Winching, with Throttle — 2013 Widia Rausch Creek Qualifier
April 17th2013
Spidertrax | Thom Kingston | CC BY 3.0
Archive for April, 2013
Attack on Jotters — 2013 Widia Rausch Creek Qualifier
April 17th2013
Spidertrax | Thom Kingston | CC BY 3.0
Rock Beats Scissor, Pro Series Housing Beats Rock — 2013 Widia Rausch Creek Qualifier
April 16th2013
Spidertrax | Thom Kingston | CC BY 3.0
Fast Start, Fast Finish — 2013 Widia Rausch Creek Qualifier
April 15th2013
Spidertrax | Thom Kingston | CC BY 3.0
Once again, driver skill & attrition played keyed roles in the latest of Ultra4 competitions. The 2013 Widia Rausch Creek Qualifier went down last Saturday, in the unpredictable weathered terrain of Pennsylvania’s Rausch Creek Off-Road Park. Maybe unpredictable is the wrong description here, every year seems to bring a delicate balance of fog and rain that no other Ultra4 race delivers. No complaints, of course, it’s the weather and course structure that make Rausch Creek so unique in the Ultra4 series.
So, who won? Top honor’s go to Derek West and his Spider 9 powered Ultra4, who took to this year’s course with just the right mixture of speed and consistency His laps were so consistent, in fact, that we were able to pace and shoot the entire race off his lap times. Right behind Derek was former King Erik Miller and his Spider 9 powered Ultra4, who in-spite of suffering two flats and an unhappy motor, finished less than two minutes behind Derek. With that, congrats to both Derek West (1st) and Erik Miller (2nd), and their hard-working teams, for an incredibly run race.
We get a little break from rock racing competition with the next Ultra4, the 4 Wheel Parts Glen Helen Grand Prix, not happening until May 25th. Till then, we’ll be posting up a few photos from the 2013 Widia Rausch Creek Qualifier right here, throughout the week.
| Finish | Car # | Driver Name | Total Elapsed Time |
| 1 | 4420 | Derek West | 3:18:11.9 |
| 2 | 4421 | Erik Miller | 3:19:57.0 |
| 3 | 5 | Shannon Campbell | 3:53:21.3 |
| 4 | 4414 | Jason Shipman | 3:57:39.3 |
| 5 | 890 | Jonathan Terhune | 5:09:24.1 |
| 6 | 816 | Lucas Murphy | 5:10:24.1 |
| 7 | 327 | Jim Lambert | 5:11:55.9 |
| 8 | 4418 | Mike Colville | 5:14:48.2 |
| 9 | 4108 | Tim Smoluk | 5:22:29.0 |
| 10 | 49 | Matt Burkett | 5:34:16.0 |
| 11 | 929 | Mike Feagins | 5:53:41.2 |
| DNF | 4413 | Doug Bigelow | – |
| DNF | 9 | Scott Decker | – |
| DNF | 4408 | Stan Haynes | – |
| DNF | 4447 | Jay Eisenhardt | – |
| DNF | 4343 | Tim Diekman | – |
| DNF | 808 | Ak Watley | – |
| DNF | 302 | Tony Reitdorf | – |
| DNF | 328 | Matt Noulay | – |
| DNF | 222 | Jay Hopko | – |
| DNF | 4573 | Robert Matzell | – |
| DNF | 513 | Craig Jerson | – |
| DNF | 4436 | Kim Matzen | – |
| DNF | 338 | Matthew Peterson | – |
| DNF | 4644 | Tom Yash | – |
| DNF | 4580 | Jordan Townsend | – |
| DNF | 4121 | John Ripoll | – |
| DNF | 4452 | Will Carter | – |
| DNF | 5252 | Bill Baird | – |
| DNF | 6145 | Chris Schaffner | – |
Source: Ultra4Racing.com
MetalCloak Nor Cal Stampede high res photo set now available.
April 13th2013
Spidertrax | Thom Kingston | CC BY 3.0
MetalCloak Nor Cal Stampede high res photo set now available, over on Flickr @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/spidertrax/sets/72157633203885137/ . These photos are all licensed under Creative Commons Attribution, so feel free to download and share.
The action continues this weekend, today in fact, at Ultra4s WIDIA Rausch Creek Qualifiier in Pine Gove, PA. We’re here, helping out in typical fashion, and we’ll be sure to share some of these race photos next week. Be sure to join this race’s live chat as well, over at http://ultra4racing.com/live/ , all day today.
Best of luck to all drivers and teams. We’re looking forward to another weekend of great racing!