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My friend Mike and I have recently formed a competition team over here (Western Australia) named "Green Oval Experience", comprising of my D3 (to compete in standard class events) and Mike's Range Rover 2dr (twin lockers, Maxi axles, 35" Baja Claws, to compete in the modified classes). So when the Stadium Racing group here, held their first 4WD mud drag competition Easter Saturday, we just had to enter 8)
Along with the 4WD dirt buggy racing and stock cars on the speedway, 6 of us turned up to brave the three 50 metre pits that they had dug out of the clay base and filled with water. Our two vehicles, a TJ Jeep with twin lockers on 36" muddies, a CJ7 Jeep with Detroit lockers on 37" muddies, a twin lockered Nissan GQ ute on 35" tyres, and a huge Toyota Landcruiser ute with 38" tyres, a huge lift kit etc etc. My D3 was the only standard vehicle there, so it looked like we'd be winning that class before we'd even got one wheel muddy!!
The three "pits" were rated "easy" (1 ~ 2 ft deep), "medium" ( about 3ft deep) and "no way through" (3 ~ 4 ft), run in that order. The clay-based mud was sticky enough that you couldn't put your foot in it and pull it out without losing a shoe - as I found out during the drivers' meeting I didn't think we'd get out of pit 1 (there was a sharp bank at the end of each pit, buried in mud).
Anyway, to cut a long story short (there were 8 runs staggered over 6 hours), we actually won the event
By the start of the 7th run, only the Rangie and the D3 were still competing - suspension problems, detonating diffs and electrics all took their toll on the others. Even so, we still actually ran the whole course faster than anyone else, even before most of them started dropping out
It was a great start for our new team, and the looks from both spectators and officials when I turned up at the start line in my "little" standard D3 were just priceless
Enjoy the photos - there's also a lot of video, that I'll put up at YouTube later this week.
Cheers,
Gordonex - 2006 D3 TDV6 SE, silver, with lots of stuff - R.I.P.
ex - 2009 D3 TDV6 SE, silver, had lots of stuff too!
Now - 2010 RRS 3.0 TDV6, rimini red, 18" rims + Cooper LTZ, rear eLocker, Spider tuning box, GOE protection plates and rock sliders, GOE 3way shortened rods.
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24th Mar 2008 11:30 am
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Well done Gordon.
I would like to have seen their faces when you won. “There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely gamesâ€
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24th Mar 2008 11:55 am
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Rock on, mate!
I would have loved to have seen the faces of the "it can't be any good if it's shiny" brigadewhen you trounced the lot of 'em.
cheers
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24th Mar 2008 1:22 pm
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Ha ha well done Gordon! Must have been so fun!! I'm not so good at giving advice...may I offer you a sarcastic comment instead?
Gordonex - 2006 D3 TDV6 SE, silver, with lots of stuff - R.I.P.
ex - 2009 D3 TDV6 SE, silver, had lots of stuff too!
Now - 2010 RRS 3.0 TDV6, rimini red, 18" rims + Cooper LTZ, rear eLocker, Spider tuning box, GOE protection plates and rock sliders, GOE 3way shortened rods.
24th Mar 2008 2:37 pm
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Jeep may come, but they don't get you home.
Well done, looks as if it were a realy great time for all that didn't break bits on the trucks.Rob Smith
Silver rools OK
24th Mar 2008 9:34 pm
disco4x4au
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Gordonex - 2006 D3 TDV6 SE, silver, with lots of stuff - R.I.P.
ex - 2009 D3 TDV6 SE, silver, had lots of stuff too!
Now - 2010 RRS 3.0 TDV6, rimini red, 18" rims + Cooper LTZ, rear eLocker, Spider tuning box, GOE protection plates and rock sliders, GOE 3way shortened rods.
27th Mar 2008 12:17 am
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27th Mar 2008 12:26 am
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Made it look easy! “There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely gamesâ€
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27th Mar 2008 1:18 am
sideview
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That's so bad $$ Gordon, I love it!! Had to watch a couple times..even my D1 die-hard mate said 'damn'. I'm not so good at giving advice...may I offer you a sarcastic comment instead?
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half the crowd wearing thongs/flip flops sounds about right
27th Mar 2008 7:53 am
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Gordon, Brilliant!! Brought a huge smile to my face!!!!!MY2010 D4 HSE 3.0, e-diff, 19inch MTR's; LLAMS Height adjustor, LR f & r light guards, LR side steps, LR bright finish side door mouldings; LR/Mantec G4 front bash plate, LR G4 Winch kit, Warn 9500lb Winch; GOE compressor guard, Uniden UHF, LR bright finish roof rails, LR G4 driving light kit, LR G4 ladder, 4 x extra rear compartment 12V sockets, Traxide dual battery system and Optima Yellowtop battery, ORS drawer system / fridge slide, LED rear compartment lighting.
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I didn't think we'd get out of pit 1 (there was a sharp bank at the end of each pit, buried in mud).
$$ Gordon, I love it!! Had to watch a couple times..even my D1 die-hard mate said 'damn'. 
