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CMDeerfoot Posted June 29, 2019 Author Share Posted June 29, 2019 Ok, it's 6:30. For those with a spot who didn't make the driver's meeting, you will be replaced with an alternate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMDeerfoot Posted June 30, 2019 Author Share Posted June 30, 2019 Man, what an absolute blast tonight was! Needless to say, King Of The Hill is back and in a very big way. From qualifying, to 2 wheel skill, to racing, to freestyle everyone was on their game and pushed each other to the limit. Before it all got started, there was a random draw to see who would drive what. After that was taken care of, we went right into qualifying and both Jack Merkle Jr in Over Bored and Jon Zimmer Jr in Overkill Evolution showed themselves to be the class of the field as they were the only drivers to make it in the 44 sec range. As racing progressed it became a situation where all chalk made it to the semi finals, Q1 vs Q4 and Q2 vs Q3. The first race actually had a surprising outcome as at first it seemed that Merkle Jr in Over Bored got the win, but upon video review it was shown that he red lit which handed the win over to Damian Bowers in Black Pearl. Second race featured Zimmer Jr in Overkill Evolution against Jon Soto in Jester and while Soto gave it his best shot, Zimmer Jr was just on a rail and moved on to the finals. The finals race was an absolute barn burner with both drivers flying around the course, but in the final corner Bowers cut it too tight, clipped a tire, and rolled trying to stay in the throttle to finish the run; which lead to Zimmer Jr picking up the racing win in his first ever KOTH event. We then moved onto 2 wheel skill, a newer addition to KOTH this year. Each driver got 2 chances to do their best 2 wheel maneuver to impress the judges, with the winner getting 1 bonus point added to their total score. The fans got their monies worth as everyone showed out displaying their control over these massive beasts, with especially impressive performances by Soto in Jester, Ryan McCauley in Hooked, and Zimmer Jr in Overkill Evolution. But the far and away winner was Brandon Scalf in Stone Crusher, another KOTH rookie. After performing one of the longest stoppie/moonwalks we've ever seen, he backed it up with an equally impressive second effort to take home the win. Then it was onto freestyle and top to bottom every driver put on a show, leaving the crowd in Nashville in awe. Julio Vellon Jr in Higher Education set the pace as the first truck out and had a good run going before a stoppie went wrong and he ended up turtled near the front stretch, earning him a score of 19. After that we saw Brad Kerlin in Barbarian lay down a solid effort filling time to take the lead with a 21, but it didn't last long as both Zach Steele in Bad Company and McCauley in Hooked threw down and beat Kerlin's score with a 25. Their time in the hot seat was also short lived, as Zimmer Jr brought Overkill Evolution out and blistered the track with momentum and technicality that brought the crowd to it's feet and earned him a 27; which left the remaining drivers only 3 points to work with. It seemed like Zimmer Jr possibly had the freestyle win locked up at that point, Jack Merkle tried his hardest to best it though, putting Over Bored through it's paces; but a bad bounce ended his run early with a score of 20. But no one was prepared for what happened after that, as Joey Burgy in Saigon Shaker came out and absolutely stunned everyone with one of the best freestyle runs ever witnessed in KOTH history. Burgy was not happy with his performances in the previous parts of the show, and he took it out on the truck and track in grand style. The run had everything you could ask for from a freestyle (momentum, big air, technicality, and wow factor), and earned him a well deserved perfect score of 30. The last 3 trucks had their work cut out for them, and they went for broke trying to equal Burgy's performance. Damian Bowers was on his way to an amazing run in Black Pearl, but bad luck struck him again and his run ended early with a score of 22. Jon Soto in Jester got close as he tied Zimmer Jr for second place with an awesome run in his own right, including being the only one to land any variation of the backflip cleanly; but he just didn't have the wow factor of Saigon. Last out was the 2 wheel skill winner Brandon Scalf in Stone Crusher, and he was on his way to making things hard on the judges but a failed attempt at a corkscrew ended his night with a score of 20 and gave the win to Burgy and Saigon Shaker. But then came time for the moment everyone was waiting for, just who was King Of The Hill here in the Music City? The crowd waited with baited breath as officials tallied up the points, and after all was said and done Jon Zimmer Jr and Overkill Evolution took the crown by 4 points over Jon Soto in Jester! Jack Merkle and Damian Bowers were tied for 3rd in points, but Merkle got the tie breaker for being fast qualifier. Rounding out the top 5 was Joey Burgy in Saigon Shaker, as his perfect score in freestyle helped him edge out Brandon Scalf in Stone Crusher by 1 point. I personally wanna thank everyone who came out to compete tonight, you guys made everything super easy for me as an event director and made the return of KOTH a massive success. It was also great to see a mixture of KOTH veterans and rookies, and I'm also happy to have a full turnout for this after it being on hiatus for 3 years. The full statistical results for the show will be listed below and added to the KOTH stats thread. Congrats to all of the winners and I hope to see y'all at the next one, which is gonna happen sooner than you think 😉. Also be on the lookout for the video of tonight's event that was filmed and edited by Will Meyer of Zonr Creations. Lineup: Over Bored - Jack Merkle Jr Black Pearl - Damian Bowers Overkill Evolution - Jon Zimmer Jr Higher Education - Julio Vellon Jr (alternate)Stone Crusher - Brandon Scalf Hooked - Ryan McCauley (alternate)Bad Company - Zach Steele Jester - Jon Soto Saigon Shaker - Joey Burgy (alternate)Barbarian - Brad Kerlin Qualifying: Over Bored - 44.73 Overkill Evolution - 44.83 Jester - 45.20 Black Pearl - 45.24 Stone Crusher - 45.27 Higher Education - 47.20 Barbarian - 49.67 Bad Company - 49.85 Hooked - 1:01.18 Saigon Shaker - DNF2 Wheel Skill: Stone Crusher - 18 Overkill Evolution - 16 Jester - 16 Hooked - 16 Black Pearl - 15 Over Bored - 15 Higher Education - 13 Bad Company - 10 Barbarian - 10 Saigon Shaker - 6 Racing:Freestyle: Saigon Shaker - 30 Overkill Evolution - 27 Jester - 27 Hooked - 25 Bad Company - 25 Black Pearl - 22 Barbarian - 21 Over Bored - 20 Stone Crusher - 20 Higher Education - 19 Final Points Standings: Overkill Evolution - 126 Jester - 122 Over Bored - 118 (gets third place through tie breaker, was fast qualifier)Black Pearl - 118 Saigon Shaker - 114 Stone Crusher - 113 Bad Company - 112 Higher Education - 109 Hooked - 108 Barbarian - 107 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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