Albuquerque, New Mexico (TNT) Night ?

[oldiron]

Trucks: Bigfoot VIII, Grave Digger II, Carolina Crusher II, Equalizer (Greg Hollbrook), Awsome Kong IV, USA-1 II, Night Life III, Clydesdale II, No Problem! II, Tuff E Nuff, Playin 4 Keeps, Wild Hair (Marvin Smith) , King Krunch III

Qualifying:
don't have times.

Racing:

Round 1:
Bigfoot VIII vs. Bye
No Problem! II vs. Tuff E Nuff -No Problem! II
USA-1 II vs. Carolina Crusher II - USA-1 II
Night Life III vs. King Krunch III (FL) - Night Life III
Equalizer vs. Wild Hair - Equzlizer
Grave Digger II vs. Playin 4 Keeps - Grave Digger II
Awsome Kong IV vs. Clydesdale II - Awsome Kong IV

Round 2:
Bigfoot VIII vs. No Problem! II -Bigfoot VIII
Night Life III vs. USA-1 II -Night Life III
Awsome Kong vs. Grave Digger II- Awsome Kong IV
King Krunch III vs. Equalizer- King Krunch III

Semi -Finals:
King Krunch III vs. Equalizer- King Krunch III
Bigfoot VIII vs. Night Life III- Bigfoot VIII

Finals:
Bigfoot VIII vs. King Krunch III- Bigfoot VIII

notes:
event was early in the season. many trucks still have their 1989 looks (Clydesdale, King Krunch, Equalizer)

unfortunaly I don't have a lot of info on the drivers. only the truck. I don't have qualifying results.

according to the info I have this was the first event for Bigfoot VIII on the TNT circuit.

[dave3ba]

Date: April 1st, 1990.

Track: Indoors, roller hill followed by 12 cars. Finish line at the end of the cars.

Lineup: Andy Brass (Bigfoot VIII), Dennis Anderson (Grave Digger II), Gary Porter (Carolina Crusher II), Greg Holbrook (Equalizer), Steve Cain (Awesome Kong IV), Steve Wilke (USA-1 II), Dave Wieczorek (Night Life II), Bennett Clark (Clydesdale II), John Moore (No Problem II), Pablo Cruz (Tuff-E-Nuff), Jesse Birgy (Play'n for Keeps), Marvin Smith (Wild Hair), Scott Stephens (King Krunch III)

Points Standings:
1. Bigfoot 319
2. Equalizer 308
3. King Krunch 298
4. Awesome Kong 257
4. Carolina Crusher 257
6. Grave Digger 199
7. USA-1 173
8. Buffalo Tremor 160
9. Night Life 148
10. The Outlaw 129

This is Day 2 in Albequerque

Notes: This was the last show before Bigfoot VIII was banned to allow the other trucks to catch up. This was also the last event for Equalizer and King Krunch's old paint schemes. This even also marked the final show for Jesse Birgy's original Play'n for Keeps. Birgy would debut a new truck at Bowling Green, OH later in the year. Dave Wieczorek debuted a new body on his Night Life truck the night before this event.

[metalicagod]

bursey rebuilt the truck due to rolling it five weeks before bowling green. does anyone know what happened?

[dave3ba]

I believe it was a hauling accident. He drove the truck for a couple weeks after the accident, then realized how much damage there was, and completely rebuilt it, debuting the new one, as you mentioned, at Bowling Green.

[kouvre]

oldiron said:

according to the info I have this was the first event for Bigfoot VIII on the TNT circuit.

That was an erroneous statement on my part in Bigfoot's Wikipedia entry. Bigfoot 8's debut came in Memphis, TN, not Albuquerque as I previously thought.

[dave3ba]

Not that it really matters, but just in case somebody doesn't realize, Kouvre is talking about the TNT debut for Bigfoot VIII. The truck's actual debut came in '89 in the USHRA, the only one I can think of offhand that was televised was Houston, as well as the earliest '90 event for USHRA in Anaheim. '90 TNT Memphis was, however, the first show with Bigfoot VIII's "racing" paint scheme with the yellow and red.

[tntmaniac]

Dave Weiczoric debuted a whole new truck in Albuqerque. Daves old night life was bought by Ron Pane of Ruckersville VA .Ron raced at the 1990 Stafford springs Ct TNT show later that year,with that old night life truck which he named Pain Crusher. The Pain crusher was yellow. My father brought me to that Stafford show for my birthday on august 4th 1990. I was turning 15 years old. I was there only for the second show wich was on the 4th. That show was breathtaking,with those trucks getting alot of speed on that long course.