The Game within a Game

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I was doing a ride-along in Becca Webster's rock crawler when a decent-sized group of guys waved us further left on the rock.

"We're doing RC here!" they yelled over the engine.

Several remote control cars sat on the sandstone.

Apparently there's a sort of underground, RC Crawlers event at most WE.ROCK curcuit stops. The five-event season culminated in a $1,000 prize Friday for Brett Rodney of Arizona.

The men were gambling at $5 a pot after the official event ended.

The cars cost about $800, one of them estimated.

Many of the RC Crawlers are also involved in the full-scale version of the event and participate because of their competitive nature.

Webster advocated the sport as a good option for people who can't afford the expensive modified four-wheel-drive vehicles (an engine alone can cost more than $25,000).

Also, she said, many of the techniques are the same. Theoretically, a driver could learn a lot on the small-scale version without risking expensive parts.

Stay true and keep pounding,
Christopher

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