In the Richardson's RV monster qualifying, it was Neil Elliot and Maximum Destruction setting fast time with a 18.94. But Rick Swanson and his FAB-TECH Obsession had the jaws dropping of his competitors. Even with a 10 second penalty Rick ran a 27.93, so minus the penalty and the FAB-TECH Obsession would have been the truck to beat. As it turns out though it WAS Neil Elliot that blazed his way through the field and won the HAHM Marine monster truck finals over Hot Wheels.

In the hotly contested quad war main event, team Anaheim won after team Las Vegas thought the race had ended with 2 laps remaining and pulled off like they had swept the top 3 positions. NOT!

As it got later in the night it was getting colder by the minute, but you wouldn't know it by what was happening on the track during the UTI monster truck free-style contest. Newcomer Bobby Parr, driving Team Suzuki, had the top score for quite a while with an impressive 25. Then it was Lupe Soza and El Toro Loco that scored a HUGE save that brought the entire building to its feet. Lupe scored a 27 to overtake the lead. But his run that put him in the penthouse was short lived when Neil Elliot and Maximum Destruction did their typical "WORLD FINALS" caliber run using every square inch of the track and doing it with only three good sneakers. Huge air and high speeds scored the Max D team a 29. It didn't stop there! The final truck of the night was the 2006 world finals racing champion Charlie Paulken and Grave-Digger. Thousands upon thousands of camera flashes were going off every single time the monster and its pilot soared through the air. And for good reason, Charlie and Digger more than earned a perfect 30 with a high speed donut that ended with Digger upside down!

It will be 2 more weeks before we come back to Anaheim #2 and do it all over again, but Charlie Paulken and Neil Elliot are already keeping score with a win a piece and looking towards the World Finals in Las Vegas this March.