Tank Trap Part 1! - Top Truck Challenge 2015

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Published 2015-10-15

The Tank Trap - This is the event most Top Truck Challenge competitors anxiously await—or dread. The Tank Trap is a quarter-mile-long course designed to force each competitor to fight for every inch of forward progress. The Tank Trap is a standard feature at the Hollister Hills SVRA, but for TTC, it’s modified to our specs using heavy equipment and water. As in previous years, Tank Trap (located in a deep, natural valley) has an approximate 195-foot climb in elevation from start to finish. Due to water restrictions from the 2015 California drought, we had to cut back on the number of water holes, though we use the same numbering system as in previous years. A few yards into the course, competitors have to navigate the 5-foot-deep Water Hole 2. From there, they enter the infamous 100-yard-long “Canyon” that contains steep rock walls in excess of 7 feet in height, slippery steep rock waterfalls, nasty ledges, and generally inhospitable terrain. If they make it through the Canyon, it is onto Water Hole 3 and then a series of deep, slippery, dry climbs and descents. Provided they are still moving, they come fact-to-face with the deep, off-camber “Crevice” before dropping into Water Hole 6 and Water Hole 7.
Event coverage and photos at www.fourwheeler.com/top-truck-challenge/.

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All Comments (21)

@TheCamaro5 8 years ago

I feel like we missed so much of the competition this year. This episodes should be like an hour long.
@audiwankenobi361 8 years ago

there wasn't a thing wrong with the host,this whole event has captured my attention.
@beauryan2950 5 years ago

AWESOME! I was a camera man on this show!!! So glad I found this!!!!! Still some of my best work. Love it! Thank You!!
@landon390 8 years ago

that k10 with the LQ 9 six liter , was by far the best run the best sounding the best to watch happiest run I have ever seen absolutely love that truck i hope they win at all
@crawlervideo 8 years ago

Where are the good old times gone when a Samurai on 35s can also compete!? All i can watch are Monstertrucks!
@altern8ive 8 years ago

the moment you notice the host's voice is louder and more overpowering than the monstrous engines... :-/
@cybertree 8 years ago

"We've had some spring rains that helped alleviate the moisture content in the water." Wait a minute...LULZ.
@LUNITICWILL 8 years ago

"jack links presents :messin with Sasquatch" am i the only one who got that reference at the beginning?
@GoldenRuleVideoForum 8 years ago

15:17 hes thinking, "does this guy realize how freakin nuts he sounds?"
@derrick2888 8 years ago

top winch challenge 2015
@hetrickracing1249 1 year ago

Miss the old TTC, used to watch it on a cd my dad gave me when I was 5. The tank trap used to be much more of a challenged, along with the frame twister.
@dared3vil2k9 8 years ago

Fred Williams or Rick Payway for 2016 commentator.
@quasiczarcasm 8 years ago

There should be a Top Street Truck Challenge with street legal trucks.
@yotasteve3646 8 years ago

My dads buddy Mike still holds the Tank Trap record since 2010!
@allinmota4787 8 years ago

I thought that last spotter was gonna kill over...lol
@Ry666 8 years ago

slow and steady wins the race.....nice to see that some competitors realize this
@brandonwebb4221 8 years ago

the 83 Chevy has the best motor out of all of the trucks! That thing is running good and it sounds so mean!!!
@Jazz-cf4ve 8 years ago

I love this challenge!!! I was watching this today in study hall at my school and my earbuds weren't in yet so the engine sounds were really loud and i almost got in trouble lol. I just love Motor Trend!
@drakore244 8 years ago

"spring rain has really helped alleviate the moisture content in the water" ... how did this guy get a job? Fred Williams or Rick Payway for 2016 commentator.
@PhillipMicah 8 years ago

The Tank Trap is supposed to be the toughest challenge, that's why it's last, but every single truck has made it through so far. I remember when seeing one or two trucks finish was asking a lot.