Josh Wilson driving one of the toughest sections of the course on A4 ::: Photo Cedit: Kramer
On day 2, the courses stayed tough while the teams fought hard and completed most everything. "The teams who survived are the ones finishing courses today, they are doing a great job," explained Course Designer Lil' Rich. And by the end of day 2, the best from the weekend would show on one of the most epic shootout courses in W.E.ROCK History. The field consisted of Rock Crawling greats such as Ken Blume (featured in the new film "Haulin or Crawlin"), 2005 National Champion Jesse Haines and Brian Howard, 2005 Eastern US Series Champion Brad Styles and Stacey Walker, Desert Racing legend and Series Points Leader Marty Hart, Eastern US Nationals "Rock Crawling Sensation" Matt Deas, and World Champion Randy Torbett.

Brad Styles during The Shootout ::: Photo Cedit: Kramer
Off the bat on the finals track, Ken blume winched the first major climb over the -20 point bonus, and dropped out the finish in true blume fashion, pulling a front wheelie. Second was Haines and Howard who ran a near flawless run but landed on top of the finish gates with his tire, (To finish a course the vehicle must have any two tires in between the gates, not on top of the gates). This moved Haines and Howard to sixth and bumped Blume into fifth. Fourth place was Styles and Walker who rolled on the first climb onto a start gate, from there jumped up the 20 point bonus line, while hitting a cone, and then ran over another cone along with 10 back ups, putting Styles at a 40 and a solid 4th place. Third up was Marty Hart and Jeff Jones, who stacked the first climb and relentlessly tried the bonus, only to end up rolling off the climb and timing out at a solid third.

Matt Deas Rolling out the finish gates and into his first W.E.ROCK Win ::: Photo Cedit: Kramer
The true battle was for first and Matt Deas made the most important move of the weekend by climbing the ledge and navigating through the course with a score of -16, the best of the shootout. Deas, near the finish rolled off the same ledge like Haines, but landed out the finish with two tires properly breaking the plane for the finish line. With this run, the pressure was on Randy Torbett, having to finish with a near perfect score to win. It seemed as though Torbett had luck on his side while flawlessly driving through the course, until the drop off. While dropping out the the finish, Torbett rolled in the portion of the track fans have come to call "The Shoot", smoke started blazing out the exhaust as Torbett dropped off the ledge out the the finish. Not one person could see where Torbett had landed. When the smoke cleared, Torbett was a mere 2 feet from the finish, placing him at a score of 36 and launching Matt Deas into his first W.E.ROCK Win.

Danny Rorher after breaking the rear suspension, also showing the close track proximity and spectator attendance. ::: Photo Cedit: Kramer

Danny Rorher and Drew Goldie finishing 2nd and 1st for Maxxis Tires ::: Photo Cedit: Kramer
The Pro Modified Shootout was also exciting as both the Unlimiteds were battling only feet from the Pro Mod Track. The Pro Modified Shootout consisted of a 20 foot climb into a narrow set of trees. After going through the trees, teams would swing around and drop from a massive 18 foot drop out to the finish. Most teams were worried about the climb dubbed as "The Sneaker" as it would sneak up and suprise teams who thought it was an easy task. But the hard part was squeezing between two trees that were only 78 inches apart, (Most vehicles are 76 inches wide). Only two vehicles made it through, Danny Rorher who broke the entire rear suspension off and drove out to the finish in front wheel drive only and Drew Goldie who ran a perfect run while schooling the rest of the field and taking first place.