IOK Rock Offroad Jamboree, July 15 - 17

[fmlewis]

I just wanted to pass along the information. Friday night is going to be an endurance race. The course is 1.5miles and the run time is 1hour per class. Currently we are looking at running 2 classes basically a stock / modified class and then an unlimited / pro unlimited class. If more competitors show up then we will split the classes up further. The difference between the two is basically the unlimited / pro class will run the rocks and cemetary hill. Cemetary hill is known to brake axles fairly often. Back in the old days they used to run it in the obstacle course of Gravelrama. Its a fairly steep hill with a nasty crest. The stock / mod class is basically baja style with some rocks involved.

Our course developers will be cutting in some pretty nice obstacles for the race through out the grounds.

If you plan to run you need to have the typical safety equipment and an air horn so when you pass someone they know something is coming around them.

[yellowjacket]

Cool. Break out the general lee horn! How many laps is edurance gonna make to make that 1.5 miles?

[fmlewis]

One lap is 1.5 miles. It basically includes all of the competition areas.

See how many you can make in 1 hour. The one with the most laps is the winner. We will have checkpoints along the course where we will place a sticker on your sheet.

[yellowjacket]

Awesome. I dident guess u could sqeeze a 1.5 mile lap outta there. Ill be there. As a spectater this time:( sounds like you got them old school Iok sand guys pointed in right direction finnaly!

[fmlewis]

We will have a table / board with up coming offroad event information for other local clubs to post information.

Also, don't forget your canned goods for the Food Drive. The BLOC house in cleves helps families throughout the westside of Cincy. They provide a lot of support in the form of grocery assistance, meals, homework help, various activities, monitored computer lab, etc, etc. Don't worry if you don't have can goods to donate the $2 discount that you would have recieved will still go directly to the BLOC and they can purchase items they need.

If anyone has access to special items like comercial basketball hoop, folding chairs, laptop computers (1.5 years or newer), flooring, etc. Feel free to contact me thru this forum I can get you in contact with the appropriate folks at the BLOC.


Thanks,
Frank

[fmlewis]

Attached is a map of the endurance race course. This competition is Friday 7/15 @ 8:00pm.

The race will run 1 hour per class. The plan is to stage a release of
4, then 6, and then 8 cylinder vehilces with approximately 3 - 5
minutes between release (depending on the amount of competitors will
determine the release interval). At the starting line vehicles will
start potentially up to 6+ wide and will be forced to funnel down. Areas of the course are setup for passing. Vehicles with
larger engine sizes will need to catch up and lap the smaller engine
size vehicles. After 1 hour the race ends and the officials will
tally the number of checkpoint check-ins and the one with the most
check-ins will be the winner.

The first class will be Stock / Modified, basically this class will
not be required to run on the rocks, mainly baja style with obstacles
cut into the course. The second class will be Unlimited /
Pro-Unlimited and they will be required to run the upper ridge rock
course and traverse down axle breaker hill (concrete tubes on the
northside of the rock garden) in addition they will need to climb
cemetary hill (located to the left of the flat drags).

The course length is 1.5 miles.

Hope to see you all there.

[Nuts]

I'm thinking about coming down saturday for the rock crawl, but I'll have my daughter with me and the last time I went (2005 or 2006???) some fat ass hole in a black CJ7 drove up and instantly start cussing at me telling me to "hurry the F up if I want to make it to the drivers meeting". I let it slide back then, but I'm not going to waste my time or put my daughter in that situation if thats the type of people that still help out.

[whacko810]

Originally Posted by fmlewis

The race will run 1 hour per class. The plan is to stage a release of
4, then 6, and then 8 cylinder vehilces with approximately 3 - 5
minutes between release (depending on the amount of competitors will
determine the release interval). At the starting line vehicles will
start potentially up to 6+ wide and will be forced to funnel down. Areas of the course are setup for passing. Vehicles with
larger engine sizes will need to catch up and lap the smaller engine
size vehicles. After 1 hour the race ends and the officials will
tally the number of checkpoint check-ins and the one with the most
check-ins will be the winner.

The first class will be Stock / Modified, basically this class will
not be required to run on the rocks, mainly baja style with obstacles
cut into the course. The second class will be Unlimited /
Pro-Unlimited and they will be required to run the upper ridge rock
course and traverse down axle breaker hill (concrete tubes on the
northside of the rock garden) in addition they will need to climb
cemetary hill (located to the left of the flat drags).

The course length is 1.5 miles.

Hope to see you all there.

So is there going to be a winner in each engin size per class or just a winner per class?

[tjjeepjeep]

Originally Posted by fmlewis

We will have a table / board with up coming offroad event information for other local clubs to post information.

This sounds like a fun weekend...I'll be out and will bring some flyers for our benefit event in Aug since you're providing an opportunity to help get word out.

[fmlewis]

Yellowjacket - We got picnic tables or flat concrete you can lay on. LOL I understand get that back in order. Its new and our first time running this kind of event so we honestly have no idea how the Friday night is gonna turn out. We pushed the event to as late as possible to allow people to make the trip in. The more people we get to show up will only mean that we make it bigger and badder for next year or consider running a few of these throughout the year. I know there is a lot of buzz out there about it. We do plan to sell raffle tickets for the items to be raffled off on Saturday. However, you need to be present to win those items on Saturday.

Raffle Items include - Dana 44 diff covers, Dana 60 hi-steer arms (I believe we have 2 sets), a winch, Trail Ready Giftcertificates, Runck Mfg Gift Certificates, various Maxxis swag and stuff, etc, etc. Too much to list.

As far as Saturday goes I basically tell people its an open house for us. Come play on the hills. Crush some cars. RTI ramp. I am keeping my fingers crossed that we will have our teeter toter functional. We added a vehicle Tug-O-War this year so that should be pretty cool if people are willing to do it. If you like Bluegrass music the Rubber Knife Gang will be playing at night. They are a very successful local band with ties to Gravelrama.

Its your call. I am excited for the Friday night race. I want to see as many people and competitors show up for that event so we can justify doing it again and also making the course longer. IMO come Friday.

[fmlewis]

Originally Posted by tjjeepjeep

This sounds like a fun weekend...I'll be out and will bring some flyers for our benefit event in Aug since you're providing an opportunity to help get word out.

Please do. That is what the table will be for. I would recommend bringing or finding a rock (I think we have a few we can spare) to weigh them down so they don't blow away. You can even bring info on your club if people are looking are to join a club or hook up with other offroad peeps.