(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)

(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:

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!

(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:

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)

(Article By Ross Z. Bonar) – Another edition of the TMB Leaderboard for 2011 is out as we are now halfway through the month of November and there are only a handful of events left in the year. Based on all of the information gathered through the TMB Results Tracker, we are able to statistically see who some of the top performing drivers have been in 2011. A total of 242 drivers have competed in monster truck events through the middle of November with an incredible 184 different drivers scoring a competition win. See below for the top 10 drivers in each of our statistical categories:

2Xtreme Racing drivers Jimmy Creten, Ben Winslow and Darren Migues have put together incredible seasons, racking up wins all over North America, leaving them on, and at the top of, several of our Top 10 lists.

Total Racing Wins

1) Jimmy Creten – Bounty Hunter – 27
2) Gary Porter – Grave Digger – 24
3) Rick Long – E3 Spark Plugs Bigfoot #15 – 23
4) Carl Van Horn – Grave Digger – 18
— Ben Winslow – Bounty Hunter – 18
6) Pablo Huffaker – Grave Digger – 17
— Darren Migues – Bounty Hunter – 17
8) Dan Runte – Summit Bigfoot #16 – 16
9) Chad Tingler – Grave Digger – 15
— Jon Zimmer – Amsoil Shock Therapy – 15
— Mac Plecker – Ballistic – 15
— Donald Epidendio – Titan – 15
— Scott Hartsock – Gun Slinger – 15
— Allen Pezo – Predator – 15

Total Freestyle Wins

1) Jimmy Creten – Bounty Hunter – 41
2) Bill Payne – Rock Star – 36.5
3) Pablo Huffaker – Grave Digger – 35
4) Ben Winslow – Bounty Hunter – 26
— Mac Plecker – Ballistic – 26
6) Gary Porter – Grave Digger – 25.5
7) Larry Quick – Ghost Ryder – 24.5
8) Randy Brown – Grave Digger – 24
9) Jon Zimmmer – Amsoil Shock Therapy – 23.5
10) Rob French – Twisted Dragon – 23

Total Combined Racing/Freestyle Wins

1) Jimmy Creten – Bounty Hunter – 68
2) Pablo Huffaker – Grave Digger – 52
3) Gary Porter – Grave Digger – 49.5
4) Bill Payne – Rock Star – 48.5
5) Ben Winslow – Bounty Hunter – 44
6) Mac Plecker – Ballistic – 41
7) Carl Van Horn – Grave Digger – 40
8) Jon Zimmer – Amsoil Shock Therapy – 38.5
9) Darren Migues – Bounty Hunter – 38
10) Allen Pezo – Predator – 35.5

Total Wheelie/Donut/Long Jump Wins

1) Bill Payne – Rock Star – 31
2) Pablo Huffaker – Grave Digger – 29
3) Carl Van Horn – Grave Digger – 28
4) Mac Plecker – Ballistic – 25
— Ben Winslow – Bounty Hunter – 25
6) Gary Porter – Grave Digger – 22
7) Devin Jones – Barbarian – 20.5
— Bobby Holman – Lucas Oil Stabilizer – 20.5
9) Adam Anderson – Grave Digger The Legend – 20
10) Marc MacDonald – El Toro Loco – 19
— Larry Quick – Ghost Ryder – 19
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Best Racing Win Percentage

1) Rick Long – E3 Spark Plugs Bigfoot #15 – 74%
2) Donald Epidendio – Titan – 58%
3) Gary Porter – Grave Digger – 56%
4) Jimmy Creten Bounty Hunter – 50%
— Dan Runte – Summit Bigfoot #16 – 50%
6) Carl Van Horn – Grave Digger – 45%
7) Derick Anson – Heavy Hitter – 44%
8) Larry Swim – Bigfoot Bad Boy #14 – 42%
9) Chad Tingler – Grave Digger – 41%
10) Adam Anderson – Grave Digger The Legend – 39%
(A driver must have competed in 25 racing competitions to be listed in this category)

Best Freestyle Win Percentage

1) Larry Quick – Ghost Ryder – 74%
2) Randy Brown – Grave Digger – 69%
3) Adam Anderson – Grave Digger The Legend – 68%
4) Jimmy Creten – Bounty Hunter – 64%
5) Pablo Huffaker – Grave Digger – 59%
6) Bill Payne – Rock Star – 58%
— Gary Porter – Grave Digger – 58%
8) Carl Van Horn – Grave Digger – 55%
9) Charlie Pauken – Grave Digger – 52%
10) Rod Schmidt – Grave Digger – 51%
(A driver must have competed in 25 racing competitions to be listed in this category)

Best Combined Racing/Freestyle Win Percentage

1) Jimmy Creten – Bounty Hunter – 58%
2) Gary Porter – Grave Digger – 57%
3) Adam Anderson – Grave Digger The Legend – 54%
4) Rick Long – E3 Spark Plugs Bigfoot #15 – 53%
5) Carl Van Horn – Grave Digger – 50%
— Larry Quick – Ghost Ryder – 50%
7) Donald Epidendio – Titan – 47%
8) Pablo Huffaker – Grave Digger – 44%
9) Randy Brown – Grave Digger – 43%
10) Charlie Pauken – Grave Digger – 42%
—- Chad Tingler – Grave Digger – 42%
(A driver must have competed in 50 racing competitions to be listed in this category)

Most Wins In Fields of 10+ Trucks

1) Tom Meents – Maximum Destruction – 17
2) Jimmy Creten – Bounty Hunter – 14.5
3) Dennis Anderson – Grave Digger – 10
— Dan Runte – Summit Bigfoot #16 – 10
5) Linsey Weenk – Lucas Oil Crusader – 8
6) Jim Koehler – Avenger – 7
7) Adam Anderson – Grave Digger The Legend – 6
— Darren Migues – Bounty Hunter – 6
— Charlie Pauken – Grave Digger – 6
10) Pablo Huffaker – Grave Digger – 5
— Damon Bradshaw – Air Force Afterburner – 5
— George Balhan – Mohawk Warrior – 5
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Bill Payne used a strong weekend in Reno, Nevada to continue climbing the charts with Rock Star, finally taking the #1 spot in the category of Wheelies/Donuts/Long Jump.

2011 Series Champions

Monster Jam World Finals Racing Champion: Tom Meents, Maximum Destruction
Monster Jam World Finals Freestyle Champion: Jim Koehler, Avenger
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: Dan Runte, E3 Spark Plugs Bigfoot #16
Monster Truck Winter Nationals Champion: Devin Jones, Barbarian
Monster Nation Champion: Doug Noelke, Tail Gator
AMP Tour Racing Champion: Rich Blackburne, Viper
AMP Tour Freestyle Champion: Larry Quick, Ghost Ryder

Rick Long all but wrapped up the #1 spot for Best Racing Win Percentage, sweeping racing in Redmond, Oregon to finish out his season at an astounding 74%.

Stay tuned for our final update to the TMB Leaderboard after the final competitive event of the year. The TMB staff will soon begin pouring over stats in search of this year’s standout drivers as we prepare to announce the nominees for the 2011 TMB Industry Awards.

(Photos By Danny Maass, Kelly Migues & Paul Harry)

(Article By Ross Z. Bonar) – Another edition of the TMB Leaderboard for 2011 is out following the completion of the month of September. Based on all of the information gathered through the TMB Results Tracker, we are able to statistically see who some of the top performing drivers have been in 2011. A total of 238 drivers have competed in monster truck events through the month of September with an incredible 182 different drivers scoring a competition win. See below for the top 5 drivers in each of our statistical categories:

Jimmy Creten's annual ascent to the top of the standings is nearly complete after September. Creten now leads in Total Racing Wins, Total Freestyle Wins, Total Racing/Freestyle Wins Combined and Best Combined Racing/Freestyle win percentage.

Total Racing Wins

1) Jimmy Creten – Bounty Hunter – 27
2) Gary Porter – Grave Digger – 24
3) Rick Long – E3 Spark Plugs Bigfoot #15 – 21
4) Carl Van Horn – Grave Digger – 18
5) Pablo Huffaker – Grave Digger – 17

Best Racing Win Percentage

1) Rick Long – E3 Spark Plugs Bigfoot #15 – 72%
2) Gary Porter – Grave Digger – 56%
3) Donald Epidendio – Titan – 54%
4) Jimmy Creten Bounty Hunter – 53%
5) Dan Runte – Summit Bigfoot #16 – 50%

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

Total Freestyle Wins

1) Jimmy Creten – Bounty Hunter – 36.5
2) Pablo Huffaker – Grave Digger – 34
— Bill Payne – Rock Star – 34
4) Mac Plecker – Ballistic – 26
5) Gary Porter – Grave Digger – 25.5

Best Freestyle Win Percentage

1) Larry Quick – Ghost Ryder – 86%
2) Randy Brown – Grave Digger – 70%
3) Adam Anderson – Grave Digger The Legend – 68%
4) Jimmy Creten – Bounty Hunter – 64%
5) Pablo Huffaker – Grave Digger – 60%

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

Total Combined Racing/Freestyle Wins

1) Jimmy Creten – Bounty Hunter – 63.5
2) Pablo Huffaker – Grave Digger – 51
3) Gary Porter – Grave Digger – 49.5
4) Bill Payne – Rock Star – 46
5) Mac Plecker – Ballistic – 41

Best Combined Racing/Freestyle Win Percentage

1) Jimmy Creten – Bounty Hunter – 59%
2) Gary Porter – Grave Digger – 57%
3) Adam Anderson – Grave Digger The Legend – 54%
4) Rick Long – E3 Spark Plugs Bigfoot #15 – 52%
5) Carl Van Horn – Grave Digger – 50%

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

Total Wheelie/Donut/Long Jump Wins

1) Carl Van Horn – Grave Digger – 28
2) Pablo Huffaker – Grave Digger – 27
— Bill Payne – Rock Star – 27
4) Mac Plecker – Ballistic – 25
5) Gary Porter – Grave Digger – 22

Most Wins In Fields of 10+ Trucks

1) Tom Meents – Maximum Destruction – 17
2) Dennis Anderson – Grave Digger – 10
— Jimmy Creten – Bounty Hunter – 10
4) Linsey Weenk – Lucas Oil Crusader – 8
5) Jim Koehler – Avenger – 7

Tom Meents has amassed a jaw dropping 17 wins in fields of 10+ trucks in 2011, easily one of the most eye-popping stats of the year.

2011 Series Championships Update

Monster Jam World Finals Racing Champion: Tom Meents, Maximum Destruction
Monster Jam World Finals Freestyle Champion: Jim Koehler, Avenger
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: Dan Runte, E3 Spark Plugs Bigfoot #16
Monster Truck Winter Nationals Champion: Devin Jones, Barbarian
Monster Nation Champion: Doug Noelke, Tail Gator
AMP Tour Racing Champion: Rich Blackburne, Viper
AMP Tour Freestyle Champion: Larry Quick, Ghost Ryder

Dan Runte's 2011 Monster Truck Thunder Drags title, combined with his 5th best Racing Win Percentage and sweep of racing at the Maverik Clash of the Titans have made the veteran a major contender for Racing Driver of the Year.

Stay tuned for more updates to the TMB Leaderboard each month through the end of the year. The TMB staff will soon begin pouring over stats in search of this year’s standout drivers as we prepare to announce the nominees for the 2011 TMB Industry Awards.

(Photos By Ross Z. Bonar, Chris Parrish and Danny Maass)