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Event: Toughest Monster Truck Tour
Venue: Denny Sanford PREMIER Center
Location: Sioux Falls, SD
Date: January 19th-20th, 2024
Photographer: Danny Maass (Check out Maass Media on Facebook)
Blockhead (Daron Basl), Dirt Crew (Jerry Beck), Dozer (Jack Brown), Maximus (Travis Groth), Tail Gator (Tim Jones), The Veteran (Tyler Groth) [Read more…]
Event: Toughest Monster Truck Tour
Venue: Rio Rancho Events Center
Location: Rio Rancho, NM
Date: January 13th, 2024
Photographer: Danny Maass (Check out Maass Media on Facebook)
Blockhead (Daron Basl), Dirt Crew (Jerry Beck), Dozer (Jack Brown), Maximus (Travis Groth), Tail Gator (Tim Jones), The Veteran (Tyler Groth) [Read more…]
Event: Toughest Monster Truck Tour
Venue: Findlay Toyota Center
Location: Prescott Valley, AZ
Date: January 5th-6th, 2024
Photographer: Danny Maass (Check out Maass Media on Facebook)
Blockhead (Daron Basl), Dirt Crew (Jerry Beck), Dozer (Marc MacDonald), Maximus (Travis Groth), Tail Gator (Tim Jones), The Veteran (Tyler Groth) [Read more…]
Event: All Star Monster Truck Tour
Venue: Alaska State Fairgrounds
Location: Palmer, Alaska
Date: September 2nd-3rd, 2023
Photographer: Danny Maass (Check out Maass Media on Facebook)
First Responder (?), Double Trouble (Tyler Groth), MTR (Kylie Thurber), The Veteran (Travis Groth) [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: 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…]
(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 make our way to West Valley City, Utah, a state full of motorsport history as some of the biggest names in speed have gathered at the legendary Bonneville Salt Flats to be the fastest man on wheels. However, on the second weekend of August, Rocky Mountain Raceways holds its traditional Maverik Clash of the Titans monster truck figure-8 race event, this year for the historic twentieth consecutive year. To commemorate the event, a record sixteen monster trucks were invited, the most ever at this event.
Leading the charge were all four members of Jimmy Creten’s 2Xtreme Racing. Jimmy himself drove the American Sniper Bounty Hunter while wife and teammate Dawn, as usual, took the steering wheel of Scarlet Bandit. Tim “Mullet” Missentzis piloted the pickup Iron Outlaw. And the lead guitarist of metal band Five Finger Death Punch himself, Zoltan Bathory from Hungary brought his insane looking 3D-bodied Knucklehead to compete. From just up the road in South Willard, Utah was Kreg Christensen in his hot rod hybrid Wicked on Sunday. On Saturday, Kreg’s stepson Paul Jensen drove Wicked before stepping into the radical trophy truck bodied monster in its first public outing, Kamikaze on Sunday. Twins Travis and Tyler Groth arrived to do battle; Travis in his orange Trouble Maker and Tyler in the bright green Double Trouble.
Another set of twins was in the house this weekend as Aaron Basl filled in for David Smith in King Krunch while brother Daron, as usual, took the helm of the reborn El Matador after several years of the Nitro Hornet identity. Darren Migues (pronounced Me-guess) had both trucks in tow. Darren himself hopped in the driver’s seat of Nitro Menace while his daughter Kaylyn continued her blossoming monster truck career in Jailbird. From West Jordan, Utah was Ron “the Dunc” Duncombe in the Maverik Monster Trakker. Returning to the Raceway for the third straight year were Doug Charles and Wild Thang. Rounding out the field was southwestern monster truck legend Jimmy Lyons stepping in for Rod Wood to drive McGruff and Lake Havasu, Arizona’s Mark Schroeder in the cockpit of Felon. [Read more…]
Event: Monster Truck Throwdown
Venue: Soaring Eagle Casino
Location: Mount Pleasant, Michigan
Date: July 2nd, 2016
Photographer: Danny Maass (Check out Maass Media on Facebook)
Avenger (Jim Koehler), Barbarian (Devin Jones), Brutus (Brad Allen), Crushstation (Greg Winchenbach), Heavy Hitter (Derick Anson), Lumberjack (Jeremy Hosman), Over Bored (Travis Groth/Tyler Groth), Rage (Cory Rummell), Wild Side (Jamey Garner), Wrecking Crew (Michael Thompson) [Read more…]
Event: Toughest Monster Truck Tour
Venue: Stockton Arena
Location: Stockton, California
Date: March 25th-26th, 2016
Photographer: Danny Maass (Check out Maass Media on Facebook)
Dirt Crew (Jerry Beck), Double Trouble (Tyler Groth), Obsession (Rick Swanson), Quad Chaos (Aaron Cain), Summit Bigfoot #18 (Larry Swim), Trouble Maker (Travis Groth) [Read more…]
Event: All Star Monster Truck Tour
Venue: Duchesne County Fair
Location: Duchesne, Utah
Date: August 4th, 2015
Videographer: Lynette Bonar
Double Trouble – Tyler Groth
Iron Outlaw – Brian Maes
Knucklehead – Trent Montgomery
Odyssey Battery Bigfoot #19 (Darron Schnell)
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Episode: Original Series 8.2
Event: Toughest Monster Truck Tour
Venue: Budweiser Events Center
Location: Loveland, Colorado
Date: April 3rd-4th, 2015
Host: Ross Z. Bonar
Videographers: Ross Z. Bonar, Bryan Wagner
Double Trouble – Tyler Groth
Over Bored – Jamey Garner
Quad Chaos – Aaron Cain
Summit Bigfoot #21 – Dan Runte
Trouble Maker – Travis Groth
Wild Thang – Doug Charles
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(Coverage By Christopher Allen, Photos By Jim Allen)
This time on “The Allen Report”, we travel to West Valley City, Utah, just a stone’s throw from Salt Lake City, for the sixth year in a row. It’s a city known for snowy mountains and home of hockey’s Utah Grizzlies and basketball’s Utah Jazz. But on this day, ten huge names in monster trucks were going full bore outdoors in the nineteenth annual Maverik Clash of the Titans at the motor race facility Rocky Mountain Raceways. Jimmy Creten was back again, ready to defend the clean sweep he got a year ago in his sleek Bounty Hunter Black n’ Yellow. Wife Dawn Creten was ready to give it all in her usual Scarlet Bandit. Trent Montgomery was in the house in Knucklehead, the official monster vehicle of metal band Five Finger Death Punch. Newcomer Brian Maes rounded out Team 2Xtreme Racing in Iron Outlaw. Larry Swim was looking to take the title back to St. Louis as the pilot of Firestone Bigfoot #18, with rookie Josh Gibson right behind in the classic bodied Retro Bigfoot #14. It was sophomore season at RMR for Doug Charles and his radical looking Wild Thang, complete with an emotional tribute to original owner, Tony Farrell on the side. Travis Groth was gearing up for the show in his bright orange Trouble Maker while twin brother Tyler was doing the same in his green Double Trouble. Finally, hometown driver Ron Duncombe was ready to give the fans a show in his Maverik Monster Trakker. [Read more…]
Event: All Star Monster Truck Tour
Venue: Maverik Center
Location: West Valley City, Utah
Date: January 2nd-3rd, 2015
Videographer: Maverik Center Staff
Ross Z. Bonar from the TheMonsterBlog.com was on hand announcing for the 2015 All Star Monster Truck Tour event at the Maverik Center this past weekend in West Valley City, Utah. There Rock Star, Wicked, Crusher, Destroyer, California Kid and Maverik Monster Trakker battled it out in three big shows. While we did not have our own video crew on hand, Desi and the amazing Maverik Center media staff was gracious enough to allow us to share some highlights they captured with you here on TMB. Enjoy!
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(Coverage By Christopher Allen, Photos By Jim Allen)
This time on “The Allen Report”, we go up north to the Cowlitz County Fairgrounds in Longview, Washington to watch six monster trucks do battle in three rounds of freestyle. Promoter and Monster Truck Hall of Famer Mike Welch and his “Freaks of Freestyle” tour brought in Monroe, Washington’s Seth Fisher driving Tow Monster. Also there was veteran Jeff Bainter behind the wheel of Captain USA. Selma, California’s Randy Hoegh had the keys to the brand new, old school built, farming inspired identity Raging Raisin appearing for the very first time. Roger Stidell was in the house with Destroyer. Rounding out the battleground were Tyler Groth in Double Trouble and twin brother Travis Groth piloting Survivor. [Read more…]
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