Weekend Race Recap

You would have thought it was Friday the 13th the way the night started! We lost 2 and a half trucks in the wheelie competition alone. Lou Antonozzi and The Broker had a wiring problem after hitting the cars on his second pass Andy Slifko and Eradicator broke the rear axle on his second pass and Rod Schmidt and Grave Digger punctured the left rear tire but would be able to compete in racing. Even though Eradicator broke he would come away with a win.

Wheelie Results:

Backdraft                         17

The Broker                        22

Safe Auto                         24

Captains Curse                  24

Eradicator                        25

Grave Digger                     21

With only 4 trucks up and running we would run them twice to guarantee 3 rounds of racing to our fans. Grave Digger would meet Marc Mcdolald and Safe Auto and Alex Blackwell's Captains Curse would meet John Killenger and Backdraft. Safe Auto and Captains Curse would win but Captains Curse would lose to Grave Digger in the next round But Safe Auto knocked off Backdraft to meet Digger Safe Auto came out on top.

All six trucks would be back for freestyle... but would that be a good thing? The freestyle would see 2 trucks end up on their lids. Once again we were wondering if it was Friday the 13th. Safe Auto and Captains Curse would find themselves upside down by the end of their run. Alex Blackwell and Captains Curse would come out on top with a freestyle victory. He won enough points to qualify for the world finals in 2 weeks in Las Vegas.

Freestyle Results:

Backdraft:                      17

The Broker                      18

Safe Auto                       24

Eradicator                       15

Captains Curse                 27

Grave Digger                    26

Saturday 2pm

Wheelie Contest Results:

Backdraft                         18

The Broker                        18

Safe Auto                         21

Captains Curse                  25

Eradicator                         24

Grave Digger                     20

In Racing the trucks once again would make it as close as possible taking everything to the wire at the Ford finish line. Marc Mcdonald and Safe Auto would once again come out on top as the number one truck.

Freestyle Results:

Backdraft                                   18

The Broker                                 21

Safe Auto                                   23

Eradicator                                  22

Captains Curse                          25

Grave Digger                              24

The Freestyle would once again be an extremely close competition. Andy Slifko and Eradicator would continue to preform at the top of his game in front of his hometown crowd. Alex Blackwell's Captain's Curse would take the lead. That left Grave Digger who would leave nothing untouched and end up on his roof but still came up short by a point. The 2007 world champ would continue his defense once again.

Saturday 7:30pm

The Superstars of Monster Jam would have to perform in front of a sold out Wachovia arena. With the NGK Spark Plugs World Finals looming on the horizon the drivers have not let up one bit! This night would be no different.

Wheelie Results:

Backdraft                                       15

The Broker                                     18

Safe Auto                                       19

Captains Curse                              24

Eradicator                                      25

Grave Digger                                 20

With one win on the night team Eradicator set their sights on a racing title. With Grave Digger out with a broken axle and Safe Auto losing in round one, that would clear the path for Eradicator. Andy and Eradicator would continue his mission and take the racing finals as he took down the student Alex Blackwell and Captains Curse.

Freestyle Results:

Backdraft                                         13

The Broker                                      15

Safe Auto                                         19

Eradicator                                        20

Captains Curse                                26

Grave Digger                                    25

The drivers in freestyle would leave all four tires on the ground. But that didn't mean that the crowd would not be entertained. But in the end Captains Curse would end Eradicators perfect night and take his third straight freestyle win of the weekend.

Sunday 2pm

Well Monster Jam fans Wilkes Barre, PA was another successful stop in the 2008 Monster Jam season. We concluded the weekend today at the Wachovia Arena in true MJ fashion. The Superstars of MJ truly left the fans wanting to to back for more.

Wheelie Results:

Backdraft                                  18

The Broker                                26

Safe Auto                                  20

Captains Curse                         28

Eradicator                                 20

Grave Digger                             23

The Monster Jam Racing would once again see a repeat winner as the hometown hero Andy Slifko in Eradicator take the top honors for the second performance in a row.

The UTI Freestyle would also have a repeat winner as Alex Blackwell drove Captains Curse to it's 4th freestyle win of the weekend. Alex has to be riding a high as he heads into the NGK Spark Plugs world finals in Las Vegas.

Freestyle Results:

Backdraft                                 16

The Broker                               19

Safe Auto                                 24

Eradicator                                16

Captains Curse                        26

Grave Digger                            25

Until Next Time,

Greg Simas USHRA/Announcer!