kmboren
Recovering XJ owner anonymous
- Location
- Southern Utah
Warning. Long read.
Well it has been a fun year so far. For those that don't know I Kevin spot for my daughter Katelynn in the W.E. rock Sportman C (stock?) Class.
A couple weeks ago we had an opportunity to go to Mason Texas and compete at Katemcy rocks. (Eastern series event)
First, we are spoiled with all of our rocks and blm land in Utah. Second, Katemcy rocks are awesome but on private land. If your ever have an opportunity to wheel there it was so much fun. We got the chance to rec wheel as well as the competition.
The Competition-
Day 1
First course first day we hit a tree and broke a rear quarter glass. It must have snuck in between my rear cage and glass. All courses are tight for our rig but we finished with very little time left (we do that often). Second course We rolled attempting gate one (Katelynns first roll) righted it and it started right up. The next two courses were fun and we did well on those.
Day 2.
Course are run in the opposite direction of day one. First course (glass breaker course) ate up a ton of time at the 1st gate. Had to rush through the rest of gates changing our game plan and barely finished that one. (Katelynn might have a good future as rock bouncer driver)Second course (Rolled on course) gave us issues and ended up timing out just after the last gate. The last 2 courses were good for us again and finished them but with out Katelynns Rock bouncing skill might not have happened. We finished first when all was said and done (one rig in our class) but learned a lot and had so much fun doing it and competed like we would have anyways.
Cedar City (Western Series event #1)
I was spotting for a friend also which makes extra work for me.
First Course day 1 we want to show what we are made of so we attempt Bonus line number 2. We end up flopping/rolling on it but with some expert spotting she reverses hard driver and the jeep rights it self. We finished the course well and move on to the next course.
We struggle with some communication and skill level and finish but not as well as we wanted to. (Katelynn is good at front burns but still learning rear burns as am I as a spotter and which way to turn the front ect to help the rear burn the way we want it weather in forward or reverse).
On to the next course. We talked about how to do rear burns in between courses and we kill our third course with a -37 score (-40 is the best you can do)
Last course we did really well on until the last gate. At up almost all our time and ended up finishing with a second or less of time. Got an ok score but could have been so much better. At the end of day 1 we are sitting in 1st with a target on our backs 26 points ahead of 2nd place.
Day 2-
First course goes well enough. no rolls. A couple cones hit but we don't give up too much of our lead.
Second Course goes well no cones hit and minimum reverses. Tie for the best score.
3rd course was our best the previous day but ends up being difficult. we finished it with the best score but clutch fan makes contact with radiator and puts some holes in it. Find some pepper and it slows the leak for our last course.
The first gate we struggled with on this course. We flopped it trying to turn up hill. She tries to drive out of it but with no luck. Fortunately my son yells out can't you touch it, and it clicks that I can and HeMan it back onto 4 wheels. We ate a ton of time but Katelynn has rock bouncer skills so we finish the course murdering a cone or 2 on the way out. We ended up in first place with a 64 point lead.
It is so fun but I get into it so much and I have so much emotion with it and it was awesome to celebrate that with my daughter. Also want to thank our Sponsors that have helped this season. Please give them your business if your in the market for there products. I thinks it is awesome that so many people stepped up to support our team and Katelynn as a competitor. For more pictures and videos we post most everything on Instagram Krazy_k.s
Raceline wheels
Maxxis Tires
Rad design shifters
Yukon gear and axle
Summit machine
Adam's drive shafts
Laser Nut fabrication and racing
The Car Barn
Colf plumbing
Well it has been a fun year so far. For those that don't know I Kevin spot for my daughter Katelynn in the W.E. rock Sportman C (stock?) Class.
A couple weeks ago we had an opportunity to go to Mason Texas and compete at Katemcy rocks. (Eastern series event)
First, we are spoiled with all of our rocks and blm land in Utah. Second, Katemcy rocks are awesome but on private land. If your ever have an opportunity to wheel there it was so much fun. We got the chance to rec wheel as well as the competition.
The Competition-
Day 1
First course first day we hit a tree and broke a rear quarter glass. It must have snuck in between my rear cage and glass. All courses are tight for our rig but we finished with very little time left (we do that often). Second course We rolled attempting gate one (Katelynns first roll) righted it and it started right up. The next two courses were fun and we did well on those.
Day 2.
Course are run in the opposite direction of day one. First course (glass breaker course) ate up a ton of time at the 1st gate. Had to rush through the rest of gates changing our game plan and barely finished that one. (Katelynn might have a good future as rock bouncer driver)Second course (Rolled on course) gave us issues and ended up timing out just after the last gate. The last 2 courses were good for us again and finished them but with out Katelynns Rock bouncing skill might not have happened. We finished first when all was said and done (one rig in our class) but learned a lot and had so much fun doing it and competed like we would have anyways.
Cedar City (Western Series event #1)
I was spotting for a friend also which makes extra work for me.
First Course day 1 we want to show what we are made of so we attempt Bonus line number 2. We end up flopping/rolling on it but with some expert spotting she reverses hard driver and the jeep rights it self. We finished the course well and move on to the next course.
We struggle with some communication and skill level and finish but not as well as we wanted to. (Katelynn is good at front burns but still learning rear burns as am I as a spotter and which way to turn the front ect to help the rear burn the way we want it weather in forward or reverse).
On to the next course. We talked about how to do rear burns in between courses and we kill our third course with a -37 score (-40 is the best you can do)
Last course we did really well on until the last gate. At up almost all our time and ended up finishing with a second or less of time. Got an ok score but could have been so much better. At the end of day 1 we are sitting in 1st with a target on our backs 26 points ahead of 2nd place.
Day 2-
First course goes well enough. no rolls. A couple cones hit but we don't give up too much of our lead.
Second Course goes well no cones hit and minimum reverses. Tie for the best score.
3rd course was our best the previous day but ends up being difficult. we finished it with the best score but clutch fan makes contact with radiator and puts some holes in it. Find some pepper and it slows the leak for our last course.
The first gate we struggled with on this course. We flopped it trying to turn up hill. She tries to drive out of it but with no luck. Fortunately my son yells out can't you touch it, and it clicks that I can and HeMan it back onto 4 wheels. We ate a ton of time but Katelynn has rock bouncer skills so we finish the course murdering a cone or 2 on the way out. We ended up in first place with a 64 point lead.
It is so fun but I get into it so much and I have so much emotion with it and it was awesome to celebrate that with my daughter. Also want to thank our Sponsors that have helped this season. Please give them your business if your in the market for there products. I thinks it is awesome that so many people stepped up to support our team and Katelynn as a competitor. For more pictures and videos we post most everything on Instagram Krazy_k.s
Raceline wheels
Maxxis Tires
Rad design shifters
Yukon gear and axle
Summit machine
Adam's drive shafts
Laser Nut fabrication and racing
The Car Barn
Colf plumbing
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