The team from the TLCC took out their 6th Challenge, with a 200-point margin over second placeCrown favourite Ziggy Koeck powering the bent banana Range Rover through the very deep 40-point section of the mudhole stage, on his way to 11th place overallA broken lower trailing arm while tackling the ‘All Shook Up’ stage caused absolute carnage under the Suzuki Sierra of Michael and Les TotTeam Vitara’s Andrew Stanton and Shaun Goonerante discovering that you don’t need visibility to reach the end of the mudhole!The ACT’s Jason Neiberding and Greg Finlay send the dirt flying in Sunday’s Tyred and Twisted stageGlenn Odlum and Ross Davidson send the dirt flying while attempting the final straight in the Tyred’n’Twisted stage, driving one of only two Ranger Rovers competing this yearShellharbour’s Gavin Kissell and Brendan Rose becoming one of the few vehicles to reach the finish of the Rockin’n’Rollin stage, helping them to 3rd place for both individual and team placingsLuke Cousemacker and Jake Stagatt from Bateman’s Bay doing their best to keep the big GQ’s diffs in one piece as they hit one of the All Terrain stage’s nasty hillclimbsMick Summerrell eyeing off the top of the Gullied Out hillclimb in his chopped 60-series Land Cruiser. Following a breakage the day before, the engine was being held in place by a series of ratchet straps!Rick Sammons and Matt Barham showing how it’s done on Rockin ‘n’ Rollin, leading a group of four Suzuki Vitaras to 5th place overallDenny Danis and Adam Paviour from Picton 4×4 get their Hilux all crossed up as they tackle the final straight on Saturday’s Up The Creek stageSteven & Sabrina Johnstone demonstrating the travel of their Hilux on their way to a stage manager’s award for successfully completing the Up The Creek stageYou know you’re stuck when they call in the excavator, as Brindabella ‘Leftovers’ Peter and Andrew Kobold discoveredThe Blue Mountains Club’s Shane ‘Slim’ Loder going hard ‘Up The Creek’ in his beautifully presented twin-chassised HiluxThe Canobolas’ father and son team of Glenn and James Gosper making short work of the Spider’s steep, loose final hillclimbReece Warnecke and Karl Gibbens give it all they’ve got as they bounce their way up the dry, rocky creekbed of The Waterfall in their battered turbo-diesel 80-seriesAn unlucky bounce for ‘Tigger’ on the Waterfall left the Vitara with a few bruises, but it was soon back on its wheels and completing the remainder of the eventFirst time competitors Alan McKenzie and Michael Stokes from the ACT 4WD Club getting some air time as they climb Step’n’Up in their touring-class HiluxSteven & Sabrina Johnstone from the Macarthur club about to score some bonus points on “Step’n’Up”, helping them to second place (individual)Matt Van Gelderen and Brett Garvin from the Brisbane waters club make short work of Friday’s night event, in their SWB Maverick
