Pittsburgh, PA USHRA

[kouvre]

Venue: Pittsburgh Civic Arena

Style: Timed event. A set of 4 cars, a 180 degree turn around a mudpit, then another set of 4 cars. The finish line is a short distance past the final set of cars.

Trucks:
Alien - Kevin Dabney
Bearfoot IV - Fred Shafer
Bigfoot IV - Ken Koelling
Black Stallion - Mike Vaters
Play'n For Keeps - Jesse Birgy
Samson II - Dan Patrick

Round 1:

Shafer 18.50 (declined time, elected to run again)
Birgy 1:23.90 (got stuck on 2nd set of cars)
Patrick 29.42 (rear wheels turned wrong direction on turn)
Vaters 20.50
Dabney 20.60
Koelling 18.42
Shafer 28.17 (left front tire landed in mud pit on 2nd jump)

Koelling wins Round 1, advances to finals

Round 2:
Birgy 19.38
Patrick 21.05
Vaters 18.22
Dabney 18.00
Shafer 16.60

Shafer wins Round 2, advances to finals

Finals:

Koelling 15.60
Shafer 15.87

Final results:

1. Koelling
2. Shafer
3. Dabney
4. Vaters
5. Birgy
6. Patrick

[dave3ba]

I think I listed this event under 1988, but I agree it was early '89.

[tntfan]

Remember, the USHRA season used to start in October and run through the winter into spring. I believe the event was in late '88.

[dave3ba]

Carcrusher, a member on Mayhem, was at this show and has the ticket stub or something. I just remember he confirmed it from early '89.