Weekend Race Recap
Friday -
Three winners for three competitions for Monster Jam Friday Night at the Time Warner Cable Arena left fans cheering for more. Try as they might nobody could manage a double down win. No wonder with the best competition in the country going at it wheel to wheel. If Advance Auto Parts works to keep the wheels turning, the Monster Jam drivers kept them going faster and faster. Wins for War Wizard, Grave Digger and Gunslinger proved that any truck can win at any time. These are the best vehicles in the world and the action Friday night proved that.
Grave Digger driven by Gary Porter broke in the first round of racing forcing him out of the rest of the race action. Porter and his crew worked thru the intermission and most of freestyle to get ready to come out for the competition. He won with his non stop high jumping action.
Randy Moore won the wheelie competition. Scott Hartsock drove Grave Digger to a win in racing and Grave Digger won freestyle.
Truck Wheelie Freestyle
Prowler 16 13
Cowboy 14 12
Bad News 13 16
Gunslinger 10 11
Predator 21 14
War Wizard 25 15
Monster Mutt 22 18
Grave Digger 19 23
Madusa 20 15
Race Results:
Bad News bye run
Gunslinger over Predator
Madusa beat Prowler
Cowboy defeated Monster Mutt
War Wizard downed Grave Digger
Second Round:
Bad News beat Predator (returned when Grave Digger broke)
Madusa over Gunslinger
War Wizard downed Cowboy
Semi-Finals:
Fast Loser Gunslinger defeated Bad News
Madusa beat War Wizard
Finals:
War Wizard defeated Gunslinger
Drivers signed autographs for the North Carolina fans for more than an hour after the event. The Saturday events are scheduled for 2 and 7:30 pm before Monster Jam moves on to another city. Remember all Monster Jam events lead to the World Finals in Las Vegas March 28th. To find out how you and your family can be there go back to our home page and click on the link to the Monster Jam World Finals.
Saturday 2pm -
Saturday afternoon began early with the Built Ford Tough party in the pits at 11am. Fans from the entire region came out early to meet their favorite driver and see the big monsters up close and personal. Before anyone knew it, the clock said 2pm and it was showtime.
The first roll over of the weekend was Lenny Kuilder in Prowler. The truck rolled after a bad landing in round one racing. Prowler was out for the rest of the afternoon with the crew attempting to put things right for the 7:30 pm show.
Gary Porter attempted to again double down but could only earn a win in freestyle for Team Grave Digger. Grave Digger came up short in the Wheelie Competition and in racing.
The lucky dog of the day had to be Gunslinger and Scott Hartsock. Gunslinger lost to War Wizard in the semi-final round but came back to face Grave Digger in the finals when War Wizard lost steering and needed more repairs than could be performed in the few minutes between racing rounds.
Results:
Truck Wheelie Freestyle
Prowler 10 broke
Cowboy 13 13
Bad News 17 16
Gunslinger 12 15
Predator 19 12
War Wizard 24 17
Monster Mutt 25 21
Grave Digger 17 24
Madusa 18 21
Race Results:
Bad News Bye run
GunSlinger defeats Predator
Madusa over Prowler
Monster Mutt downed Cowboy
War Wizard downed Grave Digger
Round two:
Grave Digger beat Bad News
Gunslinger over Madusa
War Wizard defeated Monster Mutt
Semi-Finals:
Grave Digger beat fast loser Madusa
War Wizard over Gunslinger
Finals
Gunslinger (War Wizard Broke) beat Grave Digger
Saturday Evening -
The final event of the weekend in Charlotte saw Gunslinger win his third race win of the weekend. "After last weekend this feels really good," said driver Scott Hartsock. Gunslinger has been to the World Finals in Las Vegas before and with wins like we saw this weekend one might wonder if he has his sights set on Vegas again.
As was the trend of the weekend there were three winners. Each winning a different competition. Grave Digger driven by Gary Porter won freestyle by a wide margin. His performance brought the fans to their feet earning a high score of 27.
Whit Tarleton won the Wheelie Competition by one point over Madusa and Grave Digger who tied with scores of 24. Whit drove Monster Mutt to a score of 25.
Randy Moore again had problems with War Wizard in racing. As with the afternoon event he was racing hard and won rounds one and two before breaking a rear steering hose causing problems with the drive train forcing his truck out for the evening. Nobody was more upset than Randy. "I thought we were going to be able to double down this weekend and all we did was double the cost of repairs to the truck", he said in a post event interview.
The Fearless Flores Family performed the Sphere of Fear with three motorcycles in the sphere at one time. Fans experienced the only known female motorcycle riders to take on the Sphere. Fans loved the action.
Results:
Truck Wheelie Freestyle
Prowler did not compete 9
Cowboy 12 12
Bad News 15 18
Gunslinger 13 16
Predator 17 16
War Wizard 18 broke
Monster Mutt 25 20
Grave Digger 24 27
Madusa 24 21
Race Results:
Round One:
Bad News bye run
Gunslinger over Predator
Madusa over Prowler
Monster Mutt downed Cowboy
War Wizard beat Grave Digger
Round Two:
Round One Fast Loser Grave Digger beat Bad News
Gunslinger downed Madusa
War Wizard over Monster Mutt
Semi Final:
Grave Digger beat Madusa
Gunsliner over Monster Mutt (War Wizard broke)
Race Final:
Gunslinger defeated Grave Digger in the closest contest of the weekend.
The weekend ended with fans and drivers spending some fun time during the autograph session which lasted well past 10:30pm.
