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You are in a confined area. you have gasoline and any time you have fuel in a vehicle, possibility of a fire. >> this competition is a timed course, where drivers receive penalties for errors like hitting cones or going out of bounds. >> if you accomplish that course in enough time, then you had time to go try the bonus line. >> bob runs through the course without a hitch, and approaches a 20-point bonus obstacle aptly named the wall. >> crawler went up a little ways, slid down, so we backed up....

Was sitting up on top of another vehicle, looking at the crowd, which was very strange to me, seeing as how 60 seconds before that, the crowd had been behind me. >> bob is shaken but only suffers minor injuries as a result of the crash. shockingly, no one else is hurt, not even the man that was run over. bob meets the lucky spectator after the competition. >> he had a tire tread across the front of his teeshirt at an angle. and he said yeah, he goes right heres your tread mark. im never washing ...

Terribly wrong. >> the right rear tire actually leaned into the wall and touched and when it did, it spun the car around, basically in midair, and came down forward. >> the rock crawler comes crashing down. bob slams his head against the steering wheel. >> i hit it hard enough apparently basically knocked me out. >> unconscious, bobs foot hits the gas, launching the rock crawler full throttle toward the spectators. >> only thing i remember is the car moving under me as everything was still black...

Way. bob standich has been driving these vehicles for more than six years. >> driving a rock crawler is an adrenaline rush. i know a lot of guys get it from speed but believe it or not, crawling around sitting 50 feet up on the side of a hill, and you can feel the tires inching off of a rock underneath you, its a pretty good rush. >> on july 7th, 2005, in portland, indiana, bob competes in a rock crawler tournament. fans pack in to cheer on these vehicles that look like something straight out of...

Some people watch for the wrecks. you got people there to watch rock crawling. you got people who cant wait to see what happens if ones going to fall off rock, and they do. >> the competition is fierce. the custom built rock crawlers can be dangerous. >> in essence youre trying to defy gravity to some extent. sometimes you dont win. gravity does. you are in a confined area. you have gasoline and any time you have fuel in a vehicle, possibility of a fire. >> this competition is a timed course, wh...

The natural thing you do, youre going to hit it just a little bit faster. >> the second attempt yields the same results. bob backs up a bit and hits the gas for a third try. no dice. with time running out, bob decides to push it even harder. >> were just going to get into the throttle and lets see if it will get over it. >> bob jams on the gas and attacks the hill, but things go terribly wrong. >> the right rear tire actually leaned into the wall and touched and when it did, it spun the car arou...

I was just kind of like a rubber man inside the car. >> people in the crowd run for safety. bob plows into another vehicle, but it barely slows his momentum. a man trips and falls to the ground as the rock crawler runs right over him. bob rolls on top of another vehicle. finally putting an end to his wild ride. >> at that point, the lights came back on, so to speak, and i was sitting up on top of another vehicle, looking at the crowd, which was very strange to me, seeing as how 60 seconds before...

Vehicle thats meant to crawl up cliffs crawling over cars and careening into the crowd. >> i knew right then something had gone seriously wrong but i had no idea what. >> rock crawlers can conquer just about any obstacle in their way. bob standich has been driving these vehicles for more than six years. >> driving a rock crawler is an adrenaline rush. i know a lot of guys get it from speed but believe it or not, crawling around sitting 50 feet up on the side of a hill, and you can feel the tires...

Defy gravity to some extent. sometimes you dont win. gravity does. you are in a confined area. you have gasoline and any time you have fuel in a vehicle, possibility of a fire. >> this competition is a timed course, where drivers receive penalties for errors like hitting cones or going out of bounds. >> if you accomplish that course in enough time, then you had time to go try the bonus line. >> bob runs through the course without a hitch, and approaches a 20-point bonus obstacle aptly named the ...

Had gone seriously wrong but i had no idea what. >> rock crawlers can conquer just about any obstacle in their way. bob standich has been driving these vehicles for more than six years. >> driving a rock crawler is an adrenaline rush. i know a lot of guys get it from speed but believe it or not, crawling around sitting 50 feet up on the side of a hill, and you can feel the tires inching off of a rock underneath you, its a pretty good rush. >> on july 7th, 2005, in portland, indiana, bob competes...