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<blockquote data-quote="DirtMonkey" data-source="post: 623095" data-attributes="member: 2435"><p>Last weekend after watching the gamut of buggies from compact, rear-engine, cone dodgers to stretched, V8 vertical assault rigs, I arrived at an opinion I already established from watching most of the same rigs/drivers over the last few years. I told my buddy "Im putting money on a Red Dot car winning the Trail Hero" He said "Im sure it'll be Jesse Haines…" Lol, well, the night before the "trail Breaker" event we went over to look at the canyon. I was surprised it was an obvious canyon, right off the main road and sitting between 2 established trails. How it took this long to decide to break trail on this bad boy, I don't know. </p><p></p><p>Anyway, just above the canyon, in an area full of random technical climbs and tight squeezes (you really have to see this place to fully appreciate it) Justin Keilman, Jeff Mckinley, Kevin Carrol, Tracey Jordan & Jesse Haines had assembled in an impromptu practice session/fun challenge. They were sessioning a large, vertical climb with a turn at the top through a v notch. Keilman was on the wall and struggling to make the last step up and position for the notch. After a while he backed off and after some peer pressure, Mckinley took a shot at it. He lined up and crawled it with purpose and finesse and made it look ridiculously easy in the blue "Iron Man" car. Kevin Carrol was next. He made it easily as well…just not as effortlessly as Mckinley. Keilman came back and this time nailed the line and did go right up. Then Tracy Jordan. After a few line changes, he made it to the top, but struggled for a long time in the notch trying to span the abyss of the huge hole while making the turn. Eventually he was through. Haines then made a shot at it. Again, after a few line changes and backing up, he made it to the top, but then the front end couldn't quite reach traction before the back end started to drop into a hole. He was fighting this spot, jammed into this notch for quite a while…in fact, he was still in there when we left. Now in contrast, at the night rock crawl, watching these same rigs, it is very apparent they own the tight, technical cone dodging courses. They maneuver the gates and make it look effortless. </p><p></p><p>The Red Dot cars seem almost perfect for the Sand Hollow trail system. Wheelbase is good for steep climbs, HP for blasting sand, low and stable-again for the hairball climbs & descents. </p><p></p><p> I wish I had got more video and pics. We arrived at the Trail Breaker event late, because we though it would be an all day thing with multiple breakage and issues…Lol. They need to find a harder trail, because these guys breezed through it really.</p><p></p><p> Cary Gleason (Got Propane) is THE MAN. He made the first 2 stages of the trail breaker challenge looks easy with no rear steer and just a simple man's trail rig setup (granted one that works well) He laid it on its side and power steering fluid caused an engine fire which halted his impressive run. He still finished the trail. </p><p></p><p>Not my video , but here is one of the youboob videos of Cary's run</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNoh-vVWTyY" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNoh-vVWTyY</a></p><p></p><p>Here's a couple more pics</p><p><img src="http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f40/DirtMonkey69/Trail%20Hero/20161005_151258.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f40/DirtMonkey69/Trail%20Hero/20161005_153009.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f40/DirtMonkey69/Trail%20Hero/20161005_154539.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f40/DirtMonkey69/Trail%20Hero/20161006_124617.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f40/DirtMonkey69/Trail%20Hero/20161006_123257.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DirtMonkey, post: 623095, member: 2435"] Last weekend after watching the gamut of buggies from compact, rear-engine, cone dodgers to stretched, V8 vertical assault rigs, I arrived at an opinion I already established from watching most of the same rigs/drivers over the last few years. I told my buddy “Im putting money on a Red Dot car winning the Trail Hero” He said “Im sure it’ll be Jesse Haines…” Lol, well, the night before the “trail Breaker” event we went over to look at the canyon. I was surprised it was an obvious canyon, right off the main road and sitting between 2 established trails. How it took this long to decide to break trail on this bad boy, I don’t know. Anyway, just above the canyon, in an area full of random technical climbs and tight squeezes (you really have to see this place to fully appreciate it) Justin Keilman, Jeff Mckinley, Kevin Carrol, Tracey Jordan & Jesse Haines had assembled in an impromptu practice session/fun challenge. They were sessioning a large, vertical climb with a turn at the top through a v notch. Keilman was on the wall and struggling to make the last step up and position for the notch. After a while he backed off and after some peer pressure, Mckinley took a shot at it. He lined up and crawled it with purpose and finesse and made it look ridiculously easy in the blue “Iron Man” car. Kevin Carrol was next. He made it easily as well…just not as effortlessly as Mckinley. Keilman came back and this time nailed the line and did go right up. Then Tracy Jordan. After a few line changes, he made it to the top, but struggled for a long time in the notch trying to span the abyss of the huge hole while making the turn. Eventually he was through. Haines then made a shot at it. Again, after a few line changes and backing up, he made it to the top, but then the front end couldn’t quite reach traction before the back end started to drop into a hole. He was fighting this spot, jammed into this notch for quite a while…in fact, he was still in there when we left. Now in contrast, at the night rock crawl, watching these same rigs, it is very apparent they own the tight, technical cone dodging courses. They maneuver the gates and make it look effortless. The Red Dot cars seem almost perfect for the Sand Hollow trail system. Wheelbase is good for steep climbs, HP for blasting sand, low and stable-again for the hairball climbs & descents. I wish I had got more video and pics. We arrived at the Trail Breaker event late, because we though it would be an all day thing with multiple breakage and issues…Lol. They need to find a harder trail, because these guys breezed through it really. Cary Gleason (Got Propane) is THE MAN. He made the first 2 stages of the trail breaker challenge looks easy with no rear steer and just a simple man’s trail rig setup (granted one that works well) He laid it on its side and power steering fluid caused an engine fire which halted his impressive run. He still finished the trail. Not my video , but here is one of the youboob videos of Cary's run [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNoh-vVWTyY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNoh-vVWTyY[/url] Here’s a couple more pics [IMG]http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f40/DirtMonkey69/Trail%20Hero/20161005_151258.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f40/DirtMonkey69/Trail%20Hero/20161005_153009.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f40/DirtMonkey69/Trail%20Hero/20161005_154539.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f40/DirtMonkey69/Trail%20Hero/20161006_124617.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f40/DirtMonkey69/Trail%20Hero/20161006_123257.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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