Charleston, WV TNT #1

[monstertruckluvin]

Charleston, WV

Date: Jan. 1990

Track: Indoors, a roller hill and a set of 7 cars. Finish line is at the 7th car.

Lineup: Marvin Smith (Wild Hair II), Dennis Anderson (Grave Digger II), Mike Wine (Jersey Outlaw), Steve Wilke (USA-1 II), Bennett Clark (Clydesdale II), Gary Wiggins (Mopar Magic II), Bob Fisher (Liquidator), Kid Rarig (Thunder Chicken), John Kwasniewski (Buffalo Tremor II), Anthony Fortier (Pony Express II), Dave Wieczorek (Night Life II), Chris Tuffley (Star Monster)
Semi Finals:
Grave Digger def Mopar Magic
Outlaw def Thunder Chicken

Finals:
Grave Digger def Outlaw

[kouvre]

Those are actually Day 3's results. Here is Day 1:

Date: January 1990.

Track: Indoors, a roller hill and a set of 7 cars. Finish line is at the 7th car.

Trucks: Buffalo Tremor II (John Kwasniewski), Clydesdale II (Bennett Clark), Grave Digger II (Dennis Anderson), Liquidator (Bob Fisher), Mopar Magic II (Gary Wiggins), Night Life II (Dave Wieczorek), The Outlaw (Mike Wine), Pony Express (Anthony Fortier), Star Monster (Chris Tuffley), Thunder Chicken (Kid Rarig), USA-1 II (Steve Wilke), Wild Hair (Marvin Smith)

Qualifying:

Smith 4.56
Anderson 4.59
Wine 4.66
Clark 4.72
Wilke 4.75
Wiggins 4.92
Rarig 5.09
Fisher 5.36
Wieczorek 5.46
Fortier 5.46
Tuffley 5.49
Kwasniewski 5.52

Round One:
Rarig d. Smith
-Smith hit the wall
Wilke d. Tuffley
Wine bye (Fortier lost steering and could not come to the line)
Clark d. Wieczorek
Wiggins d. Kwasniewski
Anderson (4.42) d. Fisher

Quarterfinals:
Rarig d. Kwasniewski
-Wilke's torque converter blew at the starting line
Wine d. Wieczorek
Smith d. Clark
Anderson d. Wiggins

Semifinals:
Wine d. Rarig
Anderson d. Smith

Finals:
Anderson d. Wine

TNT Points:
1. Awesome Kong 25
2. Grave Digger 24
3. The Outlaw 21
4. Mad Dog 20
5. Equalizer 17
6. King Krunch 16
7. Thunder Chicken 14
8. Clydesdale 10
9. Play'n For Keeps 9
9. Mopar Magic 9

Notes:
-This was the first night of TNT racing in 1990.
-This was the debut of the Wild Hair name with new owner Marvin Smith, who had purchased the name from Jon and Bob Breen. Smith, along with Mike Wine, Steve Wilke, and Dennis Anderson were shown as being very confident about their respective title hopes for the 1990 season, although all these hopes would quickly be dashed with the debut of the highly technologically advanced Bigfoot VIII.
-Dennis Anderson mentions during the show that he has another truck under construction, a truck that would become Grave Digger III. Though Anderson had hoped to debut the truck mid-season, a crash in Canandiqua, NY demolished the old Grave Digger to the point where Anderson could no longer compete until the new truck was completed. This would prove to not be until 1991, by which point TNT had already been purchased by the USHRA.
-The trucks in the top ten not in this event had competed the same night in Birmingham, AL. Since Awesome Kong was top qualifier and won its event, it held the points lead over Grave Digger, which qualified second and therefore lost out by a point.

[unclecoachmason]

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If you have a premium account, you can download this video...it is Tuff Trax day one of Charleston complete

I am going to break the video into parts for those without a premium account...hopefully this week

[unclecoachmason]

Here is the first day and you don't have to be a premium member to get it

Enjoy

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