enjoyingorc6742 Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 wish i was in vegas for this but oh well. wonder what GD35th will entail. and Jim's new avenger paint is awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRetroStyle Posted March 24, 2017 Author Share Posted March 24, 2017 I woke up this morning thinking Cynthia Gauthier had got it. But I looked on YouTube, and I saw Earth Shaker on the thumbnail for a video. When I saw that it was the World Finals 18 Double Down Showdown, I was shocked. I was confused as to how the heck the kid got it, but then I remembered; THE TRACK. Knowing that Buddy Tompkins almost slammed into the back wall in Qualifying, Rosalee Ramer got a horrendous turn on one of her passes, and, out of all drivers, JIM KOEHLER got a 16.664, i knew the track was the reason why Tristan won. Big congrats to him, and let's see if he can do what most YGS champs couldn't do; get a Round 1 victory. Surprised nobody brought this up, but Coty Saucier is your Double Down award winner for WF XVIII. Nobody got a time slower than 17.500, so that's flat out impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkelly Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 Can someone upload a bracket with the races in the order they'd appear tomorrow? I think MJ uploads one but I haven't seen anything yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
litl_e_fan Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 3 hours ago, TheRetroStyle said: i knew the track was the reason why Tristan won. Have you seen Tristan drive, like, at all? Way to downplay his skill level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hornetguy97 Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 Why does no one just wreck anymore? Why try to bring the truck back up during a racing crash after the finish line? I.e. Todd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaxen Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 I was really cheering for Cynthia, but I'm very impressed to see Tristan winning. I wasn't expecting him to win at all! Also, why is Alex Blackwell driving Megalodon instead of Justin Sipes?! I really wanted to see Justin drive! D: Anyone knows why Justin won't compete? Seriously though, 2 of the 3 Triple Threat champions wont compete. How is that fair? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackattack29 Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 4 hours ago, TheRetroStyle said: the track was the reason why Tristan won. I disagree with this, it wasn't the track, it was luck. While Tristan is a decent racer not taking that from him, he was able to slip through each round with a strike of luck. In almost all rounds the competitor truck either had very bad runs or just flipped completely. Round 1 - Bernard vs Tristan (clean race) Round 2 - Cynthia vs Tristan( Cynthia clips car and sends her flipping over finish) Semis - Mark vs Tristan (mark over rotates and only gets one tire on ramp causing him to get on his side over finish) Finals - Eric vs Tristan (Eric has huge crash coming out of thunder alley and allows Tristan to get easy victory) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NavySonicShell Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 5 hours ago, TheRetroStyle said: I woke up this morning thinking Cynthia Gauthier had got it. But I looked on YouTube, and I saw Earth Shaker on the thumbnail for a video. When I saw that it was the World Finals 18 Double Down Showdown, I was shocked. I was confused as to how the heck the kid got it, but then I remembered; THE TRACK. Knowing that Buddy Tompkins almost slammed into the back wall in Qualifying, Rosalee Ramer got a horrendous turn on one of her passes, and, out of all drivers, JIM KOEHLER got a 16.664, i knew the track was the reason why Tristan won. Big congrats to him, and let's see if he can do what most YGS champs couldn't do; get a Round 1 victory. Surprised nobody brought this up, but Coty Saucier is your Double Down award winner for WF XVIII. Nobody got a time slower than 17.500, so that's flat out impressive. How could the track be responsible for certain drivers having bad passes, while simultaneously allowing other drivers (Jim) to do better than normal? That's not how that works. Buddy and Rosalee are both very new to the track and not very experienced, so it makes since that they would screw up a turn or something along those lines. Jim just finishes a brand new truck that he is debuting this weekend and it's not full of technology older than time itself, so it would make sense that he would improve. Is it too hard to accept than an underdog beat the favorite? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdshark000 Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 I've been looking at the double down showdown qualifying and it doesn't seem like England had a qualifying time below 17.500, so that should mean he's seeded 32nd, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swegliner849 Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdshark000 Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 Never mind I just saw Monster Jam's tweet that said England is seeded 15th, get your brackets ready boys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klayton Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 Of course the one year i dont go heavy d and brodozer show up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cp2013 Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 anyone got a bracket set up to use for Challonge.com? if not I can set up one! EDIT: Bracket has been made: http://challonge.com/WFXVIIIRacing Hope it is correct! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swegliner849 Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 to be honest, Grave Digger dissapointed me for this wf. They are not even running the grandma and legend body (or atleast they ran all green bodys in qualifying) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swegliner849 Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 double post #yolo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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