Tuff Truck 08 as with previous years lived up to all expectations. I took my father and good friend Ryan once again. This is an event my father never stops raving about, for a man of 65+ he is like a big boy when it comes to this stuff. We made early start this year to ensure a good camping spot and by midday we were all setup and ready for the action.
Friday nights mud proved a little hard for some with only a handful of trucks completing the course, while others had plenty of work to get their trucks right again. Saturday had teams tackling 3 new stages plus a few of the old faithfuls, some teams were successfully, others were quick to learn the wrong way and few even laid their vehicles over or worse, onto their roof.
As the day progressed it was evident that the only winner, was the course. Countless trucks had to return to the pits for repairs with a few trucks having to retire from the event.
Saturday nights mud was less impressive than the previous nights and it wasn’t long before the crowd turned to making its own fun. Thank you to those ladies who had the male crowd going wild. Sunday started slowly, weary heads, more retirements, but amongst the dust would come an outstanding drive. The devils marbles brought out the best in some while the rock garden proved to be the place to loose a bit of paintwork. A runaway tyre and a rollover nearly proved fatal for spectators. Eventually as the dust settled and the storm clouds rolled in the winner by only 8 points was “Team Evolution” in the huge GU Patrol.
Bring on next year, I’ll be there
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