year. Woody drove it right to the top spot in Sportsman A, beating seasoned competitors Jason Reeves, Tyler Nantz, and Dwayne Lewis for the top honors.

Kendra Winters, age 14, with her dad, Jeremy Winters, was the only one in the Sportsman B class to complete all the courses and earn the win. Every other team had at least one course that gave them trouble. The best part about Sportsman B is the families. In the top 6 positions were family members competing together – from husband/wife to daughter/dad to brothers. A true testament to the family atmosphere rockcrawling perpetuates.

Sportsman C found the Milkman, Nate Hurst, on the top of the podium again. Nate parked his rig a few years ago to support Driver Ryan Maxfield in his Unlimited run; it was good to see him back in the driver’s seat again.

And for fun and chaos, we had Captain Rob Flandro and spotter Nick Schafer killin’ it on the rocks in their UTV!

Great spectator turnout both days and a great field of competitors made a fun weekend. This is what WE Rock is all about!

The next events are coming up.  Eastern round two is in Glencoe, Oklahoma, at Cedar Canyon Ranch on June 18 and 19. A perfect Father’s Day activity. Great fun for the whole family. Western round two will be in Rangely, Colorado, on July 8 and 9. Lots of camping available if you want to get a jump on the 4th of July holiday and celebrate in the mountains.

WE Rock
Western Round #1, 2022 – Three Peaks, Cedar City, UT
Class	Unlimited
Driver	Rig #	A1	A2	A3	A4	B1	B2	B3	B4	SO	Total	Rank
Jesse Haines/Chris Poblano	199	-35	-35	-35	-34	-34	-35	-35	-14	-23	-280	1
Michael Brassanini/Collin Bruggeman	12	-34	-35	-35	-24	-24	-35	-35	0	34	-188	2
Alan Phenis/Chris Basse	17h	-35	-35	-24	-2	-35	-25	-24	-24	34	-170	3	*tiebreaker  (A1+B1)
John Hembel/David Binkerd	13	-35	-35	-35	-24	-20	-35	-20	0	34	-170	4	*tiebreaker  (A1+B1)
Skip Scott/Steve Marquardt	87	-34	-35	-25	-5	-13	-34	-24	37	50	-83	5
Jeff Rubico/Sean Wiles	8	-35	-35	30	-5	30	-35	-35	-5	50	-40	6
Dave Wong/Nate Reed	42	-35	-35	-35	-34	40	40	40	25	50	56	7
Kevin Reimer/Erick Williams	223	-35	-35	-35	-15	40	40	40	40	50	90	8
Class:	Pro Modified
Driver	Rig #	A1	A2	A3	A4	B1	B2	B3	B4	SO	Total	Rank
Jared Neff/Rawlin McGhie	775	-6	-20	-8	-17	-20	-20	-17	34	39	-35	1
Tyler Harper/Miles Kimberly	36	-20	-10	13	34	-8	-10	-19	10	2	-8	2
Mat Brunwasser/Issac Overright	39	-4	-9	2	34	3	-20	-6	37	40	77	3
Braxton Coleman/Bret Robison	51	3	30	34	2	16	-8	4	34	50	165	4
Josh Patt/Tim Hall	37	37	39	34	37	16	3	-4	37	50	249	5
Class:	Sportsman A
Driver	Rig #	C1	C2	C3	C4	C1	C2	C3	C4		Total	Rank
Woody Swearingen/Logan Backus	40	-30	-20	-20	-20	0	-18	-10	-30		-148	1
Jason Reeves/Jacob Reeves	1941	-20	-19	-20	-20	-10	-10	1	-30		-128	2
Tyler Nantz/Steve Nantz	54	-18	-10	-19	-20	3	-8	-19	-20		-111	3
Dwayne Lewis/Mike Almazan	535	-9	-19	-10	-19	-10	-9	-9	-20		-105	4
Brian Jensen/Brian Stanton	304	0	-9	-20	-20	10	-9	-20	-20		-88	5
Brett Dickey/Matt Dickey	17	-20	-10	-20	-10	1	2	-20	-9		-86	6
Mitch Hoover/Norm Collins	97	13	-10	-10	-9	-10	-8	-10	-20		-64	7
Tyler Roundy	4×4	0	4	-19	-8	-10	-8	-9	-10		-60	8
Craig Allen	595	-30	30	1	1	3	-10	-20	-10		-35	9
Mark Schultz/Roger Schultz	20	-10	-16	-18	2	34	13	-20	39		24	10
Ty Beard/Jacob Beard	522	-19	17	13	0	14	-10	-9	37		43	11
Ty Walters/Barnyard Sean	69	30	12	30	30	7	2	0	-8		103	12
Ty Snow/JJ Rapp	75	40	2	13	30	40	40	40	40		245	13
Class:	Sportsman B
Driver	Rig #	C1	C2	C3	C4	C1	C2	C3	C4		Total	Rank
Kendra Winters/Jeremy Winters	71	1	-7	-17	-7	2	12	-18	-26		-60	1
George Leyner/Lora Durrant	21	-5	-3	-18	-5	34	-3	-6	-27		-33	2
Katelynn Boren/Kevin Boren	1104	-19	-7	6	-8	34	14	-2	-24		-6	3
Jessica Meiser/Thomas Meiser	801	-2	4	2	5	25	14	39	-5		82	4
Matt Black/Jamie Black	1011	-8	2	30	25	19	2	30	-17		83	5
Coby Winn/Derex Winn	228	-7	-16	7	15	40	40	37	30		146	6
Tim Payne/Brian Ashton	74	1	2	26	30	37	40	3	7		146	6
Ken Waddill/Josh Flynn	719	40	40	37	34	40	40	40	40		311	8
Bill Stayner	11	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40		320	9
Class:	Sportsman C
Driver	Rig #	C1	C2	C3	C4	C1	C2	C3	C4		Total	Rank
Nate Hurst/Kevin Boren	2410	-3	-5	34	3	39	40	40	-4		144	1
Chris McKenzie/Josh Griffin	619	-6	39	40	17	40	40	40	39		249	2
Bryce Santy/Parker Jackson	5	10	37	40	3	40	40	40	40		250	3
Jesse Bennett/Sean Ferneyhough	695	12	30	40	40	40	40	40	40		282	4
Class:	UTV
Driver	Rig #	C1	C2	C3	C4	C1	C2	C3	C4		Total	Rank
Robby Flandro/Nick Schafer	51	40	39	40	28	13	12	40	34		246	1