The Insider: TMB Leaderboard 2012 Final Standings

(Article By Ross Z. Bonar) – The final edition of the TMB Leaderboard for 2012 is out following the last weekend of competition this year! 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 in 2012. A total of 256 drivers have competed in monster truck events this year with an incredible 173 different drivers scoring a competition win. See below for the top 25 drivers in each of our statistical categories:

Total Racing Wins

1) Gary Porter – Grave Digger – 24
2) Pablo Huffaker – Grave Digger – 23
3) Jimmy Creten – Bounty Hunter – 22
4) Devin Jones – Barbarian – 21
5) Dan Runte – Summit Bigfoot #18 – 20
— Larry Swim – Bigfoot Bad Boy #16 – 20
7) Chad Tingler – Grave Digger – 17
8) Rick Long – E3 Spark Plugs Bigfoot #15 – 16
— Ronnie Sturges – Nasty Boy – 16
10) Mark Hall – Raminator – 15
— Doug Noelke – Tail Gator – 15
— Jon Zimmer – Amsoil Shock Therapy – 15
13) Bill Payne – Rock Star – 14
14) Larry Quick – Ghost Ryder – 13
— Ben Winslow – Bounty Hunter – 13
— Dennis Anderson – Grave Digger – 13
17) Darron Schnell – Vi-Cor Bigfoot #11 – 12
— Mat Dishman – Rammunition – 12
19) BJ Johnson – California Kid – 11
20) Allen Pezo – Predator – 10
— Kyle Doyle – Firestone Bigfoot #14 – 10
— Morgan Kane – Stone Crusher – 10
— Mac Plecker – Ballistic – 10
— Norm Miller – Batman – 10
25) Tom Meents – Maximum Destruction – 9
— Alex Blackwell – Captain’s Curse – 9
— Darren Migues – Bounty Hunter – 9
— Mike Vaters – Black Stallion – 9
— Derick Anson – Heavy Hitter – 9
— Bari Musawwir – Spiderman – 9

Best Racing Win Percentage

1) Rick Long – E3 Spark Plugs Bigfoot #15 – 48%
2) Gary Porter – Grave Digger – 47%
— Dan Runte – Summit Bigfoot #16 – 47%
4) Jimmy Creten – Bounty Hunter – 46%
— Pablo Huffaker – Grave Digger – 46%
6) Larry Swim – Bigfoot Bad Boy #14 – 45%
— Doug Noelke – Tail Gator – 45%
8) Devin Jones – Barbarian – 38%
— Ronnie Sturges – Nasty Boy – 38%
10) Mark Hall – Raminator – 36%
— Mac Plecker – Ballistic – 36%
— Norm Miller – Batman – 36%
13) Derick Anson – Heavy Hitter – 35%
14) Tom Meents – Maximum Destruction – 35%
15) Allen Pezo – Predator – 30%
16) Chad Tingler – Grave Digger – 29%
17) Darron Schnell – Vi-Cor Bigfoot #11 – 27%
— Larry Quick – Ghost Ryder – 27%
— Mat Dishman – Rammunition – 27%
— Mitch Tulachka – Geter Done – 27%
— Bennett Clark – Clydesdale – 27%
22) Morgan Kane – Stone Crusher – 26%
— Bari Musawwir – Spiderman – 26%
— Jon Zimmer – Amsoil Shock Therapy – 26%
25) BJ Johnson – California Kid – 25%
— Lee O’Donnell – Iron Man – 25%

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

Total Freestyle Wins

1) Bill Payne – Rock Star – 41
2) Pablo Huffaker – Grave Digger – 36
3) Larry Quick – Ghost Ryder – 32
4) Gary Porter – Grave Digger – 30
5) Jimmy Creten – Bounty Hunter – 24.5
6) Chad Tingler – Grave Digger – 23
7) Jim Koehler – Avenger – 22.5
— Jerry Perry – Brute Force – 22.5
9) Randy Brown – Grave Digger – 22
10) Devin Jones – Barbarian – 19.5
11) Tom Meents – Maximum Destruction – 17
— Kreg Christensen – Maximum Destruction – 17
13) Jon Zimmer – Amsoil Shock Therapy – 15
— Allen Pezo – Predator – 15
15) Larry Swim – Bigfoot Bad Boy #16 – 14.5
16) Ryan Anderson – Son Uva Digger – 14
— Darren Migues – Bounty Hunter – 14
18) Ben Winslow – Bounty Hunter – 13
19) Charlie Pauken – Grave Digger – 12
— Joe Miller – Monster Mutt – 12
21) Dan Runte – Summit Bigfoot #18 – 11.5
— JR McNeal – Razin Kane – 11.5
23) Dennis Anderson – Grave Digger – 11
— Steve Sims – Stone Crusher – 11
— Steve Hill – Monkey’N Around – 11

Best Freestyle Win Percentage

1) Jerry Perry – Brute Force – 78%
2) Pablo Huffaker – Grave Digger – 72%
— Bill Payne – Rock Star – 72%
4) Randy Brown – Grave Digger – 67%
5) Tom Meents – Maximum Destruction – 65%
6) Larry Quick – Ghost Ryder – 63%
7) Gary Porter – Grave Digger – 60%
8) Jimmy Creten – Bounty Hunter – 48%
9) Kreg Christensen – Maximum Destruction – 45%
10) Charlie Pauken – Grave Digger – 44%
11) Chad Tingler – Grave Digger – 40%
12) Jim Koehler – Avenger – 39%
— Joe Miller – Monster Mutt – 39%
14) Devin Jones – Barbarian – 38%
— Allen Pezo – Predator – 38%
16) Larry Swim – Bigfoot Bad Boy #16 – 33%
17) Mitch Tulachka – Geter Done – 31%
18) Derick Anson – Heavy Hitter – 30%
19) Rod Schmidt – Grave Digger – 29%
— Steven Hill – Monkey’N Around – 29%
21) Rosalee Ramer – Detour – 28%
— Kevin King – Strait Jacket – 28%
23) Cam McQueen – Northern Nightmare – 27%
24) Jon Zimmer – Amsoil Shock Therapy – 26%
— Darren Migues – Bounty Hunter – 26%
— Steve Sims – Stone Crusher – 26%

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

Total Combined Racing/Freestyle Wins

1) Pablo Huffaker – Grave Digger – 59
2) Bill Payne – Rock Star – 55
3) Gary Porter – Grave Digger – 54
4) Jimmy Creten – Bounty Hunter – 46.5
5) Larry Quick – Ghost Ryder – 45
6) Devin Jones – Barbarian – 40.5
7) Chad Tingler – Grave Digger – 40
8) Larry Swim – Bigfoot Bad Boy #16 – 34.5
9) Dan Runte – Summit Bigfoot #16 – 31.5
10) Jim Koehler – Avenger – 30.5
11) Jon Zimmer – Amsoil Shock Therapy – 30
12) Randy Brown – Grave Digger – 29
13) Jerry Perry – Brute Force – 26.5
14) Tom Meents – Maximum Destruction – 26
— Ben Winslow – Bounty Hunter – 26
16) Allen Pezo – Predator – 25
17) Dennis Anderson – Grave Digger – 24
— Rick Long – E3 Spark Plugs Bigfoot #15 – 24
— Ronnie Sturges – Nasty Boy – 24
20) Darren Migues – Bounty Hunter – 23
21) Doug Noelke – Tail Gator – 22
— Ryan Anderson – Son Uva Digger – 22
— Kreg Christensen – Maximum Destruction – 22
24) Darron Schnell – Vi-Cor Bigfoot #11 – 20
25) Mark Hall – Raminator – 19
— Morgan Kane – Stone Crusher – 19

Best Combined Racing/Freestyle Win Percentage

1) Pablo Huffaker – Grave Digger – 59%
2) Gary Porter – Grave Digger – 53%
3) Tom Meents – Maximum Destruction – 49%
4) Bill Payne – Rock Star – 47%
— Jimmy Creten – Bounty Hunter – 47%
6) Larry Quick – Ghost Ryder – 45%
7) Randy Brown – Grave Digger – 44%
8) Larry Swim – Bigfoot Bad Boy #16 – 39%
9) Devin Jones – Barbarian – 38%
10) Rick Long – E3 Spark Plugs Bigfoot #15 – 37%
11) Dan Runte – Summit Bigfoot #16 – 35%
12) Allen Pezo – Predator – 34%
— Chad Tingler – Grave Digger – 34%
14) Doug Noelke – Tail Gator – 33%
15) Charlie Pauken – Grave Digger – 32%
— Derick Anson – Heavy Hitter – 32%
17) Ronnie Sturges – Nasty Boy – 31%
18) Kreg Christensen – Maximum Destruction – 29%
— Joe Miller – Monster Mutt – 29%
— Mitch Tulachka – Geter Done – 29%
21) Mac Plecker – Ballistic – 28%
22) Jim Koehler – Avenger – 26%
— Jon Zimmer – Amsoil Shock Therapy – 26%
24) Morgan Kane – Stone Crusher – 25%
25) Steven Hill – Monkey’N Around – 24%

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

Total Wheelie Wins

1) Bill Payne – Rock Star – 41
2) Larry Quick – Ghost Ryder – 32
3) Jerry Perry – Brute Force – 25
4) Pablo Huffaker – Grave Digger – 24
5) Devin Jones – Barbarian – 23
6) Greg Winchenbach – Crushstation – 18
— Jim Koehler – Avenger – 18
8) Jimmy Creten – Bounty Hunter – 16.5
9) Larry Swim – Bigfoot Bad Boy #16 – 16
— Cam McQueen – Northern Nightmare – 16
— Gary Porter – Grave Digger – 16
12) BJ Johnson – California Kid – 15
13) Steve Sims – Stone Crusher – 14
14) Dan Runte – Summit Bigfoot #18 – 13.5
15) Jon Zimmer – Amsoil Shock Therapy – 13
— Mike Vaters – Black Stallion – 13
— Drew Haygood – Desperado – 13
18) Kreg Christensen – Maximum Destruction – 12
— Joe Miller – Monster Mutt – 12
20) Jocelyn Perrin – High Maintenance – 11
— Zane Rettew – Stinger – 11
22) Chad Tingler – Grave Digger – 10
— Derick Anson – Heavy Hitter – 10
24) Ben Winslow – Bounty Hunter – 9
— Rob French – Twisted Dragon – 9

Total Donut Wins

1) Jocelyn Perrin – High Maintenance – 15
— Pablo Huffaker – Grave Digger – 15
3) Randy Brown – Grave Digger – 10
4) Carl Van Horn – Grave Digger – 8
5) Gary Porter – Grave Digger – 6
— Joe Miller – Monster Mutt – 6
7) Tom Meents – Maximum Destruction – 5
— Jerry Perry – Brute Force – 5
— Bobby Holman – Lucas Oil Stabilizer – 5
— Chris Ryan – Ground Pounder – 5
— Dave Radzierez – Star Marshal – 5
12) Greg Winchenbach – Crushstation – 4
13) Alex Blackwell – Wolverine – 3
— Marc MacDonald – El Toro Loco – 3
— Lupe Soza – Grinder – 3
16) Jimmy Creten – Bounty Hunter – 2
— Chad Tingler – Grave Digger – 2
— Allen Pezo – Predator – 2
— Charles Benns – Monster Mutt Rottweiler – 2
— Mark Hall – Raminator – 2
— Paul Cohen – Grave Digger – 2
— Candace Jolly – Monster Mutt Dalmation – 2
— Aaron Basl – El Toro Loco – 2

Most Wins In Fields of 10+ Trucks

1) Dennis Anderson – Grave Digger – 15
2) Jimmy Creten – Bounty Hunter – 12
3) Tom Meents – Maximum Destruction – 10
— Neil Elliott – Maximum Destruction – 10
5) Mark Hall – Raminator – 9.5
6) Ryan Anderson – Son Uva Digger – 8
7) Chad Tingler – Grave Digger – 7
— Carl Van Horn – Grave Digger – 7
9) Charlie Pauken – Grave Digger – 6
— Linsey Weenk – Lucas Oil Crusader – 6
11) Dan Runte – Summit Bigfoot #16 – 5.5
12) Adam Anderson – Grave Digger The Legend – 5
— Darron Schnell – Vi-Cor Bigfoot #11 – 5
13) Damon Bradshaw – Air Force Afterburner – 4
— Mat Dishman – Rammunition – 4
— Steve Sims – Stone Crusher – 4
— Marc MacDonald – El Toro Loco – 4
17) Alex Blackwell – Wolverine – 3
— Lupe Soza – Grinder – 3
— Ben Winslow – Bounty Hunter – 3
— Larry Swim – Bigfoot Bad Boy #16 – 3
— Jim Koehler – Avenger – 3
22) Clive Featherby – Outback Thunda – 2.5
23) Darren Migues – Bounty Hunter – 2
— John Seasock – Grinder – 2
— George Balhan – Mohawk Warrior – 2
— Bill Payne – Rock Star – 2
— Kaila Savage – Heart Breaker – 2
— Lee O’Donnell – Iron Man – 2
— Frank Krmel – Grinder – 2

2012 Series Champions

Monster Jam World Finals Racing Champion: Tom Meents, Maximum Destruction
Monster Jam World Finals Freestyle Champion: Cam McQueen, Northern Nightmare
Monster Nationals Racing Champion: Rick Long, E3 Spark Plugs Bigfoot #15
Monster Nationals Freestyle Champion: Bobby Holman, Lucas Oil Stabilizer
Monster Truck Thunder Drags Champion: Mark Hall, Raminator
Monster Truck Winter Nationals Champion: Larry Swim, Bigfoot Bad Boy #16
Toughest Monster Truck Tour / Monster Nation Champion: Dan Runte, Summit Bigfoot #18

Great job to all of the drivers on their outstanding performances in 2012. A special thanks to everyone who helps report in the results each week so these stats can be possible!

(Photos By Ross Z. Bonar, Chris Parrish, Lauren Z. Bonar and Stephanie Cotnoir)

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