Louisville, KY (LMS) TNT Day 2

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Date: June 12th, 1988.

Track: Outdoors, figure 8 style course on a 1/2 mile track, with 40 cars laying different ways in the middle. Finish line is at the end of the cars.

Lineup: Rich Hooser (Bigfoot IV), Marvin Smith (Stomper II), Rod Litzau (USA-1 II), Dale Harris (Casper), Steve Dane (Awesome Kong III), John Moore (No Problem), Ron Dennis (Leadfoot), Steve Cain (King Kong III), Paul Huffaker (Jus' Showin' Off), Warren Hudson (Renegade I)

Results:

Round 1:
Hooser (bye)
Dane def. Harris
Moore def. Dennis
Smith def. Cain
Huffaker def. Hudson

Quarterfinals:
Hooser def. Harris (fast loser)
Dane def. Moore
Huffaker def. Smith

Semifinals:
Hooser def. Dane
Huffaker def. Harris (fast loser)

Finals:
Hooser def. Huffaker

Notes: Smith was entered driving Stomper II due to Mike Whitt rolling Stomper I the night before. Litzau was having problems with transmissions, and therefore could not enter the race. This was the last TNT event for Warren Hudson's Renegade 1. After this show, Jeff Dane rebuilt Awesome Kong into the well-known skinny-bodied 44" Chevrolet.

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According to Steve Dane, TNT changed its rules after the event to state that all truck bodies had to be full-length DOT bodies in direct response to Awesome Kong in its "swamp buggy" form winning Day 1, since they felt it reflected badly on the sport to have a truck looking like as it did and winning a televised event. Since TNT did not make any rule regarding the width of the body, the Dane brothers decided to try the 44 inch wide body to increase visibility. This would be the Danes' first Chevy bodied truck.