PROMT
Racing
Nazareth Speedway,
Nazareth, PA
September 16th &17th, 2000

On the weekend of the 16th & 17th September, Monster
Truck racing came to the Nazareth Speedway for the very first time.
As part of the ProMT Points series, the line up consisted of 9 of the 10
Monster Trucks who had invited to come race. These where Virginia
Giant, Tonka, BIGFOOT, Sudden Impact, Nitro Fish, Tropical Thunder, Samson,
Executioner & Equalizer.
Eradicator, Blown Thunder, Pure Adrenalin & on the Sunday only
Carolina Crusher, turned up to try & qualify for the 3 remaining
positions, as only 9 invitational trucks had turned up.
Some of the trucks, such as Sudden Impact, BIGFOOT & Tonka had
been in the area doing displays for local car dealerships & radio interviews.
John Seasock in Sudden Impact had also been going to some of the local
schools & giving talks to the children.
Talking to the school kids
All of the trucks would make two qualifying runs. This would give
them a chance to run on each lane.
First up to qualify was Diehl Wilson in the Virginia Giant &
Eric Tack in the Tonka BIGFOOT.
Tonka
Virginia Giant
With a hard landing, Virginia Giant seemed to be having suspension
problems. Nothing Diehl couldn't fix, for his second qualifying run.
Click here to see a picture
of Tonka & Viginia Giants second
qualifying run.
Next up to qualify was Dan Runte in BIGFOOT & Andy (Glow-stick)
Slifko in Eradicator. The Eradicator Truck had the fastest reaction time
in qualifying, on his second run. But Dan Runte in BIGFOOT had the fastest
qualifying ime of the day.
Eradicator
Next up to qualify was Doug Cole in Blown Thunder & John Seasock
in Sudden Impact. This would be the only qualifying run of Sudden Impact,
as John hurt his knee in between qualifying & was unable to make his
second run.
Sudden Impact
Next up was Tim Hall driving the Tropical Thunder truck, on behalf
of Guy Wood,. And Dan Patrick in Samson.
As Guy Wood had sold the Tropical Thunder truck overseas, &
his new truck which he is currently building, wasn't ready for the Nazareth
show. So Tim Hall used one of the older Executioner trucks, with the Ice
Man body & a Tropical Thunder sticker on the side. This way Guy Wood,
would not lose any points in the series.
Tropical Thunder
Samson
Mark Hall in Executioner & David Morris in Equalizer would then
qualify next.
Click here to see a picture
of Executioner & Equalizer qualifying.
The last two trucks to qualify where Steve Macklyn in Nitro Fish
& Randy Brown in Pure Adrenalin. Suspension problems for Pure Adrenalin
led them to run their qualifying heat last.
Pure Adrenalin
All of the trucks made their two runs. The table below shows
the times which the trucks ran. It also shows which lane they ran in. Their
reaction times from when the light turned green & their average speed
over the course.
Saturdays Qualifying
| QUALIFYING
SHEET |
1ST
RUN |
2ND
RUN |
| |
DRIVERS |
TRUCK |
Lane |
Time |
React |
MPH |
# |
Lane |
Time |
React |
MPH |
| I |
Diehl
Wilson |
49
Virginia Giant |
L
|
5.427 |
.775 |
34.1 |
|
R |
5.151 |
.758 |
45.2 |
| I |
Eric
Tack |
34
Tonka |
R |
5.064 |
.609 |
43.4 |
|
L |
4.916 |
.726 |
40.6 |
| N |
Andy
Slifko |
11
Eradicator |
L |
6.135 |
1.114 |
35.0 |
|
R |
6.302 |
.570 |
34.8 |
| I |
Dan
Runte |
88
Bigfoot |
R |
4.909 |
.717 |
49.4 |
|
L |
4.872 |
.646 |
46.7 |
| N |
Doug
Cole |
18
Blown Thunder |
L |
6.056 |
.678 |
36.5 |
|
R |
6.072 |
.719 |
34.1 |
| I |
John
Seasock |
14
Sudden Impact |
R |
5.471 |
.739 |
37.7 |
|
L |
|
|
|
| I |
Steven
Macklyn |
66
Nitro Fish |
L |
5.435 |
.669 |
38.1 |
|
R |
6.831 |
.600 |
23.0 |
| N |
Randy
Brown |
17
Pure Adrelin |
R |
5.636 |
1.139 |
38.7 |
|
L |
5.255 |
.669 |
38.5 |
| I |
Tim
Hall |
82
Tropical Thunder |
L |
6.300 |
.584 |
37.1 |
|
R |
5.911 |
.765 |
39.6 |
| I |
Dan
Patrick |
13
Samson |
R |
5.096 |
.713 |
48.0 |
|
L |
5.042 |
.621 |
50.5 |
| I |
Mark
Hall |
23
Executioner |
L |
5.087 |
.667 |
46.7 |
|
R |
4.951 |
.726 |
48.0 |
| I |
Dave
Morris |
33
Equalizer |
R |
5.949 |
.751 |
29.3 |
|
L |
5.609 |
.697 |
32.5 |
This is the order in which the trucks qualified.
| QUALIFYING
ORDER |
| 1 |
88 Bigfoot |
L |
I |
4.8720 |
| 2 |
34 Tonka |
L |
I |
4.9160 |
| 3 |
23 Executioner |
R |
I |
4.9510 |
| 4 |
13 Samson |
L |
I |
5.0420 |
| 5 |
49 Virginia
Giant |
R |
I |
5.1510 |
| 6 |
17 Pure Adrenalin |
L |
N |
5.2550 |
| 7 |
66 Nitro Fish |
L |
I |
5.4350 |
| 8 |
14 Sudden Impact |
R |
I |
5.4710 |
| 9 |
33 Equalizer |
L |
I |
5.6090 |
| 10 |
82 Tropical
Thunder |
R |
I |
5.9110 |
| 11 |
18 Blown Thunder |
L |
N |
6.0560 |
| 12 |
11 Eradicator |
L |
N |
6.1350 |
Check out in great detail, my coverage of the weekends
action
A special thanks to Eric Meagher & the staff
of ISC Motorsports
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