Top Shop Nationals @ Hannibal Rocks!

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Individuals Play the Games, But Teams Win Championships

COOPER TIRE presents

THE 2007 TOP SHOP NATIONALS
Oct 6th & 7th
At Hannibal Rocks!
www.hannibalrocks.com
Trails remain open for trail riding


6 Shops earned a spot in the Top Shop Nationals
after battling it out in 5 brutal stages in the Regional event.

The 5 Stages of the event:
The Mudbog
The Technical Trail
The Timed Trail Run
The Truck Sled Pull
The Rockcrawl

5 4WD clubs host and judge the 5 event stages.
The 5 4WD Host Clubs:

Southern Illinois Jeep Association
www.sija.org

Midwest Jeep Thing
www.midwestjeepthing.com

Midrivers Jeep Thing
www.midriversjeepthing.com

Central Illinois Jeep Club
www.cijeep.com

Two Rivers Jeep Club
www.trjc.com

The Top 3 Shops from the West and the Top 3 Shops from the East
will meet once again to take on the 5 disciplines and
to determine who will become the

2007 "TOP SHOP"

The 4WD Shops:
























Friday, Oct 5th
4 pm: Optional pre-event walk through of all stages for the shop teams at Hannibal Rocks.
Teams will disclose which of their vehicles will run which stages at the end of the
walk throughs. (Those teams opting not to do the walk-throughs need to notify
Debbie with which vehicles will be running which stages before 6pm Friday evening)
6 pm: Tech inspection of teams’ vehicles and stage running order drawn @ Hannibal Rocks!

Saturday Oct 6th
8 am: Tech inspection for those teams not here on Friday.
9:30 am: Teams gather at the mud pit. Shops, Sponsors & Clubs displays should be in the parking lot at this time.
9:45 am: Introductions and National Anthem.
10 am: Stage 1 begins—Mud bog at east end of parking lot hosted by Southern Illinois Jeep Association.
11:30 am: Mud bog ends. Lunch break.
12:00 pm: Stage 2 begins—Technical Trail Challenge in the area north of the Parking lot hosted by Midwest Jeep Thing.
2:30 pm: Stage 2 ends.
3:00 pm: Stage 3 begins---Timed trail run in bowl area just north of parking lot hosted by Mid Rivers Jeep Thing.
4:30 pm: Day one of competition ends.

Sunday, Oct 7th
9:45 am: Introductions and National anthem.
10 am: Stage 4 begins---Truck sled pull in pulling area hosted by Central Illinois Jeep Club.
12.00 pm: Stage 4 ends. Lunch Break.
12:30 pm: Stage 5 begins---Rockcrawl Challenge in main quarry hosted by Two Rivers Jeep Club.
3 pm: Thank-you’s and Awards ceremony.

***Times are our best-guessed estimates***

[cewtwo]

Looks like a fun time. Of course, I'd rather be driving.

Oh Wait! I'll be in Moab then! I will be driving!

Have fun, though!

[Bounty__Hunter]

Awesome event if you're in the Midwest. Wish I could make it, at least I'll be well represented with SIJA hosting the mudbog. Hi Debbie.