2/23/2000 Off Broadway (Hard)

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1st day's group, including 5 D90's
From left, Rich H., Greg J., and Matt P. 
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Antonio watches the side on our D90
Lots of rocks, never ends !
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Green Jeep from Mexico-They drove 1100 miles to attend the event.  Very enthusiastic and nice people !
Driving between the rocks
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Our Trail Leader was Lance.  The Rovers were in the tail end of others.  5 Rovers : 
  • Alan & Mimi Dobbs (Sugar Land, TX) Yellow D90
  • Bill Ritchie (Kingwood, TX) Yellow D90 & Antonio Manega
  • Matt & Lisa Peterson (Boulder, CO) White D90
  • Greg & Brandi Jevne (Murrieta, CA) Yellow D90 & Kelly
  • Rich & Shiela Hills (Las Cruces, NM) White D90 SW

Right from the get-go it was pure Rockcrawling.

Our first casualty was a Green Jeep (from Monterey, Mexico) with a front ARB problem.   Air was blowing out the front dif vent tube, Ouch that bites.  

Everything went smooth and fun until right after the trail run we had a major failure on our Marsh Racing carbon Fiber Wheels...  At the same time two of the front tires lost air due to the breakage of the bolts on the Beadlock.  We attempted to repair them but they could not hold the air any longer.  We put our spare tire/wheel and Bill's spare.   Thanks, Bill.  Of course at the hotel at night, we uninstalled the whole thing from D90 and along with the AR Steel Wheels (we had them with Goodyear MT's), dropped at the local tire store, "Expert Tire" (Tel: 505-524-1994).  It was 7PM they were about ready to close the shop, however, they did a great favor and re-installed Swampers on Steel Wheels by the time we finished our dinner at 9:30 PM.  What a great service !

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Rich negotiates
Famous DR Flex 
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Bill Ritchie, us, and Greg's D90  
Dead Marsh Racing Wheels (lasted only for the first day)
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The Hampton Inn we stayed at (behind the gas station).  Very comfortable place & rate.