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Week of 3/28/2009 Click here to make this photo your desktop wallpaper!!
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4/02/09 - CFP Championship Decided This Weekend In Pocatello!! 3/28/09
- World Finals 3/27/09
- World Finals - TheMonsterBlog.com World Finals Preview!! 3/25/09 - Jonesboro, AR AMP Thunder Slam Highlight Video!! - Truk Wurks Off Road Welcomes Hooker Harness!! 3/15/09 - Jonesboro, AR Monster Truck Thunder Slam Recap!! 3/11/09 - Monster Truck Thunder Drags 2009 Lineups Announced!! (For more of our latest updates, see Page Two of the Latest News!!)
3.9.09 GUEST LINEUP - Rich Blackburne - Cody Martin - Shane Smith
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Monster Truck Grand Nationals Championship Weekend In Pocatello!!: The Monster Blog is in preparations to head out to Pocatello, ID for the Checkered Flag Productions Monster Truck Grand Nationals Championship Weekend!! Eight strong trucks will battle it out in racing and freestyle Saturday night at the ISU Holt Arena including: Larry Swim in Bigfoot Bad Boy, Jon Zimmer in Amsoil Shock Therapy, Isaiah Morales in Hot Tamale, Mike Hawkins in Equalizer, Bill Payne in Rock Star, Dan Runte in Snake Bite, Teri Olson in Miss Behavin and Tim Messentis in Excaliber. The first five of those drivers listed above represent the top 5 in CFP points, and all will have a shot at the season championship this weekend.
TheMonsterBlog.com will be on hand to cover the event bigger than we ever have before. Our plans include the biggest episode of TMB TV thus far in 2009, a huge event photo gallery, preview photos and footage Friday night, and the debut of TMB Trackside Live, a new radio style show that will allow us to bring you live coverage from select major events.
The current
plan is for two TMB Trackside Live shows Saturday, an afternoon preview
edition jam-packed with driver interviews and pre-race analysis, and the
main event...a live audio broadcast of the Monster Truck Grand Nationals.
Our good friend Jeff "Roller" Richards, host of Motorsports Live Radio,
will be joining us in Pocatello this weekend and will be anchoring our
coverage Saturday night, along with co-hosting the preview show with TMB
TV host Ross Z. Bonar. Air times will be announced Friday evening. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Meents Wins Racing Championship, Bradshaw Takes Freestyle Title!!: Tom Meents has taken his fourth World Finals Racing Championship, winning the finals over Alex Blackwell in Captain's Curse, while Damon Bradshaw has become the new World Champion of Freestyle with a great run in Air Force Afterburner!! Congratulations from all of us at TheMonsterBlog.com to Tom and Damon on their huge wins!! See below for full racing and freestyle results: ---------------------------------------------------------------- Big upsets in round one as Damon Bradshaw and Air Force Afterburner takes down Dennis Anderson in Grave Digger, and Lupe Soza in El Toro Loco take down the two-time defending champion John Seasock in Batman. Round 1 Racing Madusa def. Stone Crusher Pastrana 199 def. Superman Air Force Afterburner def. Grave Digger Brutus def. Avenger Captain’s Curse def. Destroyer Escalade def. King Krunch
El Toro Loco def. Batman Round two of racing is complete, and more upsets! First Madusa takes down the top qualifier when Frank Krmel spun Donkey Kong in the corner. Then Pablo Huffaker has trouble getting down the straightaway in Turtle, allowing Chris Bergeron in Brutus to take the big win. Tom Meents ran the fastest time of the night, more racing coming up! Round 2 Racing Madusa def. Donkey Kong Safe Auto Minimizer def. Pastrana 199 Maximum Destruction def. Air Force Afterburner Brutus def. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Captain's Curse def. Taz (Taz rolls over in Thunder Alley) Monster Mutt def. Escalade Blue Thunder def. El Toro Loco
Bounty Hunter def. War Wizard Round 3 Racing Safe Auto Minimizer def. Madusa Maximum Destruction def. Brutus Captain's Curse def. Monster Mutt Blue Thunder def. Bounty Hunter ---------------------------------------------------------------- Semi-Final Round Racing Maximum Destruction def. Safe Auto Minimizer
Captain's Curse def. Blue
Thunder Final Round Racing Maximum Destruction def. Captain's Curse (Blackwell rolls over hard, crashes into wall, is OK) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Freestyle Results (Possible 45 Points) 1) Air Force Afterburner - Damon Bradshaw - 36 (Great run, biggest air of the night) 2) Bounty Hunter - Jimmy Creten - 32 (Strong run, huge backwards rollover after slap wheelie) 3) Brutus - Chris Bergeron - 29 (Strong run, used full time) 4) Blue Thunder - Linsey Weenk - 28 (Strong run, lots of big air) 5) Stone Crusher - Steve Sims - 26 (Solid run, rollover) 6) Travis Pastana - Nitro Circus - 26 (Replaced McQueen, rollover trying triple jump) 7) Monster Mutt - Charlie Pauken - 26 (Solid run, battled on with flat tires) 8) Taz - Chad Tingler - 25 (Solid run, replacing injured Adam Anderson after racing rollover) 9) Monster Mutt Dalmation - Candace Jolly - 24 (Bonus time, rollover) 10) Grave Digger - Dennis Anderson - 23 (Nearly full time, rollover during donut) 11) King Krunch - David Smith - 23 (Bonus time) 12) Batman - John Seasock - 21 (Nearly full time, rollover) 13) Donkey Kong - Frank Krmel - 21 (Ended early, broke off rear wheel) 14) El Toro Loco - Lupe Soza - 21 (Bonus Time, rollover) 15) War Wizard - Randy Moore - 19 (Bonus time, rollover during donut) 16) Maximum Destruction - Tom Meents - 19 (Short run, broke) 17) Destroyer - Dan Evans - 17 (Bonus time) 18) TMNT - Pablo Huffaker - 17 (Short run, rollover) 19) Madusa - Debra Miceli - 16 (Bonus time, rollover) 20) Safe Auto Minimizer - Marc MacDonald - 13 (Short run, rollover) 21) Superman - Chad Forunte - 8 (Short run, rollover) 22) Escalade - George Belhan - 8 (Short run, rollover) 23) Avenger - Jim Koehler - 4 (One hit, rollover) 24) Captain's Curse - Alex Blackwell - DNR (Out after hard rollover in racing) ---------------------------------------------------------------- More updates as things progress! (03/28/09)
World Finals Qualifying Results!!:
Qualifying for World Finals X is in the books, and it was Frank Krmel in
Donkey Kong taking the top spot with a great run, timing in at 16.50.
Congrats to Frank on a great run, see below for full results: Driver - Truck - Time 1 - Frank Krmel – Donkey Kong – 16.50 2 - Jimmy Creten – Bounty Hunter – 16.53 3 - Adam Anderson – Taz – 16.56 4 - Pablo Huffaker – TMNT – 16.56 5 - Tom Meents – Maximum Destruction – 16.63 6 - Charlie Pauken – Monster Mutt – 16.66 7- Linsey Weenk – Blue Thunder – 16.90 8 - Marc MacDonald – Safe Auto Miminizer – 16.94 9 - Cam McQueen – Pastrana 199 – 16.97 10 - Lupe Soza – El Toro Loco – 17.00 11 - George Belhan – Escalade – 17.07 12 - Damon Bradshaw – Air Force Afterburner – 17.13 13 - Chris Bergeron – Brutus – 17.25 14 - Alex Blackwell – Captain’s Curse – 17.28 15 - Debra Miceli – Madusa – 17.34 16 - Candace Jolly – Monster Mutt Dalmation – 17.35 17 - Chad Fortune – Superman – 17.40 18 - Dennis Anderson – Grave Digger – 17.56 19 - John Seasock – Batman – 17.65 20 - David Smith – King Krunch – 17.65 21 - Jim Koehler – Avenger – 17.66 22 - Dan Evans – Destroyer – 17.72 23 - Randy Moore – War Wizard – 18.15 24 - Steve Sims – Stone Crusher – Did Not Run (Rollover during first round of practice) Check out www.MonsterJamOnline.com for more coverage from the World Finals!! (03/27/09) TheMonsterBlog.com World Finals Preview!!: The monster truck industry is brimming with excitement as we are only 24 hours away from World Finals X!! The industry’s biggest event and the crowning of the most coveted titles in monster trucks has nearly arrived, which means it is time for TMB’s annual World Finals Preview article, featuring thoughts and analysis on the 2009 Monster Jam season and the upcoming championship event. We’ll take a look at the finalist selections, acknowledge the most outstanding drivers of the year and discuss who we expect to be in the mix for each championship tomorrow night. Click the link below to check out TMB's World Finals Preview, and be sure to stay tuned to www.MonsterJamOnline.com for up-to-the-minute coverage of all this weekend's excitement!! (03/27/09)
CLICK HERE TO VIEW ROSS Z. BONAR'S MONSTER JAM WORLD FINALS PREVIEW!! Jonesboro, AR Monster Truck Thunder Slam Highlight Video!!: The AMP Live Events Monster Truck Thunder Slam at the Jonesboro, AR ASU Convocation Center saw Bounty Hunter, Predator, Prowler, Monster Patrol and Undertaker going head-to-head in wheelie, racing and freestyle contests. Now you can see all the action in another great Bite Me Production Studios highlight video courtesy of our good friend Colby Marshall. Also, be sure to check out the on-board camera from Bounty Hunter's freestyle. Thanks to Colby for the great video, enjoy!! (03/25/09)
CLICK HERE TO VIEW COLBY MARSHALL'S JONESBORO, AR HIGHLIGHT VIDEO!!
Truk Wurks Off Road Welcomes Hooker Harness!!: (Indianapolis, IN)
Truk Wurks Off Road, home of the Bar’s Leaks Eliminator and Rislone
Defender monster trucks would like to proudly welcome Hooker Harness to
our roster of fine associate sponsors!
“In
my 20 years of monster truck racing, I’ve used my fair share of belts and
harnesses,” said Truk Wurks general manager and lead driver Greg Adams.
“Over the years, we’ve upgraded our seats, our shocks, and our driving
gear. But it seems like our racing harnesses just haven’t changed much.
That’s why I was so excited when we began working with the great folks at
Hooker Harness." Jonesboro, AR AMP Monster Truck Thunder Slam Recap!!: The AMP Live Events Monster Truck Thunder Slam returned to the ASU Convocation Center in Jonesboro, AR for one night of monster truck action in front of a packed house of monster fans!! Bounty Hunter, Predator, Monster Patrol, Prowler and Undertaker would be competing in wheelie, racing and freestyle, with things getting started with a bang. David Brown was the first driver out in the wheelie contest, and a nice wheelie saw Monster Patrol fall to one side and despite Brown's best efforts, the truck would end on its lid.
After solid efforts from Shane Phreed in Undertaker and Lenny Kuilder in Prowler, Allen Pezo rolled to the track in Predator. Pezo nailed the car stack and stood Predator straight up and down in a great wheelie, but the truck landed crooked on the cars sending it right over with a vicious cage hit on the concrete.
Allen
popped out of the truck to the thunderous applause of the Arkansas fans,
and promised to make his second hit in the wheelie contest if the truck
checked out ok. The truck was rolled over, check out and cleared, and
Allen proceeded to stand the truck up straight up and down once more to
the delight of the fans. Darren Migues in Bounty Hunter followed with a
decent wheelie, but there was little doubt as to who the winner was and
Pezo picked up the first victory of the night.
Freestyle would start with a strong effort from David Brown in Monster Patrol, as Brown stood the truck up and down several times before finishing with a nice donut.
Lenny Kuilder in Prowler put forth a nice run while Allen Pezo in Predator struggled after breaking a steering belt early in his run. Much like racing however, freestyle would be all Bounty Hunter as Darren Migues roared around the track, keeping up tons of momentum and catching nice air clearing the car stacks, as well as throwing in a couple donuts. In the crowd cheeroff, the choice was clear and Bounty Hunter would pick up the freestyle win.
A big thanks to Ron Woodbridge and Scott Hart with AMP Live Events for their hospitality, and to "Roller" Jeff Richards, host of Motorsports Live Radio, who was announcing Saturday night. Also a thanks to all drivers and teams for their efforts. Stay tuned for a full photo gallery from Ross Z. Bonar and another killer highlight video from Colby Marshall, but in the meantime check out some of the major moments from the show below, footage courtesy of Rajeana Bonar!! (03/15/09)
Monster Truck Thunder
Drags® 2009 Lineups Announced!!: (Indianapolis, IN)
Some of the most popular monster trucks in the world will compete on
the Monster Truck Thunder Drags
* The Ozarks will
welcome the series again in 2009!
* Lima, Ohio is always a
huge stop on the Jamboree series!
* The series returns to Illinois!
* Summertime has meant
Bloomsburg, PA for 4-Wheelers for over 2 decades!
* Jeeps get the
spotlight again in 2009 at the Truck & Jeep Fest!
*
The series returns to Vermont
* 2009 will wrap up with
the biggest event of the year! Check out the www.FamilyEvents.com website for more information on the upcoming 2009 Monster Truck Thunder Drags series!! (03/11/08) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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