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Photos By: Robert Haught
Event: Midwest Monster Truck Events
Venue: Soaring Eagle Casino and Resort
City: Mount Pleasant, Michigan
Date: July 7, 2012
Field of Trucks: Field of Trucks: Excaliber (Jon Zimmer) Mountaineer (RB Moler), Razin Kane (JR McNeal), Ice Cream Man (TJ Tripp), Nitemare (Andy Hoffman), Brutus, Avenger (Jim Koehler), Samson (Dan Patrick), Barbarian (Devin Jones), High Maintenance “Certified Hot” (Jocelyn Perrin).
**UPDATE** Three photo galleries are now available in our Photos Section!
It was another great event for Midwest Monster Truck Events‘ summer tour, and AllMonster.com’s Robert and Erin Haught were on hand to cover the event.
Joint News Release
BIGFOOT READY FOR MONSTER TAKEOFF
Monster Truck Icon BIGFOOT Attempts to Reclaim World Record Long Jump during the O’Reilly Auto Parts 4-Wheel Jamboree Nationals in Indy.
(Indianapolis, IN/Hazelwood, MO) – The World’s Largest Monster Truck icon and the World’s Largest 4×4 Series are teaming up in an attempt to reclaim the Guinness World Record for the longest Monster Truck long jump this September in Indianapolis, IN.
BIGFOOT, The Original Monster Truck®, is set to launch the all new BIGFOOT® #18 piloted by Dan Runte on Sunday, September 16, the final day of the 31st Annual O’Reilly Auto Parts Fall 4-Wheel Jamboree Nationals. The event is held at the Indiana State Fairgrounds beginning September 14th and concludes on the 16th as the Grand Finale of the national Lucas Oil 4-Wheel Jamboree Series, the largest 4×4 series in the World.
“All I can think about is our attempt to reclaim the long jump record at the Jamboree in Indianapolis, I play it over and over in my head”, said BIGFOOT driver Dan Runte, “It’s a big stage for a big record….the perfect venue to execute our game plan to launch over 10,000 pounds of Monster Truck and share it with our great fans”.
Mike Moore, President of Family Events (producer of the event) said, “We are so very proud to have BIGFOOT and Dan attempt this record during the Jamboree. They are such enormous icons in the Monster Truck and 4×4 industries.” Mike continues, “It will be a grand finale to an exciting season as we celebrate with fans what will surely be a historic event.”
BIGFOOT and Dan Runte first set the record in 1999 with a jump of 202 feet in Nashville, TN during the Tennessee Aviation Day over a 727 jetliner. According to Guinness World Records, the current record is 208 feet achieved by Joe Sylvester’s Bad Habit Monster Truck in 2010 in Columbia, PA.
The exact departure time for the September 16* long jump and additional details will be made available online at www.4WheelJamboree.com or by calling 317-236-6515. In addition to the BIGFOOT World record jump the 4-Wheel Jamboree weekend events are packed with 4×4 Trucks, Monster Truck Racing and Freestyle, NMRO Championship Mud Drags, Tough Truck Racing, Manufacturer’s Midway, Show-N-Shine awards, seminars, food and fun.
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*Weather/condition permitting.
The final stop on Monster Jam’s three-city Path of Destruction tour is in the books, and it was a wild one in East Rutherford. Steve Parry and David Weihe (who you’ll recognize from the great Monster Mania) were on hand to cover the event for AllMonster, and their galleries from the event are now online with over 600 combined photos, ranging from Marc Mcdonald’s wild wreck in El Toro Loco in the racing finals against winner Adam Anderson in Grave Digger the Legend to Tom Meents’ attempt at a history-making double backflip to end the show. Enjoy the photos, and thanks goes out to Steve, David, and the entire Monster Jam crew for their support.
Photos By: David Weihe
Event: Monster Jam
Venue: Metlife Stadium
City: East Rutherford, New Jersey
Date: June 16, 2012
Field of Trucks: Field of Trucks: Grave Digger (Dennis Anderson), Maximum Destruction (Neil Elliott), Grave Digger the Legend (Adam Anderson), Monster Mutt (Charlie Pauken), Advance Auto Parts Grinder (Lupe Soza), Lucas Oil Crusader (Linsey Weenk), Monster Energy (Damon Bradshaw), Madusa (Madusa), El Toro Loco (Marc McDonald), Wolverine (Alex Blackwell), Metal Mulisha (Todd LeDuc), Captain America (Chad Fortune), Mohawk Warrior (George Balhan), Team Hot Wheels Firestorm (Dan Evans), Iron Man (Lee O’Donnell),and Spider-Man (Bari Musawwir). Also featuring NYPD and Maximum Destruction Double Backflip (Tom Meents), Inferno (Frank Krmel).
Photos By: Steve Parry
Event: Monster Jam
Venue: Metlife Stadium
City: East Rutherford, New Jersey
Date: June 16, 2012
Field of Trucks: Field of Trucks: Grave Digger (Dennis Anderson), Maximum Destruction (Neil Elliott), Grave Digger the Legend (Adam Anderson), Monster Mutt (Charlie Pauken), Advance Auto Parts Grinder (Lupe Soza), Lucas Oil Crusader (Linsey Weenk), Monster Energy (Damon Bradshaw), Madusa (Madusa), El Toro Loco (Marc McDonald), Wolverine (Alex Blackwell), Metal Mulisha (Todd LeDuc), Captain America (Chad Fortune), Mohawk Warrior (George Balhan), Team Hot Wheels Firestorm (Dan Evans), Iron Man (Lee O’Donnell),and Spider-Man (Bari Musawwir). Also featuring NYPD and Maximum Destruction Double Backflip (Tom Meents), Inferno (Frank Krmel). [Read more…]
Photos By: Steve Parry
Event: Monster Jam
Venue: Metlife Stadium
City: East Rutherford, New Jersey
Date: June 16, 2012
Field of Trucks: Field of Trucks: Grave Digger (Dennis Anderson), Maximum Destruction (Neil Elliott), Grave Digger the Legend (Adam Anderson), Monster Mutt (Charlie Pauken), Advance Auto Parts Grinder (Lupe Soza), Lucas Oil Crusader (Linsey Weenk), Monster Energy (Damon Bradshaw), Madusa (Madusa), El Toro Loco (Marc McDonald), Wolverine (Alex Blackwell), Metal Mulisha (Todd LeDuc), Captain America (Chad Fortune), Mohawk Warrior (George Balhan), Team Hot Wheels Firestorm (Dan Evans), Iron Man (Lee O’Donnell),and Spider-Man (Bari Musawwir). Also featuring NYPD and Maximum Destruction Double Backflip (Tom Meents), Inferno (Frank Krmel).
Fans in Yakima, WA got large serving of monster truck action last weekend with some of the closest freestyle scoring so far this year. The Toughest trucks on hand included Double Trouble (Tyler Groth), El Matador (Daron Basl), Destroyer (Roger Stidell), King Krunch (David Smith), Bigfoot (Larry Swim) and hometown hero Jeff Bainter in Captain USA.
The story of the weekend was the unlikely characters of Daron Basl and newcomer Tyler Groth in the spotlight and the sheer amount of frame-dragging, vertical slap wheelies that this bunch of trucks pulled off.
In Friday night action, the hometown bug bit Jeff Bainter early, wiping him out of competition after the wheelie contest. Tyler Groth took the wheelie competition with an amazing double slap-wheelie. Bigfoot and El Matador worked their way into the racing finals with the Oregon native Daron Basl taking the victory by just under half a truck length. Shortly before intermission Roger Stidell approached TMT announcer Scott Heaton and explained that he would not allow Jeff Bainter to sit out freestyle and was handing over controls of his Destroyer machine to his mentor and the local favorite. David Smith opened freestyle with a set of wicked donuts and ran the gamut of the large course to take freestyle with 25 points.
In night 2, Daron Basl stood El Matador straight up and down on a fresh van stack, ripping off the tailgate and bedsides, and then pulled a slap wheelie to easily claim the wheelie contest victory. The racing finals was a re-match of Friday, only this time Basl knocked down a turning pole and both machines got crooked in the turns. Swim in Bigfoot was able to gather it up first and took the win. Double Trouble brought the entire grandstand to it’s feet during Saturday’s freestyle with several great saves and some jaw dropping air. He came up one point short to the blistering, action filled run of Daron Basl however, who scored 28 of possible 30 points.
Friday Night:
Toughest: Daron Basl – El Matador
Wheelie: Tyler Groth – Double Trouble
Racing: Daron Basl – El Matador
Freestyle: David Smith – King Krunch
Saturday Night:
Toughest: Larry Swim – Bigfoot
Wheelie: Daron Basl – El Matador
Racing: Larry Swim – Bigfoot
Freestyle: Daron Basl – El Matador
For more information on the Toughest Monster Truck Tour, visit www.toughestmonstertrucks.com or on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/toughestmonstertrucks
We are rolling right along with the new web sites, this time taking over operations on Truk Wurks Offroad’s site for updates. Truk Wurks Offroad features Greg and Zach Adams with Bar’s Leaks Eliminator and Rislone Defender trucks. Be sure to check out the new site and their very busy summer schedule. We thank the Adams family for this great opportunity and wish them luck the rest of the summer!
We are proud to announce our partnership with Kevin and Jennifer King’s Strait Jacket Monster Truck. Strait Jacket has been making quite a name for itself in recent months on the monster truck tour, and we’re happy for their support of AllMonster.com. Be sure to check out the great new look courtesy of Dustin Hart, and be on the lookout for an update to the site from master updater Ed Hoormann as well.
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