New Year Starts With A Bang- Charlotte and More Surprises!

The new year in monster trucks got started on a great note, with many teams jumping right in and doing shows the first weekend. Mike Harper put on a Freestyle Nationals show in Charlotte, and our own Dustin Hart was in attendance for all four shows. 

 Darren Migues drove Bounty Hunter to two freestyle wins and two wheelie contest wins, while Bill Payne drove Rock Star to a freestyle win and two wheelie contest victories. Payne stuck Rock Star straight up and down on a car set and had to be pulled off with a loader during one performance. Steve Sims also took a freestyle victory with the Pure Adrenaline body on his truck (see photo above).

Other trucks in attendance included Mopar Magic (Ricky Ownley), Big Crunch (Tom Schmidt), Clydesdale (Bennett Clark) and Carolina Crusher (Donald Epidendio), who rolled twice on the weekend (see below).

 We will have a full gallery online shortly, and a big thanks goes out to Dustin for his great coverage and photos! We also have some surprises on the way before a week two that is chock full of shows. Keep checking into the site over the next couple of days!