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Event: Monster Truck Show
Venue: U.S. 36 Raceway
Location: Osborn, Missouri
Date: September 11th, 2010
Host: Colby Marshall
Videographer: Colby Marshall
Lineup: Avenger (Jim Koehler), Barbarian (Devin Jones), Big Dawg (Dale Gerding), Brutus (Chris Bergeron) [Read more…]
Event: Back to School Monster Truck Bash
Venue: The Dirt Track @ Charlotte Motor Speedway
Location: Concord, North Carolina
Date: August 14th, 2010
Host: Chris Parrish
Videographer: Chris Parrish
Lineup: Avenger (Jim Koehler), Backdraft (Jeremy Slifko), Brutus (Chris Bergeron), Equalizer (Mike Hawkins), Hot Tamale (Isaiah Morales), Mopar Magic (Carl Van Horn), Raminator (Mark Hall), Stone Crusher (Steve Sims), Tail Gator (Doug Noelke), War Wizard (Randy Moore) [Read more…]
(Searcy, AR) For the first time ever, AMMP is bringing the Monster Truck Jamboree to the White County Fair in Searcy, Arkansas on September 16 at 7 p.m. Don’t miss the chance to see some of the top trucks in the nation, including Bad News Travels Fast, Razin’ Kane, and Ballistic, compete in Side-by-Side Racing, a vertical-wheelie contest, and an all-out freestyle competition.
If that’s not enough, watch some of the fastest machines in Arkansas battle it out on a tricky, dirt drag course. Don’t miss your chance to ride in a REAL monster truck as the Mean Machine Hummer Monster Truck will be on hand all night giving rides!
Fair admission tickets are only $8 for adults, $6 for children, and ages 5 & under are FREE! Tickets will be available day-of-show. For more information regarding this event, visit www.ARMudMotorsports.com or contact the White County Fair at (501)-268-1658. Don’t miss your chance to see the MONSTERS tear up the White County Fairgrounds for the 1st time ever.
TMB would like to welcome a new contributor to our family, a great 25-year veteran motorsports photographer named Jeff Luckey out of New York. Jeff was on hand for the action of the Cornfield 500 event at the Blair Miller Farm in Columbus, Pennsylvania this past weekend and has been kind enough to send us over a great gallery of photos from the event. The event featured Aftershock, Krazy Train, Black Knight and Tow Mater in freestyle exhibition leading up to the big long jump world record attempt by Joe Sylvester in Bad Habit.
A big thanks to Jeff once again for the great photos and we look forward to seeing more of your incredible work here on TMB. Click the link below to see all the action from the 2010 Cornfield 500!!
CLICK HERE TO VIEW JEFF LUCKEY’S CORNFIELD 500 PHOTO GALLERY
(Bad Habit PR – By Joe Sylvester) This past Sunday’s accomplishment was a result of planning and preparations by myself, my crew, and my family over the past couple years. We made it happen despite many set backs and hurdles.
The trouble started 1 week before we began the testing for the jump. After hitting the very last jump of the last show I was doing before my world record testing, the Chevrolet engine in BAD HABIT let loose and completely blew up leaving me without a motor. Thanks to John Kyle and APD Racing Engines in Genoa, Oh, BAD HABIT was back up and running with a newer, stronger, better running motor than ever!
With the new motor in the truck, myself and my two crew members Kyle and Scott got on the road to Columbus, Pa. We arrived at the Miller Farm, site of the Cornfield 500, around 5pm Monday evening and while Kyle and Scott got the truck ready for Tuesday’s testing, Blair and I finished preparing the take off jump. Speed tests went well on Tuesday but the first jump test did not. With my new APD engine not even at full throttle, I hit the take off ramp and flew about 60 feet high in the air and landed straight down on the front of the truck at the 195 foot mark. The impact ripped the right front wheel off BAD HABIT sending it into 5 violent flips. After the truck came to rest around the 300 foot mark, the front axle housiong was bent, the body was completely destroyed, the wheely bar and sway bar bar assembly was completely ripped off the back of the chassis, a shock shaft was bent, a 4-link bar was bent, a tire was flat, the front tie rod was bent and ripped off, and a front steering ram was torn apart. Not to mention I had one heck of a headache.
Although most would have thrown in the towel after a crash like this, we put our heads down and got to work, 17 hrs a day until Sunday to be exact. Big thanks to Kyle, Scott, Mike, my family, and the Cornfield 500 staff for all lending a helping hand to getting BAD HABIT back together in time for the big jump on Sunday.
After heavy rains all day and night Saturday, it was looking doubtful that it was going to be dry enough for the jump Sunday. The sun came through and the winds picked up and the track dried out very well in time for the jump. After making a couple runs past the great crowd and a short speed pass down the runway, I took to the newly redesigned take off ramp without hesitation. I would also like to thank Gary Bauer for his help rebuilding my takeoff ramp so that we could avoid another disaster like Tuesday. Wound out to about 75 mph, BAD HABIT flew through the air perfectly and landed at 197 feet which would not be enough to beat the current record.
The truck was still in good shape and after letting it cool down a bit and changing the pitch of the takeoff just a little, I took to the ramp for a second try at the record. Hitting almost 79mph on this run, the truck once again flew through the air perfectly and this time landed at 208 feet! A New World Record! To see all the action including interviews, the big crash from Tuesday, and the record jump on Sunday, go to www.dirtvision.com where you can purchase the 1-hr paper view special!
This has been a dream come true and I cant thank everyone enough who has helped and supported me through the entire process!! Watch out for more on the edge stunts in the future as well as a full length DVD from Joe Sylvester Motorsports and the BAD HABIT Monster Truck, more information at www.BadHabit4x4.com!
TMB SuperPhotographer Paul M. Harry was back at it this past weekend as monster trucks returned to his hometown of Mansfield, Ohio. Daughtery’s Motorsports put on their first event featuring a six truck lineup and their personal extreme machine, the Hairrazor. Trucks competing included Holman’s Beast, Ironman, Heavy Hitter, Cyclone, American Thunder and Evolution.
Newcomer Derrick Anson would take both racing wins for the weekend in his beautiful new Heavy Hitter machine, while veteran Bobby Holman would nail down both freestyle victories in Holman’s Beast.
A big thanks to the Daughtery’s for their hospitality and to Paul for yet another great set of photos. Click the link below to see all the fun from monsters trucks return to Mansfield!!
CLICK HERE TO VIEW PAUL HARRY’S MANSFIELD, OHIO PHOTO GALLERY
After a great two nights of action in his hometown of Mansfield, TMB SuperPhotographer Paul Harry headed out to the Cleveland National Air Show on Sunday to see the Monster Jam U.S. Air Force A-10 display monster truck and some great air show performances by the top pilots in the world. Paul has been kind enough to share a small gallery of some of his incredible shots from the Sunday event, click the link below to check them out!!
CLICK HERE TO VIEW PAUL HARRY’S CLEVELAND NATIONAL AIR SHOW PHOTOS
TMB’s great friends Jim and Chris Allen attended the huge Maverik Clash of the Titans event a few weeks ago and we are proud to present their great coverage. You’ve seen all the action in video on the first episode of MT Unlimited, now experience all the fun in Jim’s great photography and Chris’ great recaps:
“For many years, there was just one type of monster truck race: the drag race. While that type of race course did test out just how fast the trucks could really go, fans yearned for something different. Then the Allstate Arena in suburban Chicago created monster truck races with turns. Fan response was tremendous and monster trucks started coming by the dozens for new and better challenges. One of these challenging races is at Rocky Mountain Raceways in West Valley City, Utah. The racers are Jim Creten and Bounty Hunter, Nick Owens in Iron Outlaw, David Smith driving King Krunch, El Matador driven by Daron Basl, Dan Runte driving Retro Bigfoot #16, Amber Walker behind the wheel of Ms. Bigfoot #11, Jon Zimmer and Amsoil Shock Therapy, Chris “Panda” Ryan driving Excaliber, Jeff Jones in Obsession, Rick Swanson with Obsessed, Roger Stidel in Captain USA and hometown hitter Ron Doncombe in Maverik Monster Trakker.
It was Bounty Hunter who would go on to master the grueling figure eight course quickest as quickest qualifier and easily advanced in the first round over Captain USA, Maverik defeated Excalibur despite good efforts from “Panda”, Amber Walker got the biggest win in her career as Jon Zimmer received two seconds worth of penalties, Obsessed out ran Iron Outlaw, Retro Foot beat El Matador and King Krunch sent Obsession to the trailer. The next round saw the upset of the night as Maverik defeated Bounty Hunter, though Jim Creten would still advance as the fastest qualifier. Obsessed ruined the Cinderella story for Amber Walker and Retro Foot dethroned King Krunch. In the semis, Bounty Hunter avenged his loss in the previous round by defeating Maverik and Retro Foot put Obsessed down. In the two lap final, Bounty Hunter was fast and had the lead at the end of the first lap, but then Dan Runte kept gaining more and more ground and took the lead and the win in the final two turns.
The show ended with some preview freestyles to advertise the show for Sunday evening. Jon Zimmer was the third driver out and got and an almost perfect score of 9 out of a potential 10. Truck after truck tried and failed to match Shock Therapy, but then there was one: Bounty Hunter. Jim Creten gave vertical wheelies, dizzying cyclone donuts and the biggest air over the ramp that preceded one of the pairs of crush cars. With a perfect score of 10, Bounty Hunter took the Night One Freestyle Championship.
It was an awesome show, the fans went away happy and the show for the next day was already in the works by the time the post show autograph session had begun.
“It’s a war out there.” So said legendary announcer Army Armstrong at one point in the end of the steel body age for monster trucks and his words have remained very true over the years. But what makes a monster truck war out of a race? A challenging race course? High caliber competition? A highly desired rematch from an earlier race? In the case of the final day of the Maverik Clash of the Titans XIV, all of the above were true as Dan Runte in Retro Bigfoot #16 and Jim Creten driving Bounty Hunter both looked to sweep the weekend in their respective categories. But this was no two truck show, especially considering the race track is a figure 8 course!
The hometown hero Maverik Monster Trakker and driver Ron Domcombe would not be able to see the track all day as he was unable to get parts to repair the front drive train that was broken the previous evening. Dan Runte set a brand new track record of 27.78 and would get a bye run in the first round. In Round 1, Nick Owens and Iron Outlaw shut down Roger Stidell in Captain USA, Jeff Jones driving Obsession defeated Daron Basl with El Matador, Jon Zimmer with Shock Therapy beat his team mate Chris “Panda” Ryan in Excalibur and Amber Walker and Ms. Bigfoot #11 could not grab a first round win as she lost to Jim Creten. David Smith and King Krunch raced solo as Rick Swanson’s Obsessed had transmission trouble. Rick would drive Obsession for the remainder of the night. Advancing to the semi-final round were Retro Bigfoot, Obsession and Bounty Hunter. Despite not finishing his run, King Krunch would advance as the fast loser. Bigfoot and Bounty Hunter punched their tickets to the 2-lap finals as he defeated Obsession. Retro Bigfoot also advanced as he defeated King Krunch in the semifinal round for the second night in a row. Try as he might, Jim Creten could not catch Dan as Bigfoot swept the weekend in racing.
Unlike the previous night, the drivers had three minutes of Freestyle time and every obstacle on the track was available. Sadly, Ms. Bigfoot broke something in the back axle and King Krunch had brakes that were done, eliminating them from Freestyle. Good early efforts were made by Captain USA, El Matador, Excalibur and Obsession. Then things started to heat up when Iron Outlaw and Shock Therapy hit the track doing better and better tricks at higher and higher speeds and getting better and better scores. But then, there were two. Bounty Hunter and Bigfoot all gave the runs of their weekends and the fans loved it. Bounty Hunter was given the win in Freestyle with and almost perfect score of 9.75 out of 10.0 sweeping the weekend freestyle competitions.
Throughout the weekend, Ron Barrows out of Idaho Falls gave monster truck rides to fans in his ride truck “Thumper”. I took a ride and felt it was the best ride I’ve ever had in a monster ride truck. Up next for me will be the last shows of the year for WGAS Motorsports which will be at the Arizona State Fairgrounds on November 5th-7th. Until then, thank you for reading, enjoy the photos and cheer on.”
Thanks again to Jim and Chris for their great work and to the RMR staff for their hospitality. Click the link below to see all of Jim’s photos!!
CLICK HERE TO VIEW JIM ALLEN’S CLASH OF THE TITANS PHOTO GALLERY
Joe Sylvester launched his Bad Habit machine into the Guiness Book of World Records Sunday in front of fans and peers at the Cornfield 500. The buzz in the monster truck industry was huge in the days leading up to the jump as anticipation grew. The road to the 208 foot jump, however, was far from easy as numerous, long days of setup for the ramp-to-ramp jump and a vicious rollover on Wednesday’s practice jump prevented any “smooth sailing” from happening.
As shown in the video above, minor miscalculations can lead to an intense turn of events in a matter of seconds as Bad Habit cartwheeled down the landing ramp despite Joe’s best efforts. The frustration was evident, but Team Bad Habit’s perserverance earned the coveted title of the Long Jump King in all of monster trucks. The former record was held by the legendary Bigfoot Team who launched Bigfoot #14 at a distance of 202 feet in 1999. A big congratulations goes out to Joe Sylvester for the succesful jump and forever earning himself one of the biggest “wow moments” in monster truck history.
(Champaign, IL) Hall Brothers Racing is proud to announce that MTRA Rookie of the year candidate Mat Dishman will take over the seat in the team’s Rammunition monster truck. “Mat has earned this chance—he started with us while he was in high school cleaning parts and running errands for us after school. He has worked his way up and knows these trucks inside out” said team co-owner Tim Hall. “I know Mat is excited, and I think I can teach him a few things to help him become a championship contender. I know he has a good truck under him—that RAM is a winner!” added Mark Hall.
The move was made to accommodate long time driver Geremie Dishman who is leaving to spend more time at home. “Geremie’s daughter Hope is growing up fast, and Geremie wanted to be home more to have more time with her. Who could question that? We wish him all the best. He will still be involved with us from time to time” said Tim Hall.
“We have had a lot of people ask about who will drive our other race truck” added Mark Hall. “Quite frankly, we are flattered that so many people are interested in what we are going to do. We are currently talking to our sponsors and exploring all opportunities, and we will make a announcement regarding that truck at an appropriate time.”
For more information on the Hall Brothers Racing team and trucks Raminator and Rammunition, check them out online at www.Raminator.com.
Larry Hatt’s 2010 Michigan Monster Truck Shootout Tour continued as the monsters made their way to the Jackson County Fairgrounds in Jackson, Michigan. TMB’s Paul M. Harry was on hand for the action as Allen Pezo in Predator swept the event. Also on hand were Prowler, Bad News Travels Fast, Ballistic, Full Boar and Desperado. A big thanks to Paul for all the great photos and to Larry Hatt for his hospitality. Click the link below to check out the photos!!
(Mansfield, OH) The monsters are returning to the Richland County Fairgrounds in Mansfield, Ohio this Friday and Saturday night!
All the fun starts both nights, September 3rd-4th, at 7:00PM with gates opening and a pre-show pit party beginning at 6:00PM. The lineup features Ohio native and 27 year monster truck veteran Bobby Holman and his Beast monster truck, along with other big names including Heavy Hitter, Ironman, Cyclone, American Thunder and Evolution. Fans will also see Lorena Daughtery’s amazing Hairrazor machine take on the six monsters. Two classes of tough trucks will also do battle on a tough obstacle course.
Advance Tickets are $15 for adults and $5 for kids and are available at the Richland County Fairgrounds and at Rockin Wingz restaurant. Tickets will also be available at the gate for additional $2 the day of show. Don’t miss out as the monsters return to Mansfield this weekend!!
TMB TV is proud to unveil our second brand new series, MT Unlimited, produced in conjunction with our own Colby Marshall and Bite Me Productions Studios!! Colby is introducing another great new format to the TMB TV family of video coverage, as MT Unlimited will focus not only on all the great action of events, but also go behind the scenes with a unique interview format that puts the drivers, crews and industry personnel front and center.
Much like last week’s debut of ActionTracks, we kick off the series with one of the biggest events of the year, the Maverik Clash of the Titans from Rocky Mountain Raceway in Salt Lake City, Utah. 12 trucks and the only figure 8 monster truck racing of the year featuring intense battles between Bigfoot, Bounty Hunter, Amsoil Shock Therapy, Obsession and many more.
A big thanks to Colby for the awesome work on this new series and also to the RMR staff for welcoming us at their event. Click the link below to start enjoying all of the exciting new content from TMB TV’s MT Unlimited!!
(Bad Habit PR – Weedsport, NY) Members of the media will get their first glimpse of Monster Truck Bad Habit, and driver Joey Sylvester on media day August 31st at the Miller Farm, home of the Cornfield 500, in Columbus, PA. The final tune-up before Sylvester tries to enter history books by breaking the world record Monster Truck Jump of 202 feet set by the legendary Bigfoot.
As part of the final tune up, Sylvester, who is still recovering from a back injury in a recent exhibition, will jump the two ton bad habit half the world record distance. “I’m still very sore from my accident last week, but I’ve put in countless hours to attempt this record and nothing is going to stop me,” Exclaimed Sylvester. “I’ve dreamed about putting my name in the record books, and a few bumps and bruises won’t stop it.”
Members of the media will also be able to speak with Joey Sylvester as he will answer questions during a press conference. Media day will begin at 2:00pm on Tuesday August 31st and is open to all members of the media.
The world Record Attempt will take place Labor Day weekend, Sunday September 5th at Baker Hill Farm in Columbus, P.A. The event will be broadcast across the globe on DIRTVision.com. DIRTVision.com is the fastest growing motorsports video streaming website. To view the broadcast simply sign in and purchase the 12.99 Pay per view subscription. Coverage will begin at 8pm .
For more information on the Jump and Media day contact Sabrena Miller 814-566-7498, or by email at info@bakerhillmotorsports.com. Directions and more info can be found at www.cornfield500.com. For more info visit www.teamemedia.com, or www.DIRTVision.com.
(Cincinnati, OH) Just days after BIGFOOT’s won the 2010 Monster Nationals Racing Championship, Zoo Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ CM: ZOOG) is announcing that they have inked a software publishing deal with the innovators of the monster truck. This announcement comes just two years after the initial success of BIGFOOT Collision Course, the first BIGFOOT title published by Zoo on WiiT and DS. With the original collaboration resulting in over 250,000 copies sold, Zoo and “The Original Monster Truck®” are ready to bring mind blowing action back to its fans for a second time.
Developed and published by Zoo, the new BIGFOOT title will bring the realistic experience of monster truck racing to 4×4 fans and video game enthusiasts alike. By replicating the same innovative construction that has made BIGFOOT the leader in the monster truck industry, Zoo plans to bring the car crushing action from the arena to the living room. “Monster trucks are an assault on your senses, both visually and audibly,” said Mark Seremet, CEO of Zoo. “In order to maintain the realism of the trucks and the sport, we’re looking forward to working closely with BIGFOOT to produce another action-packed title that pays homage to the sport and its fans.”
With a track record of success with Zoo, BIGFOOT shares the same enthusiasm for the upcoming title. “After the overwhelming success of BIGFOOT Collision Course, we’re thrilled to be working with Zoo again,” said Bob Chandler, owner and operator of Bigfoot 4×4, Inc. “It’s an incredible opportunity to be able to share our love for monster trucks with the mass market, and we look forward to making our upcoming title a great success.”
Zoo will begin development this year and plans to release the upcoming title in 2011. For more information on Team BIGFOOT, check out www.Bigfoot4x4.com.
