The Envelope, Please?
With two days of competition complete, everyone could take a quick rest. The judges, however, were busy figuring out who won what. Then the scores from all the events were put into our super computer and the final winner was figured out. After all the data was downloaded, the honor of winning the first-ever Real Truck Challenge went to Kevin Walden and his trick International Scout 800. The rest of the field stacked up as follows, with the lowest points being the winner:
Special Thanks To:
Real Truck Challenge didn't just happen. It was the result of a great deal of thought and hard work on the parts of lots of people. First of all, we'd like to thank event sponsor Mickey Thompson Performance Tires and Wheels, for its support, and for supplying our frist prize awards--a set of tires. Also, Superwinch, which supplied the second prize, and to West Texas Offroad Performance, which supplied a Redneck Ram, which went to the third place finisher. Additionally, we would like to express our special appreciation to Doug Major, who served as chief judge; to Troy and Lisa Meyer, owners of Badlands Off Road Park, who closed the 4x4 side of the park for us and who saw to it that the courses were prepped to our specification; to Adam Pagels and the Hardcore Offroaders of La Porte, Indiana for their help in coordinating the competition events, for hanging sponsor banners, for setting up cones, for helping with recoveries, and for general event assistance; and to Four Wheeler staffer Ken Brubaker, who did much of the pre-event organization.
--Jon Thompson
PRTC champ Kevin Walden attacks the entrance to the Rock Garden. |
Kevin accepts his RTC plaque from Four Wheeler editor Jon Thompson. |
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