Sunrise, FL - August 10-11 - BB&T Center
Authored by Samuel Reiman on August 10, 2019
Hosts: John Saponaro & Abby Baltezar
Tour: Monster Jam Arena Series
Truck Lineup: Grave Digger® (Krysten Anderson), Max-DTM (Blake Granger), Soldier FortuneTM (Kayla Blood), El Toro Loco® (Mark List), Iron Warrior (Matt Cody), Taurus (Austin Minton), Jester (Matt Pagliarulo), Kraken (Nick Pagliarulo)
Sunday Afternoon
EVENT POINTS
Soldier Fortune 24
El Toro Loco 24
Max-D 22
Iron Warrior 21
Kraken 18
Grave Digger 17
Jester 10
Taurus 8
RACING
Iron Warrior 10.622
Soldier Fortune 10.813
Kraken 10.876
Taurus 12.229
Jester 12.667
El Toro Loco 15.047
Grave Digger 15.495
Max-D 18.564
2 WHEEL SKILLS CHALLENGETM
El Toro Loco 9.776
Max-D 8.896
Iron Warrior 7.746
Soldier Fortune 7.340
Grave Digger 7.133
Kraken 5.491
Jester 5.449
Taurus 3.232
DONUTS
El Toro Loco 9.147
Grave Digger 9.061
Max-D 8.663
Soldier Fortune 8.486
Iron Warrior 7.771
Kraken 7.431
Jester 6.796
Taurus 6.296
FREESTYLE
Max-D 8.773
Solider Fortune 8.452
Kraken 8.170
El Toro Loco 7.927
Grave Digger 7.668
Iron Warrior 6.531
Jester 5.822
Taurus 5.490
EVENT NOTES
Sunday afternoon in Sunrise saw a lot of streaks broken. First, Matt Cody of Iron Warrior won Monster Jam Racing, keeping Solider Fortune from sweeping the weekend. Up next, El Toro Loco’s Mark List won both the 2 Wheel Skills Challenge and the Donut Competition, the latter of which stopped Krysten Anderson’s run of two wins in a row for Grave Digger. Heading into Freestyle, the scores were bunched up at the top 3 — El Toro Loco with 19, Iron Warrior with 18 and Soldier Fortune with 17. Ultimately, Max-D’s Blake Granger took his third Freestyle win in a row, but Kayla Blood’s second-place finish was enough to push her past El Toro Loco and earn Soldier Fortune the Overall Event Championship.
Saturday Evening
El Toro Loco (Mark List) DNC for the entire Saturday Evening event.
EVENT POINTS
Max-D 27
Soldier Fortune 27
Jester 24
Grave Digger 22
Iron Warrior 17
Kraken 14
Taurus 9
RACING
Soldier Fortune 11.003
Max-D 11.133
Iron Warrior 11.454
Jester 11.518
Kraken 11.646
Taurus 13.307
Grave Digger 16.003
2 WHEEL SKILLS CHALLENGETM
Jester 9.203
Max-D 9.189
Grave Digger 7.805
Solider Fortune 6.350
Kraken 6.289
Iron Warrior 5.784
Taurus 3.272
DONUTS
Grave Digger 8.987
Soldier Fortune 8.448
Jester 8.373
Max-D 8.023
Iron Warrior 7.842
Kraken 7.143
Taurus 6.277
FREESTYLE
Max-D 9.794
Solider Fortune 9.542
Grave Digger 7.935
Jester 7.794
Iron Warrior 7.402
Kraken 7.223
Taurus 6.080
EVENT NOTES
The nightcap in Sunrise was even more electrifying than the afternoon event. Kicking things off, was Soldier Fortune and Kayla Blood capturing her second Racing win of the day. Up next, it was Matt Pagliarulo of Jester who earned the 2 Wheel Skills win with some enormous air and a tremendous save on his final attempt. After intermission, Krysten Anderson piloted Grave Digger to their second Donut win in as many tries. Heading into the final competition, it all came down to the Freestyle scores. Entering the competition, Soldier Fortune’s Kayla Blood held a narrow one-point lead over her husband Blake Granger of Max-D. Kayla seemed to have the event wrapped up after she scored an impressive 9.542 in Freestyle, but Blake would not be denied, as he came storming back with a 9.794 to seal the Freestyle and Overall Event Championship win.
Saturday Afternoon
EVENT POINTS
Grave Digger 27
Soldier Fortune 24
Max-D 22
Iron Warrior 18
El Toro Loco 18
Jester 13
Taurus 12
Kraken 10
RACING
Soldier Fortune 10.941
Grave Digger 11.068
Iron Warrior 11.133
Taurus 11.967
Jester 12.603
Max-D 16.327
El Toro Loco 17.037
Kraken DNF
2 WHEEL SKILLS CHALLENGETM
El Toro Loco 9.687
Solider Fortune 9.062
Grave Digger 8.721
Max-D 8.331
Iron Warrior 7.093
Jester 6.702
Taurus 5.647
Kraken 4.409
DONUTS
Grave Digger 9.454
El Toro Loco 9.238
Max-D 8.887
Iron Warrior 8.173
Soldier Fortune 7.404
Taurus 7.051
Jester 4.142
Kraken DNC
FREESTYLE
Max-D 9.352
Kraken 8.705
Grave Digger 8.063
Soldier Fortune 8.061
Jester 7.907
Iron Warrior 6.341
Taurus 6.166
El Toro Loco DNC
EVENT NOTES
Saturday afternoon in Sunrise belonged to Grave Digger’s Krysten Anderson. Although she only won in Donuts, she was by far the most consistent driver of the afternoon, finishing no worse than third place in all of the other competitions. Once the dust settled, Krysten Anderson totaled 27 points and Grave Digger was able to narrowly edge out Kayla Blood of Soldier Fortune for the Overall Event Championship.