Team Scream Update

By | September 15, 2008 | News

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We checked in with Steve Koehler of Team Scream and he was kind enough to catch us up on what Avenger, Brutus, Spike, and Wrecking Crew have been up to.

“It’s been really busy getting our two new trucks dialed in, but we’re getting the hang of it,” he said. “I’m looking forward to Joliet, and we are working on a surprise for the fans there!”

Steve also let us know that the brand new web site for the team is now online, and it looks fantastic! Check it out at Avengerracing.com!

AllMonster will be out in full force for Joliet, and we hope to update more in the meantime! Thanks for visiting AllMonster.com!

Bloomsburg Video

By | September 2, 2008 | News

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Check out Kyle Carr’s
awesome video from the Bloomsburg Jamboree back in July featuring
highlights of the Friday night freestyle event. Kyle will be bringing us
more videos in the future and we can’t thank Kyle enough for all of his
hard work!

Monster Profile- Creten and Cromer

By | July 22, 2008 | News

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Today AllMonster is giving you two for the price of one! Josh Rhodes interviewed Bounty Hunter driver Jimmy Creten on a variety of subjects, including running Chevrolet bodies, his sponsorship with Checker, Schuck’s, and Kragen, and his thoughts on Madusa, among other things. Robert Haught also had a chance to sit down with Anger Management’s Aaron Cromer and see how his rookie year went and what his goals are for the future. Enjoy both Profiles, and thank you for visiting AllMonster.com!

Aftershock update

By | February 28, 2008 | News

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UPDATE 4-April 15, 2008

Team After Shock debuted its new body, “Warrior” for the fans at the Chris Arel “Monster Spectacular” this weekend at the Parc Olympique in Montreal Quebec. The body will be run on the second chassis to be completed later this year. The theme of the new truck is based on a flag design by Mohawk artist Louis Hall. To learn more, be sure to check out our website at www.warriortruck.com.

At the pit party the truck was received well, especially by the many Native American fans from the area. One of our goals is to promote a positive image to the youth, especially  Native American, that is a true reflection of the Native Spirit not found in modern sports icons. For booking info check outwww.AfterShockMonsterTruck.com.

Bob Robbins treated the crowd to an awesome freestyle. He began with a series of wheelies over the van stacks, then went into a donut, and back to the van stacks for a few very nice rolling wheelies before his luck ran out, tipping off the top of one of the vans. Multiple video links are below from the event:

After Shock Donut

YouTube – Monster Spectacular Montreal 2008 

The team is looking forward to the upcoming season.  

UPDATE 3-March 16, 2008

What’s up guys? The Buffalo HSBC Arena was close to a sellout crowd. In attendance were After Shock, General Lee, Monster Moose, Public Disturbance, Bounty Hunter, Bear Foot, and Bigfoot. The line up was weird because they ran as two separate groups, first 4 and second 3 as freestyle groups. Don King in Bear Foot took the wheelie contest, then in racing we beat Bounty Hunter in the finals.

They started freestyle with us first. Bob took a few hits on the van stack and a car set or two, then went for the FMX hill (photos courtesy Jeff Luckey). He got great air and a first set freestyle win. Then they ran Bounty Hunter, Bear Foot, and Bigfoot in the second freestyle. Bigfoot took the second freestyle with less of a hit on the FMX hill. All that were there said that we had a better launch. We’ll have more news coming soon!

UPDATE 2-February 28, 2008

The team had a laundry list of problems this weekend, including but not limited to: a bent rear steering cylinder, steering bolt (opposite side on the rear), bent four link bar, stretched heim joint on the rear tie rod, broken rear steering housing, two stretched heims on a rear four link bar, and a roll during the afternoon show. Video can be seen here: YouTube – Bob Robbins (AfterShock) Rolls It. In addition, there was a bent rear brake rotor, two broken beads on the tires, and during the Sunday freestyle, the engine went out. It was definitely a long weekend, but crewman Matt Hill assured us that the truck will be back out there and running hard again soon!

UPDATE 1-February 17, 2008

from Matt Hill, AfterShock crewman:

Friday night was a decent night for us, although we broke an axle in racing and lost to Avenger. We got things changed out for freestyle and made a strong run. The Saturday show was awesome! We went into the racing up against Rap Attack and won. When Bobby got to the pits, I noticed the rear heim joint on the steering tie rod was way stretched and almost ready to break. He was up against Jim Koehler in the semi finals and wanting to run him bad (Bob wants to beat him with his own stuff; Koehler made the chassis we race with). With no time to change it between rounds, we went for it. Bob cut a good light and beat Jim, but it stretched the heim a little more. Now he was up against Chris Bergeron and Brutus for the finals. Koehler was glad to see two of his machines in the finals, but of course was pulling for Chris. Bob got him off the line and launched over the cars, only to land hard, breaking the heim and bending the rear four link bar. It was worth it because we got the win though! The Avenger boys helped us to get it back together though. For the evening show we started out for wheelies, and Bob stood it straight up, stuck into the cars tailgate first, stopped, and dropped back to the floor, totally crushing the new body. We took the bed and tailgate off and ran freestyle first out, scoring a 28! Koehler took the win with a great run, tying with Grave Digger, both with 30’s. I have to say that this was the best show of the year that we have run. The venue was awesome; really cool graphics on the jumbotron and a fired up full house each show. They say that you can tell when the show isn’t so great when they start throwing t-shirts. They never threw a shirt till after the show was done.

For more information on AfterShock, visitwww.aftershockmonstertruck.com!

Carl Van Horn and Alex Blackwell win in Minny!

By | January 20, 2008 | News

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It was an exciting night inside the Metrodome as a huge line up of 16 trucks rolled into Minneapolis for the first time in 2008. The course saw the return of the new cyclone racing style. In racing the finals came down to Carl Van Horn in T-Maxx taking on Daron Basl in El Matador with Van Horn taking the win. Freestyle saw Devastator pick up the early lead with a 24 before a great run by Daron Basl would put him in first with a 28 which held until Alex Blackwell hit the floor in Captain’s Curse who picked up the freestyle win. We’ll have photos from the event along with a gallery from last weekend’s event in Anaheim, California soon so stick with us. 

O’Donnell and Meents Win in Atlanta!

By | January 12, 2008 | News

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Atlanta Monster JamThe 2008 Atlanta Monster Jam is officially in the books. Racing saw a surprise winner, with the fill-in Lee O’Donnell behind the wheel of Blue Thunder. O’Donnell snuck into the semi-finals after getting beat by Randy Brown in the second round. Battery problems on Maximum Destruction put O’Donnell in the finals, where he took out Allen Pezo in Predator after Pezo spun out. Many spectacular moments from all the trucks, including several amazing saves, highlighted freestyle, but in the end it was all Tom Meents and Maximum Destruction. Meents put on a usual Max D run, with huge air and saves. Randy Brown had a rough night in Grave Digger; after getting taken out in the semis, his freestyle was cut short by an early roll. Thanks to Robby Haught for the info.

Live updates from Minny!

By | December 8, 2007 | News

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The first event of the 2008 Monster Jam series begins tonight in Minneapolis, Minnesota at the H.H.H Metrodome for a wild night of action. Our own Robert Haught is at the event and will be providing us with live updates throughout the night. One of the big stories tonight is the return of Dennis Anderson to the Metrodome since last December after an injury kept him sidelined till the World Finals in March. Tonight will also be first time Linsey Weenk in Blue Thunder will face his former boss’s and teammate’s Jimmy and Dawn Creten. The event will also see the debut of a new truck and a new racing course so stay with us as it’s sure to be an action packed night in Minneapolis!

UPDATE 1: Qualifying has now ended in Minneapolis. Tom Meents and Maximum Destruction layed down the fastest time to take the top spot in qualifying. Heavy hitters Dennis Anderson and Linsey Weenk both hit turning poles in their qualifying runs which could prove to make the racing brackets quite interesting in the first round. More results to come soon!

UPDATE 2: The first round is in the books and it’s shaping up to be a wild one tonight. Jimmy Creten and Bounty Hunter took out number one qualifier Tom Meents. Meents took out two turning posts but it didn’t matter as Creten beat him straight up. Frank Krmel and the all new Donkey Kong truck is off to a solid start picking up a first round win along with Blue Thunder and Linsey Weenk. Dennis Anderson also collected a first round win but suffered a light roll over after the finish but the truck should be back in the second round. Stick around for results from the semi finals at the Metrodome!

UPDATE 3: The action continues to heat up in Minneapolis. In the semi finals it was Jimmy Creten and Linsey Weenk coming away with wins to pair them up for the finals. The two former teammates faced off and Weenk got the better of Creten taking the racing win in Minneapolis. Updates from freestyle are coming soon so stay with us!

FREESTYLE RESULTS

Donkey Kong: 21 (Good run. Big air and slap wheelies)
Air Force: 18 (Broken 4-Link bar minute into freestyle)
Scarlet Bandit: 16
Superman: 16 (Slap wheelie and wheelie over the bus. Shut down early)
Bounty Hunter: 20
Blue Thunder: 26
Grave Digger: 30 (Two flip saves and a big pogo off of the center bus stacks)
Maximum Destruction: 24 (cleared the center bus stacks three times but barrel rolled with 20 seconds left on the clock)

Kentucky Speedway update

By | October 14, 2007 | News

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It was a wild night at the Kentucky Speedway in Sparta, Kentucky as the Major League of Monster Trucks tour rolled in with one of the most memorable events of 2007. The drama started early as Mark Hall’s Raminator expeienced some mechanical grimlins causing him to qualify 16th. Hall fought back to take out David Smith in the first round and worked his way through the bracket to meet up with Daron Basl in the finals. The race was close on the gigantic Z-shaped course and Hall would narrowly defeat Basl’s Nitro Hornet in a come from behind photo finish win over the final jump.

VIDEO OF THE FINAL ROUND RACE!

Freestyle saw the Koehler brothers dominate early with both Jim and Steve (who was a fill in for Hot Tamale) flipping over to end their runs. In the end it would be Mike Hawkins taking the freestyle win with a high speed, high flying run. Thanks go out to Josh Rhodes for covering a great event in Kentucky.

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Sponsor updates!

By | September 17, 2007 | News

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AllMonster.com is proud to announce the re-signing of Sudden Impact Racing for their third year of sponsorship! We would like to thank Brandon Lagarde and the entire Sudden Impact team for their support over the years and look forward to another successful year of partnership. If you have not already heard, Brandon is getting the word out about some counterfeit tires being made in SIR’s name. Read the press release  below:

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Summer Heat Sweeps Through Hagerstown

By | July 19, 2007 | News

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Hagerstown Monster JamOnce again the famed Hagerstown Speeway played host to one of the more legendary stops on the Monster Jam Summer Heat tour and once again lived up to it’s reputation as one of the best summer shows in the country. AllMonster.com’s Dustin Hart was on hand to cover two of the three events in the weekend starting with Saturday night where Gary Wiggins and Mopar Magic took out Friday night’s racing winner and team mate Steve Sims and Stone Crusher for the win in the finals. Freestyle would see great runs from all the trucks but it would be Pablo Huffaker piloting Grave Digger who would steal the show and the freestyle win. The monsters returned Sunday afternoon for a barnburner of an event to close out the weekend. Chad Tingler brought the crowd to their feet when he rolled Blue Thunder over backwards during his wheelie contest attempt. The truck suffered only minor damage and was declared the winner of the wheelie contest. In racing it would be Alex Blackwell day as he took out Mopar Magic in the semi’s before flying the Monster Mutt to a finals win over Grave Digger. With it being the final show of the weekend everyone cut loose in freestyle with great runs coming from all the trucks. Gary Wiggins pushed Mopar Magic hard with several great wheelies including one nearly half the length of the straightaway. Stone Crusher also laid down an excellent run full of wheelstand and big air but Huffaker would once again reign freestyle king for the weekend with gigantic leaps off the car stacks and an awesome slap wheelie to take the win. All in all it was a great weekend and AllMonster would like to thank Christina Sims for providing tickets to the show, thanks again Christina!