Suzuki Extreme 4x4 Challenge 2019 Extreme by name, extreme by nature
Like the Monster Jam series on TV3’s CRC Motorsport, the annual Suzuki Extreme 4x4 event is filmed for TV and therefore guarantees maximum entertainment with rollovers, air time and high adrenalin. But you have to be there to smell the petrol fumes and hot baking mud!
Held at Dan Cowper’s Turakina property for the fifth consecutive year, the venue offers very easy access and good viewing of all the action with spectators just metres away from their favourite team. For 2019 Dan bought a digger and spent some time making up the 10 courses that would challenge the competitors. At first the climbs and turns seemed virtually impossible but somehow these little purpose-built vehicles defy the laws of physics and at times literally fly through.
Also for 2019 the 10 competitors were the actual top 10 finishers from the NZFWDA 4x4 Trials series for 2018/2019. Scott Biggs won the double last year by taking out the NZFWDA 4x4 Trials Championship series and also the Suzuki Extreme 4x4 and had just managed to secure the title win again for 2019 in the final round setting his brother Jarred back into second for the season.
