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Owner/Driver: John Boring
Spotter: Mike "The Mayor" Racho
Crew Chief: Tom Popp
Location: Maryland/Virginia
Vehicle: 2005 ? Full Circle 4x4 Moon Buggy
Motor: Chevy 4.3L stroked with Speed-O-Motive?s stoker Kit with JE Ultra Lite pistons (http://www.speedomotive.com/ps 22 8 43 litre to 272 cid v 6 stroker crank kit.aspx).
Transmission: Chevy Power Glide with 1.82 first gear, Hughes Reverse Manual Valve Body
Transfer Case: Advance Adapter?s Atlas 5:1
Axles: Currie Ford 9" centers with Currie Dana 60 ball joint outters with Willwood brakes
Seat: Mastercraft 3G
Winches: WARN front and rear
Tires: BFG 39" Red Label Krawlers
Rock Spider Racing is competing in the UROC Pro Atlantic division for the 2006 season. The team made a personel change during their season off and moved Tom Popp to Crew Chief and picked up Mike Racho as the spotter. Mike, dubbed "The Mayor" due to the fact he knows seemingly everyone (including the actual Mayor) in his hometown Hazleton, PA which houses Paragon Adventure Park, was the spotter for another team that chose to take the 2006 season off to pursue circle track racing. The addition of Mike to the team has brought the team to the next level and into the Top 10 finishes for the year.
At the UROC Season opener in Jellico, TN, the team finished with 6th place finish and succeeded in not rolling the buggy over at all that weekend. They did mange to blow the transmission up on the last obstacle of the final shootout. So they are still up to our old tricks of having to do major repairs before the next event.
At the June event, held at Paragon Adventure Park in Hazleton, PA, Rock Spider Racing finished with 6 place overall after the shootout. The team is putting on a good show as always, this time with two rollovers: one on the first course of the event and the second on the last obstacle of the event. The team is hoping to shake themselves of their habit of multiple rollovers per event and leave it for practice days and demonstrations only; time will tell.
Watch the Video of John Boring and Rock Spider Racing in Action. See for the latest Rock Spider Racing pics intheir Gallery and for updates, pics and videos from Rock Spider Racings pursuit of the UROC Atlantic Pro Championship and a spot at UROC Super Crawl in Phoenix, AZ.
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