Rally at the Gap 2008

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October 10-12, 2008

First of all I want to thank everyone who made it out. You can't have a rally without the people. It took a lot of work and preperation in order to get this thing off of the ground. Many of you seen I still wasn't quite done getting ready on Friday either. It's good to know the hard work paid off. I appreciate all of you who supported and thanked us for the work that a few good men pulled off. We had a few people say that it couldn't be done and we were crazy for trying. I want to thank the people who kept me in line and also kept the ball rolling when help was needed. First off I want to thank my Parents. Entry fees would have been $100 a person if it wasn't for his hard work pulling in sponsors. We also need to thank smoking for cooking and smoking, bringing neat toys to the rally, and much more. Second of all I would like to thank the Hiaumet family. Bill has been on top of the insurance and also taking care of the Forest Service paperwork so I didn't have to drive down to Mena. Anyone who has never been to a Hiaumet family dinner is missing out but luckly at the rally we even got them to cook for us. Another major player(s) was Ian and Heather. Thanks guys for running the show at the registration booth. The help was much appreciated. The final one I will mention are the crew who helped keeped the events flowing like Orval, Steve, Larry, and many others.

This Years Sponsors

Tims Yamaha-Polaris - Mena, AR

Camp Wolf Creek Springs - Mena, AR
Greeson's Polaris - Hot Springs, AR
Corgill Yamaha - Poteau, Ok
Wheeler Powersports (Polaris, Suzuki, Kawi) - Fort Smith, AR
Westark Yamaha - Fort Smith, AR
Wal-Mart - Mena, AR Store Number #67
Best Floors - Fort Smith, AR
AOCA - Arkansas
Joe Chronister Construction - Lavaca, AR
Jacobs ATV Magazine - Texas
ATV Trail House - Mena, AR

The Rally

Road to Wolf Creek Springs


Rally At The Gap

The Rally had a pretty slow start on friday. Due to some last minute changes I had to start working quickly to change some stuff around. The day started off with Ed Fulton and Ronnie taking out the people who made it out for a trail ride around 3pm. Shortly after they got back we made sure that we had the food ready for the group which included burgers, brats, chips, BBQ beans, and all kinds of deserts. After everyone had dinner and a break we kicked off a night poker run around Wolf Pen Gap. The winners of that event were Heather and Brian. Heather who had the best hand picked the rally T-shirt over the soft atv luggage bag so Brian got the bag.

Saturdays Events

Master of the Events(points collected from 1st-3rd place)

Drag Race

1st Place Craig Grabiec 3 Points
2nd Place Brian Branum 2 Points
3rd Place Orval Smith 1 Point
4th Place Dakota Allen
5th Place David Nichols
6th Place Jerad Hess
7th Place Joe Hiaumet
8th Place Ian Henderson

Barrel Race

1st Place @ 36.2 seconds Dakota Allen 3 Points
2nd Place @ 40.2 seconds Orval Smith 2 Points
3rd Place @ 41.1 seconds Ian Henderson 1 Point
4th Place @ 41.7 seconds Joe Hiaumet
5th Place @ 42.1 seconds Jerad Hess

Mud Drag

1st Place @ 18.9 seconds Johnny Jackson 3 Points
2nd Place @ 19.6 seconds Jerad Hess 2 Points
3rd Place @ 19.7 seconds Joe Hiaumet 1 Point
4th Place @ 19.8 seconds Orval Smith
5th Place @ 21.5 seconds Tim Baker
6th Place @ 23.1 seconds Ian Henderson
7th Place @ 23.2 seconds Brian Branum
8th Place @ 25.3 seconds Chelsey Hess
9th Place @ 25.8 seconds Lisa Daffern
10th Place @ 27.5 seconds Dakota Allen

Overall Points(before the tiebreaker)

Craig Grabiec 3 Points
Dakota Allen 3 Points
Johnny Jackson 3 Points
Orval Smith 3 Points
Brian Branum 2 Points
Jerad Hess 2 Points
Ian Henderson 1 Point
Joe Hiaumet 1 Point

So at this point we had a four way tie but due to a mistake caught late Johnny Jackson did not have the chance to participate in the tie breaker. So to make up for it I will be mailing him a T-shirt. Also Craig did not wish to participate in the tie breaker event.

Mud Bog Tie Breaker(timed)

1st Place @ 10.5 seconds Dakota Smith
2nd Place @ 13.5 seconds Orval Smith

Dakota won a prize from Harley Davidson of Fort Smith, Orval and Craig won goggles provided by camp wolf creek springs, and Johnny won a Rally T-shit.

Paid Prized Events

Drag Race

1st Place Craig Grabiec $100 Gift Card from Acadamy Sports and $25 Gift Card to Wheeler Powersports
2nd Place Tim Baker$25 Gift Card Wheeler Powersports
3rd Place Jared Hess $25 Gift Card Wheeler Powersports
4th Place Michael Partain
5th Place Dakota Allen
6th Place Chris Nichols
7th Place Ian Henderson

Barrel Race

1st Place @ 37.1 seconds Michael Partain Helmet From Tim's Yamaha
2nd Place @ 37.5 seconds Dakota Allen Youth Safety Equipment from Corgill Yamaha
3rd Place @ 43.0 seconds Ian Henderson Camp Wolf Creek Springs T-Shirt
4th Place @ 43.2 seconds Jared Hess
5th Place @ 44.1 seconds Chris Nichols
6th Place @ 47.0 seconds Tim Baker

Mud Drag

1st Place @ 18.8 seconds Jered Hess Winch From O'Reilly's
2nd Place @ 24.5 seconds Ian Henderson $50 Gift Card From Wal-Mart
3rd Place @ 25.2 seconds Michael Partain Rally T-Shirt and T Shirt from Jim's ATV House
4th Place @ 26.2 seconds Chris Nichols
5th Place @ 33.1 seconds Dakota Allen

Prior to the events happening we had two groups go out on trail rides for most of the day and made it back to camp with Smoke Briscuit, BBQ Beans, chips, Dessert, and much more. After the events and after everyone started to settle down a good sized group headed out for a 75 mile night ride and we made it back at 3am. Sunday was a short day. Due to the amount of trail riding, poker runs, mud events, drag races, barrel races, ATV sled pulls and much more everyone seemed a little tired and ready to hit the road sunday so it was a pretty short day.
I am proud to report that after a whole weekend of camp ground use we only picked up two wal-mart bags worth of trash from the entire camp. THANK YOU to all of the campers and rally goers who kept the campground clean. I hope you all had fun and I hope to see you again next year!


















*Note* All ATV related mudding events Did Not take place on public land. They were all contained at Camp Wolf Creek Springs.