The first lap saw carnage such as body damage , flat tires , busted shocks , and damage of parts deemed as being “ bullet proof ” little did they know of the wickedness of the terrain at Rausch Creek . Doug Bigelow , starting in row 5 , was running a good Race until coming out of “ CV Hillclimb ”, brought the front wheels off the ground and upon landing , the high steer arm snapped . Here ’ s what Doug had to say .... “ Disappointed that I didn ’ t qualify for the KOH race at the RCQ , But , know we did everything to try and get there . Starting ninth and by the second lap we were sitting in Fourth when on the CV hill climb I broke a high steer arm . Pulled it off and walked the couple of miles back to the pits , got it welded back up , then walked back and got it on the Yukon buggy and got back to work . The field was starting to fall apart and mentally , I , could count that I was back up in the Top ten again . Half way thru my fourth lap I was stopped by KOH Ops and they told me my fuel cell was leaking . I stuffed twigs up in the small hole in the Can and got it stopped and they let me continue . At the pits before my 5th lap KOH ops again checked it to make sure it was safe to continue , then my guys found a loose pressure return Fitting that was spraying fuel into the can . They fixed it and Dave Cole told me I had about an hour to finish and to get on my way . I smoked all the climbs again at Jotters and the CV trail and then noticed my throttle was starting to stick . It was about a 1 / 4 stuck and when
I got thru all the rock sections and down to the go fat noticed my brakes were fading
from trying to hold it back . I shut it down and got out and found the throttle gobbled up with mud . Buckled up real quick and got going again thru the fast section . I had one small section of rocks to go thru again and the throttle started to stick , going over one of the last rocks the high steer arm we welded earlier broke at the weld . Immediately I knew my day was done .
I pulled the arm again and started the couple mile walk back thru the woods to the pits . With no time left to get it fixed and the last couple of finishers crossing the finish line we called it a day . We never gave up !!!!!
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