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Event: Monster Truck Throwdown
Venue: Lake County Fairgrounds
Location: Grayslake, IL
Date: July 27th-28th, 2023
Photographer: Danny Maass (Check out Maass Media on Facebook)
Devastator (Aaron Basl), Excaliber (Michael Pagliarulo), Kraken (Nick Pagliarulo), Reckless Drivin (Jeremy Hosman), Sinistar (Elliott Miller) [Read more…]
Event: Monster Truck Throwdown
Venue: Ottawa County Fairgrounds
Location: Holland, Michigan
Date: July 26th, 2023
Photographer: Danny Maass (Check out Maass Media on Facebook)
American Outlaw (Brandon Overmeyer), Devastator (Aaron Basl), Excaliber (Michael Pagliarulo), Frontier Truck Parts Sinistar (Athena Kozel), Jester (Nick Pagliarulo), Reckless Drivin (Elliott Miller) [Read more…]
Event: All Star Monster Truck Tour
Venue: Alaska State Fairgrounds
Location: Palmer, Alaska
Date: September 3rd-4th, 2022
Photographer: Danny Maass (Check out Maass Media on Facebook)
Devastator (Aaron Basl), Double Trouble (Tyler Groth), Monster Moose (Kylie Thurber/Kelsie Thurber), Trouble Maker (Travis Groth) [Read more…]
Event: Monster Truck Insanity Tour
Venue: Crawford County Speedway
Location: Van Buren, Arkansas
Date: September 18th, 2021
Photographer: Danny Maass (Check out Maass Media on Facebook)
Bad Decision (Alec White), Barbarian (Devin Jones), Devastator (Aaron Basl), Kamikaze (Dalton Widner) [Read more…]
Event: All Star Monster Truck Tour
Venue: Alaska State Fairgrounds
Location: Palmer, Alaska
Date: September 5th, 2021
Photographer: Danny Maass (Check out Maass Media on Facebook)
Double Trouble (Tyler Groth), Monster Moose (Travis Groth), Trouble Maker (Kylie Thurber), Wicked Strong (Jacob Gallie) [Read more…]
Event: Toughest Monster Truck Tour
Venue: Heart of the Ozarks Fairgrounds
Location: West Plains, Missouri
Date: August 6th-7th, 2021
Photographer: Danny Maass (Check out Maass Media on Facebook)
BIGFOOT (Darron Schnell), Devastator (Aaron Basl), Dirt Crew (Jerry Beck), Public Nuisance (Dakota Smith), Quad Chaos (Bailey Shea), Twisted Addiction (Tim Jones) [Read more…]
Event: Monster Truck Throwdown
Venue: Beaver Dam Raceway
Location: Beaver Dam, Wisconsin
Date: June 5th-6th, 2021
Photographer: Danny Maass (Check out Maass Media on Facebook)
Bad Habit (Joe Sylvester), Devastator (Aaron Basl), Nitemare Express (Kyle Kunkle), Over Bored (Jamey Garner), Reckless Drivin’ (Jeremy Hosman), Red Dog (Josh Talatzko), Sinistar (Elliott Miller), Terminal Velocity (Jon Zimmer Jr.) [Read more…]
(Coverage By Christopher Allen, Photos By Jim Allen)
EVENT DATE: August 12th-13th, 2017
This time on “The Allen Report”, we hit the road back to Rocky Mountain Raceways in West Valley City, Utah, for the ninth consecutive year. Once again, we arrive to a stacked lineup of twelve well known monster trucks ready to do battle on the oval track’s figure-8 course, a track that has been equally tough on rising stars and experienced veterans alike.
Again this year all four members of 2Xtreme Racing came to take on each other, the competition and the track. Not surprisingly, Jimmy Creten took the controls of his trusty Bounty Hunter, complete with the original rendition of his popular and patriotic American Sniper Chris Kyle body. Dawn Creten was again at the helm of her trusty Scarlet Bandit. Mikeal Christensen came along to drive the prestigious Iron Outlaw truck. The fourth member of the equation, Knucklehead, had a different driver each of the two days, Austin Minton on Saturday and Christian Norman on Sunday. [Read more…]
(Coverage By Christopher Allen, Photos By Jim Allen)
This time on “The Allen Report”, we travel to the Tucson Speedway asphalt oval track. It’s a NASCAR sanctioned home track that sees all kinds of auto racing weekend after weekend. But, on the last weekend of April, the Speedway was taken over by four massive monster trucks ready to duke it out in Wheelie Contest, Donut Contest and all out freestyle. In front of his hometown folk were Rod Wood and McGruff. Former Monster Jam on SPEED color analyst Mark Schroeder brought his wild looking Devastator to the Tucson track. Wrapping up the field and representing 2Xtreme Racing were Russell Steeley in the Iron Outlaw and Austin Minton in Knucklehead, the official monster truck of rock band Five Finger Death Punch. [Read more…]
(Coverage By Christopher Allen, Photos By Jim Allen)
This time on “The Allen Report”, we make a short trip to the Maricopa County Fair in Phoenix, AZ. It sees all sorts of spectator entertainment over its five days every spring from farm animal auctions to BMX stunt shows and at the Sanderson Ford Arena on Friday and Saturday, the entertainment was supplied by six earth shattering, car smashing monster trucks.
Making the trip from Menifee, CA, were the father/son duo of Rick and Eric Swanson. Rick’s Obsession truck was sporting its brand new Top Notch Tee’s vinyl wrap. Also, Eric’s truck Obsessed showcased a classic 1968 Ford pickup body. The two were hot off their impressive performance from the Monster Jam Double Down Showdown in March. Coming from just down the road in Tucson was Sam Sturges behind the wheel of Unnamed & Untamed. This truck/driver combination was followed by his team mate in the bright red 1963 Split Window Corvette Rat Attack driven by Jacob Ladwig. Hailing from Marana, AZ, came Rod Wood and McGruff the Crime Dog. Finally, coming east from Lake Havasu City, AZ, was Mark Schroeder taking control of Devastator. [Read more…]
(Coverage By Christopher Allen, Photos By Jim Allen)
This time on “The Allen Report”, we headed to the Fairplex in Pomona, California for the Los Angeles County Fair opening “Flip Fest”. Mark Schroeder arrived to pilot Devastator. For fans of Mark’s Felon, I’m happy to report that he’s bringing it back for first quarter next year. Also in the house was Marana, Arizona’s own Rod Wood driving McGruff. The father and daughter team of Kelvin and Rosalee Ramer came to town with Time Flys and Wild Flower. The incredibly talented seventeen year old was extremely popular with the audience. Crowd favorite Jimmy Creten stepped out of his usual Bounty Hunter and into Iron Outlaw, built especially for a huge, never before seen stunt to round out the night. Finally, making its world performance debut was the Knucklehead monster truck driven by rock band Five Finger Death Punch lead guitarist Zoltan Bathory. [Read more…]
Event: Monster Jam
Venue: Chase Field
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Date: January 25th, 2014
Photographer: Jim Allen
Bad Habit (Joe Sylvester), Blue Thunder (Dan Evans), Bounty Hunter (Jimmy Creten), Captain USA (Travis Groth), Devastator (Mark Schroeder), Double Trouble (Tyler Groth), El Toro Loco (Lupe Soza), Geter Done (Mitch Tulachka), Grave Digger (Carl Van Horn), Madusa (Debra Miceli), McGruff (Rod Wood), Metal Mulisha (Todd Leduc), New Earth Authority (Norm Miller), The Patriot (Dan Rodoni), RoboMachine (Shane Phreed), Tropical Thunder (Andrew Peckham) [Read more…]
(Coverage By Christopher Allen, Photos By Jim Allen)
This time on “The Allen Report”, the biggest field in the history of Monster Jam in the “Valley of the Sun” played their game to a sold-out crowd at Chase Field. The field of 16: Charlie Pauken represented Team Grave Digger. Familiar faces Batman with Norm Miller at the helm and Devastator driven by Mark Schroeder were also in the house. West Coaster Daron Basl drove King Krunch while sharing the seat of team truck Nitro Hornet with former Bigfoot and FELD driver Sky Hartley. Rookie Shane England rounded out the camp in Big Kahuna. Todd Leduc was back driving Metal Mulisha. Scott Buetow came piloting Team Hot Wheels Firestorm. Steven Hill took the wheel of Ground Pounder. Right behind him in the teammate Amsoil Shock Therapy was Dave Radzierez. Damon Bradshaw was present in Monster Energy. Hometown driver Rod Wood was there as always in McGruff. Mitch Tulachka and Shane Phreed returned in Jus’ Geter Done and Robo Machine. Pat Gerber and Shocker appeared and rounding out the field was first year driver J.P. Ruggiero in El Diablo. [Read more…]
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