TOTAL Trailblazers 4×4 Annual All Terrain Challenge: Mud Madness
Posted By: NarendZORCE
24/09/11
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Tags:4x4, Caroni Bird Sanctuary, Lube-Tech, mud pit, Off Road, TOTAL Lubricants, Trail Blazers, trinidad
Photographers: NarendZORCE, Gerrard Wilson and Lyden Thomas
Categories: Event Coverage, Off Road, Rally, Special Events 
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By Narend Sooknarine of Zorce Magazine
The day began in earnest with a 7am call time at the Caroni Bird Sanctuary. Mitsubishi L200s, Ford Rangers, Land Rovers, Range Rovers Suzuki Jimnys, Toyota Hiluxes, Mazda BT50s, and even a chop-top, netted-door Nissan Patrol were gearing up for a taste of the TOTAL Trailblazers 4×4 Annual All Terrain Challenge event. Last year there was so much rain that the King of the Hill had to be cancelled but this year, things seemed off to a great start.
For our media crew things would be particularly interesting as thanks to TOTAL Lubricants and Meguiar’s Car Care Products, we were afforded the use of a Polaris off-road, roll caged, tractor-tyred dune buggy with racing seats and a cooler strapped to the back. One game of rock, paper, scissors later and Duane of TriniTuner.com was selected as the driver while we took turns taking photos, literally hanging on just to get photos of “mid-splash” action of competitors ‘motoring through the mud’, try saying that five times fast. Although our guide in the Jimny up front said that the first stage was an easy drive, nothing more than what the club considers a grade one or two, one of the 4×4s with huge tires managed to get fully sideways, albeit in the same spot spinning them. He ended up fully across the road and then corrected the situation by reversing and re-orienting the vehicle– so much for grades one and two.
The next major section for competitors, besides finding an issue of Zorce along with Monster-branded er, population control “packet” and other treasure-hunt items, was the King of the Hill mandatory challenge. This was divided into two courses– novice and expert, with a few competitors swapping expected positions. It was very entertaining to see many drivers reach the very edge, some even with two wheels atop the steep expert summit, only to slide back down again with wheels so full of mud that retries proved futile. But yet again there were some who persisted or even took another try and managed to succeed. One or two novices on regular road tires genuinely got stuck, but thankfully there was a recovery tractor on standby along with the marshal’s’ hardy little Suzuki Jimnys. It was precisely at this point when we fully understood that the Meguiar’s wash bay back at the start was not put there for style and branding. These boys and girls were out to get down and dirty. But the majority of the action was yet to come.
Back at the Caroni Bird Sanctuary highway exit, two massive mud pits, one novice and one expert, which took mud to the bonnet level, along with a slushy hill and a tight series of curves meant that any vehicle not dressed in murky brown would certainly have a healthy coat. This venue proved to be quite the spectator spot as many highway travelers stopped in to see what all the fuss was all about. Highlights included Drag Racing champion Sheldon Bissessar with Rally champion Ainsley Lochan at the wheel getting totally stuck in the expert pit and needing a Jimny to pull out the Jimny that was pulling them out of the pit– yes three vehicles in tandem– TOTAL mud madness! After being pulled out and over the hill, they decided to engage in a bit of tug-o-war with the marshal’s recovery vehicle. Also worth mentioning is the V8-powered Patrol that conquered both the King of the Hill and the mud pit at an unusually moderate pace. A few entries found out what it was like to have a mud flood and what it feels like to get pulled out backwards. All in all it was a day of total fun and after a visit to the Meguiar’s wash bay, it was time to start the prizegiving ceremony. (Results posted below the photos)
Click here for a PDF of the official results.
This event was sponsored by:
OVERALL WINNERS COMP. of Points Name of Driver Name of Co-driver
1st 61 640 Suraj Bissoon Kenrick Alexander
2nd 02 730 Latiff Khan Reshma Nanan
3rd 64 750 Kevin Ramroop Brandon Ramroop
4th 07 760 Ainsley Lochan Rajesh Jairam
5th 10 820 Rishi Maharaj Surendra Dhanraj
6th 25 830 Navin Ramdass Shivanath Rajnath
7th 71 880 Darron Dass Riaz Mohammed
8th 22 910 Barry Gowandan Sarah-Jane Gopaul
9th 49 960 Fawaz Mohammed Ishwar Patel
10th 31 1060 Marlon Birjar Keegan Sookhan
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Contributing Photographers: NarendZORCE, Gerrard Wilson and Lyden Thomas
t_ramp
Sep 24th, 2011
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Thanks to the organizers for a great show today.
here are just two of many gems …mudhogs indeed.
regards to all.
droppa
Sep 24th, 2011
Rally was great, did not do as was expected, but still get sumtin, was mad fun, now let the cleaning begin………
aye HY, i see u took a drink boi and like yuh get unconcious, and the ironman had to give u some cpr, but yuh get back up good and going man, nice job………who say snorkel???
patiently awaiting pics, saw gerry and LT there, so i know some high quality shots in the making……
Rx
Sep 24th, 2011
* sigh…
I was unable to attend/ participate ……… eagerly awaiting pics……
HaRdCoRe_YoUtH
Sep 24th, 2011
aye HY, i see u took a drink boi and like yuh get unconcious, and the ironman had to give u some cpr, but yuh get back up good and going man, nice job………who say snorkel???
patiently awaiting pics, saw gerry and LT there, so i know some high quality shots in the making……
Snorkel for reall!!
Man I owe Mr James a whole lot! He knows how the 4×4 world is and seeing that he helped out so much! I will be taking a snorkel, lift kit, front bumper and some other stuff! Man i knw i would have sucked in water but "go hard or go home"!!! lolzz
Frontier performed really well and did exceptionally well on the king of the hill climb!
ALSO i help tow people up the hill after the king of the hill event! Frontier working like a mini tractor!……
chucky
Sep 25th, 2011
Some pics from yesterday. More to come.
chucky
Sep 25th, 2011
Some more
chucky
Sep 25th, 2011
Again
chucky
Sep 25th, 2011
Some more
chucky
Sep 25th, 2011
King of The Hill
chucky
Sep 25th, 2011
More King of the Hill
chucky
Sep 25th, 2011
Mud Hog
3stagevtec
Sep 25th, 2011
Nice pics.. Makes me vex I couldn’t make it..
Rx
Sep 25th, 2011
sweet pics !!!!!!!
civic minded
Sep 25th, 2011
I was real surprise the hilux with the 20" rims made it thro
sliderz1
Sep 25th, 2011
the mahindra is 4wd?
HaRdCoRe_YoUtH
Sep 25th, 2011
Me doing King of the Hill while RAIN falling!!
The rain made that place really bad….
Everyone thought that i would not have made it up the hill!…All u hearing in the background when the announcer asked if i was going to make it was "NO"
lolzz……
droppa
Sep 25th, 2011
tractors wukking dey boi……
well done….
3stagevtec
Sep 25th, 2011
Wow, flew up that hill with ease!
civic minded
Sep 25th, 2011
Tractor tires was key to make it up that hill after the rain and mudds was the order for the novice hill!
kevinsonny
Sep 26th, 2011
d man make all 4×4 frontier owners proud dey bai! big up!!!!!!!
AutoSport
Sep 26th, 2011
Heard this was a really great event that is now demanding a firm date on the annual Motor Sport calendar.
Congrats to all involved.
But why those flat roads looking so similar to what we used to rally through back in the 80’s with our ordinary Rally Cars, simply fitted with a sump shield and some M/S tyres?
Duane 3NE 2NR
Sep 26th, 2011
The rain made that place really bad….
Everyone thought that i would not have made it up the hill!…All u hearing in the background when the announcer asked if i was going to make it was "NO"
lolzz……
I was standing up right next to Robbie and Narend and I too was thinking you wouldn’t make it, especially in the rain, since most people didnt make it in the dry!
and on top of that you just walk up that hill normel normel lol
sorry yuh didnt make it through the mud pit
HaRdCoRe_YoUtH
Sep 26th, 2011
The rain made that place really bad….
Everyone thought that i would not have made it up the hill!…All u hearing in the background when the announcer asked if i was going to make it was "NO"
lolzz……
I was standing up right next to Robbie and Narend and I too was thinking you wouldn’t make it, especially in the rain, since most people didnt make it in the dry!
and on top of that you just walk up that hill normel normel lol
sorry yuh didnt make it through the mud pit
Yeh mud pit was crazy…lolz…Thank god for James Mosley for helping me get the van back up running to head home.
U knw i still studying u and the "D plates"..how u had to have the hold it up while driving….lmao!!!
BTW
I hear the mud pit event will be shown on SNERGY TV TONITE AT 9 PM.
Rx
Sep 26th, 2011
awesome !!!!
Duane 3NE 2NR
Sep 26th, 2011
lol the back plate was still on
sliderz1
Sep 26th, 2011
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FTW!!!
droppa
Sep 27th, 2011
The rain made that place really bad….
Everyone thought that i would not have made it up the hill!…All u hearing in the background when the announcer asked if i was going to make it was "NO"
lolzz……
I was standing up right next to Robbie and Narend and I too was thinking you wouldn’t make it, especially in the rain, since most people didnt make it in the dry!
and on top of that you just walk up that hill normel normel lol
sorry yuh didnt make it through the mud pit
Yeh mud pit was crazy…lolz…Thank god for James Mosley for helping me get the van back up running to head home.
U knw i still studying u and the "D plates"..how u had to have the hold it up while driving….lmao!!!
BTW
I hear the mud pit event will be shown on SNERGY TV TONITE AT 9 PM.
yeah some clips were shown, i jus saw the clip with the white patrol walking tru, looked rel bess, and felt good to see that the offroading is picking up in Trinidad….trailblazers have brought this sport and competition to where it is…..
stingray316
Sep 27th, 2011
Synergy make that pit look easy, everything they show was going thru with ease…
wagon r
Sep 28th, 2011
…just a few.
HaRdCoRe_YoUtH
Sep 28th, 2011
love demmmm…..
bumpy
Sep 29th, 2011
did anyone know that trailblazers confirmed the driver of the white patrol and inform him that they made a mistake on the results of king of the hill and his machine was the winner for the fastest time which everyone realised
Rx
Sep 29th, 2011
Congrats BUMPY !!!!!!
Mudaholics Crew in da house !!!
bumpy
Sep 29th, 2011
will power ,strong mind and ability thats y they cant stop a crew like we . big up to the mudaholics crew ,and dean wheels.dean ,"andre, the king of the mud pit" ,.and my friend who helped with the high lift jack
bt50
Sep 30th, 2011
Yeah man bumpy…get on…climbed hill on 2wd… with front banjo broken and strapped with WARN8000 winch…talk about engineering
For real – special thanks to the guy who helped with the hi-lift jacks….
droppa
Oct 3rd, 2011
heard the official results were up, anyone knows where…….
bumpy
Oct 5th, 2011
Let’s see if the "MOJO ROCKET"
has what it takes as this ain’t no gravel stage and is much longer than a 1/4 mile. 
WELL I GUESS IT HAD THE WHITE NISSAN PATROL AS THE UNDERDOG AKA -BUMPY WHO WON KING OF THE HILL WITH ONLY 2WD BECAUSE OF A BROKEN BANJO , TALK ABOUT POWER