The Insider: TMB Leaderboard Update – January 2012

(Article By Ross Z. Bonar) – The first edition of the TMB Leaderboard for 2012 is out following the last weekend of competition in the month of January! Based on all of the information gathered through the TMB Results Tracker, we are able to statistically see who the top performing drivers have been so far in 2012. A total of 178 drivers have competed in monster truck events this year with an incredible 98 different drivers scoring a competition win.

Gary Porter is dominating across nearly all statistical categories to kick off the 2012 season.

See below for the top 10 drivers in each of our statistical categories:

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Total Racing Wins

1) Gary Porter – Grave Digger – 9
2) Kyle Doyle – Firestone Bigfoot #10 – 6
3) Pablo Huffaker – Grave Digger – 5
— Darren Migues – Bounty Hunter – 5
— Larry Swim – Bigfoot Bad Boy #16 – 5
— Dan Runte – Summit Bigfoot #18 – 5
— Michael Harper – Outlaw – 5
8) Doug Noelke – Tail Gator – 4
— Lee O’Donnell – Iron Man – 4
— Morgan Kane – Stone Crusher – 4

Total Freestyle Wins

1) Gary Porter – Grave Digger – 11
2) Pablo Huffaker – Grave Digger – 9
3) Jerry Perry – Brute Force – 8.5
4) Bill Payne – Rock Star – 8
5) Michael Harper – Outlaw – 6
6) Larry Swim – Bigfoot Bad Boy #16 – 5.5
7) Tom Meents – Maximum Destruction – 5
— Randy Brown – Grave Digger – 5
— Ryan Anderson – Son Uva Digger – 5
— Kevin King – Strait Jacket – 5

Total Combined Racing/Freestyle Wins

1) Gary Porter – Grave Digger – 20
2) Pablo Huffaker – Grave Digger – 14
3) Bill Payne – Rock Star – 11
— Michael Harper – Outlaw – 11
5) Larry Swim – Bigfoot Bad Boy #16 – 10.5
6) Jerry Perry – Brute Force – 8.5
7) Randy Brown – Grave Digger – 8
— Darren Migues – Bounty Hunter – 8
— Doug Noelke – Tail Gator – 8

Total Wheelie Competition Wins

1) Jerry Perry – Brute Force – 9
2) Greg Winchenbach – Crushstation – 7
— Pablo Huffaker – Grave Digger – 7
— Bill Payne – Rock Star – 7
— Larry Swim – Bigfoot Bad Boy #14 – 7
6) Kreg Christensen – Maximum Destruction – 6
— Michael Harper – Outlaw – 6
8) Dan Runte – Summit Bigfoot #18 – 5.5
9) Devin Jones – Barbarian – 4
— Joe Miller – Monster Mutt – 4

Total Donut Competition Wins

1) Tom Meents – Maximum Destruction – 3
— Randy Brown – Grave Digger – 3
— Chris Ryan – Ground Pounder – 3
4) Mark Hall – Raminator – 2
— Pablo Huffaker – Grave Digger – 2
— Aaron Basl – El Toro Loco – 2
— Jerry Perry – Brute Force – 2
— Paul Cohen – Grave Digger – 2
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Best Racing Win Percentage

1) Gary Porter – Grave Digger – 82%
2) Kyle Doyle – Firestone Bigfoot #10 – 75%
3) Doug Noelke – Tail Gator – 57%
4) Dan Runte – Summit Bigfoot #18 – 56%
— Darren Migues – Bounty Hunter – 56%
— Larry Swim – Bigfoot Bad Boy #16 – 56%
— Michael Harper – Outlaw – 56%
8) Carl Van Horn – Grave Digger – 50%
9) Lee O’Donnell – Iron Man – 44%
10) Linsey Weenk – Lucas Oil Crusader – 43%

(A driver must have competed in 6 racing competitions to be listed in this category)

Best Freestyle Win Percentage

1) Gary Porter – Grave Digger – 100%
2) Jerry Perry – Brute Force – 94%
3) Bill Payne – Rock Star – 89%
4) Ryan Anderson – Son Uva Digger – 83%
5) Pablo Huffaker – Grave Digger – 75%
6) Tom Meents – Maximum Destruction – 71%
7) Dennis Anderson – Grave Digger – 67%
— Bobby Holman – Lucas Oil Stabilizer – 67%
— Michael Harper – Outlaw – 67%
10) Larry Swim – Bigfoot Bad Boy #16 – 61%

(A driver must have competed in 6 freestyle competitions to be listed in this category)

Best Combined Racing/Freestyle Win Percentage

1) Gary Porter – Grave Digger – 91%
2) Bill Payne – Rock Star – 61%
— Michael Harper – Outlaw – 61%
4) Ryan Anderson – Son Uva Digger – 58%
— Pablo Huffaker – Grave Digger – 58%
— Larry Swim – Bigfoot Bad Boy #16 – 58%
7) Doug Noelke – Tail Gator – 57%
8) Tom Meents – Maximum Destruction – 50%
— Dennis Anderson – Grave Digger – 50%
— Bobby Holman – Lucas Oil Stabilizer – 50%

(A driver must have competed in a combination of 12 racing and/or freestyle competitions to be listed in this category)

Most Wins In Fields of 10+ Trucks

1) Dennis Anderson – Grave Digger – 6
— Charlie Pauken – Grave Digger – 6
3) Carl Van Horn – Grave Digger – 5
4) Tom Meents – Maximum Destruction – 4
— Neil Elliott – Maximum Destruction – 4
6) Ryan Anderson – Son Uva Digger – 3
7) Jim Koehler – Avenger – 2
— Adam Anderson – Grave Digger The Legend – 2
— Lee O’Donnell – Iron Man – 2
— Linsey Weenk – Lucas Oil Crusader – 2
— Damon Bradshaw – Monster Energy – 2
— George Balhan – Mohawk Warrior – 2
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Great job to all of the drivers on their outstanding performances thus far in 2012. Stay tuned to the TMB Results Tracker to find out what went down at events all around the country and watch for another Leaderboard update after the month of February is in the books!

(Photo By Stephanie Cotnoir)

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