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Saturday, April 4, 2009

The 2009 NGK Spark Plugs World Finals 10




The 2009 NGK Spark Plugs Monster Jam World Finals 10 in Las Vegas NV.

Qualifying.
The trucks have two days before the show to warm up on the track. Some of them do great and some don't. The fastest qualifyer was Donkey Kong driven by Frank Krmel.

Racing.





1st round - Madusa def Stone Crusher; Pastrana 199 def Superman; Air Force Afterburner def Grave Digger; Brutus def Avenger; Captain's Curse def Destroyer; Escalade def King Krunch; El Toro Loco def Batman; War Wizard def Monster Mutt Dalmatian.

2nd round - Madusa def Donkey Kong; Safe Auto Minimizer def Pastrana 199; Maximum Destruction def Safe Auto Minimizer; Brutus def Turtle; Captain's Curse def Taz; Monster Mutt def Escalade; Blue Thunder def El Toro Loco; Bounty Hunter def War Wizard.

3rd round - Safe Auto Minimizer def Madusa; Maximum Destruction def Brutus; Captain's Curse def Monster Mutt; Blue Thunder def Bounty Hunter.
Semifinals - Maximum Destruction def Safe Auto Minimizer; Captain's Curse def Blue Thunder.
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RACE - MAXIMUM DESTRUCTION DEFEATED CAPTAIN'S CURSE.





Captain's curse made it all the way to the finals. Both trucks were dead even into the turn but Alex Blackwell had no brakes and turned it and flipped the truck over.



Freestyle.




The 2009 monster jam world fresstyle champion is Damon Bradshaw behind the wheel of US Air Force Afterburner.

1.AIR FORCE AFTERBURNER. 36
2.Bounty Hunter 32
3.Brutus 29
4.Blue Thunder 28
5.Nitro Circus 26
6.Stone Crusher 26
7.Monster Mutt 26
8.Taz 25
9.Monster Mutt Dalmatian 24
10,King Krunch 23
11.Grave Digger 23
12.Batman 21
13.Donkey Kong 21
14.El Toro Loco 20
15.War Wizard 19
16.Maximum Destruction 19
17.Destroyer 17
18.Turtle 17
19.Madusa 16
20.Safe Auto Minimizer 13
21.Superman 8
22.Escalade 8
23.Avenger 4
24.Captain's Curse-DNF


Here are some pics of the show.

1st picture Bounty Hunter.

2nd picture Batman.


Encore.

For the last nine years they have had trucks come out after the freestyle for no scoring. Just this past year for the tenth world finals Tom Meents tried something no other driver has ever attemted.

A BACKFLIP!!!!!!!!! HERE IT IS.

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