Pontiac, MI USHRA

[dave3ba]

Date: January, 1990.

Track: Indoors, a set of 8 cars. Finish line is 10 feet after the end of the cars.

Lineup: Andy Brass (Bigfoot VIII), Rob Fuchs (First Blood II), Dan Johnson (Wasted Wages), Mark Bendler (Kodiak), Greg Piontek (Sudden Impact), Jack Willman Jr. (Taurus III), Mark Bendler (Shockwave), Chuck Pauken (Excaliber), Mark Watros (Capitol City Monster), Danny Tassone (Star Monster), Brian Bellini (Bounty Hunter), Fred Shafer (Bearfoot IV), Dale Boucher (AM/PM Rocket)

Results:

Round 1:
Brass def. Fuchs
Kodiak def. Johnson
Willman Jr. def. Pionteck
Pauken def. Shockwave
Tassone def. Watros
Shafer def. Boucher
-Tassone broke the drivetrain

Quarterfinals:
Brass def. Fuchs (2nd fast loser)
Willman Jr. def. Kodiak
Paukens def. Boucher (fast loser)
Shafer bye

Semifinals:
Brass def. Willman Jr.
Shafer def. Paukens

Finals:
Brass def. Shafer

Notes: This event was part of the NBC Sports show, on primetime network television. Events such as this one helped bring monster trucks to their popularity ceiling in the early 1990's.

[zacprochera]

It was Greg Piontek driving Sudden Impact, not John Seasock.

[dave3ba]

I edited the post to show that. Thank you.

[fantruck3]

A little bit of info on the show. Round 1 was not shown on the TV broadcast. This show was also shown during the afternoon on a Saturday. Also, this program was not shown on all NBC networks. My family had to get someone in St. Louis to tape the program as in central IL, there was no one showing it.