EXACTLY!!The glory of finishing the hardest UTV race on the planet will keep them coming.
And thanks to Rugged Radio...I was able to talk to my pits and my co-driver...ALL DAY LONG! Perfectly clear!!
EXACTLY!!The glory of finishing the hardest UTV race on the planet will keep them coming.
It's KING OF THE HAMMERS.....not King of the bypasses...or King of the sort of rocks. Look at the failure rate of the Ultra4 rigs....and the UTV should have a similar failure rate.
It's a race, where rocks are the star attraction! Thousands of people don't crowd the whoops at mile 20....They go to Backdoor or Chocolate Thunder...etc.It's a race. Not a technical rock crawling competition where you have to take the hardest line up each obstacle and stay within bounds of the cones.
Take the fastest line within the legal bounds of the course, which is generally 100' wide. Period.
While I think qualifying would be good....that will pose even more difficulties for the UTV's and the attrition rate. I could easily see 4 or 5 UTV's breaking in qualifying...and not able to make the race. We don't have the infrastructure to get parts that the Ultra4 guys do.....And the traffic jams? They are part of KOH. They will be there every year. Next year I'm fairly sure there will be qualifying, and it will likely be in the desert. If you don't like the traffic jams, you're going to have to qualify well.
Unless of course, it's a random draw again, and then you just need to cross your fingers and plan to run unlimited.
I assume this isn't directed at me. Seems like it. Might want to rethink your words.Last year...was woefully inadequate to rocks...and Dave thankfully fix it. The desert guys, got a rude awakening by Aftershock. When I got to Aftershock, I was at minimum, 20th overall. When I got to Pit 2...I was 4th. Desert rig after desert rig....was either busted, stuck or off course.
I have no idea how your rig was setup....so not at all. I was talking in general...and what I saw. 30+ years of rock crawling experience, so I can point out a weak link from a buggy to a RZR. Doesn't mean you still won't break something...but the weak link will be the item first to go. Sometimes..you want a weak link....then you know what part to bring, and field fix easily.I assume this isn't directed at me. Seems like it. Might want to rethink your words.
Great observation. I too believe that Dave wants to eliminate UTV's. There was more UTV drama this year than last. Most UTV owners don't have the cash handy to make a KOH capable car, and how many drivers can make monthy or bi-weekly trips to Johnson Valley to learn the terrain.I think its absolutely going to scare people away. The question is, is that a bad thing or a good thing? It really depends on how you look at it. KOH is the toughest UTV race on the planet, it should be big and scary. You got to sack up to take it on!! Now, the negative is if it kills car counts to the point that Cole drops the class altogether. I am hoping that it motivates racers that competed this year as well as others who didn't race to say that they want to take on the most difficult race in the world!
My question is this. How many of those who raced KOH are going to race the rest of the Ultra 4 series? Dave said that UTV's are welcomed at all rounds now of Ultra 4 racing.
Any reason why Jeff?.
I will not be teching cars next year. If ISA does it they need to find someone else.
I talked to Dave today in regards to UTVs at the Stampede Ultra4 race and he said that managing the UTV class takes more time than all other classes combined. Reading in between the lines I could see him easily dropping the UTV class, especially if none participate in the Ultra4 series.
That's sad. Did he say why we take more time?I talked to Dave today in regards to UTVs at the Stampede Ultra4 race and he said that managing the UTV class takes more time than all other classes combined. Reading in between the lines I could see him easily dropping the UTV class, especially if none participate in the Ultra4 series.
UTV racers are looked at as a bunch of whiners.That's sad. Did he say why we take more time?
A few.Any reason why Jeff?
That's Dave's way of trying to get you to increase his car count.I talked to Dave today in regards to UTVs at the Stampede Ultra4 race and he said that managing the UTV class takes more time than all other classes combined. Reading in between the lines I could see him easily dropping the UTV class, especially if none participate in the Ultra4 series.