Archive for April, 2015

Pride in workmanship.

April 28th2015

Pride In Workmanship

Nothing better than seeing pride & craftsmanship from our Spider 9 builders. Check out this Spider 9 trussing and armor work from Spidertrax licensed distributor Offroad-Armoury of the UK, just beautiful! These Spider 9s are finding their home on Ferdinando Bartolucci’s new King of Italy Eurofighter build. Mark our words, King of Italy is going to be one fast & competitive race.

Photo by Offroad-Armoury.

MetalCloak Stampede is going to be big.

April 27th2015
Spidertrax | Thom Kingston | CC BY 3.0

Spidertrax | Thom Kingston | CC BY 3.0

In a nice repeat from last year, the 2015 MetalCloak Stampede (slated for May 8th – 9th) is shaping up to be one massive race. Over 100 of the top Ultra4 racers are already registered, with rigs now all nice and shiny after the carnage that was #koh2015, so there is no question how intense the level competition will be. Tom Wayes took last year’s win, in the same car that won this same race the previous year by Jason Scherer. So many great rigs and drivers this year, it will be anyone’s race to win and a close race to the very end.

Full disclosure this go around… I (Thom) will be unable to make this year’s race in person. It’s a tough one for me, having not missed a single Ultra4 race domestic & international for well over a year now, but I’m going to be a Dad (for the 4th time now) so duty calls in the most important place, home with the family. Haven’t gotten word on official live coverage from Ultra4, so if you’re going to be at the race and enjoy taking selfies & pictures of food, be sure to hashtag #ncs2015 so I may be selfish and see what all is happening.

Best of luck to all drivers & teams, and PLEASE be safe out there. Courtesy of Ultra4Racing.com, here’s that list of registered drivers for the 2015 MetalCloak Stampede.

Name Class Car #
Alex Hardaway 4400 4481
Andrew McLaughlin 4400 4493
Andy Brown 4400 4455
Bailey Campbell 4400 35
Brandon Johnson 4400 4425
brendon thompson 4400 1776
Brent Goegebeur 4400 4473
Brian Caprara 4400 9901
Brian Wood 4400 4477
Bruce Szember 4400 11
Chris Hoyt 4400 53
Darren Henke 4400 4441
David Gomez 4400 4484
Derek West 4400 4420
Don Fisher 4400 1982
Doug Evans 4400 4457
Dustin Sexton 4400 4437
Eric Brinker 4400 312
Eric Miramon 4400 4215
Gary Ferravanti Sr 4400 44
Greg Adler 4400 210
Jake Yeoman 4400 1977
Jason Blanton 4400 966
Jeremy Ealand 4400 1014
Jesse Jurado 4400 45
Joe Arrowsmith 4400 2044
Joe Hutchins 4400 530
Joe Varga 4400 2727
Jon Cagliero 4400 27
Justin Foxworthy 4400 10
Keith Xavier 4400 4459
Kenneth Goodall 4400 7779
Kevin Yoder 4400 4434
Levi Shirley 4400 81
Loren Healy 4400 67
Marcos Gomez 4400 4486
Mark Danzo 4400 524
Matt Trebino 4400 31
mike bou 4400 54
Mike Klensin 4400 4431
Paul Horschel 4400 19
Randy Rodd 4400 4407
Rob Kirby 4400 65
Rod Kaven 4400 833
Rowdy Trubenbach 4400 3006
Scott Foley 4400 75
Scott Lewis 4400 911
Shannon Campbell 4400 5az
Todd McCullen 4400 4422
Tom Wayes 4400 321
Troy Stone 4400 429
Wayland Campbell 4400 3az
Alan Johnson 4500 4511
Andrew Gorman 4500 4552
Cody McBride 4500 689
Jason Wilkins 4500 4596
JEREMY EATON 4500 4509
Jordan Townsend 4500 4580
Josh Niebuhr 4500 4519
Justin Hall 4500 13
Keith Ulinger 4500 4554
Makinzie Alavazo 4500 11
Mike Bedwell 4500 4540
Mike Ladd 4500 4583
Morgan DeRodeff 4500 4518
Paul Bickerton 4500 4578
Pete Fierro 4500 4539
Shawn Rants 4500 4531
Andrew Goodell 4600 4640
Ben Varozza 4600 4612
brian behrend 4600 4648
Brian Hays 4600 4672
David Miller 4600 4623
kevin adler 4600 4602
Matthew Peterson 4600 4608
Melvin Wade, III 4600 4651
Sean McNamara 4600 4696
Bailey Cole 4700 47XX
Damon Bradshaw 4700 47XX
Luke Johnson 4700 47XX
Ricky Johnson 4700 47XX
Yukon Driver 4700 47XX
Dave Schneider 4800 4871
Dennis Lapp 4800 4840
Ernie Hardaway 4800 4881
Justin Day 4800 23
KURTIS HARRYMAN 4800 4829
Kyle/Jade Wickham 4800 4823
Matthew Kile 4800 4836
Mike Amaral 4800 4828
Mike Ortega 4800 4458
Rick Waterbury 4800 444
Robert Daly 4800 775
Rory Romero 4800 4813
Ross Glave 4800 4802
Sean Leonardini 4800 4824
Tylor Trammell 4800 4850
Andrew Gorman UTV Pro 1958
John Duckworth UTV Pro 1920
Luke Horschel UTV Pro
Melvin Wade, IV UTV Pro 1951
Brian Hogue UTV Sportsman 1915
Darian Gomez UTV Sportsman 90
Darren Mitchell UTV Sportsman 127
Nathan Unruh UTV Sportsman
Phil Cagliero UTV Sportsman 1667

Business Time — 2014 King of the Mountains

April 24th2015
Spidertrax | Thom Kingston | CC BY 3.0

Spidertrax | Thom Kingston | CC BY 3.0

It Rains Mud in Hot Springs — 2014 Genright Ultra4s at Superlift

April 23rd2015
Spidertrax | Thom Kingston | CC BY 3.0

Spidertrax | Thom Kingston | CC BY 3.0

Point and Go — 2014 Sturgis Off-Road Blowout

April 22nd2015
Spidertrax | Thom Kingston | CC BY 3.0

Spidertrax | Thom Kingston | CC BY 3.0