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Minneapolis, Minnesota – Monster Jam – December 5, 2009

Photos By: Robert Haught
Event: Monster Jam
Venue: H.H.H Metrodome
City: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Date: December 5, 2009

Field of Trucks: Grave Digger (Dennis Anderson), Maximum Destruction (Tom Meents), Blue Thunder (Linsey Weenk), Taz (Adam Anderson), Captain’s Curse (Alex Blackwell), Superman (Chad Fortune), Madusa (Madusa), El Toro Loco (Marc McDonald), Advance Auto Parts Grinder (Lupe Soza) and Escalade (George Balhan). [Read more…]

Minny updates!

LATEST UPDATES:

11:12: Freestyle is under way. Scores will be posted below.

El Toro Loco: 20
Captain’s Curse: 22
Superman: 14 (rolled)
Madusa: 16
Escalade: 24 (rolled)
Taz: 21 (rolled)
Blue Thunder: 26
Grinder: (early roll. score not heard)
Maximum Destruction: 12 (broken front tire rod early)
Grave Digger: 9 (broken throttle cable after save)

10:15: While the freestyle snocross demo got setup Robert Haught sent over a few photos of the truck crew preparing the freestyle course.

9:35: Grave Digger takes racing over Captain’s Curse. Body panels flew off the truck during the run. Anderson told the crowd he wants a sweep.

9:25: Despite rolling in the previous round Grave Digger was good to go as Anderson took out Grinder with a pass of 18.94. Blackwell and Captain’s Curse beat Madusa so the finals will see the top seeds from qualifying match up in the finals.

9:10: Getting ready for round 2. The pairings are Grave Digger vs Madusa, Grinder vs. Blue Thunder, and Escalade vs Captain’s Curse. Captain’s Curse won over Balhan and Escalade. Grave Digger beat Madusa but manged to roll the truck over and back onto all fours. Grinder won over Blue Thunder.

9:00: Round 1 is underway. Grave Digger started off with a bye run. The first head to head matchup saw Grinder take out El Toro Loco. Blue Thunder advanced as Madusa rolled over in their match up. Escalade picked up the win over Taz as Adam Anderson had to make a huge save. Captain’s Curse will finish out the round with a bye run.

8:55: Qualifying has just wrapped up. Dennis Anderson and Grave Digger qualified first. Alex Blackwell and Captains Cruse qualified second followed by Linsey Weenk and Blue Thunder in third. Superman was unable to finish qualifying and recieved a DNQ.

8:40: Driver Introductions just finished up but it wasn’t without drama. Tom Meents broke the right rear wheel off of Maximum Destruction. No word yet on the extent of the damage.

Robert Haught is in Minneapolis covering all the action from tonight’s event at the Metrodome. We will be bringing you live updates throughout the night as the event get’s underway. Early news from Minny has Marc McDonald driving El Toro Loco. A sneak peak at the track shows all dirt racing lanes along with some huge freestyle stacks. Stay tuned as we continue to recieve updates tonight.

UPDATE 2: Just a quick update before the event starts. Linsey Weenk will be driving an all new Blue Thunder this evening. The pit party has concluded so we’ll be gearing up for tonights coverage. Until then here’s another picture of the track.

Welcome Mechanical Mischief

We are proud to announce the launch of Mechanical Mischief’s new site! MechanicalMischief4x4.com is home to Jim Burns’ Rockford, Illinois-based truck. Be sure to head on by the site and check out Jim’s 2010 schedule. We thank Jim for the opportunity to maintain his web site and look forward to a great partnership!

Live Coverage From Minny!


(photo from Grinder monster truck Facebook page)

Robert Haught will be headed to Minneapolis tomorrow, and thanks to Dustin Hart, we will be providing live coverage from the event! The Advance Auto Parts Grinder monster truck will be making its debut with Lupe Soza behind the wheel, in addition to the following lineup:

Grave Digger (Dennis Anderson)
Taz (Adam Anderson)
Maximum Destruction (Tom Meents)
Superman (Chad Fortune)
Escalade (George Balhan)
Captain’s Curse (Alex Blackwell)
Blue Thunder (Linsey Weenk)
Madusa
El Toro Loco

Dabney Breaks World Speed Record in SIR Tires

Kirk Dabney in Maximum Overkill has broken the world speed record for a monster truck! Thanks to Sean Duhon for the photos and update; head over to http://www.suddenimpact.com for more information!

Hampton, Virginia – Hampton Coliseum – November 14, 2009

Photos By: Dustin Hart
Event: Monster Jam
Venue: Hampton Coliseum
City: Hampton, Virginia
Date: November 14, 2009

Field Of Trucks: Bad Habit (Joe Sylvester), El Toro Loco (Chris Baker), Eradicator (Andy Slifko), Grave Digger (Randy Brown), Mopar Magic (Ricky Ownley), and Stone Crusher (Steve Sims). [Read more…]

Hampton, Virginia – Hampton Coliseum – November 13, 2009

Photos By: Dustin Hart
Event: Monster Jam
Venue: Hampton Coliseum
City: Hampton, Virginia
Date: November 13, 2009
Field Of Trucks: Bad Habit (Joe Sylvester), El Toro Loco (Chris Baker), Eradicator (Andy Slifko), Grave Digger (Randy Brown), Mopar Magic (Ricky Ownley), and Stone Crusher (Steve Sims). [Read more…]

Sudden Impact Site

We are proud to announce Sudden Impact Racing (SIR) as our newest web client! Their site is now up and will continue to be updated and caught up daily. Big thanks go to team SIR; we look forward to the partnership. Check them out at http://www.suddenimpact.com.

Elko Video

Enjoy the Elko Speedway video from this weekend below!


Our good friend Travis Sewilo sent us the two videos above from Elko, Minnesota, where Devin Jones’ Barbarian and Jimmy Creten’s Bounty Hunter entertained the fans with a great night of freestyle. Thanks, Travis!

Wildwood, New Jersey – Thunder On The Beach – October 2-4, 2009

Photos By: Steve Parry
Event: Thunder On The Beach
Venue: Oceanfront
City: Wildwood, New Jersey
Date: October 2-4, 2009

Field of Trucks: Brutus (Chris Bergeron), Stone Crusher (Carl VanHorn), Avenger (Jim  Koehler), Mopar Magic (Ricky Ownley), War Wizard (Randy Moore), Monster  Mutt (Whit Tarlton), and Grave Digger (Gary Porter). [Read more…]