I watched some qualifying last night. I used to go and put crew for some of our club members teams when I lived in Cali, i think is was the 2010-2012 races. The cars have advanced so much, and the size and investment needed to be part of the event has grown immensely. On one hand it’s great to see how much interest and support there is for industry, and how much KOH has helped develop tech for suspensions, etc. On the other hand, it seems like the admission price to show up and even try to run competitively requires a sponsorship campaign. Guys used to literally show up in their trail rigs and rock out.
Only problem I had with KOH week was the only person driving was the driver, I’d be there all week with my rig and maybe get to run one trail chasing the race car for practice. I stopped going because it wasn’t fun, and we chose instead to go on off weeks when there were far fewer people there and you could wheel 3-4-5 trails in a day.
I will say though, watching the qualifying on Choc Thunder did get me a little fired up, especially when some of the cars hit the lines clean and have a killer run. I miss that place, and hope one day to get back there and wheel.
Only problem I had with KOH week was the only person driving was the driver, I’d be there all week with my rig and maybe get to run one trail chasing the race car for practice. I stopped going because it wasn’t fun, and we chose instead to go on off weeks when there were far fewer people there and you could wheel 3-4-5 trails in a day.
I will say though, watching the qualifying on Choc Thunder did get me a little fired up, especially when some of the cars hit the lines clean and have a killer run. I miss that place, and hope one day to get back there and wheel.
