Manchester, NH - Verizon Wireless Arena

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Trucks: USHRA Monster Trucks including Grave Digger® driven by Gary Porter, Monster Mutt® driven by Whit Tarlton, Raminator driven by Mark Hall, Rammunition driven by Mat Dishman, Crushstation driven by Greg Winchenbach, and Thrasher driven by Pat Summa!


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The Verizon Wireless Arena here in Manchester NH was buzzing with Monster Jam fans ready to watch their favorite drivers and trucks battle it out Monster Jam style. The first to hit the floor would be the Mattel Toys wheelie competition. With the cars launching the monsters front ends to the sky the fans got the action they were waiting for. When the scores were totaled up it would be Crushtation taking the win with a score of 26 by getting totally vertical, pausing for a second, then walking the big monster the rest of the way across the cars.
Wheelies-
Crushnation-winner-26

Monster jam fans were treated to some serious side by side racing action as the UTI Racing competition took the floor. It would come down to the drivers reaction times off the line to take a win and move to the next racing rounds and eventually the UTI Racing Main Event. The Main event saw Raminator (Mark Hall) up against Grave Digger (Gary Porter) with both drivers launching off the line and across the car stacks. With both monsters catching air across the stacks it would be Grave Digger crossing the line just ahead of Raminator giving the fans some incredible racing action and Grave Digger the UTI Racing win.
UTI Racing Main Event-
Raminator (Mark Hall) vs. Grave Digger (Gary Porter) Winner

The Verizon Wireless Arena was still hot from racing and the fans buzzing as the Donut competition hit the floor. With the drivers pushing each other and wanting to take a win the fans were treated to some great donut and cyclone action from all the monsters. When the Donuts scores were totaled it would be Monster Mutt (Whit Tarlton) taking home the win.
DONUT Competition-
Monster Mutt (Whit Tarlton) Winner

The final competition would be the Advanced Auto Parts “Service Is Our Best Part" Freestyle competition. Monster Jam fans were treated to big airs both directions, cross threads, slap wheelies, Donuts, and even bigger air off the car van car stack in the middle of the course. The crowd was buzzing as all the monsters gave it their all to produce the best Freestyle run to impress the judges. When the scores were tallied up it would be Grave Digger taking the Advanced Auto Parts "Service Is Our Best Part" Freestyle win.
Advanced Auto Parts Freestyle-
Grave Digger (Gary Porter)
A big thanks goes out to all the Monster Jam fans and staff of the Verizon Wireless Arena here in Manchester NH. We'll see you guys tomorrow for round two of Advanced Auto Parts Monster Jam. Thanks, The DON

By Jody Donnelly

Saturday 2pm

Advanced Auto Parts Monster jam fans filled the seats today in anticipation of a repeat of last night’s performances from all the monster drivers. With 6 of the best Advanced Auto Parts Monster jam drivers ready to battle it out and take a win home it looked as the fans would get what they were wanting. First to hit the floor would be the wheelie competition which had the Monsters each taking their hit at the car stack to impress the Judges to get a score to take the win. With Monster Mutt and grave Digger setting the pace with scores of 22 it would once again be Crushstation taking the win with a vertical wheelie, standing straight up and pausing, then hitting the gas and walking it the rest of the way across the cars with the crowd cheering him on to take the win with a score of 25.

WHEELIES- Crushstation (25)

With the UTI racing challenge up next the drivers were still pumped up and ready to go racing. The Fans cheered on their favorite drivers and trucks round after round all the way to the UTI Racing finals. In the finals it would be Raminator up against Grave Digger and the fans would see an awesome head to head battle. When the light went green both drivers hit the gas and launched across the cars. At the line it would be Grave Digger just edging out Raminator for the win.

UTI Racing Winner- Grave Digger

With the crowd cheering for more action the monsters would roll to the floor for the Advanced Auto Parts Donut competition. The floor heated up with drivers sending their trucks into multiple donuts looking to impress the judges to take the win. The fans were waiving their flags and pennants as the scores were added up and Raminator taking the win with a 25 just 1 point ahead of Crushstation.

DONUTS- Raminator-25

With the action heating up it was time to take it into overdrive with the "Service Is Our Best Part" Freestyle competition. With multiple passes of wheelies, big airs, cross threads,donuts,on all the crush cars and car van car stacks it would come down to who had the best runs within the 60seconds allowed. When the scores were tallied up it would be Grave digger taking the win with a score of 25.

"Service Is Our Best Part" Freestyle Winner- Grave Digger (25)

Thanks to all the fans and staff of the Verizon Wireless Arena, we’ll see you guys 7pm tonight for the final round of Advanced Auto Parts Monster Jam action.

By Jody Donnelly

Saturday 7pm

The action heated up quick tonight in the Verizon Wireless Arena as Advanced Auto Parts Monster Jam rolled onto the floor for the final show of three this weekend. The Advanced Auto Parts Monster Jam fans had the place rocking as the monsters rolled to the floor for the Advanced Auto Parts Wheelie competition. With fresh car stacks to hit the drivers were putting the front ends to the sky and dragging the rear bumpers across the cars. With the energy of the fans behind them the drivers took turns hitting the cars stacks and one upping each other. With the bar set high Crushstation hit the cars and rocked a vertical wheelie and for good measure walked it all the way across the cars for a score of 24 and the win.

Advanced Auto Parts Wheelie Winner- Crushstation (24)

Next up for the fans was the UTI Racing challenge which saw the Monsters line up side by side for some racing action. The driver’s reaction times were dead on every round of racing and it would come down to mere bumper lengths to prove a winner in the qualifying rounds. The semi finals saw Ramunition vs Crushstation with Ramunition taking the win and Grave Digger vs Raminator with Grave Digger taking the win. The UTI Racing Championship saw Grave Digger on the line with Ramunition as the light went green both drivers launched off the line and across the cars with Grave Digger taking the win at the line and the fans cheering for both drivers.

UTI Racing Championship Winner- Grave Digger

Next up for the fans was the Advanced Auto Parts Donut Competition and the name of the game here is to get as many rotations out of the monsters as possible. With most of the drivers locking in almost Cyclone runs it would come down to the judge’s scores for the win. When the scores were tallied it would be Raminator taking the win with a score of 27.

Advanced Auto Parts Donut Winner- Raminator

With the fans still hyped up from all the action going down it would be time for the "Service Is Our Best Part" Freestyle Competition. All the drivers were ready to put the hammer down and put together a run that would impress the judges and take the win. With big airs both directions, Big wheelies, cross threads, slap wheelies, and Cyclone style donuts from all the drivers the fans were getting to witness the drivers true skills as they battled it out for the win and seemed to one up the driver before them. When the dust settled it would be Grave Digger taking the Advanced Auto Parts Freestyle win.

Advanced Auto Parts Freestyle Winner- Grave Digger

I'd like to say thank you to the staff and crew of the Verizon Wireless Arena and all the Advanced Auto Parts Monster Jam fans here in Manchester NH for having us. Check out www.MonsterJam.com for all the Info on Advanced Auto Parts Monster Jam and we'll see you at the next stop. THE DON

By Jody Donnelly