AllMonster.com NEWS ARCHIVES-May 2005
May 1, 2005-4:00 PM
CINCINNATI GALLERY NOW AVAILABLE; PHOTO OF THE WEEK AND MORE
Check out our Photos section for a short gallery of the Cincinnati Monster Jam from Paul M. Harry. We thank him for his photos and support; enjoy the photos. Also, Starting Line will make its return for the summer season tomorrow!
May 2, 2005
STARTING LINE RETURNS
Robert Haught's Starting Line column is back for the summer. This week he weighs in on the World Finals and previews the summer season, and much more. Check it out by clicking the Starting Line link to the left, and enjoy!
May 6, 2005-4:55 PM
VA BEACH THURSDAY RUNDOWN
Virginia Beach, Virginia kicked off a five-show, four-day monster weekend with many of the biggest names in the sport in attendance. Although today's show is canceled due to weather, Thursday's lived up to its billing, with Paul Cohen in Pastrana 199 taking a win over Gary Porter's Grave Digger in the finals after Porter blew a transmission. Freestyle was unjudged, but highlights included George Balhan nailing a long slap wheelie and save, Carl VanHorn and Blue Thunder planting the truck into the cars on a sky wheelie, and Paul Cohen, reportedly 7-8 feet straight up and down in the air off of a wheelie bump. More details and photos will appear on AllMonster courtesy of Dustin Hart and Trevor Andrews as the weekend rolls on.
May 7, 2005-4:15 PM
MORE FROM VA BEACH-BRADSHAW, PORTER, AND MORE
We have a report from Virginia Beach on today's afternoon show thanks to Monster World Online. Carl VanHorn (Blue Thunder) and "Fletch" Lewis (Bulldozer) tied for fastest qualifying time, but VanHorn broke a power steering belt and was unable to continue. Racing came down once again to Paul Cohen (Pastrana 199) and Gary Porter (Grave Digger) in the finals, with Porter's transmission holding this time and Grave Digger grabbing the victory. Freestyle was spectacular as well, with highlights including Chad Tingler (Power Forward) riding out a slap wheelie on a blown tire, Brian Winston's Monster Mutt getting some huge air and knocking a header off upon landing, and Gary Porter having perhaps the best freestyle of the event. Former pro arenacross and motocross rider Damon Bradshaw tested a monster truck out for the first time in Digger's Dungeon in North Carolina earlier this week, then did a qualifying run today for George Balhan in Escalade (Balhan would run the rest of the event) as well. More information to come from the Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon shows!
May 8, 2005-2:45 PM
SATURDAY RESULTS FROM VA BEACH-TINGLER INJURED
Dustin Hart and Trevor Andrews have checked in with us about everything that went down yesterday at Virginia Beach. Carl VanHorn broke both front knuckles on Blue Thunder, putting the truck out for the weekend. Unfortunately, reports are that Chad Tingler (Power Forward) suffered a back injury during yesterday's show, and will be unable to drive for today's show. VanHorn will take his place. The evening show yesterday was canceled midway through due to lightning. When we spoke with Hart and Andrews, the driver experience/pit party was just wrapping up, and the show should be going on right now. More updates will be available soon; thank you for visiting AllMonster.com!
May 8, 2005-4:00 PM
SUNDAY VIRGINIA BEACH MADNESS! VANHORN SWEEPS EVENT
Dustin Hart and Trevor Andrews of AllMonster have checked in with us to give us the first update of the final show from Virginia Beach, as the event has just concluded. Apparently nobody told Carl VanHorn that he wasn't used to Power Forward. Subbing for the injured Chad Tingler, VanHorn won racing in the finals against Brian Winston (Monster Mutt), then proceeded to have the highlight move of the event in freestyle--a slap wheelie that is estimated at nearly 300 feet! Exact measurements are unknown, but our reports are that it was easily the longest of the weekend. Paul Cohen in Pastrana 199, Gary Porter in Grave Digger, and more had solid freestyle runs as well. Teaser photos from all four shows on the weekend will be available in a few short hours; we thank Hart and Andrews for the rapid updates.
May 8, 2005-8:15 PM
AS PROMISED...VA BEACH TEASERS
Trevor Andrews sent us a few teaser shots from today's action at Virginia Beach, and they are now online. Click the photo above, or the link below, and enjoy! More photos will be online soon.
May 10, 2005-5:45 PM
TINGLER UPDATE; MORE PHOTOS ON THE WAY
AllMonster.com spoke with Chad Tingler earlier today about his back troubles in Virginia Beach. Tingler told us that he is "feeling fine" now and was never seriously injured, as it may have seemed.
"We all agreed that I should stay out of the truck for the final day, just to be safe. We were having trouble with the front shocks on Power Forward, and I took a couple of rough hits. I have plenty of shows coming up this summer, and I didn't want to risk being out any longer by aggravating it."
We thank Tingler for his time, and are working on more shots from Virginia Beach's 4-show weekend now. More should be online later tonight!
May 12, 2005-9:15 PM
VA BEACH PHOTO BLOWOUT!
Dustin Hart's gallery from Sunday's wild show in Virginia beach is now online, including more than 100 photos and a few animated .gif's of all the wild racing and freestyle action, available at the link below or by clicking the photo above. Enjoy; photos from both Hart and Trevor Andrews will be online of all four shows in the coming days!
May 17, 2005-9:00 PM
MORE VA BEACH, SALINAS RECAP
Trevor Andrews' photo gallery from Sunday's Virginia Beach show is available in the Photos section. We thank him for his time. Quickly recapping the information reported to us on this past weekend's Salinas Monster Jam, Madusa took another straight up racing win over a Grave Digger truck in the finals, this time with Carl VanHorn behind the wheel. Jimmy Creten was unable to race the Bounty Hunter, so Linsey Weenk filled in, with Dawn Creten flying in to drive Iron Outlaw. Freestyle ended with VanHorn and Tom Meents tying with 30-point scores. The winner was VanHorn in a cheer-off. Highlights included Meents' huge air and a dizzying set of cyclone donuts, and VanHorn's past-vertical sky wheelie and save (photos to come). Thank you for visiting AllMonster.com!
May 22, 2005
MONSTER TRUCKS '05 TRADING CARDS
DEBUT!
The first set of monster truck trading cards since
1990 hits the shelves this week. The set of 36 cards exclusively features some
of the top independent teams in the world.
Cards will be sold in plastic
sleeves with nine cards per sheet. They are packaged numerically to make it easy
for fans to collect entire sets in one purchase.
The trading cards
will be sold at novelty stands, in shops, and over the internet by the teams
that are participating in this year's set. The theme is "support the
independents", so purchasing a set of cards from your favorite monster truck
team directly supports the independents that brought our sport to the phenomenon
that it is today!
So support your sport and support your favorite teams!
Look for the trading cards at a show near you this summer!
Send an e-mail to rhaught@allmonster.com to preorder your trading cards today! Sheets are $5.00 (9 cards per sheet), sets are $20.00 (all 36 cards), and the list of trucks featured is as follows:
TRADING CARD KEY
Card - Truck
1 - Gun
Slinger
2 - The Broker
3 - Samson
4 - Black Stallion
5 - War
Wizard
6 - Avenger
7 - Towasaurus Wrex
8 - Destroyer
9 -
Obsession
10 - Brutus
11 - King Krunch
12 - Bad News Travels Fast
13
- Equalizer
14 - Little Miss Dangerous
15 - Devastator
16 - Big
Dawg
17 - American Guardian
18 - Cyborg
19 - Iron Warrior
20 -
Backdraft
21 - Thrasher
22 - Virginia Giant
23 - Avenger (Orange)
24
- Fullboar
25 - Eradicator
26 - Pure Adrenaline
27 - Boston Big
Shot
28 - Tuff Enuff
29 - Shocker
30 - Patrick Enterprises, Inc.
31
- Wild Hair
32 - War Wizard Ride Truck
33 - Michael Vaters Jr FMX
34 -
Vintage Collection
35 - El Matador
36 - Vintage Collection
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD A SAMPLE CARD (ADOBE .PDF FORMAT)
May 24, 2005-11:00 AM
OCALA T-MAXX REPORT
The following press release concerning John Seasock and the Traxxas T-Maxx monster truck is available at the link below; we thank Traxxas for their support: