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>> Scott: LOOK OUT!
GOT THAT NOSE WAY UP IN THAT
TRUCK OUT OF NEW ORLEANS,
THE FORD BRONCO '77 MODEL WAS
LOOKING SKYWARD.
MARLEEN RODGERSON ON
THE COMEBACK TRAIL, WITH
"CAJUN SPICE" HOLDING HER OFF.
>> Mike: GREAT RUN BY
RALPH MASSEY.
HE WAS ABLE TO OVERCOME THAT
LITTLE BIT OF A MISTAKE.
>> Scott: NOW
THE "TUFF-N-UGLY" TRUCK DRIVEN
BY DAN SUTTER TRIES TO TACKLE
THE CHAMPION, THOMAS RAY WHITE,
IN "TWISTER THREE."
THERE'S "TUFF-N-UGLY."
THERE IS THOMAS RAY WHITE.
THOMAS TELLS ME HE WILL HAVE
A NEW TRUCK READY FOR MOST OF
THESE 2000 SHOWS.
I CAN HARDLY WAIT TO SEE THAT.
>> Scott: THIS OUGHT TO BE
A GOOD ONE AS WE GET READY TO GO
HERE.
NOW, SUTTER ANOTHER NAME WE'VE
SEEN QUITE A BIT -6
WASN'T ABLE TO GET OVER AGAINST
THOMAS RAY WHITE ONE YEAR AGO.
HE'D LOVE TO START 2000 OFF WITH
A VICTORY.
BUT I'LL TELL YOU,
"TWISTER THREE"
IS ALWAYS DOUBLE TOUGH AS YOU
GET A LOOK AT THE MEMPHIS,
TENNESSEE, TRUCK "TUFF-N-UGLY."
>> Mike: "TUFF-N-UGLY" --
PRETTY CLOSE.
LET'S SEE WHO'S GONNA TAKE IT
HERE.
>> Scott: THOMAS RAY WHITE
ABLE TO DO A NICE JOB AS HE GETS
INTO THE TURNS.
AGAIN, THAT WHEEL BASE OF HIS
GETS HIM THROUGH SOME OF THESE
TIGHT CORNERS A LOT EASIER.
>> Mike: PROBLEM WITH
"TUFF-N-UGLY."
AND THOMAS RAY WHITE IS OUR
WINNER.
THOMAS RAY WHITE, CONGRATS TO
HIM TONIGHT.
AND RALPH MASSEY WILL BATTLE
WHITE IN THE FINALS.
WE'LL SEE THAT RACE IN A SECOND,
ALONG WITH THE U.D.T. PULL-OFF.
STICK WITH US.
TRACTOR PULL-OFF.
DOUG DOWNS -- "PREDATOR" FROM
TAYLORVILLE, ILLINOIS.
SCOTT, WHAT A GREAT STORY THIS
IS -- THE COMEBACK THAT HE'S
MADE HERE TONIGHT.
>> Scott: AFTER THAT REALLY
TREACHEROUS EVENT HERE
A YEAR AGO -- THAT WE TALKED
ABOUT EARLIER WHERE HE ALMOST
NAILED THE WALL.
HERE HE IS TRYING TO WIN IN
THE PULL-OFF.
GOOD LOOKING PULL TO START IT
OFF.
>> Mike: LOOK AT THE BLOWER
COME OFF OF THAT.
>> Scott: DID YOU SEE THAT
BLOWER COME RIGHT OFF?
THERE COMES ALL KINDS OF FLUID
OUT ONTO THE TRACK.
GET A LOOK AT IT RIGHT THERE.
IT JUST EXPLODED.
JUST ABSOLUTELY EXPLODED.
THERE'S THE BELT.
YOU CAN SEE THAT SHIELD
REQUIRED BY THE U.S. HOT ROD
ASSOCIATION DOING ITS JOB
SO THAT BELT DOESN'T BECOME
A WEAPON.
>> Mike: "TRIPLE TROUBLE"
HAD A GREAT RUN FIRST TIME OUT.
JACK KIELMEYER FROM MINNESOTA
HAD A FULL PULL.
WE'LL SEE WHAT HE CAN DO HERE.
>> Scott: NEEDS TO BEAT
304.57.
ONCE YOU GET IN THE PULL-OFFS,
THEY MEASURE THE DISTANCE PAST
THE PULL STICK.
KIELMEYER AND "TRIPLE TROUBLE"
IS GONNA COME UP A LITTLE SHORT
OF THE LEADER -- 295.22.
SO "TRIPLE TROUBLE," STRONG
TONIGHT, WON'T BE ENOUGH FOR
THE WIN AS WE GET A LOOK NOW AT
RANDY PETRO -- "MULTI-CHAOS."
YOU WANT TO WATCH HIM.
THIS IS THAT UNIQUE COMPETITION
OF FOUR KEITH BLACK HEMIS
AND ONE CHEVY-BASED ARRISON.
>> Mike: WE'LL SEE WHAT HE
CAN DO -- RANDY PETRO.
GOOD-LOOKING RUN.
>> Scott: OH, HIS IS STRONG.
>> Mike: WOW --
NEW LEADER RIGHT THERE.
>> Scott: 313 FEET.
>> Mike: WOW.
>> Scott: KLINGENBERG, HE MAY
BE SHAKING HIS HEAD KNOWING HOW
FAR HE'S GOT TO GO TO BEAT
PETRO, AS HE BRINGS "BAD HABIT"
OUT OF HOLLAND, MICHIGAN.
ALL CHEVROLET POWER HERE --
5-526 CHEVY ENGINES.
>> Mike: SEE WHAT KIND OF
POWER HE'S GOT.
IT'S GONNA TAKE A LOT TO BEAT
313.
>> Scott: ONE OF THE NEW
ENGLER CHASSIS.
HE'S HAVING A GOOD RUN BUT IT'S
NOT GONNA QUITE GET THERE, AS
YOU CAN SEE.
THEY'LL MEASURE HIS FINAL
DISTANCE AT 293.53.
THE CHAMP -- RANDY PETRO --
"MULTI-CHAOS."
313 IN THE PULL-OFF TO KNOCK OFF
DOUG DOWNS BY, REALLY, A SOLID
9 FEET.
>> Mike: CONGRATULATIONS TO
RANDY PETRO OUT OF CAMDEN, OHIO,
WHO HAS WON OUR UNLIMITED
DRAGSTER TRACTORS WITH A GREAT
RUN, AS SCOTT TOLD YOU, 313.01.
THAT'S PRETTY STRONG.
>> Scott: ALL RIGHT, NOW
WE'RE BACK TO THE FINALS OF PRO
STADIUM TRUCKS.
THOMAS RAY WHITE, RALPH MASSEY,
SET TO GO HEAD TO HEAD.
>> Mike: THIS IS GONNA BE
A DANDY.
MASSEY AND "CAJUN *** HAVE
BEEN TOU THROUGHOUT
THE EVENING.
YOU CAN SEE HOW THEY'VE ADVANCED
INTO THIS POINT.
SUTTER, WHITE, MASSEY, RODGERSON
ALL GETTING THE VICTORIES AND
NOW IN THE FINALS, IT'S WHITE
AGAINST MASSEY.
GOOD START, ALTHOUGH
"CAJUN SPICE" IS BLOWING OFF
A LOT OF SMOKE.
IT DOESN'T LOOK GOOD OVER THERE.
DOES NOT LOOK GOOD.
>> Scott: PROBLEMS ON MASSEY
AND "CAJUN SPICE."
WE'LL HAVE TO SEE HERE.
THOMAS RAY WHITE.
ALTHOUGH, LOOK AT MASSEY.
HE'S HANGING IN THERE PRETTY
STRONG.
SMOKE IS BILLOWING OUT OF THAT
ENGINE.
>> Mike: IT'S NO)@SLOWING
HIM DOWN AT THIS POINT.
MASSEY'S HANGING IN THERE.
>> Scott: AND HE'S ACTUALLY
GOING TO HAVE THE EDGE.
THOMAS RAY WHITE HAS PULLED OFF
THE COURSE IN "TWISTER THREE."
SO WITH A PUFF OF SMOKE AS HE
CROSSES THE FINISH LINE,
"CAJUN SAND RALPH MASSEY
TAKES IT HOMIN THE DOME.
>> Mike: STRONG RUN FOR
RALPH MASSEY.
I DON'T KNOW HOW HE SAW WITH ALL
THAT SMOKE COMING OUT.
>> WE TRIED OUR BEST.
WE GAVE IT ALL WE COULD.
>> Jennifer: HOW'D YOU FEEL IT
WENT THIS EVENING?
>> IT'S NICE.
I ENJOYED IT.
IT FEELS GOOD TO BE FIRST.
>> Jennifer2 OH, IT ALWAYS DOES.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I SEE SOME SMOKE UP THERE.
WHAT'S THAT MEAN?
>> RUNNING A LITTLE WARM.
ELTRIC FAN FAILED ON US --
ROUGH COURSE, THE FAN HAD
A LITTLE PROBLEM.
>> Jennifer: WELL,
CONGRATULATIONS.
>> THANKS A LOT.
>> Mike: STILL TO COME, WE
GOT SOME FREESTYLIN' HERE.
ONLY A COUPLE OF
TRUCKS LEFT, BUT THEY'RE
DETERMINED TO REALLY PUT THIS
"SHE'S NOT QUALIFIED."
"HASN'T DONE THIS, HASN'T DONE
THAT."
IT'S A CROCK FROM MY
PERSPECTIVE.
I CAN SEE WHERE IT WOULD BE
HINDERING YOU.
HOW DO YOU BLOCK THEM OUT --
NEVER MIND THE 40,000 PEOPLE WHO
ARE YOUR FANS AND ON YOUR
SIDE -- THE OTHER DRIVERS WHO
ARE REALLY GIVING YOU A HARD
)aTIME?
>> I'VE DEALT WITH MANY MEN LIKE
TOM MEENTS, SO I KNOW HOW TO
HANDLE HIM.
I THINK TOM NEEDS TO TAKE HIS
DRIVING A LITTLE MORE SERIOUSLY.
HE PROBABLY NEEDS TO CHEW SOME
METAL AND SPIT SOME NAILS AND
GET SERIOUS ON THAT BODY OF HIS,
BECAUSE -- I MEAN,
HE'S AN ULTIMATE DRIVER AND I
LOOK UP TO TOM AS WELL.
ALL KIDDING ASIDE, HE'S
WONDERFUL AND RIGHT UP THERE
WITH DENNIS.
>> THEY ARE UP THERE.
DENNIS, THOUGH, IS BEHIND YOU,
OBVIOUSLY.
HE'S WORKED -- WORKING WITH YOU
OUT HERE ON THE TRACK SAYING,
"SHE CAN DO THIS."
HE WAS THE ONE SETTING UP FOR
YOU -- TOM MEENTS WASN'T.
THE OTHER GUYS WEREN'T.
HOW DO WE HAVE TO CHANGE THEIR
MENTALITY, THEIR VISION, YOUR
VISION AND GIVE IT TO THEM AND
MAKE SURE THEY KNOW, "YEAH, SHE
CAN DO THIS"?
>> I WILL SUM IT UP REALLY EASY
IN VERY SHORT TERMS -- IF I WAS
A GUY, I'D BE DENNIS.
SO THAT OUGHT TO TELL EVERYBODY
AND EVERYTHING WHAT I'M CAPABLE
OF DOING.
>> Dan: CAN'T BE SAID ANY
BETTER THAN THAT GUYS, GIRLS,
FANS -- MADUSA.
>> THE SUPERSTARS OF THE U.S.
HOT ROD ASSOCIATION BETTER FEAR
THE SPEAR, BECAUSE
THE GOLDBERG TRUCK'S GONNA
GIVE THEM THE JACKHAMMER.
TER-TR.
THERE'S "BUSTIN' LOOSE," READY
TO GO AND READY TO DO SOME
FREESTYLIN'.
>> ScottIT'S GONNA BE
A GREAT MATCHUP TO SEE WHO IS
OUR FREESTYLE CHAMPION AS
ROBBIE GRAY AND
THE "WEST VIRGINIA MOUNTAINEER"
IS GONNA CHALLENGE
R
"MAALOX MOMENT."
IT'S JEFF HOY AND PRO STADIUM
TRUCKS.
HE HAD A TOUGH NIGHT, SCOTT.
>> Scott: ALL I CAN SAY TO
THAT IS, "OUCH."
>> Mike: OH, YEAH.
>> Scott: IT HURT.
IT HURT.
>> Mike: JEFF HOY IN OUR
"MAALOX MOMENT."
A NIGHT HE WON'T FORGET FOR
A WHILE, I CAN TELL YOU THAT.
>> Scott: HE DOES
THE TRUCKING OKAY, AND THAT'S
THE MAIN THING.
NOW LET'S GO FREESTYLIN'.
ROBBIE GRAY AND "MOUNTAINEER" --
THE "WEST VIRGINIA MOUNTAINEER."
HE WANTS TO COME TO TEXAS AND
MAKE A STATEMENT.
WE'VE TOLD YOU ALL THE PROBLEMS
WITH THE TRUCKS WE'VE HAD HERE
TONIGHT.
WE'VE GOT TWO LEFT FOR
FREESTYLE.
"MOUNTAINEER" IS ONE OF THEM.
>> Mike: DO YOU RUN
CONSERVATIVE WHEN THERE ARE ONLY
TWO TRUCKS OR DO YOU TRY TO
REALLY PUT ON A SHOW?
>> Scott: YOU JUST CAN'T RUN
CONSERVATIVE IN FREESTYLE.
AGAIN, THIS IS ALL BEING RATED
ON POINTS.
SO IF THEY BOTH COME OUT HERE
AND DON'T PUT ON MUCH OF A SHOW,
THE JUDGES COULD SIT IN
THE CROWD AND HOLD UP 2s AND 3s.
THEY ACCOMPLISHED NOTHING.
ROBBIE NEEDS TO REALLY LET IT
ALL HANG OUT WHEREVER HE CAN ON
THIS COURSE.
>> Mike: WE'LL MENTION OUR
SCORING SYSTEM.
WE HAVE )REE SETS OF FANS WHO
ARE GONNA RATE HIM ON A 10
SCALE.
SO 30 IS THE HIGHEST POINT TOTAL
THAT YOU CAN GET.
AND WE WILL ADD UP THE SCORES
FROM THOSE THREE JUDGES TO HAVE
THE POINTS TOTALED.
>> Scott: SO FAR WE'VE ONLY
SEEN ONE 10.
YOU'LL REMEMBER TWO WEEKS AGO
HERE ON "MOTOR MADNESS" UP AT
THE METRODOME IN MINNEAPOLIS, IT
WAS TOM MEENTS GETTING THA)
PERFECT SCORE.
YOU'VE REALLY GOT TO GO FOR IT
TO GET IT.
RIGHT NOW, ROBBIE GRAY AND
THE "MOUNTAINEER" ARE TRYING TO
GENERATE A LITTLE MOMENTUM AS
HE'S TRYING TO RUN EVERY SPOT HE
CAN ON THE COURSE.
NEEDS TO GET A LITTLE AIR, HIT
SOME MORE WHEELIES TO GET THESE
FOLKS INTO IT.
>> Mike: NOT REALLY GIVING
A LOT OF AIR, HERE.
CROWD NOT INTO A WHOLE LOT, AS
ROBBIE GRAY RUNNING ON
THE COURSE.
>> Scott: ROBBIE GRAY, WHO IN
REAL LIFE, IS A HELICOPTER
PILOT.
MAYBE HE CAN SPROUT SOME OF
THOSE HELICOPTER BLADES AND SET
THAT THING SOARING.
I DON'T KNOW.
NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING TO REALLY
GET SOME POINTS HERE.
>> Mike: THIS IS ROBBIE'S
FIRST RUN.
I GUESS ONLY THE POO BAD, I GUE.
THERE'S SOME GUYS THAT REALLY
BEAT -- 16 IN ORDER TO WIN
THE FREESTYLE COMPETITION HERE.
RON NELSON IN "BUSTIN' LOOSE"
>> Mike: A LOT OF PRESSURE
ON RON, AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT
HERE, IN THE GENERAL HOUSTON
AREA.
HE'S SO INVOLVED HERE IN
THE HOUSTON AREA.
I MEAN, HE GETS ASSISTAN FROM
THE HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE
GROUP AS THEY ACTUALLY PAINT HIS
TRUCK FOR HIM AND HELP WITH
THE MAINTENANCE.
I KNOW HE'S A GREAT SUPPORTER OF
THE RANCH FOR ABUSED KIDS HERE
IN HOUSTON.
A LOT OF HIS FRIENDS AND
SUPPORTERS ARE HERE.
HE WANTS TO PUT ON A SHOW FOR
THEM.
HE WANTS THEM STANDING AND
CHEERING WHEN THAT
"BUSTIN' LOOSE" TRUCK RETURNS
HERE TO THE ASTRODOME.
AGAIN, YOU GOT TO REMEMBER,
THOUGH, LAST TIME HE FREESTYLED,
ST. LOUIS, ENDED UP ON HIS LID.
>> Scott: RON'S GOTTA BE
THINKING ABOUT THAT.
ALTHOUGH, HE GETS A NICE WHEELIE
THERE.
AND I ALSO THINK HE KNOWS WHAT
HE HAS TO DO TO WIN HERE.
IT'S NOT GONNA BE HE HAS TO HAVE
A PERFECT 30 TO WIN.
)aSO I DON'T THINK HE'S GONNA TY
TO TEAR HIS TRUCK APART.
>> Mike: GOT A NICE --
>> Scott: GO CRAZY.
>> Mike: YOU MENTIONED
THE NICE WHEEL STAND HE HAD
A MINUTE AGO.
THAT'S WHAT HE'S GONNA LOOK FOR,
MAYBE A COUPLE MORE SHOTS TO GET
THAT FRONT END IN THE AIR.
HE'S KIND OF SQUARING UP HERE.
>> Scott: THAT'S IT.
THAT'S IT.
THAT'S IT FOR RON NELSON.
AND HE WINS.
AND HE'S GOT 19 -- 3 AHEAD OF
ROBBIE GRAY.
>> Mike: AGAIN, NOT
SPECTACULAR SCORES, BUT HE GETS
THE JOB DONE HERE IN
THE ASTRODOME.
AND YOU COME TO WIN.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
THESE ARE THE POINTS UP TO THIS
POINT IN THE SEASON.
"BULLDOZER" NOW HAS THE LEAD
OVER "GRAVE DIGGER."
THIS IS COMBINED POINTS IN BOTH
FREESTYLE AND RACING ACTION THAT
WE'VE SEEN THUS FAR IN
THE "MOTOR MADNESS" SEASON.
>> Scott: HERE ON OUR
USHRA WRENCHEAD.COM
"MONSTER JAM," "BULLDOZER" ON
TOP IN FREESTYLE, "AVENGER" WITH
29.
YOU CAN SEE THOSE ARE THE FOLKS
IN MINNEAPOLIS.
THEIR TOTALS ARE STILL ON TOP.
"BUSTIN' LOOSE" AND
"MOUNTAINEER" NOW 6 AND
>> Mike: LET'S CHECK IN WITH
JENNIFER ONE MORE TIME.
>> Jennifer: CAN YOU BELIEVE
THE AIR WE SAW HERE TONIGHT?
I CAN'T WAIT TILL NEXT WEEK,
WHEN THE MONSTERS GRAB MORE AIR
DOWN AT THE GEORGIA DOME,
DOWN THE ATLANTAAY.
GUYS, YOU THERE.
>> Mike: ALL RIG.
WE WILL SEE YOU IN ATLANTA.
FOR JENNIFER GOODWIN, SCOTT
DOUGLASS.
I'M MIKE HOGEWOOD.
THANKS FOR BEING WITH US ON
"MOTOR MADNESS MONSTER JAM."
TIME NOW FOR THE JAM.