Month: September 2010

  Click Here To Visit with Tim Tackett North Coast Off Road Rubicon Adventuress with NCO   The group consisted of 16 vehicles including the two from Calmini.  There were two Kick/Trackers, thirteen Samurais, and a second generation Isuzu Amigo.  The trucks ranged from a basic Samurai Hardtop with moderate tires, lockers and a diesel, […]

Click Here To Visit with Tim Tackett North Coast Off Road Rubicon Adventuress with NCO The dust has settled, and the 2000 Calmini Appreciation Run on the Rubicon Trail is over.  All I can say is WOW!  Coming from North Western Ohio, I was in awe with both the beauty of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, […]

With Bill Johnston Photos by Eric Stange When off road enthusiasts think of rock crawling, first thing they think of is Moab. Check the magazines and you can always find an article on one of the trails there. If you live in the desert southwest, and you cant make it to Moab, then you go […]

    with Laura White Upcoming Zook Run At BMRA It started as a few Suzuki owners wanting to go to Barnwell Mountain Recreational Area. They posted their desire to get as many Zooks out there as we could. So I figured, what better way to get the word out than thru Bill Johnston at […]

    with Nitro Max Belgium Ardennes Adventure This article may not be of much use to you guys on the other side of the Atlantic, but there are Zuk owners over here in the Benelux that visit iZook on a regular basis. For both you and them its a nice opportunity to see what […]

     with John Cosentino Zooks from all over the North East  came together for one or both of a two day run around Beacon Mountain, NY organized by Eddie Casanueva. Eddie is the east coast rep for ASA and co-founder of Spidertrax, Inc. The terrain was mostly rock, loose rock and granite. The trails […]

    with Fred Swanson ASA4WDC 26th Annual Jamboree Let’s start off by saying the wheeling in Arizona is some of the best in the US. The terrain is desert, and the trails are rock and more rock. Waterfall’s, washes and just plain big rocks. And they are not your usual rocks, they are rough, […]

        Rear steering was one of the major changes this year. And we saw many rigs taking advantage of the capabilities that it provided. Although it is allowed this year for competition, there is a 3 point penalty assessed once it is used in an obstacle. But the penalty is only added […]

  Continued… “The rig was pulled off of stage A1 when we broke and our support truck was there in no time flat. Our support vehicle is fully outfitted with all the tools we would need for most major repairs. We filled it with a generator, compressor, welder, plasma cutter and the normal assortment of […]

  With Eddie Casanueva Edited by Bill Johnston Spidertrax does ARCA   Driver: Eddie Casanueva #155 Spidertrax Co-Founder Eddie Casanueva had a very busy September. Not only did he have new Spidertrax components ready for release, but he also had to make final preparations on his famous yellow zook to get ready to compete in […]