Okay since this is still fresh in my head, I'm going to drop a quick trip report for you guys.
The main plan was to assist Bob and Dust Junkies Racing with pit duties and whatever they needed us to do for Thursday and Friday. Ken, Brian and I decided to meet up at Bessemer Mine Rd at 1000 on Thursday, to meet Bob and get us in the pits to help out for the Every Man Challenge for that day. Unfortunately, as we were making our way towards the meeting point, I got a text from Bob stating they were unable to secure us pit wristbands and the BLM were being quite nazi with the situation. So, after some guidance from Bob, we headed into Hammertown to go find some pit wristbands and hangout for the rest of the day.
We found a little spot a short walk away from Gate 4, just at the base of the last course hill before the finish line, and began the hunt for DJR. After finding the DJR main camp, they pointed us to the main tent, where even more unfortunate, there was no one manning the stations. We ended up meandering about Hammertown checking out the immediate area and vendors and decided to head back to our vehicles to plan what to do next.
After watching a few race rigs roll by our area, we decided to check out Jackhammer, as Chocolate Thunder looked like a zoo from base camp. It was a pleasant dusty drive with plenty of traffic rolling in and out of Hammertown. It was like rush-hour with extreme low visibility. A dust storm. The three of us ended up staying at Jackhammer for the remainder of the day. We were able to see the rigs do their magic pretty up-close as they climbed the quite sandy and loose hill at Jackhammer. Some dug in and had to back up to gather speed, some had to take the alternate route and others were able to make it on one shot. Pretty amazing to watch these beasts work. Even got a flyover by a Marine Corps AH-1. With the sun quickly setting and the temps starting to drop, we headed back into camp about 1530 to setup and have dinner.
The main plan was to assist Bob and Dust Junkies Racing with pit duties and whatever they needed us to do for Thursday and Friday. Ken, Brian and I decided to meet up at Bessemer Mine Rd at 1000 on Thursday, to meet Bob and get us in the pits to help out for the Every Man Challenge for that day. Unfortunately, as we were making our way towards the meeting point, I got a text from Bob stating they were unable to secure us pit wristbands and the BLM were being quite nazi with the situation. So, after some guidance from Bob, we headed into Hammertown to go find some pit wristbands and hangout for the rest of the day.
We found a little spot a short walk away from Gate 4, just at the base of the last course hill before the finish line, and began the hunt for DJR. After finding the DJR main camp, they pointed us to the main tent, where even more unfortunate, there was no one manning the stations. We ended up meandering about Hammertown checking out the immediate area and vendors and decided to head back to our vehicles to plan what to do next.
After watching a few race rigs roll by our area, we decided to check out Jackhammer, as Chocolate Thunder looked like a zoo from base camp. It was a pleasant dusty drive with plenty of traffic rolling in and out of Hammertown. It was like rush-hour with extreme low visibility. A dust storm. The three of us ended up staying at Jackhammer for the remainder of the day. We were able to see the rigs do their magic pretty up-close as they climbed the quite sandy and loose hill at Jackhammer. Some dug in and had to back up to gather speed, some had to take the alternate route and others were able to make it on one shot. Pretty amazing to watch these beasts work. Even got a flyover by a Marine Corps AH-1. With the sun quickly setting and the temps starting to drop, we headed back into camp about 1530 to setup and have dinner.
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I'll keep that in mind for my next reports.