Weekend Recap: El Toro Loco Ends Grave Digger’s Streak in LA
Authored by Samuel Reiman on August 28, 2023
Entering this weekend’s stop at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, Tyler Menninga (Grave Digger) had taken 12-consecutive Overall Event Championship wins.
Friday night, in the first of five events, Menninga extended that streak to 13 winning 2-Wheel Skills, Donuts and Freestyle, while Linsey Read (Scooby-Doo!) picked up her first Racing win of the year.
We kicked things off with a BANG last night in LA 💥
Linsey Read dominates in racing 🏁
Tyler Menninga put on a clinic in the @GreatClips skills challenge and Freestyle to take home the overall event championship 🏆#MonsterJam pic.twitter.com/Q6uD73dxGg
— Monster Jam (@MonsterJam) August 26, 2023
Saturday afternoon, Menninga won Racing while Armando Castro (El Toro Loco) won 2-Wheel Skills, Donuts and Freestyle. However, Menninga did enough to extend his winning streak to 14 Overall Event Championships. Saturday evening, Menninga grew that streak to 15, thanks in part to this incredible sidewall save during 2-Wheel Skills:
Tyler Menninga ties @RyanAndersonSUD for most revolutions on two wheels in the @GreatClips skills challenge 😵💫#MonsterJam pic.twitter.com/J4EFKphERG
— Monster Jam (@MonsterJam) August 27, 2023
On Sunday, the streak finally came to an end for Menninga, as Castro – who had finished 2nd in each Overall Event Championship on Friday and Saturday in El Toro Loco – won five out of the eight competitions to claim both Sunday Overall Event Championships. Menninga won Racing and Skills on Sunday afternoon, whereas Mike Christensen (Vendetta) got his first Racing win of the year Sunday evening.
Armando Castro BREAKS THE STREAK 🏆#MonsterJam pic.twitter.com/p92BCWwwtt
— Monster Jam (@MonsterJam) August 28, 2023
Mike Christensen takes the final racing win of the weekend 💥#MonsterJam pic.twitter.com/N0m5dABQa9
— Monster Jam (@MonsterJam) August 28, 2023