Tonight’s sellout crowd saw yet another night of talented drivers go at it once again in head to head competition. There were a few changes in the order of things tonight. King Krunch and Dragon Slayer ran a very close race in the Chicago style format. It was a very close call with the nod going to Dragon Slayer in the Monster Final. As for the Freestyle event, Muscle Machine started things off with a twenty-six-point run that looked hard to beat. King Krunch then drew a twenty-eight point score with only two trucks left. Bounty Hunter went first and pulled off a thirty point score. A usual sure winner of a score, but it was not to be. Grave Digger stepped up to the plate and also drew a thirty point score. That left us with a fan yell-off decision than favored Grave Digger.
Monster Racing Qualifying times: Grave Digger 16:71 - Dragon Slayer 17:50 – Bounty Hunter 17:31 – Scarlet Bandit 17:87 – King Krunch 18:13 – Wild Hair 18:75 – Muscle Machine 18:16 – Blacksmith 18:63
Monster Truck Brackets – Round One
Bounty Hunter vs. Muscle Machine
Winner: Bounty Hunter
King Krunch vs. Blacksmith
Winner: King Krunch
Dragon Slayer vs. Wild Hair
Winner: Dragon Slayer
Scarlet Bandit vs. Grave Digger
Winner: Grave Digger
Monster Truck - Semi-Finals
Bounty Hunter vs. King Krunch
Winner: King Krunch
Dragon Slayer vs. Grave Digger
Winner: Dragon Slayer
Monster Truck Finals
King Krunch vs. Dragon Slayer
Winner: Dragon Slayer
Monster Truck Freestyle *Winner from tie breaker
Muscle Machine 26
Wild Hair 20
Blacksmith 20
Scarlet Bandit 15
King Krunch 28
Bounty Hunter 30
*Grave Digger 30
Sunday
Sunday’s show is the third of the weekend for the drivers. You might think they would get tired and back off a little in show performance. If you did subscribe to that thinking, you’d be clearly wrong. As a matter of fact, it appeared the drivers wanted to sign off the weekend with even more energy than they started off with! So if you ever thought you might skip a Sunday show because it’s at the end of the weekend, don’t! You’ll be glad you went to any of the shows. The entire weekend seemed a bit high powered! See you at the next MT show! For now, here are the results from Sunday’s performances.
Monster Racing Qualifying times: Grave Digger 17:00 - Dragon Slayer 16:32 - Bounty Hunter 16:94 - Scarlet Bandit 17:99 - King Krunch 17:47 - Wild Hair 17:72 - Muscle Machine 17:87 - Blacksmith 19:25
Monster Truck Brackets - Round One
Bounty Hunter vs. Muscle Machine
Winner: Bounty Hunter
King Krunch vs. Blacksmith
Winner: King Krunch
Dragon Slayer vs. Wild Hair
Winner: Dragon Slayer
Scarlet Bandit vs. Grave Digger
Winner: Grave Digger
Monster Truck - Semi-Finals *DNS = Did Not Start
Bounty Hunter vs. King Krunch
Winner: Bounty Hunter
Wild Hair vs. Grave Digger *Wild Hair substituted for Dragon Slayer; Mechanical DNS
Winner: Dragon Slayer
Monster Truck Finals
Bounty Hunter vs. Grave Digger
Winner: Bounty Hunter
Monster Truck Freestyle *DNS = Did Not Start
Muscle Machine 28
Wild Hair 26
Blacksmith 26
Scarlet Bandit 24
King Krunch - DNS Freestyle - Mechanical
Bounty Hunter 27
Grave Digger 30
Dragon Slayer - DNS Freestyle - Mechanical