Avalanche Ranch, Durango, Colorado: The wilds of Colorado and the toughest of rock obstacles didn't stop the rockin' team of Jon Bundrant & Larry McRae from wheeling their hearts out, as they captured yet another rock crawling championship here in the heartland of rock crawling country.

This gorgeous land in the southwest corner of Colorado was the scene that was set for Pro Rock's wildest shootout as Pro Rock's Promoter set obstacles that the world's toughest rock crawlers could not tackle. It's was reported that the Pro Rock marshals actually eliminated several obstacles when it was determined that they were near impossible to tackle by the best rock crawlers in the business.

Trophy Class

Team-Vehicle #-Day 1-Day 2- Total

1. Bundrant 80 95 46 141
2. Paule 6 58 52 110
3. Shaffer 31 71 34 105
4. Jordan 112 66 18 84
5. Hildebrand 26 36 32 68
6. Berger 8 20 34 54
7. Webster 120 24 14 38
8. Dusengerg 66 30 2 32
9. Brown 1 22 0 22
10. Session 33 6 12 18
11. Gudka 46 10 8 18
12. Matt Peterson 212 16 0 16
13. Rintelen 89 4 4 8
14. Off 59 6 2 8
15. Gibney 195 6 0 6
16. Kevin Peterson 57 6 0 6
17. McFarland 82 2 0 2
18. Attaway 333 2 0 2

Modified Stock

Team Team # Day 1 Day 2 Total

1. Schwiesow 199 60 106 166
2. Waggoner 17 27 135 162
3. Sisson 32 36 94 130
4. Mello 88 42 85 127
5. Webster 60 32 86 118
6. Foutz 2 8 82 90
7. Ball 111 36 38 74
8. Crook 5 8 56 64

Leading by example, #80 has taken rock crawling to the next level. Promoters are now building courses with #80 in mind. There is no stopping them now!!!

Name: Don Robbins Nickname: THE MAVERICK Age: Damn Young Occupation: Rock Crawling Spotter Demeanor: Cool-Calm-Tough Favorite Drink: Cannot divulge that info Team: ROCK-RUNNER RACING Attitude: Bad-Ass/Never Give Up

The final day started out tough with Tracy Jordan and Don, "The Maverick" Robbins leading the competitors through what has been described as the toughest obstacles in the 2003 Pro Rock SuperLift Series yet. Competitors remarked that Rock Runner Racing's, "THE MAVERICK" worked his ass off and displayed, "just brute strength" as he and Tracy Jordan were first off the line all day long.

Many of the obstacles had deep holes that THE MAVERICK filled with boulders and downed logging trees so Tracy Jordan could run is Twisted Customs Rig in search of a much needed first place win.

Team All-Pro's Larry McRae said, "Don Robbins is a stud, as the first spotter on the course, he found rocks and boulders for everyone all day long. He's an incredible athlete."

The first obstacle of the day put Team All-Pro in a bad mood after they failed to finish the obstacle. Several Pro Rock marshals and judges told them that these obstacles were designed to "take Tiny out." Larry McRae said they were thoroughly discouraged, however they continued to fight throughout the competition.

Nelson & Nelson Racing slams the competition: Jon Nelson is a serious competitor and he expects to win every single event his team enters. His competition rig, "Tiny" performed to the highest degree as they captured the Pro Rock win.

Team All-Pro blasted up obstacles taking points, being disqualified from one obstacle due to going out-of-bounds, but edging towards the finish of the event. Jon, "The Bull in the Woods" Bundrant and Larry, "King Full Pull" McRae stacked rocks, drove hard and literally rocked the professional rock crawling world with their second series championship in the month of July. On one obstacle, both, "The Bull in the Woods & King Full Pull, stacked rocks for 2 minutes of their 9 minute time limit of the obstacle and they were successful at being the only team to finish the obstacle.

In the end, it was this dynamic duo that conquered the rocks of Avalanch Ranch, and also clinched the title spot as tthe 2003 Pro Rock SuperLift Series Trophy Class Champions even though the last event is not until September 13th - 14th at Cougar Buttes in Lucerne Valley.

This 2003 Pro Rock SuperLift Series championship win in conjunction with their 2003 UROC Pro-National Series Finals Championship win over the July 4th Holiday Weekend, certainly place Team All-Pro in a league of their own.

Rumors have been flying throughout the rock crawling community for months that they were the team to beat in any rock crawling competition and after being catapulted into the lead in the 2003 Pro Rock SuperLift Series after the last event held in Farmington, New Mexico, they had to back it up with another huge win and they have succeeded!!!

The Pro Rock SuperLift Series Official Scores will be posted as soon as made available by the Pro Rock Promoter & Scoring Officials. Check back soon for a complete rundown of scores.

Expect Tracy and "The Mav" to be in it at the end as the PRO ROCK Series closes towards the last two events of the season. The next event will be held at Avalanche Ranch in Colorado and the final event has been changed from Fernly, California to The Hammers in Johnson Valley, California not far from the mecca of the concrete jungles of Southern California.

Series Point Standings/Trophy Class


Team CA UT NM CO CA Total
1.Bundrant 100 99 100 100 399
2.Jordan 99 100 99 97 395
3.Paule 98 98 97 99 392
4.Webster 96 96 96 94 382
5.Hildebrand 93 -- 98 96 287
6.Lutrell -- 91 93 -- 184
7.Off -- -- 94 87 181
8.Rintelen -- 92 -- 88 180
9.Attaway -- -- 95 83 178
10.Shaffer -- -- -- 98 98
11.Durham 97 -- -- -- 97
12.Guthrie -- 97 -- -- 97
13.Frais 95 -- -- -- 95
14.Lunn -- 95 -- -- 95
15.Berger -- -- -- 95 95
16.Carlson 94 -- -- -- 94
17.Baily -- 93 -- -- 93
18.Dusenberg -- -- -- 93 93
19.Robbins 92 -- -- -- 92
20.Hart -- -- 92 -- 92
21.Brown -- -- -- 92 92
22.Sessions -- -- -- 91 91
23.Gudka -- -- -- 90 90
24.Matt Peterson -- -- -- 89 89
25.Gibney -- -- -- 86 86
26.Kevin Peterson -- -- -- 85 85
27.McFarland -- -- -- 84 84

Modified Stock

Team CA UT NM CO CA Total
1.Waggoner 100 100 100 99 399
2.Mello 99 97 99 97 392
3.Webster 96 98 96 96 386
4.Crook 92 92 95 93 373
5.Rice 95 95 94 -- 284
6.Schwiesow -- -- 98 100 198
7.Sisson -- -- 97 98 195
8.Berard 98 93 -- -- 191
9.Foutz -- -- 94 95 189
10.Hawkins -- 99 -- -- 99
11.Lebaron 97 -- -- -- 97
12.Nesselhuf -- 96 -- -- 96
13.Papola 94 -- -- -- 95
14.Soults 93 -- -- -- 94
15.Bulloch -- 94 -- -- 94
16.Ball -- -- -- 94 94

Much thanks goes to Cheri McRae who provided much information for this article directly from the event at Avalanche Ranch.