Sunday afternoon saw the final round of the Monster Truck
Thunder Drags. This would be the last chance for the drivers to push their
trucks to the limits.
The first race of the day saw the two local trucks from Pennsylvania
& team mates, Eradicator & Sudden Impact, go head to head.
Eradicator Vs Sudden Impact
Sudden Impact took the win, but after hitting the Yodock barriers
& knocking them over on the last corner, John Seasock in sudden Impact
was disqualified. So team mate Andy Slifko, was given the win.
The next race saw the two finalists from the night before, Executioner
& Black Stallion, go head to head.
Again Executioner took the win over Black Stallion, after Mike Vaters
spun out on the first corner, allowing Executioner to take the win with
ease.
Executioner - Click to Enlarge
The third race of the day, put Rick Petroline in the Firestone BIGFOOT
up against Bryan Bertoletti in Snakebite, with the Firestone BIGFOOT taking
the win.
Firestone BIGFOOT
The last first round race, had Eric Tack in the Tonka BIGFOOT go
up against Eric Meagher in BIGFOOT.
Eric Meagher was driving in place of Dan Runte, who was given the
day off by Bob Chandler, after the BIGFOOT jump the night before. The Tonka
BIGFOOT (15) truck was originally the truck Eric Meagher always drove,
& the seating in the truck was originally designed for him. When he
temporally retired from the sport, Eric Tack took over the number 15 truck.
In this race he would be driving Dan Runte's truck. With this being
Eric Meagher's first race on the course, he was at a disadvantage, but
maybe his driving experience would pay off. Unfortunately the BIGFOOT
truck spun put on the last corner, allowing the Tonka BIGFOOT to take the
win.
BIGFOOT
Semi final action saw Executioner defeat Eradicator, after Eradicator
messed up on the last corner.
Executioner
The other semi final race saw Tonka Team BIGFOOT up against the Firestone
BIGFOOT, with Tonka taking the win, putting Eric Tack into the finals for
the third time of the weekend.
Tonka BIGFOOT Vs Firestone BIGFOOT
The last finals of the Weekend would be the two times winner Eric
Tack in the Tonka Team BIGFOOT up against the one time winner of the weekend,
Mark Hall in the Executioner. Eric Tack in the Tonka truck, did it once
again, taking his third win of the weekend.
Over the course of the weekend, there was no major breakages with any of the Monster Truck teams, unlike previous years, which had seen many of the Monster Truck crews working late into the night fixing their trucks.
Tonka Team BIGFOOT
After the finals Snakebite, Sudden Impact, Black Stallion & the
three time winner Tonka Team BIGFOOT proceeded to do freestyle, one after
another.