Anaheim, CA USHRA

[dave3ba]

Date: January, 1990.

Track: Outdoors, a set of 5 cars, a 135 degree turn and a set of 7 cars. Finish line is in the middle of the 3rd and 4th cars.

Lineup: Allen Gaines (Orange Blossom Express), Fred Shafer (Bearfoot IV), Larry Tura (Hercules), Rob Morris (4-Wheel Crazy II), Gary Schott (Exterminator), Allen Pezo (Predator), Tom Feeney (Iron Butterfly), Andy Brass (Bigfoot VIII), Jack Willman (Taurus III), Meredith Doulton (AM/PM Boss), Steve Helms (Skoal Crusher II), Dale Boucher (AM/PM Rocket)

Results:

Qualifying:
Shafer 14.23
Tura 17.14
Morris 13.12
Schott 17.11
Pezo 18.71
Feeney 36.70
Willman 13.06
Brass 13.31
Helms 15.21
Doulton 18.05
Boucher 14.58
-Willman broke in qualifying

Round 1:
Boucher (16.16) def. Tura
Helms (18.41) def. Feeney (18.61)
Brass (12.59) def. Doulton (14.13)
Shafer (14.37) def. Pezo
Morris (14.55) def. Schott

Quarterfinals:
Boucher (15.47) def. Helms
Brass (12.87) def. Shafer
Morris def. Pezo (fast loser) (14.22)

Semifinals:
Brass (11.22) def. Boucher
Morris (13.42) def. Pezo (fast loser)
-Brass broke the front end

Finals:
Morris def. Boucher (break rule)

Points Standings:
1. Bigfoot 398
2. Excaliber 391
3. First Blood 382
4. 4-Wheel Crazy 295
5. Skoal Crusher 284
6. Taurus 283
7. Predator 283
8. Hercules 280
9. AM/PM Rocket 279
10. AM/PM Boss 276

Notes: This was the debut event for Rob Morris' 4-Wheel Crazy. Morris had previously run a Toyota truck at Houston in a 1988 USHRA event. Allen Pezo's Predator was having engine problems throughout the show, but kept coming back as a fast loser.

[kouvre]

Few name mispellings:

Meredith Doulton
Gary Schott
Jack Willman
Allen Pezo

[Tim Smith]

That and Bigfoot ran a fiberglass body that resembled IV with silver roll bars, looked awesome. And as far as I know this is the only place they used it.

[kouvre]

-Two events were run this weekend - this was the Sunday show.
-Jim Ries debuted Ecology Eliminator during Saturday night's event. The truck rolled violently while making the turn during one of its runs, rendering it unable to compete in Sunday's event.

[classicmt]

I must say that Bigfoot 8 looked awesome at this event. Do you know if day one show was televised because I've never even seen a clip of the Ecology Eliminator roll over?

[kouvre]

The day one show was not televised, but video cameras were definitely present, since a clip of Taurus losing the front clip during one of its runs on Saturday night was shown during one of the 1991 shows.

[tntfan]

The dates for this show were January 6-7, 1990.