New Orleans USHRA

[Tim Smith]

Lineup and qualification times:
1. Bigfoot -4.72- (John Piant)
6. Thumper II -5.56- (Clint Dagit)
4. Rocky Mountain Thunder -5.45- (Nick Jackson)
5. Evil Force -5.55- (Ray Piorkowski)
7. Kid's Stuff -7.10- (Norman Groguen)
3. Chi-Town Hustler -5.40- (Kevin Dabney)
2.Taurus -4.90- (Jack Willman Sr.)

-----------------------------------Track Setup-------------------------------
A relatively small roller than a set of 8 cars. The roller was about half the size of the 66 inch tire.

--------------------------------First Round & Times--------------------------
1. Bigfoot bye. 4.88
6. Thumper II 5.53 def 3. Chi Town Hustler 5.78 (Thumper smoked a lot when he finished)
2. Taurus 5.01 def. 5.Evil Force 6.23 (Taurus got sideways at the end but kept it under control
4. Rocky Mtn. Thunder 5.43 def. 7. Kid's Stuff 6.27 (Thunder had him all the way)
-------------------------------Semi Finals & Times---------------------------
1. Bigfoot 4.63 def. 6. Thumper II 4.83 (Thumper really had the holeshot but Bigfoot came from behind and beat him barely, Thumper started smoking from a busted steering pump again)
2. Taurus 4.70 def. 4. Rocky Mtn. Thunder (Taurus led him all the way, blow out, didn't show Thunder's time)
----------------------------------Finals & Times------------------------------
1. Bigfoot 4.22 def. 2. Taurus 4.38 (One of the best races of ALL time, they shot out even, Taurus just tapped down one time and got tilted down to the left over the set of cars. But Bigfoot's motor exploded in mid-air and white smoke went all over the place, John couldn't see and couldn't keep it under control and hit Taurus with his right front tire. Everybody was ok but it was an awesome race. Truly awesome.)

Points after this race:
-Truck---------------------Points-----------------------------------------------
1. Bigfoot #4------------779
2. Excaliber--------------687 (Whoo Chuckie! lol)
3. Taurus-----------------683
4. 4 Wheel Crazy-------678
5. First Blood------------670
6. Ecology Eliminator---492
7. Bear Foot--------------480
High Voltage-------------480
8. Evil Force--------------476
9. Hot Stuff---------------385

[Tim Smith]

Heres the finals; I put it on youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=eP001L_CTD4

PS: I didn't hit modify

[dave3ba]

Notes: John Piant was driving Bigfoot IV at this event. Jack Willman Sr. had the older, heavier Taurus II.

[bitemestudios]

Can anyone point to an event that Excaliber actually ran other than Pontiac this year? Chuckie is mentioned all over this section of the board, but Pontiac is the only event he appeared on.

[dave3ba]

The only other televised events were Oklahoma City and possibly Orlando, though I've never seen it. He ran mostly smaller arenas, as the truck was geared to have no top end, but had quite a burst in first gear.

[bitemestudios]

Dave, do you have OKC?

[dave3ba]

Yessir I do.

[bitemestudios]

I wouldn't mind having it...shoot me an email