Baltimore, USHRA FINALS

[Tim Smith]

Lineup:
Bigfoot (Jim Kramer)
BearFoot Racer (Fred Shafer)
Aces High (Jake Henke)
Lon Ranger (Gary Bauer)

-----------------------------------Track Setup--------------------------------
Done by Times
A 95 foot acceleration on an asphalt surface, then a 17ft wide hairpin turn, then accel for another 50 and jump over a set of 4 cars.

-----------------------------------Semi Finals--------------------------------
2 fastest times move on:
Aces High: 13.06
Lon Ranger: 18.32
BearFoot: 12.46
Bigfoot: 12.13
--------------------------------------Finals-----------------------------------
BearFoot: 11.77
Bigfoot: 11.69

Video of Aces High's run: www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoCHPmK2BPc&mode=user&search=
Video of both Bigfoot and Bearfoots runs: www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3ZADwerMrg&mode=user&search=

I don't know whether to call Bigfoot the champion or not since this was the last race of the season lol.

[dave3ba]

Date: ?

Notes: This event seemed to encapsulate the USHRA's thinking in the late 1980's. They hype up the event as a "World Finals"-type atmosphere, bring in the top two trucks they had at the time, yet then they go and invite Jake Henke's Aces High and Gary Bauer's Lon Ranger. Two trucks that obviously were only there as easy fodder for Jim Kramer's Bigfoot VII and Fred Shafer's Bear Foot Racer.