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Sunday morning was met with a
lot of anticipation once again at the Volusia County Fairgrounds. It
was time for the Monster Truck Freestyle competition!!
TV Crews were once again
on hand filming the day's action. The Sun Sports channel will have a
1 hour show featuring action from the event being aired on Sunday,
December 11th at 3:00PM. The show will be re-aired December 15th at
1 AM, December 17th at 6PM, December 18th at 2:30AM, December 21st at
4:30PM, and December 28th at 12:30AM. Be sure to catch it!!
SUNDAY TOUGH TRUCK COMPETITION
THIRD ROUND
Ricky Brantley
vs Pat Beccaria = Ricky wins
Kenny Sulfridge vs Roger Cardot = Roger wins
Joey Leone vs Troy Djuren = Troy wins
Jason Makuch vs Thomas White = Thomas wins
FOURTH ROUND
Troy Djuren vs
Kenny Sulfridge = Kenny wins
Ricky Brantley vs Pat Beccaria = Ricky wins
Roger Cardot vs Thomas White = Roger wins
SEMI-FINAL ROUND
Ricky Brantley
vs Kenny Sulfridge = Ricky wins
Roger Cardot vs Troy Djuren = Roger wins
FINAL ROUND
Ricky Brantley
vs Roger Cardot = Ricky wins
Roger was able to buy back in.
Roger Cardot vs Ricky Brantley = Ricky wins
Roger was DQ when he hit a stake.
(Results found on
Super Truck Challenge Forum posted by Leroy)
ROCK CRAWL & MUD BOG COMPETITION
FREESTYLE COMPETITION
Finally, the waiting was over.
It was time for some Monster Truck Freestyle action!! 15 trucks
would be taking part in the Freestyle competition, and the drivers drew
for the order in which they would make their runs. Sitting out the
competition were Bruce Haney in Bad News Travels Fast and Doug Charles in
Extreme Overkill 2. The Extreme Overkill 2 truck had suffered a
broken rear-drive shaft and yoak, while the Haneys had only come to the
event to test out their truck in racing.
The event would be scored by 7
judges, 2 from Amsoil, 2 from the East Bay Raceway (a nearby race track),
and 3 people from a fairgrounds in Virginia that has hosted PSM shows for
years. They would judge each run from 1-10, with the high and low
scores being thrown out, for a maximum score of 50.
Click on the green links below
each truck for a large batch of pictures from their Freestyle run.
Each truck's score is given as well, with the final results being posted
at the bottom of this page. Enjoy!!
RAMPAGE
Freestyle Scores: 6, 6,
6, 5, (7, 4) = 34 Total = Final Score: 23
FRANKENSTEIN
Freestyle Scores: 8, 8,
8, 8, 7, (8, 7) = 54 Total = Final Score: 40
WILD THANG
Freestyle Scores:
6, 6, 6, 7, 7, (7, 6) = 45 Total = Final Score: 32
EQUALIZER
Freestyle Scores: 6, 5,
6, 5, 7, (7, 4) = 40 Total = Final Score: 29
MONSTER PATROL
Freestyle Scores:
6, 5, 6, 5, 4, (7, 4) = 37 Total = Final Score: 26
KID ROCK
Freestyle Scores:
8, 6, 7, 6, 7, (8, 6) = 48 Total = Final Score: 34
DRAGON SLAYER
Freestyle Scores: 7, 8,
7, 7, 8, (8, 6) = 51 Total = Final Score: 37
BIGFOOT #14
Freestyle Scores: 5, 6,
8, 5, 8, (8, 5) = 45 Total = Final Score: 32
SMOKE
Freestyle Scores: 6, 7,
8, 8, 7, (8, 6) = 50 Total = Final Score: 36
SPIDERMAN
Freestyle Scores: 7, 8,
7, 7, 7, (8, 6) = 50 Total = Final Score: 36
CAROLINA CRUSHER
Freestyle Scores: 8, 8,
9, 7, 8, (9, 6) = 55 Total = Final Score: 40
BIGFOOT #11
Freestyle Scores:
7, 5, 7, 7, 6, (7, 5) = 44 Total = Final Score: 32
BEARFOOT
Freestyle Scores:
8, 7, 8, 6, 7, (8, 5) = 49 Total = Final Score: 36
DOMINATOR
Freestyle Scores:
5, 4, 5, 6, 5, (6, 4) = 35 Total = Final Score: 25
CAPTAIN USA
Freestyle Scores: 7, 6,
7, 7, 7, (7, 6) = 47 Total = Final Score: 34
FREESTYLE FINAL RESULTS
Congratulations to James
Tigue II for becoming the first ever PSM World Finals Freestyle Champion!!
On a personal note from The Monster Blog, we are very excited to
congratulate James on his big win, having gotten a chance to talk with him
a few times and finding him to be an awesome guy!!
As far as the judges went
Bryan didn't agree with all of their calls but didn't disagree with some
of them either. Bryan thought the Bigfoot trucks had much better
runs than what they were scored, but outside of that, he thought
everything was fair. There was also some miscue on the Rampage
truck's score as he only got four scored judges, instead of five,
resulting in his last place finish. But aside from that, that is how
judging goes, everyone's got an opinion when it comes to Monday
Quarterbacking them.
Both Teague and Paul Shafer had great runs with HUGE slap wheelies off the
bus by both of them. Though the two driver's final scores were tied,
Teague's total score was higher than Shafer's, so Teague wins the
tie-breaker and the title, not to mention the 6 foot trophy!!
|
Finish |
Truck / Driver |
Scores |
Throw Out |
Total |
Final Score |
|
1 |
Carolina Crusher - James Tigue II |
8,8,9,7,8 |
9,6 |
55 |
40 |
|
2 |
Frankenstein - Paul
Shafer |
8,8,8,8,7 |
8,7 |
54 |
40 |
|
3 |
Dragon Slayer - Kreg
Christensen |
7,8,7,7,8 |
8,6 |
51 |
37 |
|
4 |
Spiderman - Paul Jensen |
7,8,7,7,7 |
8,6 |
50 |
36 |
|
5 |
Smoke - Charlie Miller |
6,7,8,8,7 |
8,6 |
50 |
36 |
|
6 |
Bearfoot - Larry Swim |
8,7,8,6,7 |
8,5 |
49 |
36 |
|
7 |
Kid Rock - Larry Swim |
8,6,7,6,7 |
8,6 |
48 |
34 |
|
8 |
Captain USA - Rodney
Tweedy |
7,6,7,7,7 |
7,6 |
47 |
34 |
|
9 |
Bigfoot #14 - Dave
Harkey |
5,6,8,5,8 |
8,5 |
45 |
32 |
|
10 |
Wild Thang - Brian
Harwood |
6,6,6,7,7 |
7,6 |
45 |
32 |
|
11 |
Bigfoot #11 - Rick Long |
7,5,7,7,6 |
7,5 |
44 |
32 |
|
12 |
Equalizer - Mike Hawkins |
6,5,6,5,7 |
7,4 |
40 |
29 |
|
13 |
Monster Patrol - Kirk
Dabney |
6,5,6,5,4 |
7,4 |
37 |
26 |
|
14 |
Dominator - Kyle
Chandler |
5,4,5,6,5 |
6,4 |
35 |
25 |
|
15 |
Rampage - Charlie Miller |
6,6,6,5 |
7,4 |
34 |
23 |
FINAL WORDS
Well, that wraps up THE
MONSTER BLOG's coverage of the Paul Shafer Motorsports World Finals!!
A HUGE thanks goes out to Bryan Wagner for all of his hard work and
amazing photography. Bryan did an absolutely awesome job covering
this event, his second for the site. It makes all of us very excited
about the prospect of having Bryan cover more shows for us in the future!!
Also a huge thanks goes out to everyone from Paul Shafer Motorsports for
making this event possible, and to all drivers and crew members for
putting on a great show!! Can't wait until next year's event!! |
