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8/28/09 - TMB TV Episode 2.12 - Charlotte, NC Monster Truck Challenge!! 8/25/09 - Columbia, MO Video Coverage Now Online!! 8/24/09 - Bad Boy Bigfoot II Design Contest!! 8/23/09 - Bad News Travels Fast, Bearfoot Sweep Columbia, MO!! 8/20/09 - More Charlotte, NC Back to School Monster Truck Bash Photos!! - Grass Valley, CA Extreme Sports Spectacular Photos!! 8/17/09 - Charlotte, NC Back to School Monster Truck Bash Photo Gallery!! - Jackson, MI Monster Truck Shootout Photos!! 8/15/09 - Mike Hawkins Sweeps Back to School Monster Truck Bash!! 8/13/09 - 10th Annual Back to School Monster Truck Bash This Saturday!! 8/11/09 - Family Events to Acquire Monster Nationals Series!! 8/10/09 - Darren Migues Sweeps Final Night of the 2009 Clash of the Titans!! 8/07/09 - TMB TV Episode 2.11 - On the Road With HBR, Bristol, TN Monster Truck Challenge!! 8/06/09 - Introducing the New Crushstation "Monster Lobster"!! - Jim & Chris Allen's Glendale, AZ Monster Jam Coverage!! - Monster Truck Superstars Roll Into Monroe, MI!!
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TMB TV Episode 2.12 - Back to School Monster Truck Bash - Charlotte, NC!!: TMB TV is back tonight with our twelfth episode of the year featuring one of the biggest events of 2009, the Monster Truck Challenge Back to School Monster Truck Bash!! The Dirt Track at Lowe's Motor Speedway celebrated the tenth anniversary of monster trucks at the facility with ten top trucks and one of the biggest monster truck race courses ever constructed. Watch as Mike Hawkins in Equalizer attempts to defend his 2008 racing and freestyle titles in Charlotte against the likes of Raminator, Tail Gator, Samson, Avenger, Brutus, Stone Crusher and more. TMB TV Host Ross Z. Bonar is back in front of and behind the camera for this episode as Rajeana Bonar and Chris Parrish also help bring you footage from this great event. Don't wait fans, see a great lineup take on one of the toughest monster truck race courses ever designed, just click below to enjoy yet another great episode of TMB TV!! (08/28/09)
WATCH TMB TV EPISODE 2.12 - BACK TO SCHOOL MONSTER TRUCK BASH!! Columbia, MO Video Coverage Now Online!!: You've read the recaps and seen the teaser photos from this past weekend's Monster Mania Madness in Columbia, MO, now see all the action through video coverage by Shane Skinner and another great highlight video from Colby Marshall. You don't want to miss the wild wheelies put on by Don King and Bearfoot, see those and much more by clicking the link below!! (08/25/09)
CHECK OUT THE TMB VIDEO COVERAGE FROM MONSTER MANIA MADNESS!!
Bad Boy Bigfoot II: The Sequel Design
Contest!!:
(Bridgeport, TX) You’ve seen the original Bad Boys of Racing
Bigfoot, staring Larry Swim as the “Bad Boy” and his co-star, Zane Rettew,
The winner will be picked on October 16, 2009, and will receive the
following: CFP and BIGFOOT 4X4, Inc. reserve the right, in their sole discretion, to disqualify any submission(s). If you have any questions, please e-mail Kim at badboy@bigfoot4x4.com or call her at 314731-8112 x 101. For more info on Team Bigfoot, check out www.bigfoot4x4.com and for more info on Checkered Flag Productions, the Bad Boys of Racing, head on over to their website at www.CheckeredFlagProductions.com!! (08/24/09) Bad News Travels Fast, Bearfoot Take Wins In Columbia, MO!!: Monster trucks returned to Columbia, Missouri's Boone County Fairgrounds this past weekend and it was Bad News Travels Fast and Bearfoot sweeping racing and freestyle!! TMB was on hand to cover Saturday night's action and Don King in Bearfoot kicked off the show with an incredible wheelie contest performance. Jim Powers in The General had the edge after a couple great sky wheelies, but after King's efforts there was no doubt Bearfoot was the winner. King started with a huge past vertical sky wheelie that he combo'd into a slap wheelie. His second effort again saw the truck on the tail gate, with Don doing his patented "Bear Walk" off the cars and down the track. And just to put an exclamation point on the run, King hit the wheelie bump and rode another slap wheelie down the track.
Bruce Haney in Bad News won Friday's racing over King and wouldn't you know it, the two were back in the finals on Saturday. Haney got the holeshot off the line and King's truck veered suddenly toward Haney's lane as they approached the cars. King made every effort to stop the truck but there was contact with Bad News as they crossed the finish line. Haney picked up the win, but a busted crossover relief valve on the rear steering would put him out for freestyle.
Freestyle would start off with Cody Martin in El Bandito and follow with a solid run from Roger Gauger in Quadzilla. Gauger had some nice hits on the cars and a couple big hits on the van stacks to take the early lead. Rookie driver Jim Powers impressed with a solid effort in The General. Powers had a couple great sky wheelies and managed to walk three slap wheelies across the arena to raise the bar for Don King and Bearfoot.
King roared out onto the track and put on a wheelie clinic, putting Bearfoot on its tailgate over and over again with both sky wheelies and slap wheelies. To finish his run, King nailed a huge past vertical sky wheelie that he tried to walk off the cars. But the truck tilted too far over and couldn't be brought back as Bearfoot suffered his second rollover in as many nights. Much like the wheelie contest however, there would be no doubt that Bearfoot was the winner as he completed a weekend sweep of freestyle.
A big thanks to Don King and Bobby Paul for their hospitality and a great time. Stay tuned for plenty of video and a full photo gallery from the event, coming soon!! (08/23/09) More Back to School Monster Truck Bash Photos!!: Our coverage from the 2009 Back to School Monster Truck Bash at The Dirt Track @ Lowe's Motor Speedway continues with more great photos from our good friend Chris Parrish!! You saw all of Chris's awesome shots from the Monster Truck Challenge event in Bristol, now see his pics from Charlotte by clicking the link below. A big thanks to Chris for all his help covering the Monster Truck Challenge events this summer, we always look forward to seeing what comes up next from Chris and CP Action Art, check him out!! Stay tuned for TMB TV from Charlotte, coming up next week!! (08/20/09)
CLICK HERE TO VIEW CHRIS PARRISH'S CHARLOTTE, NC PHOTO GALLERY!! Grass Valley, CA Extreme Sports Spectacular Photo Gallery!!: Another good friend of the site and a great photographer, Chris Cleveland, has just submitted his first full gallery from this past weekend's Extreme Sports Spectacular in Grass Valley, CA!! You may remember Chris as a consistent winner of our old Picture of the Week contest here on the Blog and we're happy to have him sending in more of his great photos. WGAS Motorsports held their annual event at the Nevada County Fairgrounds this past weekend with two nights of freestyle action featuring Rock Star, Obsession, Miss Behavin and Play'n 4 Keeps. The first night would be exhibition only with no winner declared but Saturday night the win would go to Teri Olson and Miss Behavin after she rolled the truck over to finish out a strong run. Check out all of Chris's great shots from the shows by clicking the link below!! (08/20/09)
CLICK HERE TO VIEW CHRIS CLEVELAND'S GRASS VALLEY, CA PHOTO GALLERY!! Back to School Monster Truck Bash Photo Gallery!!: The first of our photos from the Back to School Monster Truck Bash at The Dirt Track @ Lowe's Motor Speedway Saturday night are now online!! See all ten trucks going head-to-head on the huge racing course and taking on all the massive obstacles in freestyle by clicking the link below. A big thanks to Lauren Z. Bonar for all the great photos, and to Ross and Lynette Bonar for pitching in a few photos each as well. Also, be watching for even more photos from Charlotte courtesy of our good friend Chris Parrish, stay tuned for those and TMB TV coming soon!! (08/17/09)
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE BACK TO SCHOOL MONSTER TRUCK BASH PHOTOS!! Jackson, MI Monster Truck Shootout Photo Gallery!!: The annual Jackson County Fair Michigan Monster Truck Shootout was Saturday night and Paul Harry was on hand to capture all the action!! Bearfoot, Predator, Bad News Travels, Dream Catcher, Full Boar, and Pouncer competed in exhibition timed runs, match races and freestyle, see it all through Paul's great photos by clicking the link below!! (08/17/09)
CLICK HERE TO VIEW PAUL M. HARRY'S JACKSON, MI PHOTO GALLERY!! Mike Hawkins Sweeps Back to School Monster Truck Bash!!: The Circle K Back to School Monster Truck Bash celebrated its 10th anniversary in style Saturday night as ten top monster trucks competed in racing and freestyle on one of the wildest courses ever constructed!! The action would get started in qualifying where drivers had their first opportunity to take on the difficult race course. Starting on the backstretch, the trucks would race two laps around the infield, hitting an over / under crossover each lap. Mechanical gremlins struck early as pre-show favorite Mark Hall in Raminator lost power during his qualifying run and would not be back in action until freestyle. Doug Noelke in Tail Gator laid down the quick time which held until Carl Van Horn, a surprise substitute for Steve Sims in Stone Crusher, took the top spot. But Mike Hawkins was on a rail in Equalizer, staying smooth and fast and getting the #1 position.
Racing would see some hard-nosed competition and some exciting moments.
The first round featured a great come from behind victory by Tail Gator,
as Noelke managed to chase down Andy Hoffman in Nitemare at the finish
line after spinning in the final turn. The semi-finals would see CVH take
down teammate Ricky Ownley in Mopar Magic while Hawkins rolled past Jim
Koehler in the Avenger, setting up a great final between the two fastest
trucks. A classic race would ensue as the two hard chargers roared around
the course. Coming to the finish line, it was neck and neck with Van Horn
trying to run down Hawkins. In a close finish, Hawkins would just edge Van
Horn as Stone Crusher veered left and took out the start finish light.
Two heavy hitters would fall by the wayside next as Carl Van Horn in Stone Crusher got a great start to this run, but bent the rear 4-link bars on a hard landing and a donut attempt caused the truck to rollover. Next out, Jim Koehler in Avenger was just getting started when a motor problem ended his night early.
The door was open for Mike Hawkins to repeat his double down win from 2008. He wasted no time in putting together the best run of the night with huge air, tons of momentum, wheelies, and usage of all the obstacles on the track. The WOW moment of the night however came as Hawkins tried to spin Equalizer around on the banking in turns 1 and 2. The truck hooked and roll over hard, kicking up onto the nose and giving Hawkins just enough bite to hammer the throttle and bring the truck back to all fours. Hawkins roared around to the frontstretch and laid down some incredible cyclones and after finishing, the crowd went wild for Equalizer and there was no doubt who the winner of freestyle was.
It was an incredible night of action at the Back to School Monster Truck Bash and we congratulate Mike Hawkins on a great night in Equalizer. A huge thanks to everyone with Monster Truck Challenge and Lowe's Motor Speedway for their hospitality and for another great event. See below for a quick preview of the action featuring the racing finals and a clip from the winning freestyle:
Stay tuned folks for more great photos from Lauren Z. Bonar and Chris Parrish, along with our next episode of TMB TV featuring footage Ross & Rajeana Bonar!! (08/15/09) 10th Annual Back to School Monster Truck Bash This Saturday!!: (Concord, NC) The Dirt Track @ Lowe's Motor Speedway is celebrating 10 years with 10 gargantuan machines at the Circle K Back-to-School Monster Truck Bash on Saturday, Aug. 15. The most unique vehicles in motorsports, Monster Trucks are typically 11-feet tall and tip the scales at nearly five tons. Their custom-built, fuel-injected engines produce between 1,500 and 2,000 horsepower and the massive machines can jump 110 to 115 feet - a distance greater than 14 cars lined up side by side. Equalizer, Raminator, Samson, Tailgator, War Wizard, Brutus, Nitemare, Mopar Magic, Avenger and Stone Crusher will compete in head-to-head challenges at The Dirt Track.
The evening will include a series of one-on-one
elimination races over a radical obstacle course featuring the new
Over-Under element where one truck jumps over the other. The gigantic
vehicles will also battle in an insane freestyle competition. Equalizer,
the 2008 Monster Truck Bash champion, is looking to repeat after winning
both the elimination and freestyle rounds last year.
The Promotion Company - Family Events to
Acquire Monster Nationals Series From Image Promotions!!:
(Indianapolis, IN) The Promotion Company – Family Events of
Indianapolis, IN has acquired the Monster Nationals series of family
oriented monster truck
C. Bruce Hubley, founder and owner of The
Promotion Company- Family Events said: “This transaction is a bittersweet
opportunity for our company. For many years our company has looked for a
first-quarter motorsports events acquisition that would complement our
traditional summer schedule. The acquisition of Monster Nationals is a
great fit for The Promotion Company, but our company’s opportunity comes
under tragic circumstances. George Eisenhart has left his mark on the
industry as a good businessman, trusted promoter, creative producer, and
great showman.” Iowa- Sioux City Illinois- Champaign, Chicago Kansas- Topeka Kentucky- Corbin, Pikeville Michigan- East Lansing North Carolina- Boone Ohio- Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Youngstown Pennsylvania- Erie West Virginia- Huntington Wisconsin- Madison
The
Promotion Company - Family Events has produced more than 1,000 motorsports
and other general-interest entertainment events designed for family
audiences at venues throughout the United States for more than 35 years.
The company’s staff of 22 has expertise in operations, event production,
risk management, box office, group sales, marketing, media buying,
publicity, promotions, and sponsorship sales and fulfillment. The company
is well known as the major outdoor monster truck show producer in the U.S.
with its series of “General Tire Monster Truck Thunder Drags®” events at
six “4-Wheel Jamboree Nationals®” and the “Truck and Jeep Fest®”. Complete
information on these and other Family Events can be found at
www.familyevents.com.
Darren Migues Sweeps Final Night of the
2009 Maverik
Clash of the Titans!!:
After a wild night on Saturday at Rocky Mountain Raceway, the
twelve truck field was back at it Sunday for the conclusion of the Maverik
Clash of the Titans weekend. It was evident from qualifying that the
trucks to beat on Sunday would be Dan Runte in Summit Bigfoot and Darren
Migues in Bounty Hunter. Runte would end up with the top qualifying spot,
but only because Migues knocked over a pole for a one second penalty
leaving him second on the grid. David Smith and Rodney Tweedy were fast
once again Sunday as well.
Freestyle would see solid runs from Iron Outlaw and Captain USA to start
the competition. Geter Done and El Matador raised the bar, but the win
came down to the three stars of the weekend. King Krunch and Summit
Bigfoot both had strong runs that received high scores, and only Bounty
Hunter was left to go. Migues proceeded to put on a clinic, laying down a
great run and jumping heights previously unseen. The last jump resulted in
a flat tire, so after one more wild set of donuts, Migues called it quits
to the roar of the crowd. That run would be enough to put Bounty Hunter on
top in freestyle, giving Migues the weekend sweep. David Smith, Dan Runte Winners at Maverik Clash of the Titans XIII Saturday!!: The month of August always brings one of the year's biggest events, the Maverik Clash of the Titans at Rocky Mountain Raceway in Salt Lake City, Utah. Twelve monster trucks, always featuring some of the biggest names in the sport, racing on a figure eight style course and of course, freestyle - what more could you ask for? Day one of Clash of the Titans XIII brought plenty of action, starting with qualifying. David Smith is always good at RMR and he showed it, laying down the fastest qualifying time. Team Bigfoot took a big hit in qualifying, as Larry Swim lost a motor in Bigfoot Bad Boy, putting him out for the weekend, and Dan Runte took a hard rollover in Summit Bigfoot.
Runte
would be able to return for racing, but it just wasn't his night as he
fell in the first round. Smith would continue running strong, driving King
Krunch on to the final round, defeating Roger Stidell in Captain USA in
the semi-finals. Rodney Tweedy entered the weekend with a 100% winning
percentage and was looking to keep it going, making it to the semi-finals
where he would face Joe Miller in Iron Outlaw. But a red-light at the
start would cost Tweedy a shot at the win, handing the berth in the finals
to Iron Outlaw. In a great final round match-up, David Smith was simply
too strong for Miller as he piloted King Krunch to his biggest win of
2009. TMB TV Episode 2.11 - On the Road W/HBR, Bristol TN & Champaign, IL!!: TMB TV returns tonight with another all new, special episode as we go on the road with Hall Brothers Racing as they compete in the huge Monster Truck Challenge event in Bristol, TN!! From there, the team loads up and makes the overnight haul back to Champaign, IL to compete in their hometown Prairieland Monster Nationals event the very night day. We take you behind the scenes on the entire trip showing you everything that goes into competing in two events in two days, twelve hours apart, and we also watch as the MTC crew prepares for the high profile event at one of the meccas of NASCAR, Bristol Motor Speedway. TMB TV Host Ross Z. Bonar is a one-man band for most of this episode, filming all of the action in Bristol and Champaign and hosting the episode with the aid of the trusty TMB tripod. Don't wait fans, all of this great monster truck action is right at your fingertips, just click below to enjoy another great special episode of TMB TV!! (08/07/09)
WATCH TMB TV EPISODE 2.11 - ON THE ROAD EPISODE, BRISTOL, TN!! Introducing the New Crushstation "Monster Lobster"!!: TheMonsterBlog.com has learned of an excitingly unique new truck based out of Jefferson, Maine, Greg Winchenbach’s brand new “monster lobster”, the Crushstation!!
Greg is no stranger to monster trucks, campaigning his own truck for a period in the mid-nineties and also driving for other owners including Calvin Carrington and Larry Birch. In 1999, Greg purchased a brand new chassis from Patrick Enterprises and has spent the last ten years gradually building the new truck.
Thinking of a name for the truck, he thought of how when meeting people, they would inquire about his accent and where he was from. When Greg would respond that he was from Maine, the common associations were cold weather and lobster. Combined with the fact that Winchenbach once spent time as a lobster fisherman, the idea for a lobster 3D-bodied monster truck seemed a perfect fit. With the help of a local boat shop, a wild new fiberglass lobster body was created and the name “Crushstation” was settled on, a take on the term crustacean and the act of crushing cars.
With the truck now completed and its first appearance in the books - a display and boat crush in his hometown - Greg and his Bottom Feeder Motorsports team are ready to head out on the road and compete. Greg is an owner / driver member in the MTRA and will have the truck certified shortly. Promoters interested in booking the Crushstation can contact Greg through email at crushstation23@yahoo.com or by phone at 207-549-3398. Plans for a team website are currently in the works as well. A big thanks to Greg for supplying the photos and information for this update and best of luck to him and the Crushstation!! (08/06/09)
Jim & Chris Allen's Glendale, AZ Monster
Jam Experience!!:
Jim & Chris Allen have been bringing you great coverage this summer here
on TMB, and we're very excited to have another coverage from Jim and Chris
Allen, this time from the first Monster Jam at University of Phoenix
Stadium in Glendale, AZ. We've got another great blog from Chris and more
outstanding photos from Jim, check it out below:
Qualifications proved to be the start of one unpredictable night. The
fastest qualifier turned out to be Blue Thunder. Grave Digger and Maximum
Destruction turned in the 2nd and 4th fastest times respectively, which
put them on the same half of the racing bracket. Blue Thunder earned a
free ticket to the second round after his scheduled opponent, King Krunch,
could not make to the Advance Auto Parts start line due to problems with
the front axle. Superman flew higher than Tropical Thunder, Patriot upset
Escalade, Captain’s Curse defeated El Matador, Grave Digger buried
Bulldozer and Max D took a bite out of McGruff to close the opening round.
Max D was slightly late getting to the start line for the beginning of
round 2 but he came on strong and defeated The Patriot. Grave Digger
defeated Captain’s Curse and Blue Thunder flew past Superman. Round 3 saw
the fastest loser, Captain’s Curse defeat Blue Thunder to get to the
finals. Then it came: The very race thousands of people had come to see.
It was a semi-final round match-up between Meents and Anderson. The
winner? Madman Max D! In a World Finals X rematch for the Championship, it
was Tom Meents versus Alex Blackwell. The result, however, was still the
same. Max D took the racing trophy! CLICK HERE TO VIEW JIM ALLEN'S GLENDALE, AZ MONSTER JAM PHOTOS!!
Monster Truck Superstars Roll into Monroe,
MI Tomorrow!!:
(New Boston, MI) Monster Trucks invade the Monroe County Fair on
Friday, August 7th for one of the biggest and best monster truck events
ever in Monroe!! The Monroe Monster Truck Nationals will feature the
best lineup of trucks anywhere. Local favorite Jon Zimmer will pilot the
Amsoil Shock Therapy for the first time in Monroe. Zimmer, native of
Arlington, Vermont is excited to appear close to his Michigan friends,
family, and sponsors. “It’s going to be a big show, only big name trucks.
I’m really looking forward to making a statement and pushing the truck to
its limits for all of the great people that we’ve met here in Michigan”,
stated Zimmer.
Also
appearing from Columbus, Michigan is 2005 Monster Jam World Finals
Freestyle Champion, Jim Koehler, “Mr. Excitement” in Avenger and Chris
Bergeron in the Brutus. Rounding out the field of trucks is two time and
defending Monster Nationals Freestyle Champion, Jocelyn Perrin in High
Maintenance and World renowned Samson driven by Dan Patrick. See these 6
monster truck superstars compete in a wheelie contest, donut contest, head
to head racing, and all out high flying pedal to the metal monster truck
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