AllMonster.com NEWS ARCHIVES-January 2006
January 6, 2006-6:05 PM
CHAD TINGLER TO DRIVE GRAVE DIGGER 14!
This weekend in Rochester, New York will be the first time that Chad Tingler will take the reigns of Grave Digger 14. He will have to face off with a great lineup of trucks on the Thunder Nationals course including Courtney Jolly in Pastrana 199, Diehl Wilson in Virginia Giant, Rick Raab in the American Guardian and Scott Poirier in Anger Management. Stay tuned to AllMonster over the course of the weekend for updates from Pontiac, Houston, and Council Bluffs, Iowa, which features the debut of Del Scorcho and the new Rolling Thunder paint!
January 7, 2006-2:10 PMFIRST LOOKS, NEW SCHEMES FOR '06!
Three new schemes made their debut last night during opening night of the Monster Jam 2006 winter season. The new Del Scorcho sponsored by Del Taco and Jim Bendzick's Rolling Thunder both started their seasons in Council Bluffs, Iowa, while a new Ford-bodied Pastrana 199 driven by Courtney Jolly made it's debut in Rochester, New York. Check out the first photos of these trucks below:
PONTIAC PHOTOS NOW ONLINE!
Jason and Laura Lloyd were kind enough to send us some photos from last weekend's final event at the Pontiac Silverdome; we thank them for their time and effort. Click the photo above or the link below for the photos:
January 15, 2006-1:50 AM
WEENK CONTINUES DOMINATION!
It was a wild, wet and muddy night in Anaheim, California. The finals on the slippery course came down to the 2Xtreme team as one of the hottest drivers on the circuit, Linsey Weenk in Iron Outlaw would take on the boss, Jimmy Creten in Bounty Hunter. Despite only running on six valves in the engine, Weenk went on to get his fourth straight stadium Monster Jam win. In freestyle it was Brian Winston running the Hot Wheels body on his usual Monster Mutt taking the freestyle win. His run included a wild slap wheelie that tore off the tailgate and bed sides, and upon the front wheels coming down he slid the truck into Obsession. More results will be up from Anaheim in the coming days so stay tuned to AllMonster.
January 20, 2006-8:00 PM
HOUSTON PICS AND VIDEO OF THE DEVIL'S DODGE ROLLOVER!
Pictures from the season opening weekend in Houston are now available. Check out all 88 photos from Matt Looker. The show featured some wild action and a few new debuts so be sure to check them out. Also in from the Devil's Dodge team is a video of their wild roll over two weeks ago in Salem, VA. A broken 4-Link bar and a small shutdown area caused the rollover but thankfully Darren emerged from the truck unharmed while the truck was very torn up. We thank them for contributing this video and wish them the best on repairing their truck. Also in are a few teaser photos from last weekend in Anaheim, CA from Leonard Valdez. This weekend expect updates from San Diego, Kansas City and even Toronto as it should be another great weekend of monster truck action.
Devil's Dodge Rollover (save target as to view)
January 21, 2006-11:41 PM
KANSAS CITY RESULTS; SAN DIEGO TEASERS
Josh Rhodes has checked in from tonight's show in Kansas City. It was breakage-filled, with King Krunch taking the win over Gary Porter and Grave Digger 12 in racing. Maximum Destruction was originally scheduled to race in the final, but hit the wall in his semifinal run and was towed from the track. Maximum Destruction was repaired and took the freestyle win with a 27 that included big air and a vertical sky wheelie with the front-engine truck. Cyborg lost a transmission and Porter had no front steering in his run. We will have photos and more from all three shows in Kansas City as soon as possible. For now, enjoy a short teaser gallery of San Diego "before the show" shots from Robert Haught.
We'd also like to welcome Matthew Looker to the AllMonster team. Thanks for the help, Matt!
January 28, 2006-9:10 PMINDY RACING RESULTS!
Mike Alston has been kind enough to call in with some results from the wild action happening tonight in the RCA Dome. So far racing has concluded with Maximum Destruction defeating T-Maxx in the finals. Highlights from racing included Carl VanHorn's T-Maxx taking the top qualifying spot, then defeating Randy Brown in Grave Digger in the first round. He went on to take out Rolling Thunder and Taz to get to the finals, while Tom Meents' Maximum Destruction defeated Brutus and Taz before losing to Bob and Tom. Meents came back due to Bob and Tom rolling in the semifinals. Check us out for Freestyle results after the show concludes.
January 29, 2006-3:15 AMMAX D SWEEPS INDY AND THREE NEW GALLERIES ADDED!
Once again Tom Meents threw down in the RCA Dome and put on quite a show to sweep the event. The night had some very close races and the finals came down to Carl Van Horn in T-Maxx and Tom Meents in Maximum Destruction. Meents would take the win after Van Horn nearly rolled in a turn. After beating T-Maxx in the finals Meents went on to put on a great freestyle with plenty of huge air to score a 30 and did an encore which featured more of the same big air and even a slap wheelie out of Maximum Destruction. The freestyle was hard on the trucks as five trucks rolled over. Most notably was Jim Koehler in Avenger after getting huge air upon the landing both rear wheels broke off the axle causing a lot of damage. In all it was Carnage filled night and we thank Mike Alston for providing lots of great results. Also be sure to check out three of our newest galleries from Toronto, Ontario and Dallas, Texas from last weekend. We'd like to thank Kyle Carr and Matt Looker for their time.