AllMonster.com NEWS ARCHIVES-June 2005
June 1, 2005-6:30 PM
DUNGEON SHOTS
Dustin Hart's short gallery from Memorial Day weekend at Digger's Dungeon (which featured many trucks on display and/or headed for Monster Jam's overseas tour) is now online. We apologize for the lack of updates lately, as we are working on a few major changes for the site, and thank everyone that visits for their support! Look for a Monster Profile with Randy Brown (Grave Digger 18) as early as tomorrow!
June 8, 2005-11: 45 PM
RICHMOND PHOTOS AND MORE!
Thanks to Dustin Hart, AllMonster.com has some new material in the form of photos from the Richmond Thunder Nationals way back on March 19. Check them out at the photos section. Highlights included Jason Childress taking a ride in Grave Digger 7 and some great concrete racing. Enjoy!
June 15, 2005-10:45 PM by Dustin Hart
MONSTER TRUCKS RETURN TO WILLIAMS GROVE!
The Monster Jam Summer Heat tour is heating up and will be stopping by Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania at the famed Williams Grove Speedway for 3 action-packed events. The 1-800 SAFE AUTO Monster Jam Summer Heat will feature five great monsters: Gary Porter in Grave Digger, Brandon Harrington in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Dave Rappach in Rap Attack, Bruce Haney in Bad New Travels Fast and Randy Moore in War Wizard. AllMonster will be bringing you the action from the Saturday afternoon event as both Dustin Hart and Trevor Andrews will be there covering the event.
June 20, 2005-3:15 PM by Dustin Hart
PHOTOS FROM WILLIAMS GROVE SATURDAY SHOW NOW UP!
The fans packed the stands at the famed Williams Grove Speedway in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania for an exciting show featuring five great monster trucks. Gary Porter went on to sweep the event, taking the wheelie contest, racing and freestyle. The finals came down to Randy Moore's War Wizard and Porter in Grave Digger. The race was extremely close but the call went to Grave Digger. The freestyle contest saw a 4-way battle between Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, War Wizard, Bad News and Grave Digger after Rap Attack broke what is believed to be a transmission. All the trucks put on great runs in the "funky" wet to dusty track conditions, but Gary Porter stole the show with his high-speed antics and awesome donuts.
June 26, 2005-10:30 PM by Robert Haught
CATCHING UP...J&K, QUINCY, BAXTER, AND MORE!
AllMonster.com is back to full strength after some computer problems and more, and we've got reports from Quincy, Illinois (photo above courtesy Josh Rhodes) and Baxter, Tennesee's Monster Jams. In Quincy, Carl VanHorn took the wheel of Grave Digger XIX and immediately took a liking to it, winning five of six events on the weekend, his only loss coming to teammate Chad Tingler and Safe Auto during Saturday afternoon racing. Phil Foster had drive shaft issues all weekend, breaking two on the weekend and running the Saturday evening show in two wheel drive. The highlight of the weekend came in Saturday evening's freestyle. Chad Tingler laid down a blistering run that included two slap wheelies and a cyclone donut. He earned a 29, but VanHorn was one point better with a run that was incredibly varied. Two sets of fast cyclone donuts, two sidewall-scraping saves, and a huge hit on the van stack into a frame-dragging slap wheelie earned VanHorn the win.
Reports from Baxter's Friday show indicate VanHorn taking another sweep of racing and freestyle. Allen Pezo's Predator broke a rear steer belt during the finals. More to come.
Also, J&K Motorsports sent us a press release about their lineup for Red Bluff, California. The link to view it is below: