It's time to go racing again! The W.E.Rock / Dirt Riot series is coming back to AZ and we'll have the #4511 ready to go.

For this event:
Driver: Alan Johnson
Co-Driver: Michael D'Avy
Media: Chris Brewer
Pit Crew: Caleb, Scott Boone, Ivan, and Matt (plus the LetzRoll crew and the AZ Undertakers)

For Sure coming:
Jennifer and the kids
Alan
Michael
Scott
Chris
Matt
Caleb

Maybe coming:
Geoff (if not working)?
Jimmy (if he can take a break from killing varmits). :-)


Details:

First of all, here is the website with map and everything: http://www.werocklive.com/events/event/dirt-riot-southwest-3/

This is the park: http://www.thunderrockaz.com/

Adult tickets are $15, kids 8 - 15 yrs old are $5, 8 and under are free.

Friday: Pre-running all day, tech support, plus meet and greet in the evening.

My Schedule: I have to work a little bit in the AM, but plan on leaving work at and heading for the course about 9 AM, getting there by 10 AM. I'll check in, get pit passes and wrist bands for my family, register, and pay entry fees. After that I'll pre-run the course, walk the rock crawling lines, etc...

I have to be out at "Some Like it Hot" cafe in Wickenburg by 3 PM for tech and driver meet and greet that lasts until 7 PM.

Anyone and everyone is welcome to float out there with me on Friday. There is no fee, but I know most everyone is working. Pit crew / co-driver: it's not mandatory for anyone to be there Friday except the driver, but the more the merrier and it's part of the experience so post up if you want to connect on Friday for the festivities at any time. I have room in my vehcile to car pool out anyone who wants to go, but you'll be stuck out there the entire time I am. The other option is to come out after lunch if you can shake free!

Saturday: Race Day!

8 a.m. Qualifying for U4 buggies only
9:30 – 10:30 Trail classes/UTV race – One hour endurance race
11:00 – 1:00 – 4500/4600 class race – Two hour endurance race
2:00 – 5:00 – Ultra4 cars – Three hour endurance race
5:30 Awards Immediately Following

My schedule: The driver meeting is at 8 AM so I'm leaving my house at 6:30 AM to get out there, get unloaded, and BS a little bit. Anyone who wants to ride with me can meet up and my house, or we can jeep parade if you want to leave when I do but still have your own wheels back to town. Mike will need to be present for this. Pit Crew not mandatory, but you are absolutley welcome if it works for your schedules. If not, come with the later group.

My race is at 11 AM but I will run a qualifying lap for starting position earlier in the morning if there a bunch of vehicles in my class. If there are only 2 or 3 others in the 4500/4600 class, I won't (I'll save the rig for the race).

Jennifer and the kids plan on coming out with Scott Boone about 9:30 - 10 AM. They will be leaving my house at 8:30. Same thing applies... if you want to caravan, meet at my house at 8:30 and be a part of the 2nd wave. As folks indicate their preference, I'll update the bottom of this post with details.

The race will be done at 1 PM and Jennifer/kids will be heading back very shortly thereafter since Ivan has an awards dinner at school that evening. The 4400 class race starts immediately after my race. I'll be staying through the end of that I would recommend everyone stay to cheer on Andrew and watch some great desert racing! I will be hauling the mail back to town once the award ceremony is over so I too can attend Ivan's award banquet.

Other things:

The trail class will be entertaining (9:30 - 10:30 race) as the Undertakers are turning it into a club event and the place will be full of sick rigs yelling "Backdoor, MF!) and should prove entertaining.

I've seen the race times get moved around depending upon sign up... meaning, in Tucson they started the 4500/4600 class late and combined it with the 4400 class and started that race early since there were only 5 drivers. In Moab, they had so many drivers they created a "heat" system and progressive combined times, etc... basically, times and rules are subject to change.

Cell phone signal is supposed to be pretty good, so I'll keep folks updated via this thread if there are changes to times, PLUS I'm going to test it on Friday, but I plan on running a live camera during the race via my phone like we did for the Colorado trip. This will be fun!

Camping - you can camp at the park for $10 and it gets you admission to wheel on Sunday as well. I don't plan on camping any of the nights (Friday or Saturday) since its so close, but for those of you who want to set up a camping advanture... feel free, just don't look to me to organize it. 8)

Known Rides/Departure times (as of May 7th, noon):

Friday:
9 AM: Alan headed out for pre-running. So far, no passengers or caravan members. Coming from work (Scottsdale). Plenty of room for passengers or caravan vehciles.

Saturday:
6:30 AM: Alan headed out for drivers meeting. So far, Mike and Chris are with me. Plenty of room still available.

8:30 AM: Jennifer headed out for race. Depart from Alan's house. Scott Boone also driving his vehicle.

I'm still in. It's close to my house so I'll just meet out there.

Will we be able to hang out in the pit, or is it pit crew only?

sweathog wrote:I'm still in. It's close to my house so I'll just meet out there.

Will we be able to hang out in the pit, or is it pit crew only?

You will be able to hang out in the pit. It's a really open format... just use common sense and don't get killed or something. LOL

I may swing by and watch the race. I will be in Seligman that weekend.

2ndchance wrote:I may swing by and watch the race. I will be in Seligman that weekend.

Very cool. On a related note, can we connect about that radio solution were talking about? Also, I have a new winch and I'd like to set it up right this time with the wiring and all. Can you help me with the connections and stuff like last time?

alanzona wrote:Very cool. On a related note, can we connect about that radio solution were talking about? Also, I have a new winch and I'd like to set it up right this time with the wiring and all. Can you help me with the connections and stuff like last time?

Come by my house after work sometime this week and I will give you the radios. You can see if you can get them working for your needs. The sooner the better, I would think. As for your winch, I am available this Wednesday or Friday evening. A PM is coming your way.

Ill catch a ride out with you Sat morning if thats okay

offroadaz wrote:Ill catch a ride out with you Sat morning if thats okay

Sounds like a plan!

Update. Every team needs a sign to know when to pit and where to pit.

We have found our official sign. Basically, who could NOT stop at such awesomeness... so we'll need to be careful when we print out the Marmot Beard of Glory.



Let's go racing!

I want that pic on a t-shirt.

No... we're not dorks, why do you ask? It's not like making packing diagram for Colorado. This is completely different... why?

Still impressive. Can't wait

Daniel, Chelcee and I will be carpooling out there Saturday morning. Departure time is to be determined, probably pretty early I assume.

Killer! Wear HG gear if you have it! Glad you're coming Caleb. Miss ya bud.

AZCA jeeper wrote:Daniel, Chelcee and I will be carpooling out there Saturday morning. Departure time is to be determined, probably pretty early I assume.

Cool

It's a night shot, but here is a new camera angle we'll be playing with for this race.

http://youtu.be/Lm2xAodTeyA

Also, depending upon cell strength, we're going to experiment with using UStream again to broadcast from the co-driver seat during the race. Here was a night time test... again, dark, but you'll get the idea.

http://youtu.be/ohe_pgcoVFw

Can't wait to see the U-stream from home ;)

Skatchkins wrote:Can't wait to see the U-stream from home ;)

on replay after you get done racing it you mean... LOL

Congrats on 1st place Alan!! So cool.