Tim & Ed Herbst Lead Terrible Herbst Race Team to Victory at SCORE Terrible's Cup II PIT CREW Challenge / ESPN-NBC-ABC Sportscaster Cameron Steele Excites the Crowd on the Microphone

SCORE Offical Press Release on Pit Crew Challenge

Las Vegas, Nevada — Set among the bright lights of downtown Las Vegas, Nevada, the hometown favorites and hosts of the 2006 SCORE Terrible's Cup II, the Terrible Herbst Motorsports team, claimed victory in the PIT CREW CHALLENGE to take home the top spot.

The BFGoodrich Tractor-Trailer parked in the middle of Fremont Street set the stage for the SCORE elite truck racers as thousands of off road racing enthusiasts crowded against the railing of the stage, screaming and cheering on the different teams competing for the $10,000 top prize.

The competetion began around 8:00 p.m. with temperatures hovering around 105 degrees and high humidity with absolutely no wind or breeze in effect.

ESPN/NBC/ABC Sporstcaster Cameron Steele handled emcee' duties and kept the crowd close to the action as he called the play-by-play along with interviewing drivers and team members in only a way that Steele could do so. Steele called upon fellow SCORE Trophy Truck racer and Nextel NASCAR Cup Team Owner/Driver, Robby Gordon, who joined the fray in the sweltering heat of Las Vegas' Fremont Street.

The # 19 Terrible Herbst Trophy Truck was the first on center stage and went head-to-head with SCORE Trohpy Truck Point's Leader - Ballastic BJ Baldwin. The Terrible Herbst Motorsports Pit Team outperformed the BJ Baldwin Pit Team by mere seconds to take an early lead.

Monster Energy Drink's Alan Pflueger pulled his # 28 Monster Energy Drink sponsored truck into the center stage as they prepared to beat the Terrible Herbst time, but they suffered a huge mistake that put the front of the Trophy Truck nearly flat on the ground. In fact, the front spindles were only inches from the solid concrete. The truck smashed hard to the ground after the jack crossbar came loose from underneath the passenger side of the truck. The Pflueger race team was well on their way to a great performance before a misaligned jack crossbar sidelined the Monster Energy Drink race truck in downtown Las Vegas.

Soon afterwards, the Battle of FABTECH, between Best In The Desert Champion Jesse Jones and PCI / FABTECH Racing's Scott Steinberger, took place. With both crews working tenaciously to outduel each other, a mishap on the rear jack of the #76 Jesse Jones Trophy Truck allowed the #7 PCI Racing Truck to claim the win over Jones.

However, neither Steinberger or Jones had enough to take a lead over the Terrible Herbst Motorsports team who put in a commanding performance under the lights of downtown Vegas to take the win in their hometown.

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