Shannon Campbell captures win over Bundrant at Jellico

Jellico, Tennessee - Shannon Campbell roared up the last obstacle, Robert's Revenge, with his LS1 400 horsepower rock buggy like it was nothing. After a long technical crawl through the the first 3/4's of the obstacle, Campbell use all the horsies in that motor and launched up the face as if it was a Sunday drive on his home town rocks of Arizona. Campbell commented at the top as he took his helmet off, "I love Tennessee!"

This win is the first for Campbell in the 2004 UROC Pro-National season. Although, he has had some top five finishes this year, this win comes especially at the right time as this is the fourth event of the season in a season so far dominated by Rock Runner Racing's Tracy Jordan and Jason Paule.

Shannon Campbell's Final Scores

1. Full Throttle -10
2. Crow's Nest -15
3. Hardcore -10
4. Andy's Crack -17
5. The Chute -12
6. Battleship -7
7. Robert's Revenge 2
8. Dingleberry -10

Nelson & Bundrant tie for second place at -67

Jellico, Tennessee - Jon Nelson and Tom Geviss finished the day with a -67 and were parked, when Shannon Campbell and Jon Bundrant finished their dual in the woods of Tennessee. In the end it was Bundrant who Nelson had to dual with for second place. Both Nelson and Bundrant ended up with -67 and so it went to the tie-breaker that UROC had in place.

Bundrant claimed the better time on the tie-breaker and he captured second place. Working all day with Larry "King Full Pull" McRae, who was hampered by a injured left arm that was inside a cast, the dynamic rock crawling duo drove their rig, "Tiny" to second place in which is rumored to be their last competition in this rock crawling rig. King Full Pull had to work harder than normal because of his handicapped casted arm, but obviously it didn't slow him a whole lot as they battled for the win with Shannon Campbell in the last obstacle.

Nelson and Geviss were on fire most of the day, however a couple early miscues in the event put them behind the eight ball all day long playing catch up and taking calculated risks.

Rock Runner Racing's Jason Paule, Tracy Jordan and Don Robbins round out the top six competitors in that order. Paule finished with -60, Jordan with -59 and Robbins with -53.

Other notables were Jeff Mello, driving the Skyjacker sponsored rock buggy and Peter Wells, who both were on the verge of climbing into the top five early in the day but suffered on the rocks of Tennessee.

Peter Wells takes 9th place in Jellico
Jeff Mello finishes in 8th place

 

UROC Pro-National Final Scores

-79 8 Shannon Campbell Mike Diell 35 ,
-67 95 8 Jon Bundrant Larry Mc Rae 80 ,
-67 117 8 Jon Nelson Tom Nelson 82 ,
-60 8 Jason Paule Travis Wadeson 0 ,
-59 8 Tracy Jordan Jerry Watson 112 ,
-53 8 Don Robbins Neil Lillard 100 ,
-37 8 Jeff Mello Kevin Yoder 888 ,
-33 8 Peter M. Wells Frank M. Wells Jr. 707 ,
-26 8 Troy Myers Brian Howard 15 ,
-24 8 Ken Shupe Rusty Bray 30 ,
-23 8 John Gilleland 722 ,
-20 8 Charlie Melchner Kyle Knosp 101 ,
-14 8 Joel Randall Mike Vokoun 333 ,
-11 8 Ken Blume Chuck Carlson 192 ,
-1 8 Walker Evans Ted Le Baron 20 ,
10 8 Rob Bonney 167 ,
18 8 Joel Mc Clure Roul Frias 248 ,
24 8 Mike Shaffer Lance Clifford 5
48 8 Nate Williams John Williams 723 ,
75 8 Larry Trim Jerry Robinson 123 ,
76 8 Curt Hildebrand Jeremy Thompson 26 ,
83 8 Bart Jacobs Troy Gregory 22 ,
97 8 Mark Berger Noel Kimball 777 ,
104 8 Nick Sessions Mac Hampson 330 ,
130 8 Jason Bunch Steven Hastings 29 ,
170 8 Dustin Webster Jody Everding 747 ,
193 8 Marty Hart 416
201 8 Chris Durham Tim Donaldson 36 ,
206 8 Matt Woolley Kyle Listul 59 ,
209 8 Jennifer Little Todd Little 64 ,
231 8 Eddie Casanueva Tom Kingston 111 ,
380 8 Matthew Peterson Paul Curoe 212 ,
DNS 0 Mitch Guthrie Bob Schwendenman 28 ,
DNS 0 Terry Howe Sean Lazzelle 8 ,
DNS 0 Mac Mc Millan Terry Johnson 75 ,

 
Skyjacker 5:15 pm Unofficial Scoring Update

Jellico, Tennessee - It's really been wild all day long. UROC's up-to-the-minute scoring procedures have demonstrated throughout the day how close the scores have been throughout the day. With only a couple obstacles left for most competitors, it's coming down to the last obstacle between Shannon Campbell and Jon Bundrant. They each have the same obstacle to run, Battleship, for the winning performance. They are both waiting for their turn to perform in the final moments of UROC's Jellico Pro-National event.

- 72 7 Shannon Campbell Mike Diell 35 ,
-68 7 Jon Bundrant Larry Mc Rae 80 ,
-67 8 Jon Nelson Tom Nelson 82 ,
-59 8 Tracy Jordan Jerry Watson 112 ,
-49 7 Jason Paule Travis Wadeson 0 ,
-48 6 Charlie Melchner Kyle Knosp 101 ,
-43 6 Ken Shupe Rusty Bray 30 ,
-40 6 Ken Blume Chuck Carlson 192 ,
-37 6 Don Robbins Neil Lillard 100 ,

Skyjacker 5:00 pm Unofficial Scoring Update
Jellico, Tennessee - Tracy Jordan is the next top competitor to finish this event and ended with a -59 for the day. Tracy Jordan told ORC staffers at the conclusion of his final run, "It was a good day of wheeling even though we came up short on a few obstacles. UROC put on a great event here in Jellico, Tennessee."

Tracy Jordan Scores

1. Full Throttle -11
2. Crow's Nest 2
3. Hardcore 3
4. Andy's Crack -19
5. The Chute -17
6. Battleship -7
7. Robert's Revenge 2
8. Dingleberry -12

 

 

Skyjacker 4:00 pm Unofficial Scoring Update
Jellico, Tennessee - Jon Nelson is the first competitor to complete all eight obstacles and finished with a total of -67 for the event. Currently, that puts Nelson in third place overall.

Jon Nelson Scores

1. Full Throttle -20
2. Crow's Nest -15
3. Hardcore -12
4. Andy's Crack -14
5. The Chute -15
6. Battleship 14
7. Robert's Revenge 3
8. Dingleberry -8

The Godfather of the BFGoodrich Krawler Tire - Gary Enterline stopped by for a visit in the ORC shade here at Jellico, TN. As many of you know, Gary Enterline is the designer of the winningest rock crawling tire in the world!!!


Skyjacker 4:00 pm Unofficial Scoring Update

Jellico, Tennessee - Shannon Campbell is on fire.

The latest updates from UROC.

-72 7 Shannon Campbell Mike Diell 35 ,
-56 6 Jon Bundrant Larry Mc Rae 80 ,
-52 7 Jon Nelson Tom Geviss 82 ,
-45 5 Jason Paule Travis Wadeson 0 ,
-43 6 Tracy Jordan Jerry Watson 112 ,
-43 6 Ken Shupe Rusty Bray 30 ,
-42 5 Charlie Melchner Kyle Knosp 101 ,
-42 5 Don Robbins Neil Lillard 100 ,
-38 5 Ken Blume Chuck Carlson 192 ,

Where's Mitchie & Wonder Bob?????

Skyjacker 3:20 pm Unofficial Scoring Update

Jellico, Tennessee - Skyjacker UROC Pro-National midday full unofficial scoring report is now available thanks to URCO East Scoring Officials.

-60 6 Shannon Campbell Mike Diell 35 ,
-56 6 Jon Bundrant Larry Mc Rae 80 ,
-49 4 Jason Paule Travis Wadeson 0 ,
-46 4 Charlie Melchner Kyle Knosp 101 ,
-45 5 Tracy Jordan Jerry Watson 112 ,
-42 5 Don Robbins Neil Lillard 100 ,
-38 5 Ken Blume Chuck Carlson 192 ,
-35 5 John Gilleland 722 ,
-35 5 Ken Shupe Rusty Bray 30 ,
-30 4 Jeff Mello Kevin Yoder 888 ,
-26 5 Jon Nelson Tom Geviss 82 ,
-25 6 Joel Mc Clure Roul Frias 248 ,
-24 6 Troy Myers Brian Howard 15 ,
-13 5 Peter M. Wells Frank M. Wells Jr. 707 ,
-11 5 Mike Shaffer Lance Clifford 5 ,
-5 5 Joel Randall Mike Vokoun 333 ,
-4 5 Rob Bonney 167 ,
6 5 Larry Trim Jerry Robinson 123 ,
20 5 Walker Evans Ted Le Baron 20 ,
28 6 Nate Williams John Williams 723 ,
50 4 Bart Jacobs Troy Gregory 22 ,
50 5 Dustin Webster Jody Everding 747 ,
51 5 Nick Sessions Mac Hampson 330 ,
51 5 Chris Durham Tim Donaldson 36 ,
52 6 Mark Berger Noel Kimball 777 ,
65 5 Jason Bunch Steven Hastings 29 ,
76 5 Matt Woolley Kyle Listul 59
89 6 Curt Hildebrand Jeremy Thompson 26 ,
103 6 Marty Hart 416 ,
129 6 Jennifer Little Todd Little 64 ,
183 6 Eddie Casanueva Tom Kingston 111 ,
280 6 Matthew Peterson Paul Curoe 212 ,
DNS 0 Mitch Guthrie Bob Schwendenman 28 ,
DNS 0 Terry Howe Sean Lazzelle 8 ,
DNS 0 Mac Mc Millan Terry Johnson 75 ,

Skyjacker 3:00 pm Unofficial Scoring Update

Jellico, Tennessee - Shannon Campbell and Jon Bundrant have just completed their sixth obstacle of the day to many of the other competitors four obstacles. And Campbell leads all competitors with -60 points to Bundrant's -56 points.

-60 6 Shannon Campbell Mike Diell 35 ,
-56 6 Jon Bundrant Larry Mc Rae 80 ,
-49 4 Jason Paule Travis Wadeson 0 ,
-46 4 Charlie Melchner Kyle Knosp 101 ,
-45 5 Tracy Jordan Jerry Watson 112 ,
-42 5 Don Robbins Neil Lillard 100 ,
-38 5 Ken Blume Chuck Carlson 192 ,
-35 5 John Gilleland 722 ,
-35 5 Ken Shupe Rusty Bray 30 ,

Shannon Campbell Scores

1. Full Throttle -10
2. Crow's Nest -15
3. Hardcore -10
4. Andy's Crack -17
7. Robert's Revenge 2
8. Dingleberry -10

Jon Bundrant Scores

1. Full Throttle -20
2. Crow's Nest -5
3. Hardcore -12
4. Andy's Crack -14
7. Robert's Revenge 5
8. Dingleberry -10


Skyjacker 2:15 pm Unofficial Scoring Update
Jellico, Tennessee - The latest is that Charlie Melchner is making a big charge and is only 1 point behind Jason Paule for first place. The action is wide-open here at Jellico and below we have listed Melchner's individual obstacle scores.

Charlie Melchner Scores

2. Crow's Nest -10
3. Hardcore -7
4. Andy's Crack -17
5. The Chute -12

Jason Paule Scores

2. Crow's Nest -8
3. Hardcore -6
4. Andy's Crack -19
5. The Chute -14


Overall Scores -47 4 Jason Paule Travis Wadeson 0 ,
-46 4 Charlie Melchner Kyle Knosp 101 ,
-38 5 Ken Blume Chuck Carlson 192 ,
-34 4 Tracy Jordan Jerry Watson 112 ,
-29 3 Jeff Mello Kevin Yoder 888 ,
-28 4 Don Robbins Neil Lillard 100 ,
-27 4 Troy Myers Brian Howard 15 ,
-25 3 Jon Bundrant Larry Mc Rae 80 ,
-19 4 Joel Mc Clure Roul Frias 248 ,

 
Skyjacker 1:45 pm Unofficial Scoring Update
Jellico, Tennessee - Jason Paule just rocked the crowd using the same strategy as Tracy Jordan did earlier on The Chute. Paule and spotter, Travis Wadeson, completed a spotter ride on the wild obstacle and took a commanding lead overall competitors at this early stage in the event. With 4 obstacles complete, Paule has a 13 point lead over Charlie Melchner and Tracy Jordan, who are tied at -34.
-47 4 Jason Paule Travis Wadeson 0 ,
-34 3 Charlie Melchner Kyle Knosp 101 ,
-34 4 Tracy Jordan Jerry Watson 112 ,
-29 3 Jeff Mello Kevin Yoder 888 ,
-28 4 Don Robbins Neil Lillard 100 ,
-26 3 Troy Myers Brian Howard 15 ,
-25 3 Jon Bundrant Larry Mc Rae 80 ,
-24 4 Ken Blume Chuck Carlson 192 ,
-21 3 Joel Mc Clure Roul Frias 248 ,
Score, Obstacles Completed, Driver Name, Spotter Name, Vehicle #
Skyjacker 1:15 pm Unofficial Scoring Update
-34 3 Charlie Melchner Kyle Knosp 101 ,
-33 3 Jason Paule Travis Wadeson 0 ,
-29 3 Jeff Mello Kevin Yoder 888 ,
-28 2 Nick Sessions Mac Hampson 330 ,
-26 2 Joel Mc Clure Roul Frias 248 ,
-26 3 Troy Myers Brian Howard 15 ,
-25 3 Jon Bundrant Larry Mc Rae 80 ,
-22 3 Tracy Jordan Jerry Watson 112 ,
-20 2 Larry Trim Jerry Robinson 123 ,
Score, Obstacles Completed, Driver Name, Spotter Name, Vehicle #
Skyjacker 1:00 pm Rock Update

Jellico, Tennessee - Nick Sessions and Mac Hampson lead this Jellico event after two obstacles have been completed. Sessions and Hampson hail from Denver, Colorado area and have been banging on the door of the top five all year long. Sessions leads over Joel McClure and Troy Myers early in the contest by -2 points.

 
Skyjacker 1:00 pm Unofficial Scoring Update

-28 2 Nick Sessions Mac Hampson 330 ,
-26 2 Joel Mc Clure Roul Frias 248 ,
-26 3 Troy Myers Brian Howard 15 ,
-24 2 Tracy Jordan Jerry Watson 112 ,
-17 2 Ken Blume Chuck Carlson 192 ,
-17 2 Charlie Melchner Kyle Knosp 101 ,
-17 2 Walker Evans Ted Le Baron 20 ,
-14 2 Jeff Mello Kevin Yoder 888 ,
-14 2 Jason Paule Travis Wadeson 0 ,

Special thanks to UROC East Scoring Officials for their dedication to providing up-to-date live results. At each obstacle, the judge radios the score to scoring officials who in turn place it into a computer program.

UROC East broadcasts the scores on a wireless feed to everyone in the event site. For those that don't have wireless here at the site, monitors have been placed at the scoring tent for viewing.

ORC staffers can take the wireless feed and update you with the scores virtually every minute as the program is updated minute-by-minute. Throughout the remainder of the day we will provide you these results often

Skyjacker 12:30 pm Rock Update

Jellico, Tennessee - Fabtech sponsored, UROC Pro-National competitor, Joel Mc Clure scored a -17 on The Chute after rolling hard, back-over-front, landing in a mud puddle. McClure, a fierce competitor, and his spotter exited the FabTech rock buggy and smiled as they posted the best score of the day so far on this wild obstacle.

 
 
Skyjacker 11:00 am Rock Update

Jellico, Tennessee - With the action well underway here, the race for the win is all about strategic driving. Tracy Jordan tackled an obstacle called The Chute with Jerry Watson completing a spotter ride. The Chute has an easy dirt uphill section, but the tricky part is the straight downhill 27 foot descent. Jordan, without any emotion, asked Jerry to buckle up in the car before they started the obstacle. Jordan approached the top of the descent and drove off the edge of the dirt cliff. Slowly, the BFGoodrich Krawlers rolled down the steep face, the duo, looking straight down out of the front of the buggy, sat poised without emotion and conquered the obstacle after coming to a stop at the bottom of the steep hill of dirt. Jordan scored a -10 on The Chute.

Chris Durham put his rock buggy on the side, broke up the front hood, but raged hard in the rocks and was able to get himself back on all four wheels and completed the obstacle called "Hardcore." Durham put on a big show for the fans here at Jellico receiving a standing ovation as he exited the rock buggy with his arms hoisted high in the air.
Matt Peterson driving the #212 rock buggy was towed up the top of the obstacle called Full Throttle after having some mechanical problems on his first run of the event.
 
Skyjacker 10:00 am Rock Update

Jellico, Tennessee - The UROC Pro-National event is about to begin here in the Cumberland Mountains of Tennessee. UROC is conducting the drivers meeting and explaining the local rules and regulations, not only to the drivers, but to all the spectators, as the meeting is broadcasted on the public address system.

The spectators continue to fill the ridges bringing with them all the gear to survive an entire day of rockcrawling. Families from all across the South have gathered in Tennessee to watch the kings of rockcrawlng get after it here in Jellico.

The sounds of Kentucky Blue Grass music, fresh funnel cakes, grits, sausages and more fill the entire competition venue as the rocks are about to be churned up like never before. Stay tuned as we provide you real-time up-to-date scores as provided by UROC Scoring officials.

 

Skyjacker 8:00 am Rock Update

Jellico, Tennessee - The town of Jellico, Tennessee has opened their arms wide in anticipation of the world's toughest rock crawlers, the UROC Pro-National Super Modified Division. Using a format similar to NASCAR, this rockcrawling weekend has hosted all the lower division classes leading up to today where only the UROC Pro-National Super Modified will compete. The rocks and dirt of Jellico's Cumberland Mountains has been churned up after two full days of competition and the toughest obstacles are now even more ugly.

The majority of UROC Pro-National Super Modified Division competitors have made the trip across the United States converging on this small community near the borders of Kentucky, North Carolina and Tennessee. The long trip across the United States has caused some carnage to a variety of teams including multiple blown trailer tires, blown turbos and some exploded injectors on some tuned up running diesels. However, the whose who of professional rockcrawling has made the trip and are staged in contingency preparing for the days' event.

UROC Pro-National Super Modified points leader, Tracy Jordan, and his teammate, Jason Paule, who is in second place in the points race, were the center spot of attention yesterday at the UROC competition event as Newsweek Magazine flew in a writer and photographers from New York City to produce a featured article Tracy Jordan. The photo shoot was staged in the middle of the competition area as the East Extreme Super Modified competed on obstacles and the photo shoot took place on an unused/closed obstacle. Jordan was poised for the interview and photoshoot, which will be the first of many to come, as professional rockcrawling debuts into America's mainstream media.

Tracy Jordan later told ORC staffers, "This interview was a great thing for professional rockcrawling and our team is fortunate to be in this position." Later, Jordan, and East Coast icon, Ken Shupe, jokingly commented about the competition here in Jellico. Shupe has been putting out hordes of smack talk on the various rock crawling Internet bulletin boards and rumor has it that Shupe's gonna' have to live up to all that smack talking today as the boys of the West Coast square off against the boys of the East Coast.

Johnny G Rock Racing arrives to Jellico for the battle.

 

In other notes of interest, Team All Pro's Jon Bundrant is here in Jellico ready to compete after not attending the UROC Pro-National event in Vernal, Utah as well as the Cedar City, Utah event. His spotter, Larry "King Full Pull" McRae was injured at the Cedar City, Utah event where he drove the rockcrawler named, "Tiny." However, the nicest guy in rockcrawling is here with his arm in a cast ready to spot for what has been deemed their last rock crawling competition driving the rig called, "Tiny." Bundrant recently put the championship rockcrawling rig up for sale. UROC Pro-National competitors Jason Scherer and Jeff Mello have purchased "Tiny" and its been said they are taking it home to Northern California from here in Jellico, Tennessee. Without any formal or official statement from Team All Pro Racing or Bundrant, it appears that his professional rockcrawling career will end after this Jellico event. McRae did tell ORC staffers that he recently purchased the famed "Karnivore" rig that had been given away at the 2003 Supercrawl and he looks forward to being at events showing off the rig for BFGoodrich Motorsports. Many have speculated where McRae will end up, whether as a driver or spotter for the next championship team, but their is no doubt that King Full Pull will return to the winner's circle in the near future.

 

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