TheRetroStyle

32 minutes ago, Boss987 said:

this list makes no sense why is Jim koehler number 5 and why is Cynthia Gauthier number 4? I get Charlie Pauken and Todd LeDuc being high on the list but still Jim Koehler is the king of sky wheelies and if its a high jump competition wouldnt jim be at least number 2 or 3

Those guys aren't in any particular order. I just listed the 8 that I think should be in the competition.

1 hour ago, NtheDiggerfan said:

These 2 are a waste of space. I could see them fitting in a 32 truck bracket, but not a 24. Plenty more deserving drivers.

They've both had their moments so far. After ST2's first week in Anaheim, Rosalee held 5th in the tour, and she can still easily grab it again. That, and if her popularity got her in the big show last year, it's likely gonna get her in again. On the other hand, Creten's a former champ and at least had some luck this year (Poor Mikey....).

6 competitors that I'd put on the "just missed" list:

1. Monster Mutt Dalmatian - Candice Jolly - Sure, she's popular. But unlike Rosalee, she hasn't done much this year. The only real highlights from her so far were her going to the final round of Racing in Orlando, and her freestyle in Seattle.
2. Overkill Evolution - Mike Vaters II - I know, I know, he's a former champ. But honestly, this was his worst season yet. He may have won Racing in Anaheim and Atlanta, as well as Two Wheel Skills in Miami, but mechanical issues bugged him so badly that he finished 11th in his tour. Yikes.
3. Whiplash - Brianna Mahon - Out of these 6, she probably has the highest chances of getting in. This was another strong season for her, but whether or not she'll make it in is debatable considering other drivers.
4. El Toro Loco - Becky McDonough - Another driver who has a strong chance of getting in. Like Brianna, she also had another great season and certainly had her moments. But again, whether or not she makes it is also debatable.
5. Great Clips Mohawk Warrior - Bryce Kenny - He may be in 5th in his tour (as of the time of this post), but it's kinda sad how bumpy his season has been so far. One show he does great, the next he either does okay or botches. Chances are he'd likely be getting destroyed if he were in ST1.
6. Max-D - Colton Eichelberger - He'd probably be in the lead, or at least be close to it, right now if he were in the Central tour. But as it stands, he did well but was never truly able to close the gap on Menninga. He just barely got in last year, but I doubt that'll be the case again this year.

Brace yourselves; this is gonna be a big post.

Showdown:

1. Saigon Shaker - Ryan Disharoon
2. El Toro Loco - Brad Allen
3. Jester - Matt Pagliarulo
4. El Toro Loco - Mark List
5. Soldier Fortune - Kayla Blood
6. Grave Digger - Krysten Anderson
7. Stinger Unleashed - Zane Rettew
8. Scooby-Doo - Linsey Read

Winner: Saigon Shaker - Ryan Disharoon

Main Field (Names that are bolded are already confirmed):

1. Earth Shaker - Tristan England (Triple Threat Series East Champion)
2. Grave Digger - Tyler Menninga (Triple Threat Series West Champion)
3. Monster Energy - Todd LeDuc (Stadium Championship Series 3 Champion)
4. Grave Digger - Adam Anderson (Stadium Championship Series 2 Champion + Reigning World Racing Champion)
5. Grave Digger - Brandon Vinson (Triple Threat Series Central Champion)
6. Max-D Fire - Tom Meents (Stadium Championship Series 1 Champion)
7. Grave Digger - Randy Brown (Arena Championship Series Champion)
8. Dragon Ice - Jon Zimmer
9. Max-D - Neil Elliott
10. Son-Uva Digger - Ryan Anderson (Reigning World Freestyle Champion)
11. Monster Mutt - Charlie Pauken
12. BroDozer - Colt Stephens
13. Grave Digger - Morgan Kane
14. Monster Mutt Dalmatian Ice - Cynthia Gauthier
15. El Toro Loco Ice - Scott Buetow
16. Bakugan Dragonoid - Camden Murphy
17. Lucas Oil Crusader - Linsey Weenk
18. Wild Flower - Rosalee Ramer
19. Megalodon - Justin Sipes
20. The Black Pearl - Cole Venard
21. Megalodon Fire - Cory Rummell (Reigning Double Down Showdown Champion)
22. Avenger - Jim Koehler
23. Bounty Hunter - Jim Creten
24. Saigon Shaker - Ryan Disharoon (Showdown Champion)

High Jump Competition:

1. Monster Energy - Todd LeDuc
2. Monster Mutt - Charlie Pauken
3. Megalodon - Justin Sipes
4. Monster Mutt Dalmatian Ice - Cynthia Gauthier
5. Avenger - Jim Koehler
6. Wild Flower - Rosalee Ramer
7. Max-D Fire - Tom Meents
8. BroDozer - Heavy D

Two Wheel Skill Competition:

1. Earth Shaker - Tristan England
2. Bakugan Dragonoid - Camden Murphy
3. Max-D FIre - Tom Meents
4. Max-D - Neil Elliott
5. Megalodon - Justin Sipes
6. Grave Digger - Tyler Menninga
7. Monster Energy - Todd LeDuc
8. Dragon Ice - Jon Zimmer

A few changes have been made to ST2, mostly involving the Razin' Kane folks. JR will be dropping out of the tour, and Roy will fill in driving ICM in Syracuse and Philly. Aaron is also bowing out with Kristen filling in for both remaining events, Syracuse being her stadium debut. Rumors are going around that Eric might not be going out east for the remaining events of his tour, but he still remains listed for them.

Meanwhile, ST1 is officially confirmed to be heading to Denver next month.

Detroit just witnessed quite possibly the most ridiculous racing bracket of the year........and Bryan Wright came out on top.

Words can't describe how impressed and astonished I am over this

Ladies and gentlemen, we have our very first World Finals XX qualifier.

Apparently Tristan had so good of a night last night in Baltimore that neither Armando or Blake will be able to gain enough points this afternoon to make up the ground, no matter how poorly Tristan does or how good they do. Big congratulations to Tristan on this honor.

HEAVY.

FRICKIN.

D.

Cole Venard just won Freestyle for the third week in a row in Houston....

......CAN ANYBODY STOP THIS MAD MAN!?!?!

Macey Nichter will be filling in for Ami Houde this weekend in Charleston.

Okay so I just got back from Newark, which means it's time for my good ol' fashioned long awaited highly anticipated annual review:

btw i got front row seats this year....I felt like a VIP person after first arriving at my seat.

Racing: Nothing really special here, most matches were expected victories and the finals went down to Brandon and Coty, with the winner being Coty.

ATVs: Pretty much the same as Racing.....until something terrifying happened. In the Black Flag race, all was going well at first, until someone's ATV clipped the rear left wheel of Ami's ATV, sending both her and her ATV tumbling. The ATV rolled on and over her, then she crawled to the side of the track. The race was immediately halted, and officials and other drivers rushed over to her. After a few minutes, a stretcher was brought out, and Ami was strolled off the track. Ultimately the winner was Mark, but this was sadly the end of the night for Ami.

Two Wheel Skills Challenge: This was actually pretty interesting. Cory pulled off the rare incident of his truck being stuck on the rear end, which surprisingly scored him well. Mark did his typical "snort the bull while doing a popper" move, and almost won with it. The winner would be Brandon who did three poppers, one in which putting his truck on one wheel for a brief moment, then bringing it back down.

INTERMISSION CAUSE WHY NOT: Got me some dippin' dots, and....yep. They were good tho

Donuts: Eh....nothing too special outta here, either. Mark and Brandon looked like they were about to straight up slam their trucks onto their lids for a moment, but other than that, it was alright. Brandon made it two straight wins here.

Speedsters: A few upsets here, such as Coty losing to Matt, whose luck bit him in his next match as he rolled in the second turn. Brandon made it yet another win after taking out Justin in the finals.

Freestyle: Kinda interesting as well. Brandon had two nice saves, but was severely underscored. Kayla got some good air and a save as well. Matt wrapped up the night with a meh run. Kayla took the win in the end, and Brandon took the Overall Win.

Overall: 7.5/10 - Many interesting moments throughout the night; pretty good show overall, just about as good as it was last year, and certainly a LOT better than MetLife last year, as well. Speaking of MetLife, the long wait and hope for a better show than last year begins.....

Also, at the end when all of the drivers were walking around the track, I was doing the bull horns as Mark was passing by. He spotted me doing it and did 'em right back at me. Pretty cool moment.

#PrayforAmi

Welp, Super Bowl LIII is right around the corner and now we know who's heading to Mercedes-Benz Stadium in just under two weeks.

So who ya bettin

Poll closes at kickoff

UPSET COUNT:

• Dawn Creten defeating Ryan Anderson in Racing in San Diego
• Todd LeDuc doing the famous "LeDuc Leap" in Glendale and, despite it, not winning Freestyle
• Candice Jolly defeating Ryan Disharoon and Bryce Kenny in Racing in Orlando, making it to the final round as a result

OVERALL EVENT CHAMPIONS:

• San Diego: Justin Sipes - Megalodon
• Orlando: Neil Elliott - Max-D
• Glendale: Jon Zimmer - Dragon Ice

All of last night's Overall Event Champions now hold the Series Points Lead in their tours.....yes, even Justin.

Now THAT is Hotsy....

This was honestly one of the craziest weekends for stadiums in a really long time. Counting up all the crazy stuff that happened....

UPSET COUNT:

- Bryan Wright defeating Tom Meents in Racing in Anaheim

- Camden Murphy defeating Ryan Anderson in Racing in Anaheim, winning racing as as a result

- Ryan Disharoon defeating Bryce Kenny, Adam Anderson, and Neil Elliott in Racing in Tampa, winning racing as a result

Total Number of Upsets: 5 (Ryan Disharoon defeating each driver counts as one upset each)

OVERALL EVENT CHAMPIONS:

Tampa: Heavy D - Brodozer

San Antonio (Saturday) - Todd LeDuc - Monster Energy

San Antonio (Sunday) - Charlie Pauken - Grave Digger

Anaheim - Camden Murphy - Bakugan Dragonoid

Did I mention that Camden almost TRIPLE DOWNED? Like, WHAT THE ACTUAL HECK IS THIS!?

Ryan Disharoon just won racing in tampa

i kid you not

The gender of Tristan England's child was announced this past weekend in Birmingham: https://www.monsterjam.com/en-US/news/mid-week-report-week-1

With the Fire and Ice paint schemes debuting next weekend, it had me thinking; what other trucks would look interesting with Fire or Ice paint schemes?

Well, I have quite a few.

Feld Trucks

Fire/Ice Monster Energy (I actually think Monster Energy would look real good either way)

Fire Monster Mutt

Fire Earth Shaker (I know this one doesn't really make sense but neither does Ice Dalmatian....sorta)

Ice Grave Digger

Ice Son-Uva Digger

Indie Trucks

Fire Brutus

Fire Time Flys

Fire Stinger Unleashed

Ice Avenger

Ice Wild Flower

Ice Master of Disaster

Lucas Oil Crusader will live to compete another year

I'll be there

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This will be my first tour. Really excited

Okay so, if I were to remove what was revealed for 2019 from Best New Truck Design and Best New Paint Scheme, I'd pick the following:

Best New Truck (Design) - The Black Pearl

Best New Paint Scheme - Jester

Welp, here we go again. That time of year has arrived so I might as well get this ball rollin'. Feel free to add your own categories.

Best New Truck (Design) - Bakugan Dragonoid

Best New Truck (Competition) - Whiplash

Best New Paint Scheme - Megalodon

Rookie of the Year - Brandon Vinson - Grave Digger

Rising Star of the Year - Cynthia Gauthier - Monster Mutt Dalmatian

Save of the Year - Morgan Kane - Grave Digger - Indianapolis, IA

Extreme Air - Rosalee Ramer - Wild Flower - Las Vegas, NV / Scott Buetow - Team Hot Wheels Firestorm - Anaheim, CA

Crash Madness - Randy Brown - Grave Digger - Detroit, MI

Wow Factor - Ryan Anderson - Son-Uva Digger - Santa Clara, CA / Bryce Kenny - Great Clips Mohawk Warrior - Houston, TX

Donut of the Year - Neil Elliott - Max-D - West Lebanon, NY

Driver to Watch in 2019 - Justin Hicks - Pirate's Curse / Joe Sylvester - Black Stallion

Breakthrough Year - Cory Rummel - Pirate's Curse/RAGE

Most Underrated Driver - Armando Castro - El Toro Loco

Most Surprising Moment - Mat Dishman taking back-to-back stadium racing wins in Rammunition - Houston, TX and Detroit, MI

Race of the Year - Adam Anderson vs. Tyler Menninga - Las Vegas, NV

Best Trick - Ryan Anderson - Son-Uva Digger - Santa Clara, CA

Best Show - Tampa - Show 1

Worst Show - Indianapolis / Minneapolis - Show 2 / East Rutherford

Arena Freestyle of the Year - Armando Castro - El Toro Loco - Fargo, ND

Stadium Freestyle of the Year - Marc McDonald - FS1 Cleatus - Detroit, MI

Driver of the Year - Ryan Anderson - Son-Uva Digger

But on the bright side, just keep in mind they said they're only doing this for that one night. it ain't staying.

Joe Urie will be driving Zombie on Triple Threat East next year.

Looks like Pirate's Curse is still getting a new driver -- Myranda Cozad has been moved to Triple Threat West as Jackie Carrizosa is in Triple Threat Central.

Additionally, Collete Davis has been removed from the West tour for unknown reason.

Paul Strong will drive Storm Damage in Minneapolis on December 8.