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Weekend Race Recap

Friday:

The cold weather outside did't stop the fans from filling the house at the Kansas Coliseum. The near sellout crowd witnessed an amazing show. Up first was Monster Truck Wheelie Competition. The winner with a huge Wheelstand was Brandon Harrington driving Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle. The crowd then got to see an awesome donut contest won by The Turtle. After breaking in introductions, Grave Digger came out with avengence and took the win in Monster Truck Freestyle with a perfect score of 30. The only event left was Monster Truck Chicago Style Racing. It was only fitting that the winners from earlier would go head-to-head with the student taking the win from the teacher. Brandon Harrington took the extremely close win over Gary Porter driving Grave Digger.

Saturday:

The sell out crowd witnessed an awesome show tonight at the Kansas Coliseum. The night started out with the U.S. Air Force Wheelie Contest. The winner with a super long wheelstand was Grave Digger driven by Gary Porter. Up next the extatic crowd was treated to the Advance Auto Parts Donut Contest. For the first time tonight we had a tie with two perfect scores of 30. The crowd had to decide in a judge off between Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle and Grave Digger. The crowd decided that Grave Digger had a better "Cyclone" than Turtle. The show quickly went into Monster Truck Freestyle. Each truck came out for 60 seconds of mayhem. The high score went to Grave Digger with a score of 29. The night ended with Monster Truck Chicago Style Racing sponsored by McDonalds. The finals came down to a rematch from Friday night's show. Turtle squaring off against his mentor Grave Digger. In the close finish, Gary Porter took Grave Digger to the Win!

Sunday:
Once again a delighted crowd was treated to an awesome show! The afternoon show started off with The U.S. Air Force Wheelie Contest. The high score went to Grave Digger driven by Gary Porter. The show quickly moved into the Advance Auto Parts Donut Contest. The scores got higher as each truck came out. The win went to Grave Digger as he went into two perfect cyclones. Up next was the McDonald's Monster Truck Freestyle. The crowd got to see the trucks do anything they wanted to for 60 seconds. The crowd and the judges decided that Brandon Harrington, driver of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, was the best on the floor today. The final event of the afternoon was McDonalds Monster Truck Racing. As the rounds went down, the field was narrowed to just two trucks. El Matador driven by Darin Basil going up against Turtle. The battle was on. The end of the race came down to the wire. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle took the win and was the fastest truck in Wichita today!

By: Scott Deubler