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MASTERCRAFT
Easter Jeep Safari Coverage -
Wednesday
5:30 P.M.
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Hell's Revenge Jeep Trail - Moab, Utah - The legends and top champions of professional rock crawling, top media personalities and off-road
industry manufacturers all converged to participate in the
Mastercraft
Trail Ride under the stormy skies of the Moab Valley. The rain poured down as the trail ride began to kick off from the Spanish Trail Arena, however the rain and hail only deterred only a few as the list of attending
champions was impressive, as
Mastercraft
is
"The Preferred Seat of Champions."
Off-road racing champion Walker Evans, 2004 SCORE International Class 1 Off-Road Champion John Marking, UROC Supercrawl III Champions Dean Bulloch & Karl Munford, UROC Champion Johnny G, UROC Champion Jason Paule, Pro Rock Champions Joachim Schweisow & Brian Errea as well as many others. The professionals of off-road rubbed shoulders at this epic event with some of the biggest names in the off-road industry. Joining the crew for the trail ride was BFGoodrich Light Truck Manager - Gary Enterline, BFGoodrich Off-Road Manager Dennis Weaver, Skyjacker's Lonnie McCurry Jr., Fabtech's Brent Riley, DIRTsports Publisher Jim Ryan and National Sales Director Kurt Miller, Primedia's Christian Lee and Fred
Williams, as well as many other top industry people.
Soon the rain slowed to a slight drizzle and then the it stopped completely.
All the
Mastercraft
Trail Ride Champions were headed up the first of many fins here on the slickrock of the Moab Valley. The trail, Hell's Revenge, begins with a sharp climb up the first fin of slickrock. With nearly 40 trail rigs headed out for some fun on the rocks of Hell's Revenge, the fun had just
begun.
Rigs were wheeling up the first 18" inch bump where the first of the carnage begin. A very well equipped rig suffered a broken front link rod sidelining a few rigs as repairs were made. CRANE High Clearance provided the latest in Premier Power welding as the link rod was welded
in order for the rig to get back to town and make repairs.
DIRTsports Publisher - Jim Ryan navigated his 1969 Ford Bronco through the entire ride as if he just finished winning the W.E. Rock event last weekend. Walker Evans demonstrated his keen sense of veteran off-road travel as
he took
Mastercraft
CEO-Robbie Pierce for a side trip in the Walker Evans Jeep trail rig. Pierce later commented, " Walker is so good. He put that Jeep in places that are
unbelievable and once again showed why he is a champion."
JohnnyG, a veteran professional rockcrawler, drove his Pinzgauer on the trail ride. The Pinzgauer is a six-wheeled military vehicle utilizing a 1200 cc Volkswagen motor. Built by the Swiss for troop transport, JohnnyG wheeled the six-wheel rig throughout the trail ride with a big smile. JohnnyG's Pinzgauer was equipped with six BFGoodrich Mud Terrains that performed at top levels on the slickrocks of Moab. Rock On Motorsports Papparrazzi - Brittany Sanchez rode shotgun with Johnny G for a short while and said, "Wow, that front window is huge and the rig sits
pretty high so heading straight down the slick rock face was ahhhhh...scary!"
The crew rallied at Hell's Gate where some of the crew enjoyed lunch and the hardcore rock crawlers had a real chance to showcase their moves in
competition rock crawling rigs.
Not long after lunch the skies of the Moab Valley began to darken and before anyone knew it we were in a complete hail storm. Well, a little hail
storm wasn't going to stop the
Mastercraft
Trail Ride Champions and the ride went on.
As the hail storm blasted the slick rock the rigs continued on the trail with Red Rock 4 Wheelers Guide - Eddie Geough leading the way. The skies cleared once again and the final couple obstacles were tackled as SCORE International Class 1 Champion - John Marking spotted the line of trail
rigs through the final tough spot.
The crew exited Hell's Revenge trail and all met up at the road for many laughs and stories from the 2005 Mastercraft Trail Ride at the Easter
Jeep Safari.
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Lee & Skip riding in style this afternoon in one of Skyjacker's number 1 rock rigs!!
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Walker Evans joined us this afternoon showing everyone on the trail his professional rock crawling skills, he just crawled his way through the trail this afternoon.
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"Little Marking" - she's not scared...she's driving with the 2004 SCORE Class 1 champion!!
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Professional Rock Crawler, Jason Paule took PSC's CEO Tom Allan out for a spin.
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Rock Runner Racing's Professional Rock Crawling Champion's Brian Errea and Joachim Schweisow took their champion rock rig out to conquer Hell's Revenge...
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Mastercraft Sponsored Aaron Dusenbery testing out the "Lil' Bastard"
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Nick Sessions brought out all the Extreme Engineering rigs today to have a little fun on the rocks...
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Gary Enterline, BFGoodrich's Light Truck Brand Category Manager, went out for a ride today with 2004 UROC Pro-National Champion Dean Bulloch.
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Mastercraft's
Lizard kept everyone smiling all day long.
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Skyjacker's
Crew was gettin' after it all day long in their rock rigs!
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Red Rock 4 Wheeler Guide - Eddie Geough led the way in his custom
painted pink, purple and white camoflauge design truck.
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Skyjacker's Larry Conville and Lee McGuire joined the Mastercraft trail
ride for a great day of fun on the slickrock of Moab, Utah.
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DIRTsports Publisher - Jim Ryan drove his 1969 Ford Bronco all day long showing the young bucks of the slickrock what a 25-year veteran
of the off-road industry can do with some pure Ford power.
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MASTERCRAFT
Easter Jeep Safari Coverage -
Wednesday
9:00 A.M.
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Moab,
Utah -
The
first annual
Mastercraft
Trail Ride at the Easter Jeep Safari kicked off this morning with a huge
crowd of industry insiders attending the trail ride hosted by
Mastercraft
CEO - Robbie Pierce.
Mastercraft
has been a big part of the ever growing off-road industry for 30 years. Red Rock 4 Wheelers Guide Eddie Geough arrived this morning to lead the
crew through the Hell's Revenge trail.
Check
back this afternoon for a full report on the
Mastercraft
Trail Ride.
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Carnage Crew Racing's Aaron Dusenbery woed the early morning crowd with his new Subaru powered single seat competition rig. The
Carnage Crew is sponsored by Mastercraft. Visit them at
www.mastercraftseats.com
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The Easter Jeep Safari ORC event coverage is presented by ? Mastercraft Seats ? The Preferred Seat of Champions and Skyjacker Suspension. Many thanks to Mastercraft Seats and Skyjacker Suspension for making this
coverage possible. Visit them at
www.MastercraftSeats.com
and
www.Skyjacker.com
Past
Jeep Safari Coverage on Off-Road.com
Travel back in time, and get a dose of Moab red rock. A great time capsule of how the event has evolved (and the changes in our
staff and formatting!)
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1996
Coverage
ORC Staff first ventures to the Jeep Safari - check out the famed
"Lion's Back"
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1996
First Timers
Blowing the dust off the Archives, it looks like Senior Staff went too - but never finished the story!
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1998
Coverage
We previewed the event only - could it be that the reporter
didn't make it home alive?!
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1999
Event
Four ORC staff beef up their rigs and take you on the trails
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2000
Moab
It's
not just for Jeeps - Toyotas Tackle the Rocks too
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2001
Jeep Safari
The
year of Snow and Eco-Protests
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2002
Photo Gallery
A quick trip to Moab nets us brief coverage, but we didn't skimp
on the photos
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2004
Easter Jeep Safari
Trail Rides, feature vehicles, and more ....
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