Campbell Racing Combines Efforts for ULTRA4 Badlands Win
More than 30 teams competed in the 2nd Annual ULTRA4 race held at Badlands Off-Road Park last Saturday as part of the Ultimate Motorsport Championship in Attica, IN. While the course layout was similar to last year, the dry and dusty conditions of 2012 were replaced with heavy rain and extensive mud. Thousands of fans braved the wet and mucky conditions for a chance to see some of their favorite ULTRA4 drivers compete in a course that featured a newly created off road amphitheater and a technical rock quarry made even more punishing due to the slick conditions.
Several west coast teams made the trek to Indiana including; Shannon Campbell, Jesse Haines, Troy Stone, and Nitto Tire drivers Nick Nelson and Loren Healy. Shannon Campbell, the only two-time King of The Hammers and this year’s 2nd place KOH finisher, laid down a blistering 45 second qualifying time, beating out 2012 King, Erik Miller by 5 seconds. One second behind Miller was this year’s 3rd place KOH finisher, Chicky Barton.
Shannon Campbell, who is still recovering from an injury, started the race in his single-seat independent front suspension (IFS) car, but quickly handed the car over to his 17 year old son, Wayland Campbell. ULTRA4 rules state the driver of record must either start or finish the race in the driver’s seat. Because of this, Shannon started on the pole, but pulled into the pits on the first lap and handed the wheel over to Wayland. On Wayland’s first trip to the amphitheater, the young Campbell got high centered in a rock section and struggled to free himself for nearly 10 minutes.
Nitto Tire’s Derek West started in 4th and quickly took the lead by the end of the first lap with Erik Miller hot on his heels. West and Miller spent the next several laps trading back and forth for 1st position while the young Campbell maintained a solid hold on the 3rd place position. With less than 30 minutes of racing left, both West and Miller suffered mechanical failures that saw both drivers jogging back to the pits for supplies as the young Campbell took the lead and ultimately the checkered flag.
Second place went to Jesse Haines who suffered some mechanical issues early on but overcame them and managed to consistently and skillfully navigate the rock quarry each section to move up into 2nd place. 3rd place went to Clay Gilstrap of Texas who also managed to maintain a consistent speed and expertly navigate the rock quarry to a 3rd place finish. A complete list of results is available below.
10 drivers qualified for the 2014 Griffin King of The Hammers. The next race in the ULTRA4 series will be the 3rd Annual American Rocksports Championship in Tooele, UT on July 13th. The next east coast race will be at the Superlift Park in Hot Springs, AR August 17th
Finish
Car #
Last Name
First Name
Team
Laps
KOH Qual
Total Time
1
5
Campbell
Shannon
4400
8
pre-qual
2:14:06.8
2
4499
Haines
Jesse
4400
7
yes-1
2:11:08.2
3
26
Gilstrap
Clay
4400
7
pre-qual
2:23:59.8
4
4421
Miller
Erik
4400
7
pre-qual
2:32:04.0
5
4420
West
Derek
4400
7
pre-qual
2:44:07.9
6
914
Rose
Sean
4400
6
yes- 2
2:26:33.1
7
4440
Cook
Travis
4400
6
yes – 3
2:30:09.1
8
4580
Townsend
Jordan
4400
5
yes- 4
2:14:11.4
9
144
Barton
Chicky
4400
4
pre-qual
1:50:06.5
10
338
Peterson
Matthew
4400
4
yes – 5
2:19:20.3
11
4408
Haynes
Stan
4400
4
yes – 6
2:23:35.5
12
429
Stone
Troy
4400
4
yes- 7
2:24:08.7
13
456
Hundt
Chad
4400
4
yes-8
2:27:24.0
14
929
Feagins
Mike
4400
3
pre-qual
1:46:49.8
15
4441
Henke
Darren
4400
3
yes- 9
1:53:37.5
16
49
Burkett
Matt
4400
3
Pre-qual
2:04:04.8
17
4414
Dinkins
Ben
4400
3
yes-10
2:10:01.1
18
328
Noually
Matt
4400
2
0:45:42.0
19
4418
Colville
Mike
4400
2
0:54:23.1
20
890
Terhune
Jonathan
4400
2
2:38:01.5
21
67
Healy
Loren
4400
1
0:17:05.8
22
302
Rietdorf
Tony
4400
1
0:19:55.4
DNF
192
Blume
Ken
4400
0
0:00:00.0
DNF
707
Kelly
Michael
4400
0
0:00:00.0
DNF
4051
Quist
Greg
4400
0
0:00:00.0
DNF
4404
Nelson
Nick
4400
0
0:00:00.0
DNF
4433
Carter
Adam
4400
0
0:00:00.0
DNF
4436
Matzen
Kim
4400
0
0:00:00.0
DNF
4452
Carter
Will
4400
0
0:00:00.0
DNF
4492
Bergman
Michael
4400
0
0:00:00.0