WE ROCK CEDAR CITY 2006

WE ROCK WESTERN NATIONALS ROUND TWO CEDER CITY

The second stop for the US Western Nationals was held in Cedar City, Utah

with some of the sickest courses we have seen since ‘Put Up or Shut Up’.

Just like every other event this year, there was at least one course that

just annihilated competitors all weekend long. This time it was A3.

Thirty-six

competitors attempted this obstacle and only 9 scored better than a 38.

Sometimes I think Lil Rich is a little twisted, but he always

makes with some great entertainment!

Day one of competition saw some amazing action in all the classes. Bruce

Zeller of Mad Rocks Racing jumped into an early lead in the unlimited class

with a perfect score on the untamable course A3. Zeller never looked back

and kept his lead all the way through day one. Jason Paulie was right behind

Zeller at the completion of day one only trailing by five points. Cody

Waggoner finished third, one point behind Paulie. In the legends class, lead

changes were happening all day long. Becca Webster ended up on top with “The

Ice Man”, Dean Bulloch in second and Jeff Mello right on their heels. The run

of the day hands down had to go to Terry Degan of DesertFab Motorsports.

Terry’s run on A3 was nothing short of Wicked!! No pun intended. On the

initial climb that was claiming all the competitors, Terry began to roll.

Then his foot found that all too familiar skinny pedal. He performed a

perfect pirouette on his rear tires and ended back on all fours. Sick

Terry!! Let’s hope that you got that all out of your system now, and have

moved on. Just kidding Terry!!

Going into the Shootout on day two, Bruce Zeller held onto his lead followed

by Shannon Campbell and Jason Scherer. Campbell had a perfect run and also

cleared the bonus line. This moved him into lead and left almost no room for

error for Zeller. Zeller failed to make the bonus line but was able to clear

enough gates to give him the win only six points ahead of Campbell. Congrats

to Bruce Zeller on his first win of the Season.

In the Shootout for the Legends Class Jeff Mello rolled through final gate

and ended up finishing the course upside down. Becca Webster in the Redbull

Rockher rig had a solid run and finished first ahead of Dean Bullock and

Jeff Mello.

This is Becca’s first win in WE-Rock. I am sure we will see a lot more from

her this season.

I need to give a HUGE pat on the back to Troy Bailey in the Modified Stock

class. On course C3, Troy blew out his right front tire and completely ripped

the coil over off his Maxxis sponsored Jeep. Troy was able to weld his coil over

back on and put on a new tire on, all before he had to start his next course.

Troy

went on to win the Modified Stock class. I think that is a victory well

earned.

Great job Man!!

Another great weekend put on by the Kliens. A little hot but a lot of fun as

always. Next event is the Eastern US Nationals in Jellico, Tennessee July

14-16.

See Ya’ll there!!!

Thoughts Kellen Otto

Photos Brian Gray