Dayton Thunder Nationals Results

BuckeyeMT was in Dayton for the Saturday afternoon Thunder Nationals. In the largest lineup the Nutter Center has seen, Rap Attack, Bad News, Full Boar, and Gary Porter in Grave Digger all took home wins against stellar competition from Bad Habit, Devastator, Monster Mutt (Whit Carlton), and Thrasher.

Pat Summa started the show off walking Thrasher across the set of cars.

Dave Rappach secured the wheelie contest win by standing the truck upright, walking it across the cars, and then onto the floor in spectacular fashion.

In a Nutter Center first, racing was Chicago-style. The racing was not without its upsets as Ed Eckert knocked off Grave Digger in the second round after Gary Porter blew a turn then hit the cars crooked, ending up near the arena wall.

In the donut contest, two "teams" competed for the win. The first team, Bad News and Full Boar, scored high, largely in part to an absolutely insane set by Eckert in Full Boar that will most likely go down as one of the best of the 2008 season.

Grave Digger and Monster Mutt were the second team up and the contest ended in exciting fashion when the trucks got close and clipped tires while doing the donuts. However, it would not be enough for the win.

Ed Eckert carried the momentum from the donut contest into freestyle- however it may have been a little too much momentum as the truck hooked on a donut attempt, sending Full Boar over to the ground suffering only minor body damage.

Other than Full Boar's roll, freestyle was fairly uneventful due to completely flattened cars, which made it difficult to get much air over. Grave Digger would finally get a win in freestyle with a high-intensity run worthy of Digger reputation.

Racing brackets:
----Round 1----
Bad News def Thrasher
Grave Digger def Bad Habit
Rap Attack def Monster Mutt
Full Boar def Devastator
----Round 2----
Bad News def Monster Mutt*
Full Boar def Grave Digger
----Round 3----
Bad News def Full Boar

*Replacement for Rap Attack, who suffered rear end damage