Cirrus Logic and MicroSoft
combined to put on the 1st big online competion.
The top 10 finalist were flown to New York for a
race shootout for a FORD EXPLORER J This prize
was the 2nd largest given away over the internet
at that time.
 

Competitor's:
Name - "Zone Name"
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Jim Pullin "Iceman" - oldest 50
Mike O'Connell "Spreker"
Jeff Larson "Redline"
Robert Wilburn "Lotus"
Bryan Dunlap "Lapper"
Ronald Keith Mills
Josh Grim
Rick Bates
Blake Lindsey - youngest 11
Earl Easton "Enforcer"

A Special Thanks to Josh Grim for letting me use
his SideWinder 3D pro for the competition!!!
 

Race one these, to Win the Explorer J
The Final 4, after the 1st round shoot out;

1st Spreker 2nd Iceman 3rd Redline 4th Lotus

I got lucky and beat out Redline's time by 4/10's second.

The Finals were set: Spreker vs. Iceman !!!

And What a final it would be!!! J After Mike spotted
me to a 20 sec lead by missing the 1st check point,
I relax and started cruising thru the remaining 2 1/2
laps!!! He closed to within 8 seconds and I stepped
up the pace on the last lap. Not wanting to be tooo
far ahead and not happy with the lead, I had a minor
crash [ isn't that always the case J ] and Mike closed
to within 6/10's second. I was able to hold him off, we
went back in forth with him from 4/10's to 1.2 seconds
behind all the way to the finish line!!

Bar None, it was a GREAT RACE !!! J
 

For all of you over Forty, this trucks for YOU!!! J
We are standing in front of the Explore I accidentally won in the Cirrus Logic, Microsoft sponsored Monster Truck Challenge, held in New York 9/27/97.

From left to right;

Barbara, Justin [=icy3], James [-icy2], and Me Jim [=icy=]