(Article By Ross Z. Bonar) – The third edition of the TMB Leaderboard for 2012 is out following the last weekend of competition in second quarter! Based on all of the information gathered through the TMB Results Tracker, we are able to statistically see who the top performing drivers have been so far in 2012. A total of 226 drivers have competed in monster truck events this year with an incredible 155 different drivers scoring a competition win.

See below for the top 10 drivers in each of our statistical categories:

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Total Racing Wins

1) Gary Porter – Grave Digger – 22
2) Pablo Huffaker – Grave Digger – 21
3) Dan Runte – Summit Bigfoot #18 – 16
4) Larry Swim – Bigfoot Bad Boy #16 – 14
— Chad Tingler – Grave Digger – 14
— Rick Long – E3 Spark Plugs Bigfoot #15 – 14
7) Bill Payne – Rock Star – 12
8) Jimmy Creten – Bounty Hunter – 11
9) Dennis Anderson – Grave Digger – 10
— Morgan Kane – Stone Crusher – 10
— BJ Johnson – California Kid – 10
— Mat Dishman – Rammunition – 10
— Norm Miller – Batman – 10

Total Freestyle Wins

1) Pablo Huffaker – Grave Digger – 33
2) Bill Payne – Rock Star – 29
3) Gary Porter – Grave Digger – 26
4) Randy Brown – Grave Digger – 22
5) Chad Tingler – Grave Digger – 18
— Larry Quick – Ghost Ryder – 18
7) Jerry Perry – Brute Force – 15.5
8) Tom Meents – Maximum Destruction – 15
9) Kreg Christensen – Maximum Destruction – 14
10) Ryan Anderson – Son Uva Digger – 12
— Joe Miller – Monster Mutt – 12
— Charlie Pauken – Grave Digger – 12

Total Combined Racing/Freestyle Wins

1) Pablo Huffaker – Grave Digger – 54
2) Gary Porter – Grave Digger – 48
3) Bill Payne – Rock Star – 41
4) Chad Tingler – Grave Digger – 32
5) Randy Brown – Grave Digger – 29
6) Dan Runte – Summit Bigfoot #18 – 26
7) Larry Swim – Bigfoot Bad Boy #16 – 25.5
8) Larry Quick – Ghost Ryder – 25
9) Tom Meents – Maximum Destruction – 24
10) Rick Long – E3 Spark Plugs Bigfoot #15 – 21

Total Wheelie Competition Wins

1) Pablo Huffaker – Grave Digger – 21
2) Bill Payne – Rock Star – 20
3) Jerry Perry – Brute Force – 18
4) Greg Winchenbach – Crushstation – 17
5) Larry Quick – Ghost Ryder – 15
— Cam McQueen – Northern Nightmare – 15
7) Gary Porter – Grave Digger – 13
— Larry Swim – Bigfoot Bad Boy #14 – 13
— BJ Johnson – California Kid – 13
10) Dan Runte – Summit Bigfoot #18 – 12.5

Total Donut Competition Wins

1) Jocelyn Perrin – High Maintenance – 15
2) Pablo Huffaker – Grave Digger – 11
3) Randy Brown – Grave Digger – 10
4) Joe Miller – Monster Mutt – 6
5) Gary Porter – Grave Digger – 5
— Tom Meents – Maximum Destruction – 5
— Chris Ryan – Ground Pounder – 5
— Bobby Holman – Lucas Oil Stabilizer – 5
— Dave Radzierez – Star Marshal – 5
10) Jerry Perry – Brute Force – 4.5
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Best Racing Win Percentage

1) Rick Long – E3 Spark Plugs Bigfoot #15 – 56%
2) Dan Runte – Summit Bigfoot #18 – 53%
3) Gary Porter – Grave Digger – 52%
4) Pablo Huffaker – Grave Digger – 47%
— Larry Swim – Bigfoot Bad Boy #16 – 47%
6) Doug Noelke – Tail Gator – 45%
7) Tom Meents – Maximum Destruction – 43%
8) Jimmy Creten – Bounty Hunter – 39%
8) Norm Miller – Batman – 36%
10) Ronnie Sturges – Nasyt Boy – 32%

(A driver must have competed in 20 racing competitions to be listed in this category)

Best Freestyle Win Percentage

1) Jerry Perry – Brute Force – 78%
2) Bill Payne – Rock Star – 76%
3) Pablo Huffaker – Grave Digger – 76%
4) Tom Meents – Maximum Destruction – 71%
5) Randy Brown – Grave Digger – 67%
6) Gary Porter – Grave Digger – 62%
7) Larry Quick – Ghost Ryder – 56%
8) Charlie Pauken – Grave Digger – 46%
9) Kreg Christensen – Maximum Destruction – 41%
— Chad Tingler – Grave Digger – 41%

(A driver must have competed in 20 freestyle competitions to be listed in this category)

Best Combined Racing/Freestyle Win Percentage

1) Pablo Huffaker – Grave Digger – 60%
2) Gary Porter – Grave Digger – 57%
— Tom Meents – Maximum Destruction – 57%
4) Bill Payne – Rock Star – 53%
5) Randy Brown – Grave Digger – 44%
6) Larry Swim – Bigfoot Bad Boy #16 – 43%
7) Rick Long – E3 Spark Plugs Bigfoot #15 – 42%
8) Dan Runte – Summit Bigfoot #18 – 41%
9) Larry Quick – Ghost Ryder – 39%
10) Doug Noelke – Tail Gator – 38%

(A driver must have competed in a combination of 40 racing and/or freestyle competitions to be listed in this category)

Most Wins In Fields of 10+ Trucks

1) Dennis Anderson – Grave Digger – 15
2) Tom Meents – Maximum Destruction – 10
3) Neil Elliott – Maximum Destruction – 9
4) Ryan Anderson – Son Uva Digger – 7
5) Charlie Pauken – Grave Digger – 6
6) Carl Van Horn – Grave Digger – 5
— Adam Anderson – Grave Digger The Legend – 5
8) Mark Hall – Raminator – 4
— Mat Dishman – Rammunition – 4
— Jimmy Creten – Bounty Hunter – 4
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Great job to all of the drivers on their outstanding performances thus far in 2012. Stay tuned to the TMB Results Tracker to find out what went down at events all around the country and watch for another Leaderboard update later this season!