Saturday evening saw the stands full up in front of the Monster Truck & Tough truck course.
With the earlier qualifying determining which trucks would go up against each other, the Monster Truck drivers would push their trucks to the limits, to try & make it through to the next round to increase their points, in theProMT points standings.
With lots of clouds in the sky & the chance of rain, the sun would occasionally appear from behind the clouds to light up the track.

The first race which was Race #4 in the ProMT Truxpo Truck Tour would see Dan Runte in BIGFOOT up against Andy Slifko in Eradicator.  The Eradicator truck was actually the lightest truck of all the Monster Trucks, racing that weekend.
Slifko had a good start beating BIGFOOT off the lights, but underpowered, BIGFOOT took the win.

BIGFOOT

Next up was Sudden Impact against Virginia Giant.  John Seasock had a good start in Sudden Impact & even though Virginia Giant ran a hard race, he was unable to catch up & Sudden Impact took the win. Virginia Giant's time did put him through to the second round as the 2nd fastest loser.

Virginia Giant

Both Tim & Mark Hall would go up against each other in the Executioner & Tropical Thunder trucks. Unfourtnatly Tropical Thunder was having mechanical problems & was unable to race. This gave Executioner an easy pass, putting him through to the next round.

Next was Randy Brown in Pure Adrenalin, who had only just got his MTRA Class A licence, making this his first ProMT points race. He would go up against Steve Macklyn in Nitro Fish. Steve had problems with the truck & didn't make it to the start line in time, but Tim Hall had managed to get Tropical Thunder working, so went up against him instead. Rookie driver Randy Brown, showed his driving skills in Pure Adrenalin & took the win.

Pure Adrenalin

Next up was Samson & Equalizer. Dan Patrick in Samson, who went into Nazareth in the lead position in the points standings, so wanted to do well to keep his position. In a close race Samson took the win. Equalizer had the fastest losing time, making him the 1st round fastest loser.

The last first round race saw Tonka up against Blown Thunder.

Blown Thunder

Second round Monster Truck action saw BIGFOOT go up against 2nd round fastest loser Virginia Giant, with Dan Runte in BIGFOOT taking the win.
The next race saw Sudden Impact & Executioner go head to head. Mark Hall in Executioner had the edge over Sudden Impact to narrowly take the win.


Executioner

Dan Patrick in Samson then went up against Randy Brown in Pure Adrenalin. Samson had a good start off the line, & Pure Adrenalin  was unable to catch up, giving Samson the win.
The last 2nd round heat saw Eric Tack in Tonka go up against the 1st round fastest loser, David Morris in Equalizer. Tonka sped to victory, taking the win against Equalizer, who seemed to have a slow run in that race.
 

1ST ROUND					2ND ROUND
#	React MPH	LANE	VEHICLE TIME	W L	React MPH	LANE	VEHICLE TIME	W L
1	.723		88 Bigfoot				LANE CHOICE
	45.2mph	L	4.848	W	0.655		88 Bigfoot
12	.564		11 Eradicator		50.5mph	L	4.802	W
	35.7mph	R	6.514	L			0.255
				2nd Rd. 2nd Fast Loser -->	0.531		49 Virginia Giant
					44.6mph	R	5.057	L
5	.824		49 Virginia Giant
	41.8mph	R	5.235	L	0.681		14 Sudden Impact
8	.706		14 Sudden Impact		40.1mph	R	5.269	L
	40.1mph	L	5.321	W			0.238
3	.729		23 Executioner				LANE CHOICE
	43.7mph	R	5.151	W	0.656mph		23 Executioner
10			82 Tropical Thunder		46.1	L	5.031	W
		L	97.000	L
6	.744		17 Pure Adrenalin
	44.6mph	L	5.085	W	0.873		17 Pure Adrenalin
7	.539		66 Nitro Fish		43.2mph	R	5.103	L
	39.4mph	R	5.835	L			0.098
4	.692		13 Samson				LANE CHOICE
	49.1mph	L	5.019	W	0.686		13 Samson
9	.670		33 Equalizer		42.9mph	L	5.005	W
	42.1mph	R	5.182	L
2	.619		34 Tonka				LANE CHOICE
	46.1mph	R	4.944	W	0.635		34 Tonka
11	.680		18 Blown Thunder		46.4mph	R	4.838	W
	38.5mph	L	5.687	L			1.201
				1st Round Fast Loser -->	0.739		33 Equalizer
					25.9mph	L	6.039	L
1st Rd Losers					2nd Rd Losers
1	5.182		33 Equalizer	0.6	5.057		49 Virginia Giant
2	5.235		49 Virginia Giant	0.5	5.103		17 Pure Adrenalin
3	5.687		18 Blown Thunder	0.4	5.269		14 Sudden Impact
4	5.835		66 Nitro Fish	0.3	6.039		33 Equalizer
5	6.514		11 Eradicator	0.2
6	97.000		82 Tropical Thunder	0.1

Semi Final action saw BIGFOOT & Executioner go up against each other. In a close race BIGFOOT took the win, beating Executioner by 0.097 seconds. At the end of the course a loud bang from Executioners engine, would see the Hall brothers having to relpace the engine during the night.
The other Semi Final race saw Samson & Tonka go head to head. In another close race, Samson had a good start & left the line first, but got some big air, which slowed him down, giving Tonka the win.


Tonka & Samson

The Finals would come down to the two Team BIGFOOT trucks, of Dan Runte in BIGFOOT & team mate Eric Tack in the Tonka BIGFOOT. With the sun suddenly dissappearing behind the clouds, the first Finals of the weekend would be a grey one.


Tonka & BIGFOOT

This race which would give Eric Tack a chance to upset the points series, & move him up from 3rd place to 1st, it was also a chance for Dan Runte in BIGFOOT to move from 2nd place to 1st place. With that in mind, both drivers ran hard, but Eric Tack in Tonka had the faster reaction time off the lights & managed to take the win over BIGFOOT by 0.061 seconds.
 

3RD ROUND				FINALS				WINNER
React MPH	LANE	VEHICLE TIME	W L	React MPH	LANE	VEHICLE TIME	W L	VEHICLE TIME
0.668		88 Bigfoot
45.2mph	L	4.878	W
		Time Difference		0.650		88 Bigfoot
		0.097		50.1mph	L	4.871	L	WINNING DRIVER
0.650		23 Executioner						VEHICLE & TIME
43.2mph	R	4.975	L			Time Difference		Eric Tack
						0.061		34 Tonka
								4.810
0.599		13 Samson
51.3mph	L	4.881	L					OVERALL
		Time Difference		0.585		34 Tonka		FASTEST TIME
		0.079		49.1mph	R	4.810	W	Dan Runte
								88 Bigfoot
0.648		34 Tonka						4.802
44.0mph	R	4.802	W
3nd Rd Losers				Fast Times by Rounds				Finals Fast Loser
4.881		13 Samson		4.848		88 Bigfoot	1	88 Bigfoot
4.975		23 Executioner		4.802		88 Bigfoot	2	4.871
				4.802		34 Tonka	3
				4.810		34 Tonka	4

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