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The Allen Report: WGAS Motorsports Season Finale – Turlock, CA 2017

October 9, 2017 by TheMonsterBlogger Leave a Comment

(Coverage By Christopher Allen, Photos By Jim Allen)

EVENT DATE: October 7th, 2017

Weekend Recap

This time on “The Allen Report”, we make our third and final trip this year to the Stanislaus County Fairgrounds in Turlock, California. This show was the season finale for our friends at WGAS Motorsports with five high flying, dirt slinging and crowd pleasing monster trucks ready to square off in two rounds of freestyle. A maximum of 100 points per round would be on the line with the highest combined score between the two rounds taking the Overall Championship.

The “Flying Spaniard” Tony Canedo brought all three of his trucks to the fairgrounds. Tony himself took the wheel of Playin’ for Keeps. Local driver Jeff Souza once more got into the seat of Enforcer. Finally, David Tucker climbed back into the Survivor machine. Defending spring event champion Bounty Hunter returned and driver Jimmy Creten was ready to defend his title. Finally, teammate and wife Dawn Creten arrived in her trusty Scarlet Bandit, ready to take the boys head on. [Read more…]

Filed Under: 2017 Photos, Feature Articles, Featured News, Monster Photos, News, The Allen Report Tagged With: 2Xtreme Racing, Bounty Hunter, California, David Tucker, Dawn Creten, Enforcer, Jeff Souza, Jimmy Creten, Play'n 4 Keeps, Scarlet Bandit, Stanislaus County Fairgrounds, Survivor, Tony Canedo, Turlock, WGAS Motorsports

The Allen Report: Stanislaus County Fair Monster Trucks – Turlock, CA 2017

July 22, 2017 by TheMonsterBlogger Leave a Comment

(Coverage By Christopher Allen, Photos By Jim Allen)

EVENT DATE: July 20th-21st, 2017

Weekend Recap

This time on “The Allen Report”, we make a familiar trek in a new time of the year. We have covered excellent monster truck action from the FoodMaxx Arena at the Stanislaus County Fairgrounds in the town of Turlock, California, several times before, but this was our first time doing so during the fair itself. Six ground pounding, crowd pleasing competitive monster trucks and one mini monster came from across the state to compete in the all-or-nothing freestyle competition over the closing days of the fair.

Vacaville, California’s Tony Canedo had all three of his monster trucks ready to storm the track. The team owner nicknamed “The Flying Spaniard” took the helm of Play ‘N for Keeps. Local driver Jeff Souza got back in the saddle of the Enforcer truck. Jeff’s son Hunter was also back in his faithful Wrecking Machine mini monster. Both father and son were eager to put their respective rollovers from this arena a few months ago in the rearview mirror. David Tucker once again tightened the belts of the third member of the team, Survivor. [Read more…]

Filed Under: 2017 Photos, Feature Articles, Featured News, Monster Photos, News, The Allen Report Tagged With: California, David Tucker, Enforcer, Jeff Souza, Jonathan Elkins, Kelvin Ramer, Play'n 4 Keeps, Stanislaus County Fairgrounds, Survivor, Terminator, Time Flys, Tony Canedo, Turlock, WGAS Motorsports, Wild Flower

The Allen Report: Budweiser Monster Truck Spring Nationals – Turlock, CA 2017

May 15, 2017 by TheMonsterBlogger Leave a Comment

(Coverage By Christopher Allen, Photos By Jim Allen)

EVENT DATE: May 12th-13th, 2017

Weekend Recap

This time on “The Allen Report”, we travel to the peaceful town of Turlock, CA. It’s a quiet place where most thrills are supplied by the sports teams of nearby big cities. But on the second weekend of May, the thrill seeking crowd was inside the Stanislaus County Fairgrounds ready to experience some thunderous, high flying, high speed monster truck action. Eight competitive monster trucks and one mini monster arrived to do battle in hot and heavy freestyle competition.

Second generation driver Hunter Souza brushed the off season dust off and took the wheel of the Wrecking Machine mini monster. International Monster Truck Hall of Fame member Terry Woodcock was in the house inside the cockpit of the 35th Anniversary Cyclops. All three of the “Flying Spaniard” Tony Canedo’s monsters came to town. Tony himself, as always, drove the new trophy truck bodied Play ‘n For Keeps. David Tucker was the pilot of the Survivor machine and was ready to make thunder around the arena and Jeff Souza, Hunter’s father, was ready to rumble as the driver of Enforcer. Eric Swanson and his beautiful 1968 Ford F-100 bodied Obsessed were locked and loaded. Father Rick Swanson would settle for nothing less than the win in his Top Notch Tee’s sponsored Obsession. Dawn Creten was ready to give the boys a run for their money in Scarlet Bandit. Finally, 2005 World Freestyle Champion Jim Creten had his eyes on first place with American Sniper Bounty Hunter in tow. [Read more…]

Filed Under: 2017 Photos, Feature Articles, Featured News, Monster Photos, News, The Allen Report Tagged With: 2Xtreme Racing, Bounty Hunter, Budweiser Monster Truck Spring Nationals, California, Cyclops, David Tucker, Dawn Creten, Enforcer, Eric Swanson, Jeff Souza, Jimmy Creten, Obsessed, Obsession, Obsession Racing, Play'n 4 Keeps, Rick Swanson, Scarlet Bandit, Stanislaus County Fairgrounds, Survivor, Terry Woodcock, Tony Canedo, Turlock, WGAS Motorsports

The Allen Report: Budweiser Monster Truck Fall Nationals – Turlock, CA 2016

October 17, 2016 by TheMonsterBlogger 1 Comment

(Coverage By Christopher Allen, Photos By Jim Allen)

EVENT DATE: October 15th, 2016

Weekend Recap

This time on “The Allen Report”, we make a long trek to Turlock, California for the second time in 2016, and third time overall. Upon our arrival, we headed to the Budweiser Monster Truck Fall Nationals at the Stanislaus County Fairgrounds, presented by our friends at WGAS Motorsports as their last show of the season. Six high flying, ground pounding monster trucks came to the fairgrounds to slug it out in the car munching madness of freestyle.

From just a few hours away in Vacaville, CA was the team of Tony Canedo. Teammate and friend Jeff Souza drove team truck Enforcer while “The Flying Spaniard” Tony himself, as always, got behind the wheel of his bright red Play’n for Keeps. Rosalee Ramer took a weekend off from studying at Georgia Tech to take the wheel of her Wild Flower monster truck. Her father, Kelvin Ramer, took to the track in his trusty 1934 Ford Coupe he calls Time Flys. Finally, husband and wife Jimmy and Dawn Creten arrived, ready to invade the fairgrounds and defeat the competition. Once more, Dawn was behind the wheel of Scarlet Bandit, with the words “You can’t catch me!” displayed with pride on the tailgate. Jimmy Creten was piloting his usual American Sniper Bounty Hunter. With professional judges ready and a perfect score of 100 on the line, every move would count and consistency was crucial. [Read more…]

Filed Under: 2016 Photos, Feature Articles, Featured News, Monster Photos, News, The Allen Report Tagged With: 2Xtreme Racing, Bounty Hunter, Budweiser Monster Truck Fall Nationals, California, Dawn Creten, Enforcer, Jeff Souza, Jimmy Creten, Kelvin Ramer, Living the Dream Motorsports, Play'n for Keeps, Rosalee Ramer, Scarlet Bandit, Stanislaus County Fairgrounds, Time Flys, Tony Canedo, Turlock, WGAS Motorsports, Wild Flower

The Allen Report: Budweiser Monster Truck Spring Nationals – Turlock, CA 2016

May 16, 2016 by TheMonsterBlogger Leave a Comment

(Coverage By Christopher Allen, Photos By Jim Allen)

EVENT DATE: May 14th, 2016

Weekend Recap

“The Allen Report” is back and we return to the Stanislaus County Fairgrounds in Turlock, California, this time in the month of May for the popular Budweiser Monster Truck Spring Nationals. Turlock is a relaxed, peaceful town where the biggest disturbance is normally the frequent freight train. However, there was some additional noise in the air on Friday and Saturday night where seven high flying, car smashing monster trucks arrived to do battle in bus munching, donut spinning freestyle.

Making the trip from Tonganoxie, Kansas were Jimmy Creten and Bounty Hunter. Popular hometown driver Russell Steeley stepped up to drive team truck Iron Outlaw for the final time so he could give his pulling truck his sole attention in the near future. From just down the road in Menifee, California, were the father/son duo of Rick and Eric Swanson. Former Monster Jam Young Guns Shootout competitor Eric was behind the wheel of his pickup bodied Obsessed and Rick continued his 20th anniversary of professional monster trucking in his breathtaking Obsession, complete with a film strip featuring just a fraction of his numerous TV and commercial appearances running down either side. Rounding out the field was Tony Canedo, who brought all three of his trucks, ready to give a good show to the crowd. David Tucker would take the wheel of Survivor and Jeff Souza would pilot Enforcer while Tony himself stuck to his usual Play ‘N for Keeps. [Read more…]

Filed Under: 2016 Photos, Feature Articles, Featured News, Monster Photos, News, The Allen Report Tagged With: 2Xtreme Racing, Bounty Hunter, Budweiser Monster Truck Spring Nationals, California, David Tucker, Enforcer, Eric Swanson, Iron Outlaw, Jeff Souza, Jimmy Creten, Obsessed, Obsession, Obsession Racing, Play'n 4 Keeps, Rick Swanson, Russell Steeley, Stanislaus County Fairgrounds, Survivor, Tony Canedo, Turlock, WGAS Motorsports

The Allen Report: Monster Truck Fall Nationals – Turlock, CA 2015

October 19, 2015 by TheMonsterBlogger 2 Comments

(Coverage By Christopher Allen, Photos By Jim Allen)

EVENT DATE: October 17th, 2015

Weekend Recap

This time on “The Allen Report”, we venture to Turlock, California, not far from Sacramento, which for fifty-one weeks a year is a farming community where life generally consists of dodging flies, delivering fruit and staying safe on the highways. But on this weekend, six of the best car crushing, dirt pounding monster trucks in the west came to the Stanislaus County Fairgrounds for the annual Coors Light Monster Truck Fall Nationals. The end of an era had arrived as this was the last show promoted by John Borba, the founder of WGAS Motorsports, as his daughter Chelsea plans to take over the business in 2016 and beyond.

Coming to do battle were former World Champions Jim Creten and Bounty Hunter, with wife Dawn in Scarlet Bandit right behind. Kelvin Ramer brought his 1934 Ford Coupe Time Flys to the fairgrounds. New Georgia Tech student Rosalee Ramer flew in to drive her usual truck Wild Flower. Finally, the “Flying Spaniard” Tony Canedo brought his signature Play N’ 4 Keeps along as did Roger Stidell in his usual Destroyer from Washington state. [Read more…]

Filed Under: 2015 Photos, Feature Articles, Featured News, Monster Photos, News, The Allen Report Tagged With: 2Xtreme Racing, Bounty Hunter, California, Dawn Creten, Destroyer, Jimmy Creten, Kelvin Ramer, Monster Truck Fall Nationals, Play'n 4 Keeps, Roger Stidell, Rosalee Ramer, Scarlet Bandit, Stanislaus County Fairgrounds, Time Flys, Tony Canedo, Turlock, WGAS Motorsports, Wild Flower

Video of the Week – 10/08/11

October 8, 2011 by TheMonsterBlogger Leave a Comment

Week Ending: October 8th, 2011
Truck(s) Featured: King Krunch (David Smith)
Video Type: Fan Video
Courtesy: www.YouTube.com

Description: Strong freestyle effort from David Smith in King Krunch on the final day of the 2011 Coors Monster Truck Fall Nationals in Turlock, California.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYD0pSOC4uM

Filed Under: News, Video of the Week Tagged With: California, David Smith, Flame Motorsports, King Krunch, Stanislaus County Fairgrounds, Turlock, WGAS Motorsports