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MONSTER TRUCK JAMMIN' NATIONALS FIREBIRD INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY - CHANDLER, AZ - 04/28-29/07 By Lauren & Lynette Bonar
DONUT COMPETITION
Sunday afternoon was another great show by all the drivers and teams. Features of the day were the donut contest and the wheelie contest. The wheelie contest started off with a bang as Dave Harkey in Bigfoot nailed the concrete retaining wall during his attempt, folding in a wheel pretty bad.
Another highlight that everyone had to notice as Madusa announced was that Ronnie Sturges was putting up some pretty awesome wheelies--in the donut contest! Ronnie never attempted a donut in Nasty Boy, showing off his keen sense of humor by confusing everyone include Madusa. Madusa was saying to the crowd, "Does he not know this is a Donut Contest??" lol Nasty Boy isn't much of a donut truck, but it is a great wheelie truck, so rather than do subpar donuts, better to do great wheelies was Ronnie's logic I guess.
Chris Bergeron in Brutus also
fell victim to the concrete retaining wall, as during his donut the truck
slammed into the wall, folding up a rim as well and sending concrete flying.
Some of the best donut attempts included those by Avenger, Bounty Hunter, and
King Krunch, but once again, there just was no beating Tom Meents in Maximum
Destruction. Congrats to Tom for taking the donut contest win as well. BIGFOOT
HOT WHEELS
EL MATADOR
NASTY BOY
AVENGER
KING KRUNCH
UNNAMED & UNTAMED
BOUNTY HUNTER
BRUTUS
MAXIMUM DESTRUCTION
WHEELIE COMPETITION
Sam “ The Man “ Sturges took the Wheelie Contest win with a number of great wheelies. Honorable mention goes to Ronnie Sturges driving Nasty Boy as he twice during the wheelie competition had air under both rear tires and was balanced on his wheelie bar alone, sending up a shower of sparks. Notable attempts were also made by Avenger and Summit Bigfoot. Kudos to Dave Harkey for bringing out Bigfoot, folded rim and all, and giving the contest a try. The first landing off the wheelie tires folded the rim in even further, but it was cool of the Bigfoot team to send him out anyway for the fans.
SUMMIT BIGFOOT
HOT WHEELS
NASTY BOY
AVENGER
MAXIMUM DESTRUCTION
UNNAMED & UNTAMED
IRON OUTLAW
BIGFOOT
FREESTYLE COMPETITION
Finally there was an abbreviated freestyle competition that was really more of an exhibition "for the fans". Originally there was only the donut and wheelie contests scheduled for Sunday, but three trucks decided to head out for one last freestyle to close out the weekend. Jim Kohler in Avenger and Linsey Weenk in Iron Outlaw both made nice runs, and Tom Meents drove like a man posessed once again to pick up another victory on the weekend.
AVENGER
IRON OUTLAW
MAXIMUM DESTRUCTION
FINAL WORDS
I have to thank Anna Hackett
for her hospitality and the rest of the Firebird Raceway Staff, Security
Personnel, Vendors and everyone else that helps make this show the great event
that it is. Everyone is so friendly and helpful, that it makes you yearn for
more monster trucks at Firebird during the course of the year. Thanks to all the
teams for the great performances and hard work throughout the weekend, and it
was a pleasure seeing all of them again. Thanks to all of the fans for checking
out the coverage, be sure to stop by the Fan Forum and let us know what you
thought. Until next time, Happy Monster Truckin' to all!! - Lauren & Lynette Bonar
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