The Insider: TMB Leaderboard Update – September 2012

(Article By Ross Z. Bonar) – The fourth edition of the TMB Leaderboard for 2012 is out following the last weekend of competition in third quarter! 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 250 drivers have competed in monster truck events this year with an incredible 168 different drivers scoring a competition win.

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 – 24
2) Pablo Huffaker – Grave Digger – 23
3) Dan Runte – Summit Bigfoot #18 – 18
— Devin Jones – Barbarian – 18
5) Jimmy Creten – Bounty Hunter – 17
— Larry Swim – Bigfoot Bad Boy #16 – 17
7) Chad Tingler – Grave Digger – 16
8) Rick Long – E3 Spark Plugs Bigfoot #15 – 15
— Jon Zimmer – Excaliber – 15
— Doug Noelke – Tail Gator -15
— Mark Hall – Raminator – 15

Total Freestyle Wins

1) Pablo Huffaker – Grave Digger – 36
2) Bill Payne – Rock Star – 33
3) Larry Quick – Ghost Ryder – 30
4) Gary Porter – Grave Digger – 29
5) Randy Brown – Grave Digger – 22
6) Chad Tingler – Grave Digger – 21
7) Devin Jones – Barbarian – 18.5
8) Jimmy Creten – Bounty Hunter – 18
9) Jerry Perry – Brute Force – 17.5
— Jim Koehler – Avenger – 17.5

Total Combined Racing/Freestyle Wins

1) Pablo Huffaker – Grave Digger – 59
2) Gary Porter – Grave Digger – 53
3) Bill Payne – Rock Star – 47
4) Larry Quick – Ghost Ryder – 42
5) Chad Tingler – Grave Digger – 37
6) Devin Jones – Barbarian – 36.5
7) Jimmy Creten – Bounty Hunter – 35
8) Larry Swim – Bigfoot Bad Boy #16 – 31.5
9) Dan Runte – Summit Bigfoot #18 – 29.5
10) Randy Brown – Grave Digger – 29

Total Wheelie Competition Wins

1) Larry Quick – Ghost Ryder – 25
— Bill Payne – Rock Star – 25
3) Pablo Huffaker – Grave Digger – 24
4) Jerry Perry – Brute Force – 22
5) Devin Jones – Barbarian – 20
6) Greg Winchenbach – Crushstation – 18
7) Gary Porter – Grave Digger – 16
— Larry Swim – Bigfoot Bad Boy #14 – 16
— Cam McQueen – Northern Nightmare – 16
10) BJ Johnson – California Kid – 15

Total Donut Competition Wins

1) Jocelyn Perrin – High Maintenance – 15
— Pablo Huffaker – Grave Digger – 15
3) Randy Brown – Grave Digger – 10
4) Gary Porter – Grave Digger – 6
— Joe Miller – Monster Mutt – 6
6) Tom Meents – Maximum Destruction – 5
— Chris Ryan – Ground Pounder – 5
— Bobby Holman – Lucas Oil Stabilizer – 5
— Dave Radzierez – Star Marshal – 5
10) Jerry Perry – Brute Force – 4.5
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Best Racing Win Percentage

1) Rick Long – E3 Spark Plugs Bigfoot #15 – 54%
2) Gary Porter – Grave Digger – 49%
3) Doug Noelke – Tail Gator – 48%
4) Dan Runte – Summit Bigfoot #18 – 47%
5) Pablo Huffaker – Grave Digger – 46%
6) Larry Swim – Bigfoot Bad Boy #16 – 45%
7) Jimmy Creten – Bounty Hunter – 44%
8) Devin Jones – Barbarian – 40%
9) Norm Miller – Batman – 36%
— Mark Hall – Raminator – 36%
— Mac Plecker – Ballistic – 36%

(A driver must have competed in 25 racing competitions to be listed in this category)

Best Freestyle Win Percentage

1) Jerry Perry – Brute Force – 73%
2) Pablo Huffaker – Grave Digger – 72%
3) Bill Payne – Rock Star – 70%
4) Tom Meents – Maximum Destruction – 68%
5) Randy Brown – Grave Digger – 67%
6) Larry Quick – Ghost Ryder – 64%
7) Gary Porter – Grave Digger – 60%
8) Devin Jones – Barbarian – 45%
— Jimmy Creten – Bounty Hunter – 45%
9) Charlie Pauken – Grave Digger – 44%
10) Chad Tingler – Grave Digger – 42%

(A driver must have competed in 25 freestyle competitions to be listed in this category)

Best Combined Racing/Freestyle Win Percentage

1) Pablo Huffaker – Grave Digger – 59%
2) Gary Porter – Grave Digger – 55%
3) Tom Meents – Maximum Destruction – 51%
4) Bill Payne – Rock Star – 49%
5) Larry Quick – Ghost Ryder – 46%
6) Randy Brown – Grave Digger – 44%
— Jimmy Creten – Bounty Hunter – 44%
8) Devin Jones – Barbarian – 42%
9) Larry Swim – Bigfoot Bad Boy #16 – 41%
10) Rick Long – E3 Spark Plugs Bigfoot #15 – 40%

(A driver must have competed in a combination of 50 racing and/or freestyle competitions to be listed in this category)

Most Wins In Fields of 10+ Trucks

1) Dennis Anderson – Grave Digger – 15
2) Tom Meents – Maximum Destruction – 10
— Neil Elliott – Maximum Destruction – 10
4) Mark Hall – Raminator – 9.5
5) Ryan Anderson – Son Uva Digger – 7
6) Charlie Pauken – Grave Digger – 6
— Jimmy Creten – Bounty Hunter – 6
— Carl Van Horn – Grave Digger – 6
— Chad Tingler – Grave Digger – 6
10) Dan Runte – Summit Bigfoot #18 – 5.5
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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 our final Leaderboard update later this season!