Steve Gursky Sr., Mechanic of the Year
The Team Demolition Association awards banquet was held this last weekend and the event provided quite the pleasant evening. Pete Millette Jr. and Levi Turnbaugh gave a tag team acceptance speech for the ages rivaling even the Three6 Mafia’s Oscar acceptance speech, “Papa” John Millette earned a well-deserved ‘Legends’ award, Reckoning’s championship trophies were taller...
The Surprise Win of the Year Award
The Surprise Win of the Year Award (Two Way Tie): STRANGLEHOLD’S BILL MCMAHEN and FULL THROTTLE 1) STRANGLEHOLD’S BILL MCMAHEN Bill Mcmahen was the driver who grabbed the checkered flag in the upset of the year, when Stranglehold beat Orange Crush. The fact that Stranglehold won was a surprise, yes, but the reason Mcmahen earns...
The Good Luck Award
The Good Luck Award: MEAN GREEN MACHINE Call it the luck of the Green. For the second year in a row, Mean Green Machine figure out a way to lose… and still move on to race again. Fourth Night of the season, Mean Green Machine took on Full Throttle in the first round in one...
The “Least Drivers” Award
Least Drivers: (tie) RECKONING and FULL THROTTLE On the other side of the driver turnover spectrum from Damage, Inc. were Reckoning and Full Throttle. Full Throttle swapped out Andy Fleischman for Levi Turnbaugh after First Night and then used its Turnbaugh, Ron Johnston, Jay VanAllen and Pete Milette Jr. lineup for the rest of the...
TrackSide #15 (September 27, 2011)
Race of the Night: Orange Crush vs. Reckoning The last month of the 2011 season was filled with a lot of uncertainty and skepticism. Not only were there numerous discussions about what the tiebreaker was and whether it had changed since 2010—it hadn’t—and the method that the night’s race schedule would be determined, but there...
TrackSide #11 (August 2, 2011)
Minor Point #1: Stranglehold had a really tough night of racing You want to talk about having your work cut out for you… Stranglehold started out the evening of Third Night in last place (along with Damage, Inc). In the bracket that was pulled, Stranglehold ended up facing the third place team in the first...