Raleigh, NC - March 9-10 - PNC Arena
Authored by Samuel Reiman on March 10, 2019
Hosts: John Saponaro & Abby Baltezar
Tour: Triple Threat Series Central
Truck Lineup: Grave Digger® (Brandon Vinson), Monster Energy® (Coty Saucier), Soldier Fortune™ (Becky McDonough), El Toro Loco® (Mark List), Blue Thunder® (Matt Cody), Monster Mutt® Rottweiler (Cory Snyder), Pirate’s Curse™ (Justin Hicks), Zombie™ (Macey Nichter)
Sunday Afternoon
SEASON STANDINGS
Grave Digger 1169
El Toro Loco 1101
Solider Fortune 1016
Monster Energy 997
Pirate’s Curse 751
Blue Thunder 723
Monster Mutt Rottweiler 491
Zombie 406
EVENT POINTS
El Toro Loco 42
Monster Energy 36
Pirate’s Curse 31
Blue Thunder 27
Soldier Fortune 23
Monster Mutt Rottweiler 22
Zombie 14
Grave Digger 11
RACING
Monster Energy 9.662
Blue Thunder 11.133
Monster Mutt Rottweiler 11.582
Pirate’s Curse 12.037
Soldier Fortune 12.413
Zombie 13.947
El Toro Loco 15.238
Grave Digger DNC
ATV RACING
El Toro Loco
Grave Digger
Pirate’s Curse
Soldier Fortune
Blue Thunder
Monster Energy
Monster Mutt Rottweiler
Zombie
2-WHEEL SKILLS CHALLENGETM
El Toro Loco 9.578
Blue Thunder 9.048
Monster Energy 8.258
Pirate’s Curse 5.159
Monster Mutt Rottweiler 4.631
Soldier Fortune 4.172
Zombie 3.058
Grave Digger DNC
DONUTS
El Toro Loco 8.555
Monster Energy 8.486
Pirate’s Curse 6.862
Monster Mutt Rottweiler 6.770
Zombie 6.665
Soldier Fortune 6.434
Blue Thunder 4.873
Grave Digger DNC
SPEEDSTER OBSTACLE COURSE
Round 1
Soldier Fortune defeated Pirate’s Curse
Monster Energy defeated Zombie
El Toro Loco defeated Blue Thunder
Grave Digger defeated Monster Mutt Rottweiler
Semi-Finals
Monster Energy defeated Soldier Fortune
El Toro Loco defeated Grave Digger
Finals
El Toro Loco defeated Monster Energy
FREESTYLE
El Toro Loco 9.085
Pirate’s Curse 8.236
Monster Energy 8.097
Blue Thunder 8.006
Soldier Fortune 6.723
Monster Mutt Rottweiler 5.530
Zombie 5.284
Grave Digger DNC
EVENT NOTES
Sunday afternoon belonged almost entirely to El Toro Loco’s Mark List. After stumbling out of the gate in Monster Jam Racing, he never looked back, sweeping the remaining competitions. When it was all said and done, Mark totaled an eye-popping 42 points en route to his ninth Overall Event Championship of 2019. It’s also worth noting that due to electrical issues, Grave Digger was unable to compete in any of the Monster Jam truck competitions, so Brandon Vinson was only able to earn 11 points on the day. That also means El Toro Loco was able to narrow the gap significantly in the season point standings as well. Grave Digger entered the day almost 100 points ahead, so he may be able to withstand today’s bad luck, but this also just may be the opening El Toro Loco has been waiting for.
Saturday Evening
EVENT POINTS
Grave Digger 41
Monster Energy 35
El Toro Loco 34
Pirate’s Curse 28
Blue Thunder 21
Monster Mutt Rottweiler 19
Soldier Fortune 16
Zombie 15
RACING
Grave Digger 10.047
Monster Energy 10.238
Monster Mutt Rottweiler 11.327
Pirate’s Curse 12.037
El Toro Loco 12.542
Soldier Fortune 12.667
Zombie 13.883
Blue Thunder DNC
ATV RACING
Grave Digger
Monster Energy
Pirate’s Curse
El Toro Loco
Blue Thunder
Soldier Fortune
Monster Mutt Rottweiler
Zombie
2-WHEEL SKILLS CHALLENGE™
Grave Digger 9.517
El Toro Loco 8.878
Blue Thunder 7.298
Pirate’s Curse 5.585
Monster Energy 5.034
Monster Mutt Rottweiler 4.722
Soldier Fortune 4.506
Zombie 3.266
DONUTS
El Toro Loco 8.249
Zombie 7.613
Monster Energy 7.491
Soldier Fortune 7.312
Pirate’s Curse 6.842
Blue Thunder 6.418
Grave Digger 6.043
Monster Mutt Rottweiler 5.661
SPEEDSTER OBSTACLE COURSE
Round 1
Monster Mutt Rottweiler defeated Soldier Fortune
Monster Energy defeated El Toro Loco
Grave Digger defeated Blue Thunder
Pirate’s Curse defeated Zombie
Semi-Finals
Monster Energy defeated Monster Mutt Rottweiler
Grave Digger defeated Pirate’s Curse
Finals
Grave Digger defeated Monster Energy
FREESTYLE
El Toro Loco 8.389
Grave Digger 8.085
Blue Thunder 7.006
Monster Energy 6.722
Pirate’s Curse 5.844
Monster Mutt Rottweiler 5.840
Zombie 5.522
Soldier Fortune 5.500
EVENT NOTES
North Carolina is Grave Digger country and Brandon Vinson showed why on Saturday night. In his home State, Brandon swept the first half of the event. And while he had some bad luck in the second half with a blown transmission in Donuts and a blown motor in Freestyle — in between he captured the Speedster Obstacle Course victory. On the strength of those four competition wins, Brandon was able to grab his 19th Overall Event Championship in front of his family and friends.