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.
BIGFOOTNext 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 GiantBoth 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 AdrenalinNext 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.
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 |
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| 0.079 | 49.1mph | R | 4.810 | W |
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| 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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