Chris Marshall started his fabrication career helping his dad build a brush guard for his ’92 S-10 Blazer. At the age of 14 or 15, his dad was buying up cheap tools to fix and resell, and it snowballed from the brush guard to a roof rack to projects on his own 1991 Explorer.
Chris says, “I started working on projects for friends and trying to learn everything I could. Over the next ten or so years I worked as a landscaper, a structural steel welder and a parts runner for an auto parts company all while doing fab projects in my dad’s garage on the weekends. I wanted to end up with my own “official” fab shop. Well the landscaping business I was working for was drying up fast and I needed to come up with another job asap. My wife and I were settled into our house, she had a good job, it seemed like a great time to start a business. So almost 3 years ago to the day I opened up shop and started doing what I love for a living!”
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Rausch Creek Off Road Park occupies 3,000 acres in the heart of Pennsylvania’s coal region. It is also the sight of the upcoming fourth running of the Ultra4 4WD Hardware Rausch Creek. The “Rausch Creek Qualifier” will be the first of two Eastern Regional Series qualifying races for the 2013 King of the Hammers.
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by NC4x4 on April 28, 2012 at 5:01 pm
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The Traxxas Offroad Championship 2012 Series opens this weekend at the dirt track at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Presented by AMSOIL, this is short course off-road truck racing in a stadium setting! The epic battle at Charlotte, last year, between Ricky Johnson and Johnny Greaves was the series’ most talked about race of the year. The two are set to square off again this weekend…
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by NC4x4 on April 19, 2012 at 9:58 pm
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Scott Fields is well-known throughout central North Carolina as a go-to guy for just about anything ‘URE’. A Charter Member of the United Four Wheel Drive Association and a Forest Service volunteer for over 25 years, Scott was instrumental in getting 4×4 access trails at Uwharrie National Forest. He has not only acted as a liaison between the USFS, 4×4 clubs, and ATV clubs, but he helped in the design of the OHV Trail Systems at Uwharrie and Tellico.
As off-road enthusiasts, Scott Fields is one of our best advocates, spokesmen and lobbyists.
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by NC4x4 on March 23, 2012 at 10:45 am
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When the subject of this weekend’s ECORS season opener at the Flats came up Brad Carrier said, “we are 100% on and ready to kick ass.” He admits he may not be the poster child for sponsorship but, on the track, he always drives the wheels off his rig.
Actually, since the inaugural ECORS race in October 2009, he’s shown at least one XJ to its demise. He ran most of the Vale race in June, 2010, without brakes. Read More »
by NC4x4 on March 14, 2012 at 10:31 am
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After finishing out 2011 by winning the ECORS finale at Windrock, Shawn Fisher is getting back to his roots. Applying his midwestern work ethic and explosive driving style to the 2012 season, he’s taking aim at the best dirt tracks and rock obstacles the east coast and midwest have to offer. His sights are set on the 2013 King of the Hammers and, if things go according to plan, his competitors are in the rear view.
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by NC4x4 on March 12, 2012 at 10:53 am
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Sean Rose qualified for the 2011 Griffin King of the Hammers at the ECORS Harlan Qualifier in August, 2010, on a shredded right front tire. His 914 buggy arrived in Johnson Valley last February with a bang when the transmission blew up while backing off the trailer. Sean had been Shawn Fisher’s co-driver at the 2010 KOH and was determined not to lose his chance to make a dream into reality: to drive in the epic race and take his shot at a chance to raise the sceptre as King of the Hammers. He and his dedicated crew put it all back together during the week on the lake bed but he rolled going up Outer Limits on his second lap.
After qualifying at Rausch Creek last May, Team Fourward Momentum is heading west this week for the 2012 Griffin King of the Hammers!
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by NC4x4 on January 28, 2012 at 7:11 pm
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If you’ve got the ability and opportunity… and you’re NOT doing it… then you’re doing it wrong.
The 2012 Griffin King of the Hammers is in two weeks! Stay tuned for stories on some of our friends heading out to compete for the crown and for the new EveryMan trophy!
Hammertown opens in just a little more than a week!
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by NC4x4 on January 25, 2012 at 10:33 pm
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If you’ve got the ability and opportunity… and you’re NOT doing it… then you’re doing it wrong.
Events…
The 2012 Open Run at Crozet will be this Saturday, January 21 & Sunday, January 22, 2012. Search 6000 Bearwood Rd., Crozet, VA 22932 for directions. A non-member pre-registration form can be found on the RCPFA website here.
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The 2012 Griffin King of the Hammers is fast approaching! Hammertown opens in just a little more than two weeks!
photo credit to Will Wissman
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by NC4x4 on January 18, 2012 at 11:36 pm
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