00:34 Welcome to Hollister Hills Off-Road Park in Hollister Hills, California
00:40 for the 19th annual Running Up Top Truck Challenge.
00:43 I'm Stan Pruitt, former competitor, judge, and your host for this year's Top Truck Challenge.
00:48 19 years ago, 4-Wheeler Magazine created Top Truck Challenge to test the engineering and performance capability of off-road rigs
00:55 with seven incredible off-road venues that are designed to stop the competitors in their tracks.
01:00 Each team will have to conquer water, mud, rocks, hills, and steep grades in their quest to capture the coveted champion's trophy.
01:10 Along the way, they will encounter broken axles, steering issues, broken winches, engine failure, and just about every other problem you can imagine.
01:21 What makes Top Truck Challenge unique is that the readers of 4-Wheeler Magazine vote each team into the event.
01:27 Out of the hundreds of entries received, just 10 competitors are selected in two different classes.
01:33 Five trucks and five buggies make the final list. Here's our lineup.
01:38 My name is Tony Montalto. I'm here from Shelton, Washington, and I drive a 1981 Ford Bronco.
01:43 My co-driver is a Joshua Middleton.
01:45 My name is Mike Keller. I drive a '76 Ford truck. My co-driver is Dan Hurt.
01:50 My name is Stephen Montpass. I live in Roseburg, Oregon, and my truck's a 1949 Willys Big Ben.
01:55 My co-driver is Randy Camp.
01:57 I'm Tim Dallner from Sheenville, Ontario, Canada. This is my '94 F-10.
02:02 Ron Stewart is my co-driver.
02:04 My name is Jeff Seeley. I'm from Sexsmith, Alberta, Canada. I drive a 1969 Suburban.
02:08 My co-pilot's Ryan Wheeler.
02:10 My name's Alex Sanders, Salem, Arkansas. I've got a 2008 buggy.
02:14 My co-driver's my dad.
02:15 My name is Josh Hall. I'm from Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada, and I'm driving a Suzuki Samurai.
02:21 My co-driver's Jimmy Wobble.
02:23 My name's Shane Bissner from Fisher, Minnesota. My buggy is a 2007 Bill Mast.
02:28 My co-driver's my son.
02:29 I'm Ron Adams, Jr., and it's a two-chassis FJ40 from Hope, Idaho.
02:33 My co-driver's Ben Stinney.
02:35 My name's Corey Timpson. I'm from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, and this is my 2010 Jeep YJB buggy.
02:41 My co-driver's Doug Ball.
02:43 It's now time for the Safety of Technicals thing.
02:46 This is very important.
02:47 The judges are looking for the safety and the technical build of the vehicle.
02:50 They're looking for what type of seatbelts, fire extinguishers, parking brakes.
02:54 In addition to that, they're carrying seatbelt cutters, fire extinguishers, and they have EMTs standing by.
02:59 Safety is paramount to this event.
03:01 The doors will come off for tank trap.
03:04 You've got to flip it upside down.
03:09 The roof happens to catch a rock.
03:11 It comes down on the door. We can't get it open.
03:13 For your safety, take the doors off for tank trap.
03:17 Will remove.
03:19 And you watched the video a couple years back, right?
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