Team 831 Pro-Modified
Driver: Gavin Lewis
I got my start in 4wd at an early age working around my family’s Christmas tree farm. Quickly, I went from driving tractors to driving Jeeps around the fields. As soon as I got my license I started driving a 1987 Wrangler Sahara to and from school every day. It was a few years and after college when I really became involved in organized off-road trips.
In 2000 I joined a small off-road club, East Coast 4x4 Experience. I started frequenting Paragon on a regular basis both with the club and for monthly rides. In the summer of 2002 I teamed up with Chris Steinberg and spotted for him in the first ever NEUROC event. We did not do as well as we would have liked, mainly due to breakage, but I was hooked. The following year I competed with Bruce Shallis spotting. Considering the rig we were using I think we faired pretty well. The next two years I helped out with teams and spotted on occasion, but did not have a rig that I felt was competition ready. At the end of the 2005 season I decided that I needed to be back in the drivers seat and started to build my current rig, which would be debuted in 2006. With the help of Dave Kemner at Full Circle 4x4, we assembled the most state of the art rig to enter the pro-modified class on the east coast, and possibly the country. In 2006 we took home high honors with 2 wins, a second and a fourth, third overall in UROC Atlantic division, and led the We-Rock series through the mid-point of the year. This year we aim to better those statistics. I have teamed up again with Bruce Shallis, who had been spotting an unlimited rig the past 4 years. Together, with my experience in the new rig and Bruce’s experience as a spotter in a more difficult class, we are shooting for the top of the field in 2007.
Outside of competitive rockcrawling, I am a small business owner in Flemington NJ where I also reside with my wife Elizabeth and our 2 year old daughter Kaileigh. I am an avid outdoors person and help out in the off-road community whenever I have the opportunity.
Spotter: Bruce Shallis
Hello, a little history about my competition and four wheeling experience. I started out fifteen years ago wheeling my stock 1990 Jeep Wrangler at Jeep Jamborees and some local wheeling spots with friends like most jeepers. A few years later I joined a club and then worked my way up to president of the club for three years. Trail guiding at Camp Jeep and Jeep Jamborees was just the start of helping the four wheel drive community.
For the past four years I have spent my time as co-owner of Rausch Creek Off Road Park in PA. Putting the time into making RC one of the premier destinations for the east coast.
I have been an active competitor in the Rock Crawling scene with driving and spotting duties for the past five years. I have spent time competing in the NEUROC series as well as WE-ROC and UROC. With two Super Crawl championships under my belt I feel confident on what we as a team can do this year.
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