W.E. Rock Eastern Pro National Season Titles Bill Barton, Danny Rohrer and Duane Garretson Class Champions

CC | September 22, 2011

The Eastern Pro National Series came to an exciting close in Dayton Tennessee with over 2000 spectators in attendance! Congratulations to the Champions Bill Barton in the Unlimited Class, Danny Rohrer in the Pro Modified Class and
Duane Garretson in the Modified Stock Class. The Pro Modified Class had points battles to the end that made every obstacle important for all six competitors going for the title. The Champions will be presented at the W.E. Rock Grand National Championship, where the East meets the West drivers, at Miller Motorsports Park September 24^th and 25^th.

The Unlimited Class had multiple drivers at each event, but only the father son team of Bill and Chicky Barton in the BFGoodrich single seat Unlimited car went for the season points putting them as the undeniable winners.

The Pro Modified class boasted a group of drivers that included the comical and always entertaining Wombat driver Danny Rohrer, Derek West in his Jimmy’s 4×4 multipurpose rig, Torchmate Racings Kenny Blume, Maxxis Tire Mike Thompson, CGYS Justin Lawson and 4 Wheel Parts sponsored Jonathan Dawes in a diesel powered crawler. With none of them missing an event, the top four were within a point of each other going into the final round. Crowd pleasing courses up the hillsides of the sites gave each racer an opportunity to excel and it was all about keeping it on four wheels at each of the competitions. At the helm of consistency was Danny Rohrer in the Wombat that spread his enthusiasm winning three of the four events and the overall title. Second, third and fourth all had the same number of points, so the tie breaker went to the most wins followed by the best finish in the final event. Derek West took second in points with a couple of hard rolls that cost him valuable points, but did take the win at the first Dayton, TN Event. Third place would go to Kenny Blume who had two second place finishes, and fourth went to Mike Thompson who had one second place finish.

The Mod Stock class was pretty competitive between CGYS Duane Garretson in a full size jeep and Digger’s Mike Smith in a Suzuki Samari. They battled at every event, but at the end it was Duane Garretson that took three of the four wins for the season title. Kelly Young was also competitive in her pink jeep built to spread breast cancer awareness.

New to W.E. Rock this year is the welcomed Sportsman class. Although the Sportsman Class does not have a season points winner, the winners were each of the competitors that came out and competed for trophies. $100 entry fee put them on competition courses for the weekend and bragging rights on their finishing position.

The W.E. Rock Grand Nationals, where the East meets the West, will be at Miller Motorsports Park in Utah September 24-25, 2011. The 2012 schedule has been released at www.werocklive.com.

2011 Eastern US Nationals Wrap Up Links http://www.werocklive.com/2011/2011-eastern-national-series-wrap-up/

Class Champions

Unlimited:

1^st Bill Barton

Pro Mod:

1^st Danny Rohrer

2^nd Derek West

3^rd Ken Blume

Modified Stock:

1^st Duane Garretson

2^nd Mike Smith

3^rd Kelly Young

Event Date Location

May 13-15 Dayton, TN http://www.werocklive.com/2011/eastern-series-opener-under-tennessee-lights/

Unlimited:

1^st Bill Barton

2^nd Brian Milsap

3^rd Alex Vaughn

Pro Mod:

1^st Derek West

2^nd Kenny Blume

3^rd Justin Lawson

Modified Stock:

1^st Duane Garretson

2^nd Mike Smith

3^rd Kelly Young

Sportsman Class

1^st Brandon Hudson

June 24-26 Hannibal, MO http://www.werocklive.com/2011/eastern-event-2-%E2%80%93-hannibal-mo-post-event-write-up/

Unlimited:

1^st Bill Barton

Pro Mod:

1^st Danny Rohrer

2^nd Josh Crowe

3^rd Derek West

Modified Stock:

1^st Bryan Cooper

2^nd Mike Smith

3^rd Duane Garretson

Sportsman Class

1^st Dale Unnerstall

2^nd Travis Snider

3^rd Lisa Rush

July 22-24 Attica, IN Badlands Off Road Park http://www.werocklive.com/2011/eastern-event-3-badlands-umc-event/

Unlimited:

1^st Bill Barton

2^nd Jesse Haines

3^rd Mike Hulfish

Pro Mod:

1^st Danny Rohrer

2^nd Rusty Bray

3^rd Mike Thompson

Modified Stock:

1^st Bryan Cooper

2^nd Duane Garretson

3^rd Mike Smith

Sportsman Class

1^st Daryl Mattingly

2^nd Steve Thorton

3^rd Chris Smith

Aug 26-27 Dayton,TN http://www.werocklive.com/2011/eastern-event-4-dayton-tn/

Unlimited:

1^st Wes Keen

2^nd Bill Barton

Pro Mod:

1^st Danny Rohrer

2^nd Kenny Blume

3^rd Mike Thompson

Modified Stock:

1^st Duane Garretson

2^nd Mike Smith

Sportsman Class

1^st Todd Klueger

2^nd Chris White

2011 Western US Nationals Wrap Up Links http://www.werocklive.com/2011/2011-western-national-series-wrap-up/

Class Champions

Unlimited:

1^st Brent Bradshaw

2^nd Jesse Haines

3^rd Waylon Campbell

Pro Mod:

1^st Nick Campbell

2^nd Roger Norman

3^rd Aaron Sykes

Modified Stock:

1^st Victor Burness

Event Date Location

April 1-3 Tucson, AZ http://www.werocklive.com/2011/w-e-rock-western-pro-nationals-spring-opener/

Unlimited:

1^st Brent Bradshaw

2^nd Jesse Haines

3^rd Matt Messer

Pro Mod:

1^st Nick Campbell

2^nd Troy Bailey

3^rd Roger Norman

Modified Stock:

1^st Victor Burness

Sportsman Class

1^st Uriel Varela

2^nd Dave Ashman

May 6-8 Oroville, CA http://www.werocklive.com/2011/w-e-rock-western-pro-nationals-breaks-all-barriers-setting-records-in-oroville-ca-round-2/

Unlimited:

1^st Brent Bradshaw

2^nd Jesse Haines

3^rd Justin Hall

Pro Mod:

1^st Roger Norman

2^nd Nick Campbell

3^rd Dan Patterson

Modified Stock:

1^st Victor Burness

Sportsman Class

1^st Bror Wingard

2^nd Wesley Coon

June 10-12 Miller Motorsports Park, UT http://www.werocklive.com/2011/western-event-3-%E2%80%93-miller-motorsports-park-post-event-report/

Unlimited:

1^st Brent Bradshaw

2^nd Jesse Haines

3^rd Andrew Paulson

Pro Mod:

1^st Nick Campbell

2^nd Troy Bailey

3^rd Aaron Sykes

Modified Stock:

1^st Victor Burness

2^nd Miranda Hatch

Aug 5-7 Donner Ski Ranch, CA http://www.werocklive.com/2011/western-event-4-donner-ski-ranch/

Unlimited:

1^st Brent Bradshaw

2^nd Justin Hall

3^rd Jesse Haines

Pro Mod:

1^st Nick Campbell

2^nd Dan Patterson

3^rd Troy Bailey

Event Sponsors: Maxxis Tires, Torchmate, Master Pull, Raceline Wheels, Trail Gear, King Shocks, Losi R/C, Eastside Custom Trucks, Slime Tire Sealant, Spider Trax, Nash Fuel Propane Conversions, Pirate4x4.com, Magnum Ink, Tom Woods Custom Driveshafts

About W.E.ROCK Events, LLC.
W.E.ROCK Events, LLC. A Placerville, CA based company, sanctions, promotes, and hosts specialty off road events, including the W.E.ROCK Rockcrawling US Pro-National series, Dirt Riot Racing Series and 13 international and sub-sanctions. Attracting thousands of spectators to each event, W.E.ROCK reaches a broad demographic of off-road enthusiasts and casual motorsports fans. The sport of rockcrawling has grown by giant leaps in the last decade and is now host to over 300 registered national-level competition teams. Major competition supporters and partners include Red Bull Energy Drink, Monster Energy, NOS Energy Drink, Home Depot, MAXXIS Tires, Cooper Tires, and Crown Royal. With the off road industry exceeding 4 billion in sales annually, the sport of rockcrawling leads the way in print media and advertising for the sport’s 12 major publications. For more information, visit www.werocklive.com