PENDA Race #3 Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania

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Lineup:
Gunslinger-Scott Hartsock
Hulkster-Eric Meagher
Predator-Alan Pezo
Rampage-Todd Frolik
Dungeon Of Doom-Sky Hartley
Monster Patrol-Paul Shafer
Boogey Van-Pam Vaters
Executioner-Mark Hall
Bearfoot-Fred Shafer
Samson-Dan Patrick
Undertaker-Calvin Carrington
Black Stallion-Mike Vaters
Bigfoot-Dan Runte
Hyperactive-David Pezo

-During qualifying for the first show, Dan Patrick in Samson flipped over, destroying pretty much the whole truck.
-Predator blew a engine and ripped apart the rear cantilevered shocks.
Show 1
Round 1
Bigfoot def Undertaker
Executioner def Boogey Van
Monster Patrol def Dungeon of Doom
Bearfoot def ?
Executioner def ?
Rampage def ?
Hulkster def ?

Round 2
Bigfoot def Dungeon of Doom (FL)
Bearfoot def Executioner
Monster Patrol def Rampage
Hulkster def Boogey Van

Semi Finals:
Bigfoot def Bearfoot
Hulkster def Monster Patrol

Finals
Bigfoot def Hulkster

Show 2
Round 1
Bigfoot def Black Stallion
Bearfoot def Dungeon of Doom
Monster Patrol def Undertaker
Boogey Van def ?
Executioner def ?
Hulkster def ?
Rampage def ?

Round 2
Bigfoot def Boogey Van
Monster Patrol def Bearfoot
Executioner def Rampage
Hulkster def Dungeon of Doom

Semi-Finals
Hulkster def Executioner
Bigfoot def Monster Patrol

Finals
Bigfoot def Hulkster

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RACE #3





Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania Race Update




The Penda Points Series blew into Bloomsburg July 12-14, 1996,
and offered some of the best Monster Truck racing so far this
year. Monster trucks in attendance for the weekend of racing included
Gunslinger, WCW Hulkster, Predator, Rampage, Dungeon Of Doom,
Monster Patrol, Boogey Van, Executioner, Bearfoot, Samson, Undertaker,
Black Stallion, and Bigfoot


Friday's Race qualifying was on a dry track, with temps in
the 80s. The new, as-yet unused track threw a curve into Samson's
qualifying run when the truck took a wild bounce off a hump in
between the sets of cars and flipped over, totally destroying
the custom fiberglass body and damaging the rear axle. The frame,
rollcage, and engine were reported to be fine, but the axle and
body damage knocked driver Dan Patrick out of the weekend's racing.




Saturday's side-by-side racing was delayed for about two hours
to let the track dry out from heavy morning rains. Amazingly,
the track crew worked on the course previous to the race, and
there was actually dust flying from the dry lanes. Not bad considering
everything else around the fairgrounds was saturated with water.
Saturday's racing was safe and fast. Dan Runte in Bigfoot
continued his control of first place by winning the first day's
racing, plus pulling down fast time of the day with a 4.790.



Sunday was a busy day, with qualifying and racing all in the same
day due to the late start on Saturday. The side-by-side racing
on Sunday was good to the Hall Brothers Racing Team, who are enjoying
a successful year with their Executioner truck. They joined Bigfoot,
Monster Patrol, and WCW Hulkster in the semi-final round. Unfortunately
for them, WCW Hulkster driver Eric Meagher was tunin' big time
with his truck and knocked them out in that round. Executioner
is currently enjoying a 4th place tie with Rampage due to that
good round finish. Once again, Dan Runte won first place by defeating
Eric Meagher in WCW Hulkster by less than .02 of a point in the
final round. Runte also captured overall fastest time with a Sunday
fastest 4.720.

By the time Sunday rolled around, word had spread of Dan Runte's
engagement to Jana Jameson of the Penda Corp. The couple plans
an early September wedding.



Current Race results as of 7/14/96



1. Bigfoot 8900

2. Hulkster 6360

3. Bearfoot 4700

4. Rampage 4240

5. Executioner 4240

6. Boogey Van 3630

7. Monster Patrol 3440

8. Overkill 2610

9. Hercules 2050

10. Predator 1880

11. Samson 1560

12. Dungeon of Doom 920

13. Moving Violations 770

14. Undertaker 520

15. Gunslinger 520

16. Black Stallion 260

17. Hyperactive 120