Oregon and Washington BS thread

Springtucky so pretty much..YEP!


You?


Here's Mitch's fave pic!

 

hahahaha im currently paying rent lol

 

Yep I work at BMW of Eugene so i'm right by Autzen.

 

Oh shit. I drive by there all the time from work.

 

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/2n...-lights-electrical-connector.html#post6410759

Let me know if one of y'all has a spare 7-pin connector

 

If know one here can give ya one. Ypi can make it from parts from carquest/Napa/etc.. for pretty cheap.

 

Hey Bobert. you get snowed on today?

Great race today. No IFS winner today tho.

 

In a nice way





But in all honesty. The first game I went to at Oregon my girlfriend ( wife now) found this

 

let me know when or if I need to contact your landlord so we can start figuring some stuff out.

also nice double car garage for sure.

 

Who just got the approval from their wife to buy a new bumper??? THIS FUCKIN' GUY!!

As long as I get the new job

 

Hell yeah dude! Lets get it done!

 

Waiting for the phone call. Then I'm getting the allpro as long as its still available

 

The new one piece one? Those are nice. If not Relentless is the way to go

 

I'm trying to get the original AllPro hybrid. I like that best

 

Finally finished my hi-lift/tool mounts yesterday: http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/2nd-gen-tacomas/260147-hi-lift-mount-diy-under-20-a.html

 

Left Corvallis Wednesday evening. Took a friend's yota and my bike this year and a total of 3 guys in the truck.


We stopped somewhere around Sacramento to pick up our friend's quad from his parent's house and got to Hammertown sometime on Thursday evening. We met up with another friend that had gone down Tuesday with his dad and saved us a spot.


Thursday's shenanigans.



So I'm very much in love with Local Motor's Rally Fighter. Up until this trip I had only scene one car in person at last year's KOH. We were mobbing around Jackhammer when we saw one decked out in pure Dukes of Hazzard glory mobbing in the desert below us. Hopped on my dirtbike in a hurry and chased it back into Hammertown. Finally caught up with it and it turns out it was a company owned RF that was here to raise awareness for Local Motors. The best part, they were letting people ride shotgun while they railed it through the desert! That car handles the desert like a dream, just absolutely incredible. Honestly worth every bit of the $100k price tag.



I have some GoPro action I'll have to upload. Pretty shaky, but its from inside the car.

Nightime fun at Backdoor.







Raceday:


As far as spectating went, we change it up this year. We made a conscious decision to avoid Backdoor and Chocolate Thunder, typically hotspots for intense rockcrawling action and traffic jams. Backdoor was fenced off, so you could not even get in the valley. Chocolate Thunder was just waaaay to crowded and we wanted to see different parts of the course anyway.

Started out spectating at RM7. A nice go-fast section of desert.










We then moved over to another dry lake bed on the opposite side of the mountain Hammertown sits under.






After watching some serious speed we decided to move to Jackhammer for some rock action. We hit at a really low traffic time and only saw a few cars. Also, it was downhill so there was no real excitement.



We moved onto Clawhammer after we got bored at Jackhammer. It was definitely some good racing there. Nothing like Backdoor or Chocolate Thunder technically or traffic jam wise, but still fun to watch.












There was a fairly lengthy lull in action after a bit. My buddy and I got bored and decided to hike to the top of the mountain on one right side of the trail. It was a HIKE. Very steep slope, crawling on all fours many times. However, it was definitely worth the view. Very, very, very windy and we watched a little dust storm get stirred up in Hammertown and the surrounding desert and come our way. Of course the action on Clawhammer picked while we where up there. Didn't get to see the close up action, but we could see cars the entire length of the valley going up to Wrecking Ball, racers coming out of Chocolate Thunder and into Clawhammer, coming out of Jackhammer, going into Backdoor and dust from numerous desert sections. Really cool to get a big picture view of the race.












Back in Hammertown for some food and to watch the 1st finisher:


Looking down the pits along the short course:





1st place to Slawson!


Campbell in 2nd:







Some randomness:

Found BJ Baldwin's trophy truck:


Along with his new Ultra4 car:


The Menzies trophy truck was on display too:


On our way back home we stopped in Fontana, California at the Auto Club Speedway. One of my friends we went with wanted to go to the tryouts for Octane Academy that were being held there. We were directed to one parking lot of the many, many acres that surrounded the track. We pulled into the ultimate bro drifter wannabe race scene ever. I don't think I've ever stuck out that much before. Repped our ratty yota pickup loaded with camping gear and dirtbike and quad and our romeos and cowboy boots.

After waiting around for awhile and awkwardly walking around checking everyone's lovely pavement pounder rides out, a blue mustang came rolling out across the parking lot on the other side of the road. He drove into the middle of this gaggle and hollered, "what are you guys waiting for?!" and took off back to where he came from. A scene from The Fast and the Furious literally came to life as everyone sprinted for their rides to catch and follow this mystery character. Got to where he was going and the cars and tents for auditioning where set up. Not going to lie, watching everyone stand in line doing paperwork was boring as it could be. My other friend and I could hear some incredible engine noise coming from the Auto Club speedway just a few hundred yards away. We bailed and headed that way and found a way into the completely empty grand stands. I had never scene a Nascar track in person. Oh my goodness. Still an incredibly stupid type of racing, but a seriously impressive track simply due to scale. It was just HUGE!




After watching some crotch rockets do laps it was finally time to head home.

Left the lakebed around 7am Saturday and got back to Corvallis around 7am Sunday.

 

your expressions are.always the best. you should send those shots of you in the RF to the company, lol

 

Maybe noob question but what event was this?