Author Archives: NC4x4

ECORS Harlan KOH Qualifier Live Coverage

Live Coverage Begins at 9AM Saturday Morning. Click Here to Watch

NC4×4 T-Shirt No-Sale Pre-Sale Ends Tonight

The No-Sale Pre-Sale has been going strong for the past week, but time is quickly running out. If you haven’t posted your pre-order in the forum thread, you have until midnight tonight to make the cutoff. Pre-orders will guarantee shirt availability and one lucky poster will get a free shirt.
Expect shirts to be available in [...]

ECORS – “Prelude to the Q”

ECORS travels to Vale, NC this weekend for the last race before the Harlan KOH Qualifier. If you’re planning on going, check out this thread in the forum or get details on the ECORS website. Racing kicks off at 9AM on Saturday, so be sure to get there early.
Admission is $10 in advance or $12 [...]

2010 May Jam at Uwharrie Adventures

The annual May Jam returns to Uwharrie Adventures on Memorial Day weekend. The fun kicks off on Friday evening with a Back to Back Grudge Pull.
The action is non-stop on Saturday. First round qualifying on the race track runs all day long. Racers will run single car time trials, with the best times moving [...]

Calendar of Events Added

You might have noticed a new addition to the navigation bar on the right side of the screen. We’ve added a Calendar of Events listing all the major 4wd events on the East Coast. This list is populated in part with information from the Upcoming Events section of the forum, but if you don’t see [...]

T-Shirt Competition First Round Voting Ends Monday Night!

The T-Shirt Design Competition voting is now underway. The top ten finishers in this round will move on to the finals next week. The polling closes on Monday, November 16, at 11pm. Remember, this is for top ten, so pay attention to the guys on the cusp, this is where most of the action will [...]

Benefit Ride for St. Jude Children’s Hospital – Dec. 5

Carolina Backwoods is hosting a charity ride on December 5th at their park in Ash, NC, near Myrtle Beach. It will run from 9am to 9pm, and include a poker run, mud bog, hill climb, grudge race, and hide and seek. Events are mostly geared towards 4×4s and ATVs, but everyone is welcome.
There will be [...]

ROCK’VEMBER at Uwharrie this Weekend

Pack the rig, let’s go!

ECORS Fall Brawl 2009

We’re on site in Mountain City. If you’re nearby, pack your bags and come on out.

Hobart’s New Battery-Powered MIG

Hobart has introduced a self-contained MIG capable of welding in the field without an additional power source. The 52 pound Trek 180 has two thin plate pure lead (TPPL) batteries inside mated to an inverter-based welder. Together, the system is capable of up to 100 inches of weld with .030 flux core wire on 1/8″ [...]

More on the Redrock Wilderness Act

Shannon Bushman has a nice piece posted at UTV Weekly on the Redrock Wilderness Act.
“Recently my father passed away. I think of things he said often. One of his sayings was “There is a difference between scratching your ass and tearing it all to hell”. It fits a lot of things we [...]

Ram to Become Its Own Brand?

Ram is looking increasingly likely to become its own brand, producing light trucks, vans, commercial vehicles, and some SUVs under own name. Dodge would become Chrysler’s “performance” brand, focusing on affordable, sporty cars and wagons, while Chrysler would be positioned to compete with Cadillac and Lexus in the luxury market.
Dodge will also be dropped from [...]

‘Contention’ – RCrocs DVD Coming Soon

HeavyMetalConcepts has released the trailer for their forthcoming RCrocs DVD. Titled ‘Contention’, the video features footage from all three RCrocs 2009 rockcrawling competitions and both endurance races.
The DVD will be available in November. Check out the video below the fold.

2011 Ford Super Duty Unveiled

Ford revealed their new Super Duty pickup truck line at the Texas State Fair today. While details of the new 6.7L diesel motor have been known for several weeks, this is the first time that Ford has shown off the body work and features of the new Super Duty line.
Among the new features for the [...]

W.E.ROCK 2010 Schedule

Lil’ Rich has posted the dates for the W.E.ROCK 2010 competition schedule. They are as follows:
Western U.S. Nationals #1: March 27-28, Oroville, CA
Western U.S. Nationals #2: April 24-25, Tucson, AZ
Western U.S. Nationals #3: June 19-20, Reno, NV
Western U.S. Nationals #4: August 14-15, Utah
Eastern U.S. Nationals #1: May 22-23, Rausch Creek, PA
Eastern U.S. Nationals #2: June [...]