Weekend Race Recap
Thursday - 8:00PM -
Racing Winner - Team Suzuki
Freestyle Winner - Grave Digger
John Seasock powered
his Team Suzuki truck to the win over Randy Brown and Grave Digger in the racing
finals, then Brown claimed a dominating win for Team Grave Digger in freestyle
to highlight the first of four Monster Jam events at Speedway 95 in Bangor,
ME.
Seasock had Team Suzuki dialed in right from the start on the long straiht line
course, beating Andy Slifko in Eradicator and Alex Blackwell in Teenage Mutant
Ninja Turtle to earn a berth against Grave Digger in the night's championship
race. Seasock cut a great light in the finale, grabbing the lead at the starting
line and beating Brown by a truck length at the finish..
Brown bounced right
back by blistering the track for a winning Grave Digger freestyle, earning scores
of 10 from all three judges to edge Eradicator by two points. Earlier Grave
Digger won the wheelie competition and Matt Randall drove his Extreme Tonka
2 truck to the Street Warriors victory.
RACE RESULTS
1st round - Grave Digger bye run, Team Suzuki def Eradicator, Teenage Mutant
Ninja Turtle def Backdraft (Backdraft advanced as fast loser) Semifinals - Grave
Digger def Backdraft, Team Suzuki def Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle FINALS - Team
Suzuki defeated Grave Digger
FREESTYLE RESULTS
GRAVE DIGGER 30
Eradicator 28
Team Suzuki 26
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle 26
Backdraft 20
WHEELIE RESULTS
GRAVE DIGGER 29
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle 28
Eradicator 27
Team Suzuki 19
Backdraft 14
Friday - 8:00PM
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Racing winner - Grave Digger
Freestyle winner - Grave Digger
Randy Brown brought
his broom to Bangor, ME, Friday night and drove Grave Digger to a clean sweep
of all three Monster Jam competitions at Speedway 95.
In front of a standing
room only crowd Brown opened the night victoriously with Grave Digger winning
the sky wheelie competition, edging Alex Blackwell in the Teenage Mutant Ninja
Turtle 27 to 24 in the scoring by the three Bangor Monster Jam fans serving
as judges.
In the racing portion
of the program Brown drove Grave Digger to wins over Andy Slifko in Eradicator
and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle to set-up a rematch of Thursday's championship
race against John Seasock and Team Suzuki in Friday's racing final. This time
Brown exacted Grave Digger's revenge, winning the race by half a truck length.
Brown completed his unbeaten night with a freestyle performance that earned
a perfect score of 30 from the judges.
The Street Warriors
win went to John Killinger, who topped Bob Russell in the final round.
RACE RESULTS
1st round Team Suzuki bye run, Grave Digger def Eradicator, Teenage Mutant
Ninja Turtle def Backdraft (Backdraft advanced as fast loser) Semifinals
Team Suzuki def Backdraft, Grave Digger def Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle FINALS
GRAVE DIGGER DEFEATED TEAM SUZUKI
FREESTYLE RESULTS
GRAVE DIGGER 30
Eradicator 25
Team Suzuki 24
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle 24
Backdraft 20
WHEELIE RESULTS
GRAVE DIGGER 27
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle 24
Backdraft 23
Team Suzuki 18
Eradicator 18
Saturday - 2:00PM
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Racing winner Team Suzuki
Freestyle winner - Grave Digger
John Seasock put
Team Suzuki back on top in racing while Randy Brown continued Grave Diggers
dominance in freestyle to highlight a wild show in steady rain and on a soaked,
muddy course for Monster Jam at Speedway 95 in Bangor, ME.
With a huge crowd
on hand despite the bad weather conditions Seasock beat popular New England
native John Zimmer in Backdraft in the semifinals while Brown piloted Grave
Digger to a final four win over Andy Slifko in Eradicator to set up a third
straight meeting between Team Suzuki and Grave Digger in the Speedway 95 final
round race. Like the previous two races the trucks were separated by less than
a truck length at the finish line with Seasock bring Team Suzuki home a winner
over Grave Digger for the second time out of the three weekend meetings.
Again in freestyle
it was Brown and Grave Digger earning a perfect score of 30 from the judges
in freestyle. Brown didnt back off at all in the slick conditions again
getting huge air combined with multiple sets of Digger Donuts in the Maine mud.
At the end of the run not a speck of black or green was showing on Grave Digger,
the truck now completely brown, covered in mud, with the fans on their feet
screaming their approval.
The Street Warriors
final round victory Larry Laney, who outran Thursdays winner Matt Randall.
RACE RESULTS
1st round Grave Digger bye run, Team Suzuki def Eradicator, Backdraft
def Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle (Eradicator advanced as fast loser) Semifinals
Team Suzuki def Backdraft, Grave Digger def Eradicator FINALS
TEAM SUZUKI DEFEATED GRAVE DIGGER
FREESTYLE RESULTS
GRAVE DIGGER 30
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle 25
Team Suzuki 25
Eradicator 24
Backdraft 20
Saturday - 8:00PM
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Racing winner Team Suzuki
Freestyle winner - Grave Digger
Randy Brown completed
a weekend freestyle sweep with his fourth consecutive win in Grave Digger Saturday
night at Speedway 95 in Bangor, ME, while John Seasock rounded out an impressive
racing weekend by again putting Team Suzuki in the winners circle as the
steady rain continued at the New England track.
Another outstanding
crowd of hardy fans loved the action in the wet, muddy conditions with Seasock
taking Team Suzuki to the final race again, this time beating Vermont driver
John Zimmer and Backdraft in the semifinals. In the other bracket Alex Blackwell
earned his first finals berth of the weekend when he topped Brown and Grave
Digger in the semis. The championship race was another close one but again Seasock
had enough to make team Suzuki the winner, giving Seasock the racing win in
three of the four weekend events in Bangor.
Brown went one
better in freestyle, making it a four for four weekend for Grave Digger. Saturday
nights performance was scored a 28 by the three judges, three
points better than
Blackwells Turtle received. Again the fans delighted in all of the trucks
abilities to fly and cut mud-slinging donuts in the terrible weather, the rains
not stopping anytime Saturday.
Wrapping up the
weekend in Street Warriors Larry Laney recorded his second straight event win,
this time topping Steve Subjo in the finale.
RACE RESULTS
1st round Team Suzuki bye run, Grave Digger def Eradicator, Teenage Mutant
Ninja Turtle def Backdraft (Backdraft advanced as fast loser) Semifinals
Team Suzuki def Backdraft, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle def Grave Digger FINALS
TEAM SUZUKI DEFEATED TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLE
FREESTYLE RESULTS
GRAVE DIGGER 28
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle 25
Team Suzuki 24
Eradicator 22
Backdraft 19