What does Stone Crusher, Maximum Destruction and Grave Digger all have in common? (Other than being Monster Jam Superstars that is) They all won a competition in Syracuse Saturday night before a sold out crowd.

Maximum Destruction driven by Tom Meents began the night with a wheelie win. Tom drove Max D hard enough to get really big air with both hits over the cars bringing the fans to their feet for the first of many times during the two hour event.

It was beginning to look like a Maximum Destruction domination for the night until Steve Sims took the racing win. Sims who lost in the first round came back as round one fast loser defeating Grave Digger driven by Pablo in the semi finals and taking out Max D in the race championship.

Stone Crusher and Max D were no match for Grave Digger in the Freestyle Competition as Pablo drove Digger thru a series of big air, donuts and wheelies. Grave Digger earned the highest score from the judges getting a solid 27 beating out the 25 or Max D and 24 from Stone Crusher.

A big surprise came in the form of Mopar Magic driven by Ricky Ownley. Magic looked great in both the wheelie contest and freestyle but came up a bit short in both contests.

Fans were treated to UTV action for the first time at the New York State Fairgrounds.
These little all terrain vehicles raced side by side bringing the crowd to the edge of their seats several times. UTV’s are quickly becoming a fan favorite at Monster Jam events nationwide.

Quad Wars between Team Mass and Team N.Y. began as a cakewalk for the boys from beantown. As Team Mass.took both the first and second heats. In the main New York raced to the lead early and never looked back. After winning the competition for the evening the Team N.Y. riders led the crowd in a Go Home chant for the Massachusetts competitors.

Results:
Truck                                       Wheelie                   Freestyle
Rap Attack                              18                                            17
Mopar Magic                          17                                            23
Stone Crusher                         27                                            24
Teenage Turtle                         23                                            12(broke)
Max D                                     28*                                          25
Grave Digger                          27                                            27*

• indicated winner

Race Results:
Round One:
Grave Digger beat Rap Attack
Turtle over Stone Crusher
Max D defeated Mopar Magic

Semi-Finals
Round One fast loser Stone Crusher beat Grave Digger
Maximum Destruction over Teenage Turtle

Finals:
Stone Crusher defeating Maximum Destruction

Fans loved the McDonalds Party in the Pits, an event that began at 3pm until 6pm. The weather was the best in the last 5 years with temperatures in the low 60’s and a nice wind conditions were near perfect.

May 30, 2009 will certainly be a date that will long be remembered by the thousands of Monster Jam fans in the Syracuse area.