Santiago, Chile - Nov. 30 - Dec. 2 - Movistar Arena
Escrito por Larry Jewett on December 3, 2018
Hosts: Joel Santiago and Janelle Rodriguez
Truck Line-up: Grave Digger® (Randy Brown), Megalodon™ (Chad Tingler), El Toro Loco® (Armando Castro), Monster Energy® (Steven Sims), Max -D™ (Chuck Werner), Zombie® (Linsey Read)
SUNDAY AFTERNOON
EVENT POINTS
Monster Energy 19
Grave Digger 16
El Toro Loco 15
Megalodon 13
Max-D 12
Zombie 11
RACING
Round 1
El Toro Loco defeated Max-D
Megalodon defeated Zombie
Monster Energy defeated Grave Digger
Semi-Finals
Max-D (Fast Loser) defeated El Toro Loco
Monster Energy defeated Megalodon
Finals
Monster Energy defeated Max-D
2-WHEEL SKILLS
Monster Energy 9.260
Grave Digger 8.249
Max-D 7.273
Megalodon 7.168
Zombie 6.373
El Toro Loco 5.340
DONUTS
El Toro Loco 9.249
Max-D 9.145
Grave Digger 8.959
Zombie 7.817
Megalodon 7.799
Monster Energy 5.875
FREESTYLE
Monster Energy 9.539
Grave Digger 9.116
El Toro Loco 8.784
Megalodon 8.250
Zombie 8.125
Max-D 7.946
Light crowd this afternoon but as always a grand Monster Jam event. Steven Sims was on fire taking over every event, he was our winner for Racing, Two Wheel Skills and Freestyle! He said it from the start he wanted to match up with Grave Digger and represent Monster Energy being here for the first time in Chile! Chad Tingler gave us a nice popper during 2 Wheel Skills, and also a great Freestyle run looks so cool to see the shark crushing the cars, looks like Megalodon is eating them. Armando Castro as well gave us a great Donut presentation in the second half.
SATURDAY EVENING
EVENT POINTS
Grave Digger 19
El Toro Loco 17
Monster Energy 17
Max-D 12
Zombie 10
Megalodon 7
RACING
Round 1
El Toro Loco defeated Monster Energy
Max-D defeated Megalodon
Grave Digger defeated Zombie
Semi-Finals
El Toro Loco defeated Monster Energy (Fast Loser)
Max-D defeated Grave Digger
Finals
El Toro Loco defeated Max-D
2-WHEEL SKILLS
Grave Digger 9.150
El Toro Loco 8.902
Zombie 8.827
Max-D 6.201
Monster Energy 6.142
Megalodon 5.559
DONUTS
Monster Energy 8.884
Grave Digger 8.473
El Toro Loco 8.234
Zombie 7.670
Megalodon 7.530
Max-D DNC
FREESTYLE
El Toro Loco 9.527
Monster Energy 9.019
Grave Digger 8.608
Max-D 8.122
Megalodon 7.867
Zombie 7.488
During our preshow, we had a lot of Megalodon fans, exciting to see the power of the internet as it’s Megalodon first appearance. Our first win of the night for racing was Armando Castro. He was very excited and got the audience pumped up. If you had to guess, who’d you think took 2 wheels skills? It was Randy Brown once again! So far our 2 wheel skills king. Monster Energy blows the crowd away again with donuts winning that event it’s crazy to see the dirt come off the ground. Freestyle Megalodon had a great run came out right after Linsey in true shark style. Monster Energy gave us a surprise popper after a high jump, and Armando Castro had great air and donuts winning him that Freestyle win. Overall event winner was Randy Brown again and hit the crowd with some surprise Spanish once again!
Viva Chile!
SATURDAY AFTERNOON
EVENT POINTS
Monster Energy 19
Max-D 19
Grave Digger 18
El Toro Loco 13
Zombie 9
Megalodon 8
RACING
Round 1
Zombie defeated Megalodon
El Toro Loco defeated Grave Digger
Max-D defeated Monster Energy
Semi-Finals
Monster Energy (Fast loser) defeated Zombie
Max-D defeated El Toro Loco
Finals
Max-D defeated Monster Energy
2-WHEEL SKILLS
Grave Digger 9.224
Max-D 9.161
Monster Energy 7.572
Megalodon 5.548
Zombie 3.857
El Toro Loco 2.906
DONUTS
Monster Energy 8.842
Max-D 8.652
Grave Digger 8.528
El Toro Loco 8.298
Zombie 7.611
Megalodon 7.304
FREESTYLE
Grave Digger 9.132
El Toro Loco 8.949
Monster Energy 8.293
Max-D 7.796
Megalodon 7.438
Zombie 7.052
Fresh out of the pit party, we had a great crowd join us for our Santiago afternoon Saturday event. Racing was a little rough due to random mechanical issues happened but we were able to transition smoothly. Our fastest loser was Monster Energy making for semi finals exciting with another head to head with El Toro Loco. Our winner ultimately was Max D Chuck Werner! Gaining those points right away. Zombie had a great 2 Wheel run best of the weekend so far, but Randy Brown in Grave Digger dominates this category time and time again. South American fans love the freestyle motocross with their impressive jumps. Moving along to donuts Monster Energy brought that energy to the track being consistent finally getting that event win. Lastly Randy Brown in Grave Digger had a great freestyle performance fans love to see that green and black truck fly in the air! BUT DRUMROLL — Our overall event winner was Monster Energy! Had that truck looking great and was really able to lay it down on the track.
FRIDAY EVENING
EVENT POINTS
Grave Digger 25
Max-D 22
Zombie 21
El Toro Loco 20
Monster Energy 16
Megalodon 14
TIMED RACING
El Toro Loco 12.550
Zombie 14.400
Grave Digger 14.570
Max-D 14.690
Megalodon 15.040
Monster Energy 20.220 (5 second penalty was added. Original time 15.220)
RACING
Round 1
Grave Digger defeated Monster Energy
Max-D defeated Megalodon
El Toro Loco defeated Zombie
Semi-Finals
Megalodon (Fast Loser) defeated Grave Digger
Max-D defeated Zombie (El Toro Loco broke)
Finals
Megalodon defeated Max-D
2-WHEEL SKILLS
Grave Digger 9.295
El Toro Loco 9.240
Zombie 7.118
Max-D 6.362
Megalodon 5.102
Monster Energy DNC
DONUTS
Max-D 9.050
Monster Energy 9.029
Grave Digger 8.973
Megalodon 7.640
Zombie 6.692
El Toro Loco 6.413
FREESTYLE
Monster Energy 9.268
Grave Digger 8.453
El Toro Loco 7.847
Zombie 7.417
Max-D 7.395
Megalodon 6.967
EVENT NOTES
Friday Evening in Santiago was an energetic crowd. Starting from our driver interviews, you can feel the excitement from the fans as they cheered for each of the drivers loudly.
The competition was intense all the drivers were driving like they wanted to leave their mark in Santiago. As proof, we had different winners per event. Starting our evening with a win in the timed racing event was Armando Castro with a 12.550, beating his practice time. He felt right at home on the track. When it came to racing, there were some mechanical issues changing up the line-up for our semi finals but that didn’t stop the action. Our Final Match up was Megalodon and Max- D, it was a great win for Chad Tingler for his first show in 2018. Two Wheel Skills Challenge is up next it was a close call between Randy Brown and Armando Castro both with amazing Poppers and Nose-stands, the crowd went absolutely wild when they saw these2 wheel skills a new competition for Santiago. Freestyle Motocross was thrilling, personally many wow and mini heart attack moments it was phenomenal seeing them fly in the air. We came back from intermission to the donut competition, and the stars of this event were Steven Sims in Monster Energy and Max D Chuck Werner. There were mini tornados in the arena and Chuck took his first win of the night, it was great to see his daughter, his crew chief, celebrate in the tunnel. Lastly but certainly not least was Freestyle, Zombie warmed us up and held that 1st place spot till once again Monster Energy hit the floor, he has a very distinguished and aggressive driving style that simply stands out, other performances that stood out as well was Armando Castro his control of the truck and the space were great to see, and lastly our Overall Event Champion win was Randy Brown and in pure Digger Style tore up the track. Monster Energy took the win for Freestyle But Randy Brown in Grave Digger took the whole win and ending the night Speaking Spanish!! Randy Closed our show with the Chilean Chant Chi-Chi-Chi-Le-le-le Viva Chile! It was icing on the cake.