R.O.C Race !!
The Ram Offroad Challenge is the first of it's kind offroad race ! It combines desert racing , rock crawling , rock racing , and even motocross into one adrenaline pumping extreme package !! This is the evolution of the rock sports ! For the first time ever , drivers will have some serious seat time , and will experience a wide variety of offroad disaplines ! Competetitors can expect lap times of about 12-15 minutes if they are lucky enough to complete this brutal test of man and machine!
The race format will run like this...
We will start with 36 vehicles . These 36 will be broken into groups of 12. We will start 2 drivers at a time , roughly 2 minutes apart. These vehicles will be racing on the same course except in very specific areas . We will take the 4 fastest times of each of these 3 heats and put them into the second round , we will do the same with the middle times and finaly the slow times. Every one will run their second heats . We will then take the combined times and pull out our 8 fastest drivers of the day , and this will become our final shoot out race ! We will be paying back 3-spots and should have some great runner up prizes !! The final 8 will be starting with a combined time of their first 2 runs !! The slowest times of the day will be starting first in the shoot out 8-1 and should have a slight dust advantage as well as a lap traffic advantage !
These courses are FAST !!! We have the huge steep climbs you have come to expect from the RAM Offroad Park , as well as the gap jumps ! In addition we have long desert style , fast sections full of big rollers , birms , whoops , jumps , tight sandy washs and more !!
Set up on the rigs will be critical !!!
We will be hosting an open house Sunday the 15th of June following the XRRA event , and we will also allow prerunning of the actual courses after tech inspection on June 27th ! We highly recomend drivers take advantage of this opportunity because of the length and the difficulty of this type of race !
Competitors must pre-pay and pre-register !! We are experiencing a huge and unexpected response to this race ! We are just about full ! Please send me all your team info and contact info via e-mail so I can reserve your spot ! A check is nice , but without all your info it does us no good ! Thanks a bunch and we look forward to seeing you at the races !!
HERE IS THE LOW DOWN!!!
The competitors began showing up for tech early Friday morning !
We had a pretty fare turn out of drivers , even though half the registered drivers were no shows !! We had all the big boys here , and they were ready to go !!
The course was amazing , super fast , super technical , huge jumps , we had it all !!! Going into the event , we felt like 8min . was going to be almost impossible to do. First run of the day mid 7 minutes by Ray Mandel !! Shortly after that Shannon even faster , then Brad Lovell even faster !! Unbelievable !! If I hadn't seen with my own eyes , I wouldn't have believed it!!
The quality of the course , and the difficulty level , was at a whole new high!! This race may have been more demanding for set up and tuning than any other race of this style !! Walking through the pit area was crazy ! We need more nitrogen in the shocks , no we need the car lower , we need to add weight here !!!
All these things could be heard throughout the pits !! It was like they were all newbees again !!! The scream of sheer adrenaline as the drivers crossed the finish line was the best sign that this wasn't just another rock race !!! This was the R.O.C. !!!
Here's the finishing order !!
If your company is interested in sponsoring this event or would like a vendor booth please contact Pete Norris , at 719-475-8057
Current sponsors and vendors
Tanner 4x4
Trailready
Solid Axle
Pikes Peak Travelland
Winchline.com
4-Wheel Parts
PRP Racing Seats
Power Tank
PSC Steering
Interco Tire Co.
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