S.W.R.R.C. Club meeting for 2012 Comp Season

here is my sons honcho nand my jk in las cruces at lil moab



thats a fun place to crawl also

Well, unfortunately I have to work on Sunday. But please keep me posted on the comp dates and what not.

JUST A REMINDER..... *** Rock Crawling ***

(Meeting is today Sunday 01/08/2012), will meet at the Village Inn on Mesa close to UTEP @ 10am on Sunday the 8th of January after the meeting we can drive over to UTEP and have one last practice before the season start.

I went out there and that was a good time! Thanks to everyone for making us feel like one of the clan ...LOL! And thanks for the loaner car. I am sold! I am going to trying to get me a scaler soon!

Just a pic from today, the Moon's and their 1.9ers were doIng the hard lines to the top....

It was a great day in the Wilderness today, outstanding Rock Crawling event, it is nice to know our guests
enjoyed it .
I find it relaxing getting out of the daily routine and being out there with Nature in the great outdoors.

Hope to see you guys more often, every location we visit for Rock Crawling is different and unique, night Rock Crawling in the desert is
another experience you should try. All our rigs with their own lights illuminating the way....

Jorge I may need to get with you later to get your input and price on the Axial SCX10 AX90021 with Dingo Body, I kind of like that body style for my first
real scaler. Don't want to "cheat" by using a "Comp designed rig" disguised as a scaler, want to learn and feel how a real scaler is like.

Hopefully find a way to get better performance out of it other that improving on my few skills.

*** Have discovered that Rock Crawling can be compared to hitting balls at a pool table. Where skills , angles and pivot skills do matter. ***

Wanted to thank you guys that showed up and were up to the challenge to see what Rock Crawling was about. Hope to see you guys again.

Here is some pics Jason took

Thanks Dre

Looks like you guys had a good time. Have we gotten some dates set up for this season's comps? What are the dues going to be? Will we be able to run both the comp class and scaler class? Or will there be dues for both classes? Looking forward to this season, just as long as I can beat all the bergs. Cuz I'm awesome and such. But you guys already know that. ahahahaahahahaa!

Byron Jorge should be posting up all the dates and info soon. As far as fees its basically going to be $2 per vehicle that your gonna run. And I'm with you about beating all those bergs. Nice avatar by the way.

Today was the first Crawling event of the year, after having such a great time decided to retire the German WW2 Cammo Rat Rod Truck and the Armored Personnel Carrier "APC"' even their performance is superb , wanted to make room to other curious projects.

Here are a few photos of the mock-ups of the new body changes planned.

A two door Jeep Rubicon, and a Cargo Truck, possibly with a flat bed or with an APC as cargo attached. Have not decided if with cargo or possibly a towing crane on the truck bed and make it an official recovery vehicle.

Will start to make the new changes this week and have them both ready for next Crawling Session, have to add some detailing such as windshields, lights for night crawling and more...

First Thanks for everyone who attended the meeting here are the meeting minutes and the outcome.


Ok guys we will be running comp rigs and scalers at the same date.

1) Bobby Moon will be taking care of the scoring for the scalers we will run 1.9 and 2.2 together Bobby will have full details at first crawl session.
2) I will run the scoring and overseeing the comp rigs all rules will apply and we will be running shafty and MOA's together at least this year.
3) No club dues, comp fees will be $ 2.00 per rig per person. The fees will help pay for chalk, gate markers and other items as well as trophies at the end.

Comp Dates are as follow:

January 22, 2012 transmountain Tom Mays park test and tune with judging.

1st Official Comp

February 5, 2012 UTEP @ 10am.
February 19, 2012 Vado @ 10am.
March 4, 2012 Las Cruces Little Moab @ 10am.
March 18, 2012 Transmountain Tom Mays Park @ 10am.
April 1, 2012 UTEP @ 10am. Comp and G6
April 15, 2012 Transmountain Scenic Area @ 10am.
April 29, 2012 T.B.A.
May 13, 2012 T.B.A.
May 27, 2012 T.B.A.

State Comp will be in Albuquerque NM June 9, 2012

Must attend at least 6 comps to qualify for state.

Jorge

When you mention chalk ... Are you talking about the chalk they use to mark soccer of football fields?

The chalk we use is kids sidewalk chalk to mark where the gates are and course boundaries

Hey guy I also posted the 2012 SORCCA Scale Rules

And also the R.E.C.O.N. G6 rules and description

The date for the comp final has been posted. It's June 9

So "State" will probably be in May I'm guessing

June 9 is state up in Albuquerque that's 2 weeks after our last comp.

As Jorge stated a few posts above the scalers, since we don't have a whole lot of them, we will run class 1, class 2, and class 3, together and as discussed at the meeting we will run the handicap system as follows: class 1 = -10, class 2 = -5, class 3 = scratch.

For example: my rig which is a class 2 will be awarded -5 points automatically where Jorge's wraith which is a class 3 rig is awarded 0 points to start out then the rigs are scored individually then we will run the courses.

Hope this makes you all confused LOL

It makes perfect sense. So from what I've read class 3 can sipe there tires right ?

Yes sir, you can even run 2.2 wheels in class 2 as long as the tire is not taller than 4.75" when laid on its side and measured

Quick question,

Is the komodo 1.9 a good scaler to start off with? Im thinking I might want to play a little.

Jason dont get a komodo it might be a good crawler but part support is not there, You dont need to buy from me but get an axial or almost anything sold thru RC4WD....other wise you might not get parts even a venom creeper is a good option and they are very inexpensive a kit goes for under $ 100.00. The important thing is to get a esc with drag brake hint....tekin fxr.

Jorge

do you carry parts for the venom?

No I dont but they are from venom so they are easier to get