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2009 CATALOG
Peed's Ups, Downs, and a Few Flips
"The 2nd W.E. Rock event was in Tucson , AZ on another manmade course. The car was fixed just before leaving for the event. The engine block needed to be repaired from the Oroville event and it took longer than expected and promised. There was no time to test it before heading down to AZ. After our long journey in the RV to Tucson , Nick and I were ready for a successful weekend. Unfortunately things didn’t go as planned. We started our first course to find out we could not make it past our first gates due to a toggle switch malfunction which caused the car to stall and not start again. Nick and a very generous spectator that knew a thing or two about cars offered to help fix the switch. Nick wired everything together and we were back! On our second course I got a little throttle happy and got stuck between a rock and a hard place and ended up on my side, therefore not finishing the course. On our third course we did really well but it was a long course so we were unable to make it to the finish in time. Things were not going well for us on the first day. On day two we began our first course to realize that our hydraulic steering pump gave out and it probably did so from day 1. Nick and I tried to turn the steering wheel together and it would not budge. We had to forfeit the rest of the day due to the fact that we did not have a replacement. Repairing it required going under the radiator which is hard to get to so it would have been a long repair. We had no choice but to watch the rest of the event before heading home."
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Torchmate Hosts the WE Rock Tech Inspection
On Friday, June 18th Torchmate hosted the WE Rock tech inspection at the Torchmate Distribution Center in Reno, NV. Forty of the top rock crawling team in the country were there for a BBQ and to show off their rigs.
May Event Wrap Up
"The month of May brought the second event in the We-Rock season. We made the trip down to Tucson , AZ on the first weekend of the month and finally debuted my new buggy. The car was planned to be done in time for the season opener in Oroville, but last minute issues prevented that from happening. With just 5 hours of seat time in the buggy, I felt like it was dialed in, and I was feeling comfortable in the driver's seat." Read more on Jesse Haines' May rock crawling events.
Wind and Rocks Collide at W.E. Rock Ballistic Fabrication Pro National Competition
"PLACERVILLE, CA MAY 5, 2010: The W.E. Rock Ballistic Fabrication Pro National Event whipped up the action and the wind at the Tucson, AZ Pima Motorsports Park. Local Arizona racers competed against national champions with solid performances on the scoreboards, while the wind scattered vendor row and flustered the concentration of some drivers. The class winners were Brad Lovell, Brent Bradshaw, Todd Stephensen and Nathan Unruh." Read more on the event
NEW TORCHMATE RACING TEAM MEMBER SHANNON PEED DEBUTED AT THE WE ROCK WESTERN SERIES EVENT #1 IN OROVILLE, CA
"Where do I start? Well I guess the question that gets asked most is, "How did you get into rock crawling?" I respond first with, "well...it started over a glass of wine." Bill mentioned he needed someone to drive his buggy this year. As he was pondering, I mentioned I could do it. Why not? Before I had time to really consider what I had just said, he was texting Nick Socha to propose that he be my spotter. I have never questioned my decision from that day. Though it is difficult, challenging, and at times very intimidating, I have no regrets. I'm merely taking advantage of an opportunity to get involved in something I would have never pursued on my own." Read more from Shannon
AMSOIL & TORCHMATE WIN SECOND NATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIP
LOVELL BROTHERS WIN TOP WE-ROCK HONORS
" AMSOIL / Torchmate Racing has much to celebrate. After a string of victories in XRRA and BITD, the team
just took home the We-Rock National Championship. #232 Brad & Roger Lovell lead the team to victory
against the best rockcrawlers from across the country. While mechanical issues plagued #28 Kunz / Shaffer,
#199 Jesse Haines & Brian Howard narrowly missed the unlimited championship and pulled off a 3rd
place
finish." Read on to find out how the Torchmate Racing Team will be wrapping up the 2009 season.
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TORCHMATE RACING DOMINATES 2009 WE-ROCK PODIUM
"When the idea was hatched only a few short months ago to create a comprehensive off-road racing team, some in and around the effort scratched their heads at the complexity of the effort and its reasoning. After thousands of miles of dirt and thousands of tons of rock, the results are starting to trickle in. The idea is working and the team has had resounding success. For the 2009 We-Rock Western Series - Brad Lovell 1st Pro-Mod; Jessie Haines 2nd Unlimited; and Bill Kunz 3rd Pro-Mod." Read on...
Photos by Jud Leslie
Lovell & Lovell Secure 6th Straight Rockcrawling Championship
"The team of Brad and Roger Lovell found themselves in familiar territory at round #4 of the 2009 We- Rock Western Series in Oroville, California. After calculated moves on the course, the veteran pair of rockcrawlers quietly congratulated each other on the unthinkable – a 3rd We-Rock series championship and 6th pro rockcrawling series championship in as many years." More...
Pictures by Jud Leslie
Reno Rock Shootout and 2009 XRRA Series
"When Brad is not piloting his 232 AMSOIL-Torchmate Ranger he is driving his F-350 to and from
competitions. This is when I get to practice my co-piloting skills which I sometimes use to aid Roger in his
#32 Ford Ranger. Sure it’s not the same thing, we’re not dodging orange cones, but we are navigation a
60-foot long hauler through some of our nation’s largest cities, and that can be a feat to accomplish.
Being a co-driver also means rehashing the event’s highlights and lowklights over, and over, and
sometimes over again.
This weekend was no different. While nearly all our events fit in a busy schedule, Father’s Day weekend
made for a conflict and caused the Colorado based team members to split forces. Roger raced back-to-back XRRA under #232 on Saturday and #32 on Sunday in Colorado Springs. This allowed both trucks to
stay in the hunt for the season championship and freed Brad up to head to Reno, NV to defend the We-Rock championship and join team members Bill Kunz and Jesse Haines spotted by Mike Shaffer and
Brian Howard, respectively in the We-Rock Round #3." Read more from a different perspective about the weekend's events.
View the Reno Rock Shootout photo gallery here.
Watch a video filmed inside the #28 Torchmate car at the Reno Rocks Shootout
Torchmate Racing Obliterates Competition in Cedar City
You better take a picture because this does not happen every day – Brad Lovell
"Some weekends everything comes together just the way it was planned. When the team hit the road for
We-Rock Round #2 in Cedar City, UT of course they all wanted to individually finish on top, but could it
come together for the whole team at a single event? Torchmate Racing fought hard, took many risks, and
the results were what the team hoped for: Jesse Haines 1st
Place Unlimited, Brad Lovell 1st Place Pro-
Modified, and Bill Kunz 2nd Place Pro-Modified. A new benchmark has been set for the team which will be
extremely difficult, if not impossible, to surpass." Click here to read on.
Check out the W.E. Rock Round #2 Photo Gallery
Bill Kunz and Mike Shaffer pull off a 2nd place finish at the WERock Western Series Event #2 in Cedar City Utah.
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LOVELLS CAPTURE TOP HONORS AT 2009 WE-ROCK DEBUT
The Torchmate team had a strong presence at the 2009 WE-Rock Debut with 3 top ten finishes including a win. Read how the Lovells capture top honors in these high risk man-made courses.
Freshly back from the W.E.ROCK U.S. Nationals, our Unlimited and ProModified Rock Crawlers were on display in front of our office located in Reno, NV!
The Torchmate crew headed out to Hannibal, Missouri to compete in the W.E.ROCK Grand Nationals. Torchmate sponsored the event providing LIVE coverage including a LIVE radio feed, LIVE photo uploads to the internet, as well as BLOW BY BLOW updates.
Torchmate also provided some really cool trophies made with none other than our
Torchmate 4x4 CNC Cutting System and the New Torchmate XS2!
In 2008, Torchmate sponsored XRRA racer Derek Trent. Shown left is Derek airing out his competition buggy.
Videos - Click on Each Picture Below to View the Video
Here is a highlight film of our May Rock Crawling competition in Cedar City, Utah at Three Peaks Recreation Area. Bill Kunz, Torchmate CEO driving and Mike Shaffer of Shaffers Offroad spotting. We made a couple of costly errors that hurt. One rollover and two courses we timed out. Other than that, we were in the hunt. We came in 9th. Next comp back in Cedar City in about 5 weeks. Check back for that video if you like this one.
This is a video that we spliced together of our runs in Perris, CA at the last W.E.Rock event. It was our first event ever, so hopefully there will be less rollovers in the video from the next event. Thanks to Shaffers Offroad including Mike Shaffer, Jesse Haines and crew for using our machine to build us such a fantastic rig. It was a lot of fun.
A video featuring action from the Brown's Valley CalROCs event. The terrain was well suited to the skills and experience of driver Bill Kunz and it showed in the results. The Torchmate buggy utilizes many components constructed using a Torchmate 2 CNC plasma cutter. It performed flawlessly, driving to a 3rd place finish -- a great result for this rookie team!