Ultimate Rock Crawling in Molong | July 30, 2023 | Central Western Daily
Check out the interviews and action from the Ultimate Rock Crawling gig hosted by Molong from July 28-30.
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00:00 (engine roaring)
00:02 (engine roaring)
00:05 - What the guys do here,
00:30 is they line, hold the car, get more balance.
00:32 They're coming up big climbs
00:33 that have water in the tires as well.
00:36 They fill them probably three quarters of the way up.
00:37 So as they're doing a large climb,
00:39 it'll sort of hold them back to the ground a bit more.
00:42 So I'll just wheel stand up,
00:43 and we'll flip over backwards.
00:45 (engine roaring)
00:48 (engine roaring)
00:50 We're currently here,
01:05 staged up waiting for our mystery courses.
01:08 First time running with this one.
01:10 We normally watch and go walk the courses
01:12 and figure out what we're doing.
01:13 I have no idea what's over there yet.
01:15 It's gonna be myself and my Navi once we get to the course,
01:17 and we got to figure it out from there.
01:19 We're currently probably around mid to low-ish,
01:22 mid pack in the field,
01:23 hoping maybe after our last course in this one,
01:25 move up a little bit and we'll just see how we go.
01:28 (engine roaring)
01:31 - Yay!
01:39 All right, you've just finished the mystery stage.
01:42 How are you feeling mate?
01:43 - A little disappointed.
01:44 I was kind of keen for gate four,
01:46 but my navigator said,
01:47 no, we had 10 seconds left and it's apparent,
01:49 like I haven't really seen it properly
01:51 'cause you can't see it in the car that great.
01:53 But yeah, it's a big drop.
01:55 So we probably played the safe card and went,
01:56 all right, we didn't technically get any penalties.
01:59 We got 60 points on the board,
02:01 so we just called it, so safe.
02:03 (engine roaring)
02:06 (indistinct)
02:08 - So unlimited class,
02:26 it is exactly what that sounds like, unlimited.
02:28 The only safety things we need to follow
02:29 is obviously cage, helmets, fire suits and stuff like that.
02:32 The modifications to the car are completely up to you.
02:36 Motor needs to be from a automobile,
02:39 can't be from a bike.
02:41 The diffs need to be from essentially like a truck
02:43 or a four-drive as well.
02:45 And from there it is free game.
02:47 - We're competing in the legends class.
02:49 We're in a Hilux.
02:50 This is our competition.
02:51 We've got a Jeep and another Hilux down there.
02:55 It's been a great weekend so far, plenty of action.
02:57 So I'm trying to shorten the hose
03:02 so that the hose can stop leaking,
03:03 but I can't seem to currently undo the fitting
03:06 that I need to undo.
03:07 - Your buggies go through a fair bit
03:09 of crashing and bashing.
03:10 Is this common?
03:11 - Yeah, a little bit.
03:13 Probably more than we bike.
03:15 - More than you bike.
03:16 (laughs)
03:18 - Rear steer, as you can see,
03:30 at any point in time I can manipulate the drive
03:32 on front and rear, the steer from front and rear.
03:34 I have winches front and rear as well
03:35 as a bit of extra ammo.
03:37 I've also got lockers front and rear
03:39 and cutting brakes so I can individually cut each end
03:42 just to try and bite and turn a bit harder.
03:45 Essentially in this world,
03:47 it's all about manipulating a car in and out of a situation.
03:50 Obviously, sometimes you want it in there
03:52 and other times you make a mistake
03:53 and you've got to figure out how to get it out.
03:55 So the more ammo in your back pocket,
03:56 the better you've got.
03:58 (engine revving)
04:00 (chattering)
04:03 (engine revving)
04:06 (chattering)
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04:11 (engine revving)
04:18 (chattering)
04:28 (engine revving)
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