Monday, May 19, 2008

Here are some teaser shots from this past weekend's Lima 4-Wheel Jamboree. Results and coverage will come soon along with full photo galleries!



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Sunday, March 30, 2008

BuckeyeMT teams with AllMonster.com!

I am proud to announce that BuckeyeMT has teamed up with AllMonster.com to host the Buckeye Monster Truck photo galleries. Galleries are now up on AllMonster.com of the Cleveland Monster Nationals and Cincinnati Monster Jam. Be sure to check them out!

Cleveland Monster Nationals
Cincinnati Monster Jam

There is more to come soon including the Dayton Thunder Nationals, Cleveland Monster Jam, and Columbus Monster Nationals!

Patrick, Noelke Dominate in Columbus

Dan Patrick put on a spectacular show for his hometown crowd as the Monster Nationals stopped at the Value City Arena on the Ohio State University campus for one big show Saturday March 29. Six of the top trucks were brought in to compete:
  • Beast- Bobby Holman
  • Big Dawg- Dale Gerding
  • Ironman- Shane Smith
  • Lil' Miss Dangerous- Jocelyn Perrin
  • Samson- Dan Patrick
  • TailGator- Doug Noelke

The evening started off with 3 trucks competing in a wheelie contest. Samson set the bar high by powering the truck clear across the cars.
Ironman and TailGator would both have solid attempts, but the fans sided with the hometown hero, Patrick.
Beast and Lil' Miss Dangerous would face off in the donut contest. Bobby Holman was up first and pulled off a couple of nice sets of donuts.
Jocelyn Perrin had some trouble getting the truck to spin, and it looked a few times like she might end up on her lid. After a few close calls, she was finally able to get the truck to spin, capping it off with a blast from the confetti cannon. The fans would vote Perrin the winner.
Shane Smith in Ironman hit the track first, kicking things off with several wheelies.

Second out was Lil' Miss Dangerous. Perrin got the fans going with a solid run highlighted by a reverser.

Dale Gerding skied out the Big Dawg machine.
Following his teammate, Doug Noelke was fourth out and set the place ablaze with huge air, great momentum and some insane donuts.
Dan Patrick would follow Noelke with one of the best indoor freestyles I have seen. He made full use of his truck's power clearing the cars on nearly every jump and smoking his tires with an awesome set of donuts.
Last out was Holman's Beast who put on a great run with some nice air.
In a cheer off between TailGator, Lil Miss Dangerous, and Samson, Dan Patrick was named winner.

Next, the trucks qualified. The results were as follows (sorry, no times).
  1. Samson
  2. Tail Gator
  3. Big Dawg
  4. Beast
  5. Lil Miss Dangerous
  6. Ironman
In racing, it came down to another battle of Samson vs. TailGator, and this time Doug Noelke would finally steal a win away from Samson for the first time this evening.
Racing Brackets:
---Round 1---
Big Dawg def. Beast
Samson def. Ironman
TailGator def. Lil Miss Dangerous
---Round 2---
TailGator def. Big Dawg
Samson def. Lil Miss Dangerous
---Finals---
TailGator def. Samson

Thanks to George Eisenhart, the Monster Nationals crew, and all the teams for a great show!

Monday, February 25, 2008

Cleveland Monster Jam- Saturday Afternoon

The Monster Jam circuit returned to Cleveland with one of the best 8-truck lineups ever. Several former World Finals competitors plus some of the strongest independents in the business made for an exciting weekend. Participating this weekend:
  • Grave Digger- Chad Tingler
  • Pastrana 199- Norm Miller
  • Avenger- Jim Koehler
  • Brutus- Chris Bergeron
  • Aftershock- Bob Robbins
  • Rap Attack- Dave Rappach
  • Bad Habit- Joe Sylvester
  • Full Boar- Ed Eckert
The show started off with what will probably be one of the best all-around wheelie contests of the year.

The second truck up, Full Boar, set the bar high by launching the truck vertical scoring a 25.

Rap Attack, known for spectacular wheelies, stood the truck straight up and down and began to walk the truck over the cars. However, Rappach got a bit tripped up and the truck took a soft roll onto the side of the FMX hill, suffering minor body damage. The judges were unimpressed, giving Rappach an extremely low 15.

Jim Koehler in Avenger took the lead with a 27 by walking the '57 Chevy clear across the cars and down the ramp.

Chad Tingler sent Grave Digger vertical, but couldn't match Avenger scoring a 25.

Racing was exciting as the 8-truck bracket meant no fast losers and the qualifying was determined by a random number draw before the show.

Friday night's finals match-up, Grave Digger and Avenger, met in the first round and Jim Koehler took the fan favorite out of competition early.

In an extremely close semi-final race, Bob Robbins in Aftershock, knocked out Avenger and Jim Koehler, who built the Aftershock chassis.

The finals saw Aftershock meet up with Brutus. In an extremely close race, it took several replays on the Quicken Loans Arena scoreboard before the call was made that Aftershock took the win.

The strong lineup made for a memorable freestyle.

Joe Sylvester put on a show in front of his friends and family who had made the short trip from the Youngstown area.

Chris Bergeron put together a fine show mixing high speed, big air, and capping with a set of donuts.

Avenger scored only an 18 due to some steering issues, but still put together some impressive moves during his run.

Chad Tingler tore up the track in typical Grave Digger fashion, scoring a 29 and taking the win.

Racing Brackets:
---ROUND 1---
Aftershock def. Rap Attack
Avenger def. Grave Digger
Pastrana 199 def. Bad Habit
Brutus def. Full Boar
---ROUND 2---
Aftershock def. Avenger
Brutus def. Pastrana 199
---FINALS---
Aftershock def. Brutus