This video was shot at one of the “bounty hills” called “Cro Wall” at Crusher Ridge. $800 to the first person to successfully get over the top of it. Needless to say, there’s no fear of paying that money out anytime soon.

Fifty of the Nations best drivers will be at this weekends competition.  Fighting it out in the Pro Modified Class will be National Champions Brad Lovell, Tracy Jordan, Shannon Campbell and multiple time World Champion Dean Bulloch, who are just a few of the premier full bodies vehicles that will be doing insane maneuvers that you never thought was possible.

In 2009 the W.E. Rock series produced a number of epic battles in each of the four classes including Pro Modified, Unlimited, Modified Stock, and Formula Toy.   The points battles came down to 3 or 4 point spreads over the 4 event season.  In the Pro Modified class, Brad Lovell had perfect scores in the first two rounds, and then dropped to Tracy Jordan who took the perfect scores in the final two rounds.  But Jordan made a 3 point mistake in the second round of competition that put him into 2^nd place at the end of the season.  In the Unlimited Class, Cody Wagner and Jesse Haines had the same battle with both completing 2 rounds of competition with perfect 100 scores, but Haines was not as consistent and dropped to second place by only 3 points.

Justin Hall topped the charts with perfect scores at every event in the Modified Stock Class, but still only won the competition by 4 points.  The Formula Toy Class came down to the last round of competition with John James coming out on top, with a 1 point spread to Brian Ellinger in second and Jeff Mello in third.

This weekends competition will begin at 10am on Saturday March 27^th and Sunday March 28^th at the Surplus City Jeep Parts in Oroville, CA.  The two day adult pass is $25 with one day adult admission $15, ages 8-15 $5 and 7 under free. W.E. Rock is a great family friendly event to bring the kids and get them interested in rock crawling.

When: Friday March 26^th 1pm-8pm Tech and Contingency
Saturday March 27^th 10am Competition Begins
Sunday March 28^th 10am Competition Begins

Where: Surplus City Jeep Parts ; 4514 Pacific Heights Road ; Oroville, CA ; 530-533-2500

Specific Link to More Information: http://www.werocklive.com/comps/09_oroville/10_oro_itin.php

2010 Western US Nationals Race Schedule

Date                        Location
Mar. 27-28             Oroville, CA
May 1-2                   Tucson, AZ
June 19-20             Reno, NV
Jul 31-Aug 1           Salt Lake City, UT

2010 Eastern US Nationals Race Schedule

Date                        Location
May 22-23             Rausch Creek, PA
June 26-27            Dayton,TN
July 24-25             Hannibal, MO
Aug 28-29             Dayton,TN

About W.E.ROCK Events, LLC.
W.E.ROCK Events, LLC. A Placerville, CA based company, sanctions, promotes, and hosts specialty off road events, including the W.E.ROCK Rockcrawling US Pro-National series and 13 international and sub-sanctions. Attracting thousands of spectators to each event, W.E.ROCK reaches a broad demographic of off-road enthusiasts and casual motorsports fans. The sport of rock crawling has grown by giant leaps in the last decade and is now host to over 300 registered national-level competition teams. Major competition supporters and partners include Red Bull Energy Drink, Monster Energy, NOS Energy Drink, Home Depot, MAXXIS Tires, Cooper Tires, and Crown Royal. With the off road industry exceeding 4 billion in sales annually, the sport of rock crawling leads the way in print media and advertising for the sport’s 12 major publications. For more information, visit www.werocklive.com.

Note: If the video below is choppy during playback, you can turn off “HD” by hovering over the video and clicking the “HD IS ON” button. That will reduce the quality enough for your wimpy computer to handle it.

I will post some more details and videos from the event in the next couple of days.

The racing action was intense for these Last Chance Qualifiers.  Tuesday, 17 cars left the line, and 15 received a time.  Larry Gipson and Jonathon Terhune both DNF’d and packed up to head home.  The fast time of the day was Ritchie Keller with 12minutes 9 seconds.  The mid-pack group was around 20 minutes to complete the very difficult 6 mile course.

The racing action continued on Wednesday, but after a complete night of rain.  The course was now muddy and the rocks were slippery which made for much more intense racing action.  There were six DNF’s on todays course, with most of them being mechanical challenges that drivers had been plagued with for the last few days.

The top 21 will transfer into the main race.  There may be additional transfers depending on main race drop outs.

1         Ritchie Keller         12:09

2         Matt Peterson         13:40

3         Michael Feagins         13:51

4         Jason Feuilly         14:18

5         Loren Healy         14:18

6         Cottin Rodd         15:51

7         Gary Ferravonti         16:34

8         Michael Colville         16:45

9         Jack Childers         17:04

10         Joey Weber         20:05

11         Bill Kreisel         20:51

12         Les Figueroa         22:02

13         James Andrus         22:30

14         Jason Blanton         23:24

15         Carl Nielson         23:38

16         Brandon Davis         23:49

23         Robert Foster         24:49

17         Andy Gladen         24:55

18         AJ Condon         25:26

19         Matt Enochs         25:56

24         Brandon Johnson         27:32

25         Brian Tilton         27:37

20         Chris Garrison         29:28

21         Tim Emick         33:37

22         Shawn Fisher         35:05

26         John Goodby         47:51

27         Ian McGlynn         51:39

28         Larry Gipson         DNF

29         Jonathon Terhune         DNF

30         Chad Wheeler         DNF

31         Aaron Beckstead         DNF

32         Damian Layer         DNF

33         John Bennett         DNF

34         Mark Weel         DNF

35         Jose Ponce         DNF

2010 Griffin King of the Hammers Starting Grid for LCQ Finishers

3            LCQ 8

5            LCQ 1

9            LCQ 10

10            LCQ 2

14            LCQ 18

18            LCQ 16

19            LCQ 9

25            LCQ 14

26            LCQ 19

34            LCQ 11

53            LCQ 5

58            LCQ 3

60            LCQ 6

64            LCQ 21

75            LCQ 20

77            LCQ 17

82            LCQ 13

83            LCQ 15

84            LCQ 7

94            LCQ 4

99            LCQ 12

2010 Griffin King of the Hammers

4 Wheel Parts Last Chance Qualifier

Pit Bull Tires UTV King of the Hammers

Official Tire: BFGoodrich

Official Wheel: RaceLine

Official Light:  Vision X

Official Shock:  FOA

Official Suspension System: GenRight

Official Toyota Rock Crawling Parts Supplier: Trail Gear

Official Steering: PSC Motorsports

Official Oil: Royal Purple

Official RC Car: Traxxas

Hammerking Productions, Inc. created the “King of the Hammers” off-road race in 2007 (www.kingofthehammers.com).  The 2010 Griffin King of the Hammers will be on Friday February 12^th, 2010 where over 15,000 drivers and fans from around the globe will descend on the desert of Johnson Valley for over a week of off-road related activities.  The 2009 running of the King of the Hammers was featured on Spike TV and in the film “Second Crusade.”  In 2009, Hammerking expanded race action to include three additional regional qualifiers for the 2010 race.  In 2010, there will also be the addition of the Pit Bull Tires UTV King of the Hammers on Thursday February 11^th, 2010. More information can be found at www.kingofthehammers.com.