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<blockquote data-quote="patooyee" data-source="post: 602540" data-attributes="member: 483"><p>2002 season pics:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://patooyee.com/best_of_erocc_02/best_of_erocc_2002.htm" target="_blank">http://patooyee.com/best_of_erocc_02/best_of_erocc_2002.htm</a></p><p></p><p>Ken Shupe pretty much dominated EroCC it's entire existence with a light 4.3L rig. His chassis were thin-wall tube, which, at the time, was not allowed but also not checked. He told me this himself.</p><p><img src="http://patooyee.com/best_of_erocc_02/DSC01133.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Kevin Mize was a crowd pleaser with his healthy big CID SBC on alcohol. He somehow managed to piss off all the other competitors, not sure how, but there always seemed to be drama surrounding him.</p><p><img src="http://patooyee.com/best_of_erocc_02/DSC01043.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>OG Bouncer was always nipping at Shupe heels but couldn't ever keep his rig in one piece. Although I was always surprised at how well it did hold up given the lack of **** given.</p><p><img src="http://patooyee.com/best_of_erocc_02/DSC01377.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Franky Fountain on Crow's Nest. He absofuckinglutely teraformed that hillside with his LS1, dual SM465's, and cut boggers. I remember you could feel the ground shake as he unleashed hell. Surprisingly, he didn't even make it up after about 30 minutes trying. The hill was so tore up after that that no oen figured anyone would go up it and then Ken Shupe got it on his third try to win the comp.</p><p><img src="http://patooyee.com/best_of_erocc_02/DSC01247.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Can't forget Full Throttle with his 454 BBC!</p><p><img src="http://patooyee.com/best_of_erocc_02/DSC00775.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>I don't remember this guy's name but he was one of the first rigs on Unimog axles. He was a wealthy dr. and rolled up in a matching semi and trailer. He endoed bad off a hill and his head came out the back of the cage, nailing his eyebrow on the back of the cage. The eyebrow was dangling as a flap over his eye afterwards and e went to his truck to use the side view mirror to stitch it back on. Pretty badass, but I think after that he sold the rig and never rode again because he was afraid he would kill himself and never see his kids again. The rig was insanely heavy and when ti hit the ground I felt it in my feet as well.</p><p><img src="http://patooyee.com/best_of_erocc_02/DSC00211800x600.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>2003 season:</p><p></p><p>Rigs started getting more and more competitive, buggies started being more common, full bodies less.</p><p><a href="http://patooyee.com/erocc2003/erocc_2003_page_1.htm" target="_blank">http://patooyee.com/erocc2003/erocc_2003_page_1.htm</a></p><p></p><p>Shupe was back in another light-weight rig that dominated:</p><p><img src="http://patooyee.com/erocc2003/102_0268.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Don't know who this was, but the chassis was all aluminum. He rolled it early on and that is when the entire sport decided that aluminum was not a smart choice for roll cages. I think the rig barely made it through its first comp, maybe one mroe after that, and then was torn down / abandoned:</p><p><img src="http://patooyee.com/erocc2003/102_0271.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Randy Torbett with his tractor axles started becoming dominant.</p><p><img src="http://patooyee.com/erocc2003/103_0344.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="patooyee, post: 602540, member: 483"] 2002 season pics: [url=http://patooyee.com/best_of_erocc_02/best_of_erocc_2002.htm]http://patooyee.com/best_of_erocc_02/best_of_erocc_2002.htm[/url] Ken Shupe pretty much dominated EroCC it's entire existence with a light 4.3L rig. His chassis were thin-wall tube, which, at the time, was not allowed but also not checked. He told me this himself. [IMG]http://patooyee.com/best_of_erocc_02/DSC01133.jpg[/IMG] Kevin Mize was a crowd pleaser with his healthy big CID SBC on alcohol. He somehow managed to piss off all the other competitors, not sure how, but there always seemed to be drama surrounding him. [IMG]http://patooyee.com/best_of_erocc_02/DSC01043.jpg[/IMG] OG Bouncer was always nipping at Shupe heels but couldn't ever keep his rig in one piece. Although I was always surprised at how well it did hold up given the lack of **** given. [IMG]http://patooyee.com/best_of_erocc_02/DSC01377.jpg[/IMG] Franky Fountain on Crow's Nest. He absofuckinglutely teraformed that hillside with his LS1, dual SM465's, and cut boggers. I remember you could feel the ground shake as he unleashed hell. Surprisingly, he didn't even make it up after about 30 minutes trying. The hill was so tore up after that that no oen figured anyone would go up it and then Ken Shupe got it on his third try to win the comp. [IMG]http://patooyee.com/best_of_erocc_02/DSC01247.jpg[/IMG] Can't forget Full Throttle with his 454 BBC! [IMG]http://patooyee.com/best_of_erocc_02/DSC00775.jpg[/IMG] I don't remember this guy's name but he was one of the first rigs on Unimog axles. He was a wealthy dr. and rolled up in a matching semi and trailer. He endoed bad off a hill and his head came out the back of the cage, nailing his eyebrow on the back of the cage. The eyebrow was dangling as a flap over his eye afterwards and e went to his truck to use the side view mirror to stitch it back on. Pretty badass, but I think after that he sold the rig and never rode again because he was afraid he would kill himself and never see his kids again. The rig was insanely heavy and when ti hit the ground I felt it in my feet as well. [IMG]http://patooyee.com/best_of_erocc_02/DSC00211800x600.jpg[/IMG] 2003 season: Rigs started getting more and more competitive, buggies started being more common, full bodies less. [url=http://patooyee.com/erocc2003/erocc_2003_page_1.htm]http://patooyee.com/erocc2003/erocc_2003_page_1.htm[/url] Shupe was back in another light-weight rig that dominated: [IMG]http://patooyee.com/erocc2003/102_0268.jpg[/IMG] Don't know who this was, but the chassis was all aluminum. He rolled it early on and that is when the entire sport decided that aluminum was not a smart choice for roll cages. I think the rig barely made it through its first comp, maybe one mroe after that, and then was torn down / abandoned: [IMG]http://patooyee.com/erocc2003/102_0271.jpg[/IMG] Randy Torbett with his tractor axles started becoming dominant. [IMG]http://patooyee.com/erocc2003/103_0344.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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