Weekend Race Recap
12 trucks came out to compete in Reliant Stadium Saturday night for the final Monster Jam in Houston until 2010. At the end of the night only a few were able to drive to the haulers for the long ride home.
Racing was fast and furious with almost non-stop action as the rounds ticked off. Many in the stands were cheering for their truck. In this case their truck was the one that was the Jack in the Box section. Before things began all 12 drivers chose a random section of seats who would get a free gift certificate from Jack in the Box if the driver that chose their section won racing. In the end those in section 105 were the winner when Tom Meents won the racing competition in Maximum Destruction. Tom promised the fans a wild freestyle as he attempted to double down but it was not to be.
Freestyle began with Backwards Bob, the new truck driven by Mike Wine. Bob came out running hard but only managed one hit before he ripped the front end out of the truck ending his freestyle with a minute fifteen on the clock. Other trucks having trouble were Bad Habit with Joey Sylvester breaking and tearing part of the body off. Tony Farrel rolled Blue Thunder landing on all four tires to a cheering crowd. Monster Mutt lost his tail but continued, Ryan Hufaker took a hard roll in the Teenage Turtle and Martial Law could not complete his :90 run.
The big excitement of the night was Lupe Sosa in El Toro Loco getting incredible air and some great saves earning a score of 24 plus a bonus of 3 to get a combined score of 27. It was Grave Digger driven by Pablo Hufaker who earned the win in freestyle as he made the Grave Digger freestyle look easy with two saves, high jumps and powerslides. In the end Digger did roll during bonus time ending his run but earning a score of 31 from the 60,000 plus fans.
Racing Results:
Round One:
Maximum Destruction beat Bad Habit
El Matador over Teenage Turtle
King Krunch downed Backwards Bob
Blue Thunder over Martial Law
El Toro Loco defeated Monster Mutt
Grave Digger beat Dominator
Round Two:
Maximum Destruction wins over El Matador
Blue Thunder over King Krunch
Grave Digger downed El Toro Loco
Semi-Finals:
Maximum Destruction beat King Krunch when fast loser El Toro broke
Blue Thunder beat Grave Digger
Race Final:
Maximum Destruction over Blue Thunder
Freestye:
Truck Score
Dominator 13
Martial Law 11
Bad Habit 15
El Matador 20
Turtle 18
King Krunch 23
El Toro Loco 27
Monster Mutt 22
Backwards Bob 3
Blue Thunder 25
Maxumum Destruction 19
Grave Digger 31
The nights event also included UTV, Truckcross, and Legend Car racing.