Monday, February 25, 2008

Cincinnati Monster Jam Recap

The USHRA Monster Jam returned to the US Bank Arena Feburary 15-16 with an impressive 6-truck lineup. Marc McDonald in Safe Auto and Chad Fortune in Superman headlined along with Andy Hoffman in War Wagon, Lionel Easler in Instigator, Paul Strong in Martial Law and Jim Hochstetter in Freedom Force.


With Martial Law in the lead with a 19, Superman took the lead in the wheelie contest getting the truck vertical and scoring a 26.

McDonald matched Fortune's score with a spectacular move scoring a 26. Using the new Silent Judge system, McDonald was given the win scoring one point higher than Fortune.

Racing had some exciting moments including this controversial call when Superman was declared the winner over Instigator, though many, including the announcer, thought otherwise.

In the racing finals, Superman and Safe Auto faced off, and in a close race, Safe Auto was victorious.

Freestyle started off slow as Freedom Force suffered mechanical trouble and Instigator got high-centered on the van stack.

Martial Law got things going with an exciting run that included some sky wheelies over the van, scoring a 21.

In his only Monster Jam performance of the year, Andy Hoffman capped off a strong performance with his trademark reverser, scoring a 26.

Safe Auto had a strong performance including some big-air moves, but was one point shy of War Wagon with a 25.

The last truck out, Superman, put together a fine performance but could only muster a 23 from the judges, securing the upset win for Andy Hoffman.

Racing Brackets:::
---Round 1---
Safe Auto def. War Wagon
Instigator def. Martial Law
Superman def. Freedom Force
---Round 2---
Safe Auto def. Martial Law (FL)
Superman def. Instigator
---Finals---
Safe Auto def. Superman

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