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The 2016 Monster Awards


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With 2016 coming to an end I thought it'd be nice to look back at the events and moments that defined this year. Feel free to add any categories (so long as it doesn't lead to the thread heading to hell).

New Team of the Year- Team Venom

New Truck of the Year- Gas Monkey Garage

New Scheme of the Year- Hurricane Force

Rookie of the Year- Cole Venard

Best New Venue of the Year- US Bank Stadium- Minneapolis, Minnesota

Best Save of the Year- Alex Blackwell at San Antonio

Big Air of the Year Award- Tom Meents in Nashville

Race of the Year- Scott Liddycoat v. Tyler Menninga at Las Vegas

Breakthrough Year Award- Candice Jolly

Driver to Watch in 2017 Award- Ryan Disharoon

Freestyle of the Year Award- Ryan Anderson in Atlanta (I know I'm biased)

Crash Madness Award- Red Solo Truck and Snake Bite in Wildwood

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New Truck- Over Bored (Even tho the name isn't new, the entire truck is)

New Scheme- Bigfoot: all of them

Rookie- Tyler Menniga

New Venue- Plymouth Speedway, Plymouth Indiana (Hands down cause of the fountain jump :P)

Save- Blackwell at San Antonio (One of the few "saves" this year where the body didn't hit the ground)

Air- Todd Leduc: Everywhere

Race of the year- Crushstation vs. Heavy Hitter, Mt Pleasant (Go watch it on Joyride, youtube doesn't do it justice)

Breakthrough- Groth Bros (Both had a great year)

Driver to watch- Bryan Wright- Hooked

Stadium freestyle of the year- Damon Bradshaw: Everywhere (Consistent af this year)

Arena freestyle of the year- Derric Anson in Beaumont, TX

Crash Madness-  Red Solo Truck and Snake Bite in Wildwood (C'mon, if anyone says anything else they obviously only watch MJ :))

 

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New Truck- Over Bored

New Scheme- Retrofoot bigfoot

Rookie- Tyler Menninga

New Venue- Plymouth Speedway

Save- Dennis Anderson WF17 (just the whole run is just saveworthy not saying it is the best but imo it is)

Air- Snakebite - Springfield, IL (135 ft jump)

Wheelie- Storm Damage / Crushtation - Winsor ,Maine

Race of the year-  Monster energy v Max D - Osaka, Japan

Driver to watch- Brianna Mahon Scooby doo / Madusa

Stadium freestyle of the year- Grave digger - Dallas

Arena freestyle of the year-   too many

Crash Madness-  Snakebite, red solo @ wildwood

Bodymakers nightmare - Dragon - Osaka, Japan (that thing was ruined through that run) 

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New Truck- Over Bored

New Scheme- Does Fluffy count?

Rookie- Tyler Menninga

New Venue- Plymouth Speedway

Save- Ryan Anderson, Minneapolis

Air- Damon Bradshaw, East Rutherford (not the highest by any means, but the coolest by far)

Wheelie- Marc McDonald, San Antonio

Race of the year-  Dennis Anderson vs Damon Bradshaw, Foxborough

Driver to watch- Bryan Wright, Hooked

Stadium freestyle of the year- Adam Anderson - FS1 Anaheim

Arena freestyle of the year-   Anything by Tyler Menninga as of late

Crash Madness-  Snakebite vs Red Solo Truck, Wildwood

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1 hour ago, Michael Alford said:

New Truck- Over Bored

New Scheme- Does Fluffy count?

Rookie- Tyler Menninga

New Venue- Plymouth Speedway

Save- Ryan Anderson, Minneapolis

Air- Damon Bradshaw, East Rutherford (not the highest by any means, but the coolest by far)

Wheelie- Marc McDonald, San Antonio

Race of the year-  Dennis Anderson vs Damon Bradshaw, Foxborough

Driver to watch- Bryan Wright, Hooked

Stadium freestyle of the year- Adam Anderson - FS1 Anaheim

Arena freestyle of the year-   Anything by Tyler Menninga as of late

Crash Madness-  Snakebite vs Red Solo Truck, Wildwood

For East Rutherford, honestly, I think Metal Mulisha at least had the same amount of air but his had more distance.

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New Team of the Year- Go N Big Racing (Guys behind Island Outlaw & Crude Behaviour)

New Truck of the Year- Soldier Fortune Black Ops

New Scheme of the Year- Lumberjack

Rookie of the Year- Tyler Meninga

Best New Venue of the Year- US Bank Stadium

Race of the Year- Morgan Kane vs Ryan Anderson (World Finals 17)

Breakthrough Year Award- Candice Jolly

Best Breakthrough Performance- Eric Swanson, Obsessed (San Diego Show 1)

Driver to Watch in 2017 Award- Becky McDonough

Crash Madness Award- Snakebite vs Red Solo Truck (Wildwood)

Best Trick- Cam McQueen's corkscrew in Las Vegas

Most Underrated Driver- Gary Porter

Best New 3D Design- Pirate's Curse

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