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Tristan England, Tyler Menninga, Justin Sipes, and Pablo Huffaker took the very first Overall Event Championships of 2018. Very strong start for all four of them.

Welp, another season is in the books, which means it's that time of year again. Feel free to add your own categories. UPDATE: Results for Sao Paulo are now up and Brianna Mahon was the Overall Event Champ (WOOOO!) New Truck of the Year (Design) - Wonder Woman New Truck of the Year (Competition) - Megalodon Best New Paint Scheme - Monster Energy Rookie of the Year - Justin Sipes - Megalodon Rising Star of the Year - Colt Stephens - FS1 Cleatus Save of the Year - Todd LeDuc - Monster Energy - Atlanta Extreme Air - Jim Koehler - Avenger - Las Vegas, NV Crash Madness - Dave Radzierez - Xtreme Diesel - El Paso Wow Factor - Lee O'Donnell - VP Racing Fuel's Mad Scientist - Las Vegas Donut of the Year - Rosalee Ramer - Wild Flower - Calgary Driver to Watch in 2018 - Eric Swanson - Obsessed Breakthrough Year - Cory Rummel - RAGE Most Underrated Driver - Ryan Disharoon - Saigon Shaker Race of the Year - Ryan Anderson VS. Tyler Menninga - Las Vegas Best Trick - THE FRONTFLIP THAT DEFIED EVERYTHING Arena Freestyle of the Year - Almost all Freestyles by Tyler Menninga Stadium Freestyle of the Year - Todd LeDuc - Monster Energy - Atlanta

Going to Newark and East Rutherford....and that's about it. Also, going back to the topic of Minneapolis last night, Jim Koehler was the fastest qualifier.... ....what in the world

Did Ryan have to pay for the damages on Tom's truck after that? I mean, that hit right in a shock area and, from the looks of it, obliterated them.

Austin Hinton is confirmed to drive the second Bounty Hunter next year. Raminator has been removed from several shows to compete in another tour; replacement for those shows is Kurt Kraehmer in Hotsy. Scooby-Doo getting a fourth driver; Haley Gauley in the same tour as Randy Brown. Steven Thompson will be a second driver to Earth Shaker.

Scooby was in the Main Field every year it's been in MJ. Nicole left last year, so they improvised with Brianna. Now that Brianna's moved to Whiplash, they're most likely gonna have to improvise again. Either way, the truck's gotta be in some form of Vegas comp, as technically it's sponsored.

If I may ask, are those pumpkins stacked on the right hand side of the track? If so, great move on their part.

Absolutely. At this point it's clear that he's one of this year's most improved drivers, and he proved it tonight in Houston.

So they have a ramp dedicated to The Punisher..... .......AWESOME

That thing looks awesome. Stoked to see how Brad does in it tonight.

My thoughts on this past weekend's shows: Laredo, TX - Glad to see that BJ took a couple of Overall Wins in GMG's homestate. Each event was pretty dang good with everyone giving it their all. But if I may ask...what happened with the first half of the Saturday Evening show? GMG, Stallion and Overkill were out for Racing that evening, with GMG still being out Two Wheels, but returning for FS. But despite that, really good weekend for Laredo. Melbourne - Proud of Randy. He took an Overall Win on the Saturday Afternoon show against the likes of 4 top rank competitors (LeDuc, McDonald, Ellliott and Anderson), and on top of that killed it in Two Wheels and FS. The following show was just as good with Rhianna Buchanan once again proving to be spectacular in Two Wheels, and Anderson taking the Overall Win. Indianapolis, IN - Holy crap this show was bad, possibly the worst stadium show of 2017. Nearly every truck crashed or broke early in Two Wheels and/or FS, Avenger was out for Racing, and Mutant was out for Freestyle. And the scoring.....it was World Finals 16/17 all over again. Brutus only lasted about a minute through his freestyle and got a 7.255 out of it, while Hot Wheels lasts a minute and a half with no backflip and gets an 8.730.....what? If I do have to give some positive notes about tho, Two Wheels and Freestyle had a no doubt winner, and I was very impressed with Tony Ochs. But none of that makes up for how awful this show was overall. It was also announced that Crush It will be coming to the Switch on October 31, with Megalodon being added to the truck selection.

Speaking of Glendale, Black Ops is set to make its return with Tony Ochs behind the wheel. It was a last minute change.

(NOTE: Try not to post a video of all themes to avoid a massive post.) #1: Son-Uva Digger - Hell's Bells #2: Saigon Shaker - Here Comes the Boom #3: Raminator - Metal Health (Bang Your Head) #4: Gronk - Welcome to the Jungle #5: Iron Outlaw 2017 - On the Run

Collete Davis made a helluva debut last night in El Toro Loco. Finished 2nd in Overall Points, scoring 36. Although she didn't take any wins, she was very consistent through the night which resulted in a 2nd place overall finish. Very excited and interested to see what else she's got in Wonder Woman. Also, Devastator will now be driven by Steve Koehler in Glendale.

It's likely Obsession, but i'm thinking Titan as well. The lineup for TTS East pleases me. I'll be going to Newark for the first time next year and I'm really excited to see how everyone does.

Surprised Midnight Rider is gone, too. Herzog had a lot of potential.

Thoughts on the stream: I liked the clever mix of lineups; Buddy Tompkins and Travis Groth in Megalodon, Brandon Vinson in Grave Digger, Linsey Read back in Scooby-Doo, Colt Stephens in Brodozer, and Marc McDonald in Cleatus (Even tho I'm REALLY gonna miss him being in El Toro) Whiplash looks far different than I expected. Brodozer looks really cool. Dennis Anderson announcing his retirement left a huge frown on me. Some of the drivers mentioned in MJU look like they have a lot of potential, judging by the footage seen. Really hoping those IG kids don't leak the returning truck..... Also, I just realized looking back at the stream; NEA Police may be retired at the end of 2017.

Buddy Tompkins in Megalodon was an eye brow raiser for me. Interested to see how he'll do. Dennis.....no.......it can't be....

At least those instagram kids aren't posting leaks.

On September 16, 2017, NASCAR lost one of the greatest short track drivers in its history. Ted Christopher, age 59, was killed in a plane crash yesterday afternoon. Brian France, Chairman and CEO of NASCAR made the official announcement that both Christopher and the plane's pilot were killed in the crash. Thoughts and prayers go to his family. R.I.P Ted Christopher 1958-2017

Oakland, Miami, and Anaheim (Show 4) will all be two day shows for the first time. Oakland and Miami i can kinda understand, but I'm really surprised they're doing it with Anaheim. ima flip out if East Rutherford gets the same treatment

Arena Tour 6: Megalodon - Alex Blackwell New Truck (Whiplash???) - TBD Stinger - Zane Rettew Master of Disaster - JR Seasock Predator - Allen Pezo Prowler - Eric Wylie Incinerator - Ryan Rice Fullboar 2.0 - Ed Eckert Stadium Tour 3: Grave Digger - Carl Van Horn Son-Uva Digger - Ryan Anderson Mutant - Coty Saucier El Toro Loco - Becky McDonough Jester - Matt Pagliarulo Xtermigator - JR McNeil RAGE - Cory Rummell Wrecking Crew - Mike Thompson Over Bored - Jamey Garner/Donald Epidendio (Anaheim) Bounty Hunter - Trent Montgomery Iron Outlaw - Mike Christensen/Brian Maes Overkill Evolution - Mike Vaters II Black Stallion - Mike Vaters Enforcer - Roger Stidel And with those, I have FINISHED! My predictions for every possible tour in 2018 have been completed.....finally. Even though there's a huge chance I could be WAY off with most of these, I'm still interested to know what Feld will do with the tours.

I already posted my predictions for several of the tours, guess I'll keep going: Stadium Tour 4: Grave Digger - Charlie Pauken VP Racing Fuel's Mad Scientist - Lee O'Donnell Dragon - Jon Zimmer Monster Mutt Dalmatian - Candice Jolly Soldier Fortune - Chad Fortune Xtreme Diesel - Dave Radzierez Metal Mulisha - Matt Buyten Raminator - Mark Hall Big Kahuna - Shane England Quad Chaos - Aaron Cain Mechanical Mischief - Jim Burns Hurricane Force - Steven Thompson Storm Damage - John Killinger Wonder Woman - Linsey Read Arena Tour 4: Grave Digger - Pablo Huffaker Northern Nightmare - Cam McQueen Rammunition - Mat Dishman Midnight Rider - Tom Herzog Nitro Menace - Darren Migues Jailbird - Kaylyn Migues Instigator - Paul Breaud Muddy Girl - Maddie Breaud Arena Tour 5: Grave Digger - Randy Brown Wild Thang - Doug Charles Monster Mutt - Kevin Crocker Bad News Travels Fast - Brandon Derrow USA-1 - Roger Gauger Hotsy - Dale Benear Krazy Train - Lloyd Twitchell Aftershock - Bob Robbins

Monster Jam's NGK Spark Plugs World Finals Vote has concluded; as voted, the greatest World Finals freestyle was Adam Anderson's run in Taz back in 2008...... ......i'm most likely just as surprised as you are.

First Zombie Hunter, now Zombie SNIPER? What's with all the Zombie stuff nowadays?