San Antonio, TX USHRA

[Ryan Smith]

Monster Truck Winner
Goldberg- Saturday
Gun Slinger-Sunday
Monster Freestyle Winner
Goldberg- Saturday
Side-by-Side Sand Winner
Quick Sand - Saturday
Foolish Pleasure - Sunday

Weekend Race Recap

Written by Melonie McKim of PACE Motor SportsTM, a company of SFX Entertainment™

nWo debuted in San Antonio! NO, not the next member of the WCW nWo - the newest USHRA Monster Truck! That's right, Rob Knell was steering this bulky beast around the competition. He tore out of the tunnel to a funky WCW theme song and on to compete in the freestyle against Goldberg, another USHRA Monster debuting earlier in this season.

Tom Meents was deemed more than worthy to drive the Golden monster by Goldberg himself at it's debut in Atlanta, GA in early January. And Meents did more than prove himself once again during the San Antonio freestyle.

In an all-out, knock-down, winner-take-all rampage, Meents drove up the concrete barrior and flipped the truck straight up in the air. Exploding gold flakes into the air everywhere, Goldberg rolled over. There was much destruction and everyone was concerned for Meents. "Was he alright?" the gasping crowd was interpreted. Sure enough! Meents clamored out from the guts of the truck with steering wheel in hand. He waved it to the crowd in triumph. He earned a perfect score, but if more points were available he would have taken those home too!

Not to be without her own San Antonio glory, Sand Drag driver, Shay Clark finished first on Friday and second on Saturday. She was an obvious favorite of the crowd judging by the ardent whoops and hollars that rang out in support and adoration of her.

A truly fantastic show!

[DiggerFan]

USHRA Monster Jam
San Antonio, TX
Alamodome
January 15, 2000

Track Layout:
U-turn; a dirt hill immediately after the start, followed by a set of two dirt hills in the first straight, and a 5-car jump after the turn.

Truck Lineup:
-Bustin' Loose (Ron Nelson)
-Eradicator (Andy Slifko)
-Goldberg (Tom Meents)
-Grave Digger #7 (Dennis Anderson)
-Gun Slinger (Scott Hartsock)
-King Krunch (Scott Stephens)
-nWo (Rob Knell)
-Reptoid (Jim Jack)
-Sudden Impact (John Seasock)
-WCW Nitro Machine (Cliff Thomas)

Racing Results
Round 1:
Sudden Impact bye run
Eradicator def. nWo
Goldberg def. Reptoid
Gun Slinger def. Bustin' Loose
King Krunch def. Grave Digger

Round 2:
Goldberg def. Eradicator
Gun Slinger def. Bustin' Loose (fast loser)
King Krunch def. Reptoid (fast loser)

Semi-finals:
Gun Slinger def. King Krunch
Goldberg def. Bustin' Loose (fast loser)

Finals:
Goldberg def. Gun Slinger

Freestyle (in order of appearance):
1. Bustin' Loose (29) / Eradicator (20)
2. Gun Slinger (27) / Reptoid (23)
3. Goldberg (30) / nWo (25)

Event Notes:
-This event was televised on TNN's Motor Madness Monster Jam.
-This event also featured Sand Drag racing (won by Steve Salvadore, driving "Quicksand") and an indoor motocross record jump attempt by Ronnie Fise.
-Nitro Machine broke a valve spring during introductions, and was unable to compete in the event.
-Sudden Impact broke after his first-round bye run, and would be unable to return.
-In his first-round race against Eradicator, nWo broke the input shaft in the transmission on the final jump. He would return for freestyle, however.
-In his first-round race against King Krunch, Grave Digger broke the right-front shocks after landing from the final jump.
-In his semi-final race against Gun Slinger, King Krunch broke the rear driveshaft.
-Bustin' Loose ended his freestyle run with a spectacular shower of sparks erupting from the rear brakes.
-During his freestyle run, Goldberg rolled after jumping over the concrete divider between the Sand Drag lanes.