August 29th 1998
Pictures & story by Richard
Scott & Tessa Booth.
Edited by Andrew Fielder.
First round action saw Robbie Gray in the West Virginia Mountaineer
take on Thunder dog. The Mountaineer made short work of Thunder Dog. Gary
Porter in the Carolina Crusher defeated Alan Tura's G-Force Ford. Thunder
Dog came back as the fast loser against the Virginia Giant. The Virginia
Giant won & moved onto the second round.
Virginia Giant V's Thunder Dog
Second Round Action saw some great match ups. Alan Tura in G-Force
came back to face the West Virginia Mountaineer. This was because the Virginia
Giant broke his transmission in the first round, giving the G-Force
another chance to race. But as fate would have it, Robbie Gray in his Mountaineer
truck defeated Tura. Carolina Crusher made short work of Thunder Dog, the
first rounds fastest loser.
After a brief intermission the crowd was treated to Alan Tura's Transtormer
robot & G-Force spitting fire from the turbine engine in the rear of
the truck.
Transtormer
After the light show, the finalists where brought out to do battle
one last time.
Robbie Gray in the West Virginia Mountaineer knew he would have
his work cut out for him, as Gary Porter in the Carolina Crusher had been
running well all night. In this last race, Carolina Crusher showed who
was tougher, by defeating the Mountaineer, by half a trucks length.
After the racing, the crowd was treated to some freestyle action,
which put a nice touch to end the night of racing.
The West Virginia Mountaineer & Thunder Dog went for massive
air, while Gary Porter in Carolina Crusher did his trademark doughnuts.
All in all, it will be a night that the people who went to the Page
County Fair,a night soon not forget.
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