Weekend Race Recap



Saturday 2PM:

Pablo Huffaker saved Grave Digger from an almost certain roll over during the Freestyle Competition Saturday afternoon in Baltimore. Not only did he save it once, he did it again less than 30 seconds later.

Wheelie Competition Results:

Iron Warrior ...22
Hot Wheels ...23
BlackSmith ...21
Black Stallion ...28
Maximum Destruction ...30
Grave Digger ...28

Race Results:
Round One:
Grave Digger over Iron Warrior
Maximum Destruction beat Hot Wheels
Black Stallion over Black Smith

consolation round
BlackSmith over Hot Wheels

Semi-Finals:
Grave Digger beat Black Smith
Max D over Black Stallion

Final
Grave Digger over Maximum Destruction

Freestyle Competiton was very close with the following scores:

Iron Warrior - 22
Hot Wheels - 21
Black Smith - 25
Black Stallion - 26
Maximum Destruction - 29
Grave Digger - 30

The mini moto FMX back flip was done flawlessly by Aaron Smith. Hot Rod also kept the fans entertained with his antics all afternoon.


Saturday 8PM:

The second event of the weekend at 1st Mariner Arena was filled with action and surprises as the monsters, quads and back flip superstar Aaron Smith gave the fans a night to remember.

Anytime you have the World Racing Champion and the World Freestyle Champion in one location with less than a month before the World Finals you know it is going to be wild.

Mike Vaters turned it up a notch in racing and freestyle. Being a hometown boy and working towards a trip to Las Vegas next month Vaters drove Black Stallion to the finals in racing and earned a tie for the freestyle win.

Race Results:
Round One:
Grave Digger over Hot Wheels
Black Stallion over Iron Warrior
Maximum Destruction beat Blacksmith

Consolation Round:
Blacksmith beat Iron Warrior

Semi-Finals:
Black Stallion over Blacksmith
Maximum Destruction beat Grave Digger

Finals:
Maximum Destruction over Black Stallion

Quad Wars was won by Team N.Y. with a grudge match that never was finished. On the last lap Team Baltimore lost a rider when the N.Y. captain Carsten Butler ran over him after the two quads tangled up. Baltimore was not able to finish and N.Y. went to take the checkered flag without crossing the finish line. USHRA official ruled it a win for New York.

Freestyle Competiton:

Iron Warrior - 17
Max D - 21
BlackSmith - 20
Hot Wheels - broke did not compete
Black Stallion - 28
Grave Digger - 28

The crowd cheeroff did not produce a clear winner as Grave Digger and Black Stallion both received an equal number of votes from the fans.

Hot Rod made a return visit to Baltimore and kept the fans laughing all night long. Aaron Smith, the high flying Mini-Moto Freestyler did an amazing back flip before the sold out crowd

Sunday:

The Sunday event began early with a special Ford Party in the Pits just for the Boy Scouts in the Baltimore area. Almost 1500 scouts came out to meet the drivers and see the monsters of the USHRA

The final Monster Jam of the weekend was filled with surprises. First, just when we thought the action could not get any better it did. Second, Black Stallion driven by Mike Vaters was incredible. Third, Quad Wars saw both teams give it their all in the annual battle between the cities of New York and Baltimore.

Race Results:

Round One:

Maximum Destruction over Iron Warrior

BlackSmith beat Grave Digger

Black Stallion over Hot Wheels

Round Two: ( Semi-final)

Grave Digger (fast loser) beat Maximum Destruction

Black Stallion over Black Smith

Final:

Balck Stallion over Grave Digger

Mini Moto Freestyler Aaron Smith brought the fans to their feet with his back Flips. He not only did it once he came right back and did it again. Smith, a flight attendant with SouthWest Airlines proved that he is much happier in the air than on the ground. Even when he is not working. If you ever get a chance to see this guy and his act be sure to do it.

Monster Freestyle Competition:

Hot Wheels            19 nice smooth run nothing special

Iron Warrior           23 great air, non stop action

Black Smith            21 a good run but nothing to thrill the judges

Max Destruction      28 the freestyle champ had an impressive performance

Black Stallion          28 rolled over at the end of freestyle, great reverse jump

Grave Digger          30 everything everyone else did plus a bit more. He did it Digger Style

The fans lined up for amost 90 minutes to get autographs from the stars of Monster Jam