Sunday proved to be a promising day.  Sparse clouds in the sky, the sun poking through and no rain.  The rapid-ridden river had subsided and the courses were accessible with little difficulty.  The spectators were out in full force.  It was amazing the support the spectators provided for all of the competitors.  The Stock-mod and Legends class ran their courses.  The Pro-mod class ran six courses.  The terrain proved to be its own obstacle.  With wet rocks and plenty of mud, traction was a serious issue for all of the competitors.  The roll-overs were kept down to a minimum. 

Team Purple had its share of engine difficulties.  Ron Schneider gave coarse A-3 a run for its money.   What appeared to be a horseshoe shaped coarse, proved to have a lot of bite.  Ron navigated his buggy down the first part of the obstacle, front burned the buggy into position for the exit obstacle.  This obstacle was a straight up vertical climb with a muddy bottom.  Ron and Melanie stacked rocks at the bottom to assist in the climb.  Unfortunately, the buggy threw out all of the rocks, the buggy just couldn't get enough traction in the wet, slippery terrain.  The front tire finally caught traction as the buggy sat straight up on it's rear tires.  Ron put the buggy in reverse anticipating that the vehicle would reverse and the front end would drop back down.  The engine decided not to cooperate, sending Ron and the buggy end over end.  From there, the buggy went into a barrel roll.  As the buggy gained speed, Melanie, R J Brown and another gentleman grabbed the spotter strap, holding on for dear life.  Melanie let go of the strap as it attempted to launch her and grabbed R J, who was still holding on.  The buggy stopped 8" from rolling down a rocky canyon wall. 

Team Purple and all of those who assisted in the vehicle recovery are all fine.  Thanks again...all of you who assisted are absolutely wonderful people.