USHRA.com has released the truck/driver lineup for the Monster Jam World Finals 6 in Las Vegas, Nevada, and their press release is as follows:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

2005 USHRA MONSTER JAM WORLD FINALS COMPETITORS ANNOUNCED

Aurora, IL (March 1, 2005) – The U.S. Hot Rod Association (USHRA) announced today the monster trucks that qualified to compete at the coveted 2005 Monster Jam World Finals at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas on Saturday, March 19.

Considered to be the ultimate monster truck event by both the competitors and spectators, 300+ trucks have spent the past three months battling for the opportunity to compete at the World Finals. The following 20 trucks & drivers were selected.

Avenger - Jim Koehler

Black Smith – Pablo Huffaker

Black Stallion – Michael Vaters

Blue Thunder – Tony Farrell

Bounty Hunter – Jim Creten

Brutus* – Chris Bergeron*

Destroyer – Dan Evans

El Toro – Lupe Soza

An Escalade* – George Balhan*

Grave Digger – Dennis Anderson

Gun Slinger – Scott Hartsock

Hot Wheels – Phil Foster*

King Krunch – David Smith

Madusa – Debra Miceli

Maximum Destruction – Tom Meents

Monster Mutt – Bobby Z

Pastrana 199* – Paul Cohen

Power Forward – Frank Krmel*

Scarlet Bandit* – Dawn Creten*

Superman* – Chad Fortune

*Indicates inaugural World Finals appearance

Tickets to the World Finals are on sale at the Thomas and Mack Center box office and UNLV Ticket Outlets, including: the Galleria at Sunset, Meadows Mall, Boulevard Mall, all Stations Casino and Fiesta properties. Tickets are available on line via UNLVTICKETS.com or phone at 702.739.FANS or 866.4JAM.TIX. For additional information about the USHRA Monster JAM log onto USHRA.com.

We thank USHRA.com for the information. More news will be coming shortly, including a press release from Team Bounty Hunter/Scarlet Bandit!

2Xtreme Racing (Team Bounty Hunter/Scarlet Bandit/Iron Outlaw) has sent us the following press release on the team's qualification for the Monster Jam World Finals; we thank them for their time and effort:

Checker Schuck’s Kragen Bounty Hunter and Scarlet Bandit a Dangerous Duo.
Both Trucks Qualify for Monster Jam World Finals in Las Vegas

Phoenix, AZ – In an exceptional, but challenging year for the Checker Schuck’s Kragen backed team, both Jimmy and Dawn Creten have driven their big Ford Expeditions to numerous Monster Jam series wins. Their stellar performance has allotted both trucks a birth in the sport’s most prestigious event – The Monster Jam World Finals in Las Vegas .

For over two months the team has criss-crossed the country racing in Tacoma, Reno, Phoenix, St. Louis, San Francisco, Sacramento, Boise, Detroit and twice in Houston. In 17 events the team has captured an impressive nine racing wins, numerous final round appearances and laid down freestyle performances that brought 50,000 people to their feet. The sold out Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas is their final destination, where they will compete for the World Racing and Freestyle Championship in front of 36,000 people from all fifty states and nine countries, as well as millions more watching at home on SPEED Channel.

This marks the 4^th consecutive trip to the Monster Jam World Finals for Jimmy and the Bounty Hunter. While Dawn inherits the role of rookie, both are top contenders for victory. “The 20 truck field will really make things interesting this year, I’m excited to have finally made it in and I can’t wait to get some practice runs on Friday. The boys better watch out this year!” said an excited Mrs. Creten on Monday. Jimmy is the only driver besides former champion Tom Meents to see the Final round more than one time.

“What makes the World Finals so cool is the fans from all over the country that we see at other events. Our fan base grows by leaps and bounds every year, it really is amazing” said Jimmy Creten on the event. “We’ve come so close on more than one occasion and if all goes well, this will be the year we get the job done.”

J&K Motorsports (www.norcalmonsters.com) has sent us the following press release, downloadable below. We thank them for their time:

Dustin Hart's photo gallery from Hampton, Virginia is now available; we thank him for his help and time. Enjoy it in the Photos section.

Clear Channel Communications stated today that it may form a joint venture that would bring many forms of motorsports and concerts to China, including monster trucks. To read the full story, click here:

Clear Channel has sent us the following press release announcing the live webcast of the Monster Jam World Finals March 19 in Las Vegas; we thank them for their time:

2005 Monster Jam World Finals To Be Webcast Live on USHRA.COM
Monster Jam LIVE! Makes Grand Debut

AURORA, Ill. (March 8, 2005) – Clear Channel Entertainment’s Motor Sports division announced today that the 2005 Monster Jam World Finals will be webcast live from Sam Boyd Stadium, March 19^th on www.ushra.com.

The first ever installation of Monster Jam LIVE! will air the Monster Jam World Finals from opening ceremonies until the champion crowning. The audio broadcast will begin at 7:00 p.m. (PST).

The show will feature veteran Supercross LIVE! announcer, Chad Damiani, as host and will give fans at home an opportunity to listen live to all the action directly from the largest Monster Jam event of the year.

"We are extremely excited to bring the first ever Monster Jam webcast to life and there is no better event to do it at than the Monster Jam World Finals at Las Vegas' Sam Boyd Stadium on March 19," said Mark Abernethy, senior director of brand marketing for Clear Channel Entertainment Motor Sports. "We have had huge success over the past five years with Supercross LIVE! and we think that Monster Jam LIVE! has the potential to be even bigger in terms of live webcast listeners."
For more information about Monster Jam and Monster Jam LIVE! log on to www.ushra.com.

126 photos from the February 19 Minneapolis Monster Jam are now available for your viewing pleasure, including photos of Grave Digger's 6-minute freestyle and more! Look for a new Monster Profile with Wild Hair's Jason Witte tomorrow. Enjoy, and thank you for visiting AllMonster.com!

AllMonster.com was able to catch up with Jason Witte of Wild Hair fame following his last race in the truck and get his thoughts on his career, his memories, and his future plans. We appreciate Jason taking his time out for us, and encourage everyone to take a look at our newest Monster Profile!

Trevor Andrews' photo gallery from Hampton, Virginia is now available in the Photos section, and we have finally updated our photo of the week. We thank Trevor for his time. Enjoy!

AllMonster.com will be covering the Monster Jam World Finals in full force, with two photographers and a reporter at the event. Our first report has come in, and not too much is going on as of yet. Tonight, the drivers practiced introductions and tomorrow morning will be their traditional desert photo shoot, with qualifying happening Friday evening. Check out www.ushra.com for more photos and information on the track, along with an interview with Frank Krmel from AllMonster.com's Robert Haught. We hope to have all the information and photos to you as soon as possible, and thanks for visiting AllMonster.com!

AllMonster has received the first report from Las Vegas, with updated information on qualifying and much more! Jimmy Creten and Bounty Hunter was the fast qualifier as the only truck to break the 16-second barrier Friday night, while many drivers suffered mechanical troubles or errors in their official qualifying runs after stellar practice runs. Tom Meents in Maximum Destruction fell to the bottom of the bracket after getting on two wheels in the final turn, and teammate Phil Foster had drive train problems that only allowed him to drive the broken truck to register a time instead of going all out. The team was up until about 2:30 this morning making repairs, among them changing planetaries in Maximum Destruction. Jim Koehler rolled after tapping the breaks on his landing to avoid a date with the rock pile, and Team Avenger/Brutus pulled an all nighter, making repairs until 5:00 this morning. The pit party is now underway, and the drivers' meeting had some interesting events. The left lane will be moved up five feet to combat the advantage of trucks usually winning in the right lane, although the lanes seemed even in qualifying yesterday. It was a near unanimous vote by the drivers to do such a thing. In freestyle, if a truck is stopped on top of an obstacle, the track crew will be given three minutes to remove it, and if it cannot be removed, it becomes "fair game" as was the case last year. The weather is cold, windy, and a slight possibility of rain today, making for an interesting day of excitement as we near the big show. We wish all the trucks and drivers in Vegas good luck, and hope to have reports and photos by later tonight or earlier tomorrow!

AllMonster.com would like to congratulate Jimmy Creten (Bounty Hunter) and Madusa (Madusa); Madusa took the racing title at last night's World Finals and Jimmy Creten won the freestyle after a tiebreaker with Tony Farrell's Blue Thunder. Congratulations to both drivers!

AllMonster is awaiting their reporters and photographers from Vegas to come back, and will have information on that as soon as possible, however, there were some interesting stories at other USHRA events this weekend as well, and AllMonster has the scoop thanks to a few other reporters! In Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, the drivers' meeting is just now concluding, and results from the first three shows are as follows:

In the Saturday afternoon show, Safe Auto won the wheelie contest, damaging the body slightly. Reports are that driver Chad Tingler was past vertical on his wheelie, and received a perfect 30, as did Grave Digger XIV. Carl VanHorn of Grave Digger said that no cheer-off was necessary and to give the win to Tingler; he deserved it!

In other action, AllMonster.com's Dustin Hart and Trevor Andrews have the scoop from last night's show, where Virginia Giant won the Racing, Donut, and Freestyle competitons, and Jason Childress (Subbing for Rod Schmidt) in Grave Digger 7 won the Wheelie contest. Their teaser shots from the show are already available at the link below or by clicking the photo above; we thank them for their time! Also, look out for Andrew Ellingwood's Anaheim photos from way back on January 15, some much-needed West Coast monster truck action!

We have received another report with some more information on Vegas, and have the racing brackets and freestyle scores for those of you that missed them (original brackets and photos from ushra.com); the link to the racing brackets is below, as are freestyle scores:

1. Bounty Hunter-31 (tiebreaker 37)
2. Blue Thunder-31 (tiebreaker 36)
3. King Krunch-27
3. Black Stallion-27
5. Destroyer-26
6. Scarlet Bandit-25
6. Escalade-25
6. Avenger-25
9. Superman-24
9. Monster Mutt-24
11. Power Forward-23
11. Grave Digger-23
13. Maximum Destruction-22
14. Brutus-20
14. Pastrana 199-20
14. Hot Wheels-20
17. Black Smith-18
18. Madusa-13
19. El Toro Loco-8
20. Gunslinger-DNS

Reports indicate that a majority of the trucks finished their allotted time or close to it in freestyle, and most trucks were also able to drive off the track afterwards. Jim Koehler finished his freestyle run and took a refreshing swim in the rock pile pool. It rained during the entire racing portion of the program, but stopped during freestyle. Madusa had lane choice in the finals against Dennis Anderson and Grave Digger, and was simply quicker through the turn and took the victory. We congratulate every driver at the world finals and thank our reporters for their help; keep checking back for more!

Special thanks to Kevin Kaffenberger, who has sent us a few World Finals 6 qualifying teaser shots for use on our site. They are available at the link below or by clicking the photo above; we thank Kevin for his time. More photos are on the way!

AllMonster.com's newest photographer, Andrew Ellingwood, has sent us his great photos from World Finals 6, and a teaser gallery of those shots is now available. Check out Vegas from a new angle by clicking the photo above or the link below! We thank Andrew for his time and effort.

Torgeson Motorsports (TMS) came to Milwaukee for two days of action this weekend, and the first night started with a bit of excitement from Kevin Poore in Project X. Poore stood the truck straight up on the cars in the wheelie contest (see photo from Robert Haught above) and took a soft roll to the right to begin the night. Mark Schroeder and Devastator would win the wheelie contest at his hometown show. Racing would be next, and Devastator would make the finals against Dan Runte's Summit Bigfoot, with Runte taking the win. Geremie Dishman in Raminator and Devastator would make the freestyle finals after each truck ran once, and Dishman's hits on the vans and a donut on the tacky track sealed his victory. More photos and coverage from Milwaukee will be available soon, along with Vegas photos and more, but that's not all. AllMonster.com will be in Milwaukee again for tonight's final TMS show, and will have the scoop there too!

AllMonster.com caught up with World Finals 6 Freestyle Champion Jimmy Creten of Bounty Hunter recently and got his thoughts on winning the title, what his plans are for next season, and much more. We thank Jimmy for his time; the interview can be seen by clicking the link below or the photo above:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

2005 USHRA MONSTER JAM WORLD FINALS COMPETITORS ANNOUNCED

Checker Schuck’s Kragen Bounty Hunter and Scarlet Bandit a Dangerous Duo. Both Trucks Qualify for Monster Jam World Finals in Las Vegas

Checker Schuck’s Kragen Bounty Hunter and Scarlet Bandit a Dangerous Duo.
Both Trucks Qualify for Monster Jam World Finals in Las Vegas