PROBABLYTHESTORYOF
THEEVENT(OTHERTHANTHE
WINNER) WASTHETURBO
EXPLOSION,FUELLEAK,AND
40-SECONDRUNAWAYOFTONY
BURKHARD’SENTRY.
JustinAndreshadjustbeenconsistentlystronginhisRam,andwithdecentfinishesatthestripandonthe
dyno,allheneededwasa goodpullfora podiumfinish.Butwould 237 feetbeenough?
TheFumminsofChrisBuhidarhaditstransmissionfixed,but
unfortunatelya driveshaftletlooserightafterthestart,limitinghimtoa
coasting,144-footrun.
TeamTrippplemaxandWadeMinterwasanotherteamthatcould
eitherriseorsinkdependingonhowtheGMpulled.A 240-footrunleft
theteammid-pack.
Probablythestoryoftheevent(otherthanthewinner)wastheturboexplosion,fuelleak,and40-secondrunawayofTony
Burkhard’sentry.Thetruckwasonfiretheentiretimeit wasrunningaway,andit gotsohotthatdriverMarkBroviakhadto
bailoutofthetruckthroughthewindow!
whowasnearthetopofthefieldbeforethesled
pullbutwoulddroptoninthoverallbecauseofa
brokendriveshaft.AnotherfrontrunnerDonovan
Harriscouldn’tfindenoughgripandstruggled
toa 228-footpull,hurtinghischancesatthe
overalltitle.ThesamethinghappenedtoJustin
Andreswhohada 237-footeffort.JesseWarren
wasrightbehindJustinwitha 236-footpull,
provingthepowerofthebigFord.EricMerchant,
DaveMartin,andWadeMinterallhadsolid
pullsin the240-250footrange.Perhapsthebig
surpriseoutofthegroupwasDerekRose,who
endeduppullingtoa fifth-placefinishwitha
263-footrun.
Justlikeatthedragraces(whereyoucanrun
slicks),therearenolimitationsontiretypeor
sizeforUCC’ssledpull.It shouldcomeasno
surprisethenthatallofthetopfourplacespots
wouldbeoccupiedbyvehicleswithcuttires.
CoryWitteveenfromDeltaDieselhitfourthwith
hissetup,pulling 273 feet(10ft pastDerek)
butpossiblyblowinghisengineonthebigend.
Another 10 feetpastCorywasthehorsepower-
heavyShawnBaca,whomanaged 287 feet.
In secondplacewasa truckthatgota huge
ovationastheburnt-outbodyrolledaroundthe
corner.TonyBurkhardhadmadeit!Withcuttires
ontherearandaggressivestreettiresonthe
front,Tonypulleda whopping 308 feet,scoring
somebigpointsandmakinga killercomeback.
TherewasstillonetruckthatwouldbeatTony
however,asPowerDrivenDiesel’ssix-tire
monsterpulleda whopping 326 feetandscored
bigpointsonthefinaltally.Sowhowon?You’ll
havetoturnthepageandfindout!
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