Monster Photos: Monster Truck Beach Nationals – Wildwood, NJ 2014

Event Information

Event: Monster Truck Beach Nationals
Venue: Wildwood Beach
Location: Wildwood, New Jersey
Date: September 26th-28th, 2014
Photographer: Danny Maass

Truck Lineup

Avenger (Jim Koehler), Black Stallion (Steve Thompson), Brutus (Brad Allen), Equalizer (Mike Hawkins), Gun Slinger (Scott Hartsock), Higher Education (Matt Cody), Snake Bite #14 (Josh Gibson), Summit Bigfoot #18 (Dan Runte) [Read more…]

Monster Photos: 4-Wheel Jamboree Nationals – Indianapolis, IN 2014

Event Information

Event: 4-Wheel Jamboree Nationals
Venue: Indiana State Fairgrounds
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Date: September 19th-21st, 2014
Photographer: Danny Maass

Truck Lineup

Avenger (Jim Koehler), General Tire (Steven Koehler), Lucas Oil Bigfoot #19 (Larry Swim), Mopar Muscle (Mike Miller), Raminator (Mark Hall), Rammunition (Mat Dishman), Summit Bigfoot #18 (Dan Runte), XDP (Dave Radzierez) [Read more…]

Monster Photos: Monster Nationals – Sturgis, KY 2014

Event Information

Event: Monster Nationals
Venue: Union County Fair & Expo Center
Location: Sturgis, Kentucky
Date: September 12th-13th, 2014
Photographer: Danny Maass

Truck Lineup

Heavy Hitter (Derick Anson), Lucas Oil Bigfoot #19 (Larry Swim), Raminator (Mark Hall), Rammunition (Mat Dishman), River Rat (Steven Snellen), Stomper (Macey Nichter) [Read more…]

Monster Photos: Monster Mayhem – Joliet, IL 2014

Event Information

Event: Monster Mayhem
Venue: Route 66 Raceway
Location: Joliet, Illinois
Date: August 9th, 2014
Photographer: Danny Maass

Truck Lineup

Ballistic (Mac Plecker), Barbarian (Devin Jones), Black Stallion (Matt Cody), Heavy Hitter (Derick Anson), Mopar Muscle (Mike Miller), Overkill Evolution (Mike Vaters Jr.), Quad Chaos (Aaron Cain), Raminator (Dale Benear), Rammunition (Mat Dishman), River Rat (Steven Snellen) [Read more…]

Monster Photos: Monster Nationals – Wheatland, MO 2014

Event Information

Event: Monster Nationals
Venue: Lucas Oil Speedway
Location: Wheatland, Missouri
Date: August 2nd, 2014
Photographer: Danny Maass

Truck Lineup

Heavy Hitter (Derick Anson), Lucas Oil Bigfoot #19 (Larry Swim), Mopar Muscle (Mike Miller), Raminator (Mark Hall), Rammunition (Mat Dishman), River Rat (Steven Snellen), Stinger (Zane Rettew) [Read more…]

The Allen Report: Maverik Clash of the Titans – West Valley City, UT 2014

(Coverage By Christopher Allen, Photos By Jim Allen)

Weekend Recap

This time on “The Allen Report”, we once again make our way to motorsports venue Rocky Mountain Raceways to watch eleven monster trucks do battle on the sport’s only figure-eight race track. Jimmy Creten, as always, was driving Bounty Hunter Yellow while his wife Dawn Creten was right behind in Scarlet Bandit. Trent Montgomery returned behind the wheel of Bounty Hunter Black and newcomer Nate Kirchner took the reigns of Iron Outlaw. Representing Team Bigfoot were Kevin Koszala in Odyssey Batteries #11, Darren Schnell in Vi-Cor #15 and Larry Swim in Lucas Oil #19. Doug Charles arrived piloting Wild Thang. Hometown driver Ron Duncombe returned at the helm of Maverik Monster Trakker. Darren Migues drove his newly bought Just Get ‘R Done and Kreg Christensen took time off from his brand new truck Wicked to take control of RoboMachine to wrap up the field.

On Saturday, Trent Montgomery showed how quickly he’s learning from the best as he took the number one qualifier spot. From there, he went all the way to the semi-finals before getting knocked out by Vi-Cor Bigfoot, who had advanced as fastest loser from the quarter-finals. To advance to the finals, the 2Xtreme Racing owner had to face every Bigfoot truck once, but won all three match-ups to make it to the two lap super final, where a rematch with Vi-Cor was there waiting. A mistake free run ensured that Jimmy Creten took the night one Racing win.

Closing Saturday night was a wheelie contest. Late in the truck lineup, Trent Montgomery continued to show he was for real with a 9.7 score. However, the big boss and new Racing champion continued his three year domination of wheelies, edging Trent by just five hundredths of a point at 9.75.

On to Sunday where they raced all over again and went for broke in freestyle. Again, Trent Montgomery in Bounty Hunter Black was fastest qualifier but, his Sunday night Racing ended a little sooner when he followed his teammate, Nate Kirchner and Iron Outlaw, across the finish line. Both semi-final heats were 2Xtreme vs. Bigfoot races. Vi-Cor “Bessie” Bigfoot won his race and Bounty Hunter Yellow did the same, setting up a rematch from the night before. The multi-year Bigfoot driver fought all the way to the end, but Jimmy Creten won racing for the second night in a row. Now, Jimmy set his sights on the clean sweep.

With two minutes to work with and the entire track fair game, the Maverik Clash of the Titans was sure to end with high competition in freestyle. Midway through the battle, the sophomore driver in Bounty Hunter Black put the crowd on its feet with an exciting, fast run where he hit everything. His efforts were rewarded with a score of 35.5 out of a possible 40.0. Maverik Monster Trakker, Iron Outlaw and the three Bigfoot trucks gave it their best shot. But dusty donuts, huge air and slap wheelies, all in a class of their own, ensured Bounty Hunter Yellow was unstoppable. With a score of 37.5, two whole points above his teammate, the 2005 World Freestyle Champion finally took the clean sweep at RMR that had eluded him for so many years, until now.

We at “The Allen Report” look forward to the annual event at RMR every year, and this weekend was a blast to watch. Thanks so much to Rocky Mountain Raceways for their hospitality, thank you for reading, enjoy the photos and cheer on!

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The Allen Report: Extreme Monster Air – Longview, WA 2014

(Coverage By Christopher Allen, Photos By Jim Allen)

Weekend Recap

This time on “The Allen Report”, we go up north to the Cowlitz County Fairgrounds in Longview, Washington to watch six monster trucks do battle in three rounds of freestyle. Promoter and Monster Truck Hall of Famer Mike Welch and his “Freaks of Freestyle” tour brought in Monroe, Washington’s Seth Fisher driving Tow Monster. Also there was veteran Jeff Bainter behind the wheel of Captain USA. Selma, California’s Randy Hoegh had the keys to the brand new, old school built, farming inspired identity Raging Raisin appearing for the very first time. Roger Stidell was in the house with Destroyer. Rounding out the battleground were Tyler Groth in Double Trouble and twin brother Travis Groth piloting Survivor.

The real heroes of the weekend were the “Freaks of Freestyle” track crew. Rain over the past day and a half threatened to make the venue a rodeo arena sized mud pit. But the crew smoothed out the track surface, making both mudslinging cyclones and good traction for sky high jumps equally possible. With two dirt-ramp-to-row-of-tires obstacles to hit and no shortage of room go into the spin, all signs pointed to hot and heavy, fast paced freestyle action.

As usual, the most popular competition in monster trucks today was a heated affair. Seth Fisher managed a few good hits on the tire-row obstacles and some fine donuts even with a broken steering pump. Roger Stidell had the crowd cheering with super-fast cyclones and great jumps in Destroyer before a broken transmission ended his day. Jeff Bainter showed no signs of slowing down with high speed and a jump onto the center landing ramp that brought the crowd to its feet. In the third and final round, Captain USA threw down with superb cyclones, lots of speed and big air. But the crowd cheered loudest of all for the show-ending pair freestyle starring Double Trouble and Survivor. Starting as a game of Follow the Leader, the two gradually went their own ways to entertain the huge crowd. Travis succeeded in bringing Survivor into dizzying donuts while Tyler jumped higher and higher over the tire rows every hit. The crowd went wild, clearly choosing the twins as the co-winners.

Also on the card was a mixture of classic and current filler acts as mud bog drag racing had the crowd making noise as did the burnout contest. We at “The Allen Report” sincerely urge fairground owners to contact Mike Welch to bring this great quality show to their venue. Next on the calendar for us at “The Allen Report” is monster truck figure-8 racing at the Rocky Mountain Raceways in West Valley City, Utah. Until that day, thank you for reading, a heartfelt thanks to all the Freaks of Freestyle staff for their hospitality, please don’t forget to “Like” the Freaks of Freestyle tour on Facebook, enjoy the photos and cheer on!

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Monster Photos: Monster Truck Throwdown – Montgomery City, MO 2014

Event Information

Event: Monster Truck Throwdown
Venue: Montgomery County Fairgrounds
Location: Montgomery City, Missouri
Date: July 17th, 2014
Photographer: Danny Maass

Truck Lineup

Barbarian (Devin Jones), Bounty Hunter (Trent Montgomery), Ice Cream Man (Jimmy Walker), Iron Outlaw (Nate Kirchner), Xtermigator (JR McNeal) [Read more…]

Monster Photos: Monster Truck Throwdown – Mansfield, OH 2014

Event Information

Event: Monster Truck Throwdown
Venue: Richland County Fairgrounds
Location: Mansfield, Ohio
Date: May 23rd-24th, 2014
Photographer: Paul M. Harry

Truck Lineup

Avenger (Jim Koehler), Ice Cream Man (Jimmy Walker), Over Bored (Jamey Garner), Samson (Allison Patrick), Wrecking Crew (Steve Koehler), Xtermigator (JR McNeal) [Read more…]

Monster Photos: Monster Truck Show – Freeport, IL 2014

Event Information

Event: Monster Truck Show
Venue: Stephenson County Fair
Location: Freeport, Illinois
Date: July 9th, 2014
Photographer: Danny Maass

Truck Lineup

Ice Cream Man (Jimmy Walker), Summit Bigfoot #18 (Dan Runte), Xtermigator (JR McNeal) [Read more…]

Monster Photos: Monster X Tour – Evansville, IN 2014

Event Information

Event: Monster X Tour
Venue: Vanderburgh 4H Center
Location: Evansville, Indiana
Date: June 28th, 2014
Photographer: Danny Maass

Truck Lineup

Bar’s Leaks Eliminator (Travis Rife), Quadzilla (Roger Gauger), Rislone Defender (Zach Adams), Summit Bigfoot #18 (Dan Runte), Wild Thang (Doug Charles) [Read more…]

Monster Photos: 4-Wheel Jamboree Nationals Mega Trucks – Springfield, MO 2014

Event Information

Event: 4-Wheel Jamboree Nationals (Mega Trucks)
Venue: Ozark Empire Fairgrounds
Location: Springfield, Missouri
Date: June 21st-22nd, 2014
Photographer: Danny Maass

Truck Lineup

Going Deep – Cory Rummel, Sota Boyz – Craig Sopetto, Louisanimal – Shawn Goodeaux, Too Sexy – Scott Betts, Second To None – Grant Charlick, Reckless – Dusty Ramacher, Sail – Scott Green, Shell Shock – Adam Ford, Old Man Auto – Scott Lewis, Show Stopper – Marty York, Cajun Sling – Mama Sue Goodeaux, Wiggle Train – Kenny Gambling, Black Betty – Bill Dickerson, Singer Slinger – Shawn Goodeaux, Opielicious – Opie Labarbera [Read more…]

Monster Photos: 4-Wheel Jamboree Nationals – Springfield, MO 2014

Event Information

Event: 4-Wheel Jamboree Nationals
Venue: Ozark Empire Fairgrounds
Location: Springfield, Missouri
Date: June 21st-22nd, 2014
Photographer: Danny Maass

Truck Lineup

Avenger (Jim Koehler), General Tire (Steve Koehler), Lucas Oil Bigfoot #19 (Larry Swim), Mopar Muscle (Mike Miller), Raminator (Mark Hall), Rammunition (Mat Dishman), Summit Bigfoot #18 (Dan Runte), War Wizard (Darrin Goin), XDP (Dave Radzierez) [Read more…]

Monster Photos: O’Reilly Outlaw Nationals – Miami, OK 2014

Event Information

Event: O’Reilly Outlaw Nationals
Venue: Ottawa County Fairgrounds
Location: Miami, Oklahoma
Date: June 6th-7th, 2014
Photographer: Danny Maass

Truck Lineup

Avenger (Jim Koehler), Barbarian (Devin Jones), Brutus (Brad Allen), Equalizer (Mike Hawkins), Heavy Hitter (Derick Anson), Ice Cream Man (Jimmy Walker), Red Solo Truck (Steven Thompson), River Rat (Steven Snellen), Xtermigator (JR McNeal) [Read more…]

Monster Photos: Father’s Day Monster Truck Show – Dacano, CO 2014

Event Information

Event: Father’s Day Monster Truck Show
Venue: Colorado National Speedway
Location: Dacano, Colorado
Date: June 15th, 2014
Photographer: John Roberts

Truck Lineup

Avenger (Jim Koehler), Lucas Oil Bigfoot #19 (Larry Swim), Shagman (Roy Pridgeon), Summit Bigfoot #18 (Dan Runte), Wrecking Crew (Steve Koehler), Xtermigator (JR McNeal) [Read more…]