Weekend Race Recap
Friday 7:00
For over twenty years Monster Jam has invaded the Haggerstown speedway and year after year The fans keeping selling it out to standing room only. The Monster Jam fans were waving there hats and flags each time the trucks came onto the track in hopes that their favorite truck would win.
The Drivers drew numbers to start the night off for qualifying possitions and then qualifyed there trucks for round one of racing. Grave Digger was the fastest qualifyer with a 6.31 and Black Stallion was second fastest with a 6.34. All trucks were in one hudreds of a second from each other making this some of the clossest races in a long time. In round one Digger defeated El Toro Loco and Stone crusher took out Mopar Magic by two feet or less. Taz went on to win against Black Stallion by another close race. In the semi finals Grave Digger took on fast looser Black Stallion and beat him by inches. Stone Crusher came from behind in a stunning win over Taz to make his way to the finals. The finals was wild as Digger took home the victory and crossed the finish line as Stone Crusher lost controll and crashed through the guard rail that seperated the two race lanes. The fans went crazy for both trucks as Simms congradulated Randy Brown for his win.
Freestyle was next and each truck had 90 seconds to prove they were the best in Haggerstown. The track layout was long and the Monster trucks had to cover alot of area to hit all of the obstacles. El Toro went out first and could only muster up an 8 from the judges. Stone Crusher was next and tied El Toro after a tire blew off the bead of the wheel cutting his freestyle short. Mopar Magic and C V H thrilled the crowd and the judges by scoring an 18 for the lead. Black Stallion also had a good freestyle but fell short with a score of 14. The Reining World Champion was next and Anders started the 90 seconds with some of the highest air we had seen all night but he came up short with a 16 and mechanical problems and not filling the clock. There was alot of room for a win and Digger had the fans on there feet. Randy Brown was on a mission to double down and scored a 22 for the victory and another successful Hagerstown night.
In the Street Warriors division Jack Yanchak took first followed by Scott George. Team Pennsylvania won two out of three race but the home state team of Maryland won the main event and the captains challenge.
Saturday 8:00
Another standing room only sell out crowd was on hand to watch there favorite Monster Trucks in action. The Built Ford tough Party in the Pits was packed with over three thousand fans wanting pictures and autographs while another three thousand fans filled into the grandstands to get the best seats.
Taz was the fastest qualifyer for the night with a 6.09 second pass and Grave Digger was next fastest with a 6.22 second run. Again all trucks were with in tenths of a second from each other and it showed again as each race was almost to close to call. Grave Digger and Taz remained the fastest through the night as they would meet in the finals. Taz made his way there by defeating El Toro Loco in round one and fast Stone Crusher in the semi Finals. Grave Digger made it to the finals by beating Stone Crusher in round one and Black Stallion in the semi finals. In the finals the crowd was almost split on who to root for because alot of fans were supporting the youg Adam Anderson but when the green light flashed Grave Digger was a bit to fast and took home another win. In other action Black Stallion defeated Mopar Magic in a very close race in round one.
Frestyle again was wild as we seen a new winner get crownd other than Grave Digger. Thats right Taz took home the freestyle win with some great air and wild cyclones for a score of 23. Grave Digger was second with a score of 21 and Mopar Magic followed with a 19. Black Stallion had a solid performance in front of his home town crowd but fell short with a score of 18. Stone Crusher scored a 14 on his full ninety second run and El Toro Loco rounded out the feild with a 13. The scores might seem low to you but the judges that were selected for the weekend have been to the world finals and more to know how tough it should be to impress not only them but the awesome monster Jam fans them selves. The bar has been raised and i think there will be less perfect scores of thirty as we move forward into the 2009 season.
Street Wwarriors winner Jack Yanchak and Team Maryland won two out of three of the quad war heats.
Sunday 2:00
Sun,sun and more sun along with extreme heat and humidity did not keep the Monster Fans away. A huge crowd roared into the Haggerstown speedway for another round of Monster Jam. Taz again was the fastest qualifyer of the day with a 6.15 second run followed by Grave Digger with a 6.25 and Black Stallion with a 6.33.
Taz got lane choice in round one racing and took out El Toro Loco only to brake in the semi Finals giving El Toro a second chance at the finals. Mopar Magic was very fast in his first race as he defeated Black Stallion from the left lane a lane that only seen two wins come from it the whole weekend. Grave Digger also advanced into the semi finals by beating Stone Crusher. In the semi final races Black Stallion came back as the fast looser only to get takin out by the rookie Chris Baker in El Toro Loco. Grave Digger continued his success by beating Mopar Magic in a very close race. In the finals the race was close up to the last stack of cars when El Toro broke and Grave Digger sailed past him for the finals win and a sweep of raceing for the weekend.
Freestyle was next and the crowd got there fill of awesome moments. El Toro started it off with some good air and a score of 15 as Stone Crusher rolled over in an awkward landing off the massive car stack for a score of 17. Mopar Magic took the lead with a full 90 second run that had some sick air fast doughnuts and an extended run that gave him a 21. Black Stallion also filled the clock but came up short with a score of 15. Grave Digger again had some room to take the win and he roared through the course with an identicla run to Mopar and tied him with a 21. The extra judge scored Grave Digger two more points over Mopar Magic giving Grave Digger the freestyle win.
Jack Yanchack cleaned up for the weekend in the street warriors compitition and team Maryland kept there string going with victories over Pennsylvania. Tickets are going on sale for next years Monster Jam at the Haggerstown speedway on monday through ticket master. See you next week at Toledo speedway.
Monster jam Announcer Greg Whitacre.
