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The coolest motorsport you've never seen.(competitions of car racing)(Brief article)
Byline: Phil Floraday
Rock racing is bizarre. The idea combines negotiating obstacles and flat-out drag racing, with a sprinkling of Monster Garage thrown in. Custom-built buggies race over boulders you likely couldn't traverse with a rope and pitons.
Rock racing's roots lie in the arcane "sport'' of rock crawling. That's where low-slung, spider-like buggies creep up impossible grades and frequently come to rest on their lids. Now add a stopwatch to the mix and some spectators (who nap during rock crawling), and you have rock racin'!
You won't find big-name chassis makes as you would at other open-wheel series; these guys arm themselves with welders and build world-class shops on their own. Rusty Bray is a newcomer to the Xtreme Rock Racing Association scene, but he's taken the sport by storm and is poised to take top honors in the XRRA Eastern division. Bray has been rock crawling and four-wheeling for about 20 years and loves the way in which the new sport has evolved: "Rock crawling is cool, but if you can add ...
- Goodyear Off-roaders Seek New Venue for Extreme Rock Crawling.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire December 17, 2001 700+ words
...Ohio -- How about hosting an extreme rock crawling event in your own backyard? Rocks...backyard must handle large crowds of rock- crawling fans. Sort of a Woodstock with boulders...host the Goodyear/Skyjacker Extreme Rock Crawling Nationals. Ranch Pratt, president...
- W.E.ROCK Signs Major Sponsor for 2008 Rock Crawling Championship Series.
- Press release article from: Business Wire October 31, 2007 700+ words
...major sponsor of the 2008 World Extreme Rock Crawling Championship Series. "This partnership...Our mandate is to continue to push Rock Crawling even beyond the standards that have...variety of extreme sports businesses and Rock Crawling is definitely NOT for the faint of...
- Goodyear, ARCA Expand Rock Crawling Series.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire September 26, 2000 700+ words
...would expand the Goodyear-sponsored rock crawling series in 2001. ARCA President Ranch...would be renamed the Goodyear National Rock Crawling Championship Series. ARCA, based...supports ARCA's expansion plans. "Rock crawling has an excellent future, but it needs...
- 2007 Rock Crawling Champions to be Crowned at Season Finale.
- Press release article from: Business Wire September 11, 2007 700+ words
...report W.E.ROCK (World Extreme Rock Crawling Championship Series) an off-road...company will hold their Grand National Rock Crawling Championships in Spring, Texas September...Wholesalers store in northern Houston. Rock-crawling fans will have the opportunity to meet...
- Second Goodyear Rock-Crawling Event Goes to Extremes.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire April 7, 2000 700+ words
...PRNewswire/ -- The second Goodyear Extreme Rock Crawling Championship next month pits two Arizona...to claim the first Goodyear Extreme Rock Crawling Championship. Shannon Campbell, 29...It's not like I'm out there rock-crawling every weekend. My time is spent in...
- California Man Wins Rock Crawling Competition near Roosevelt, Utah.
- News wire article from: San Antonio Express-News (San Antonio, TX) July 28, 2000 700+ words
...something a bit less strenuous: extreme rock crawling. And as a rookie in his third competition...in last weekend's Goodyear Extreme Rock Crawling Championship Series. Driving a highly...obstacle after obstacle with their rock-crawling vehicles. But Evans said the environment...
- Dustin Webster, Rock Crawling Champion and Event Promotion Expert Joins...
- Press release article from: Business Wire October 4, 2007 700+ words
...Motorsports Marketing Executive and veteran Rock Crawling Champion as Executive Director of W...competition. "As a top competitor in Rock Crawling, and a specialist in event promotion...that we now have the depth to take Rock Crawling to where it should be. I look forward...
- Rhino Outdoor International (ROI) To Acquire World Extreme Rock Crawling...
- Press release article from: Business Wire August 21, 2007 700+ words
...agreement to purchase the World Extreme Rock Crawling Championships Series (W.E.ROCK...for the fast growing motor sport of rock crawling. In 2007 W.E.ROCK sanctioned and produced nine rock crawling championship events throughout the...
- Taking it to the limit: Rock crawling competition concludes today in Lucerne.
- Newspaper article from: Daily Press (Victorville, CA) September 23, 2007 700+ words
...LUCERNE VALLEY -- Professional rock crawling driver Becca Webster likes to push...of the Superlift ProROCK Nationals Rock Crawling Championship Series final at Cougar...Becca and Dustin have been competing in rock crawling for the last seven years and have seen...
- Rhino Outdoor International (ROI) Completes Acquisition of World Extreme Rock...
- Press release article from: Business Wire October 3, 2007 700+ words
...the acquisition of World Extreme Rock Crawling Championships Series (W.E.ROCK...for the fast growing motor sport of Rock Crawling. In 2007 W.E.ROCK sanctioned and produced nine rock crawling championship events throughout the...
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