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>> RICH, HE'S GOT A FLAT FRONT
TIRE!
>> HE'S GOT A FLAT?
>> OH, COME ON.
>> LINE UP THE FORD!
[ ENGINE REVVING ]
HE'S JUST GOT TO LINE UP.
OHH!
>> YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING ME.
>> THAT'S A JUMP.
HEY, THEY'RE READY.
>> HEY, LINE THEM UP.
[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]
>> GET YOUR HELMET ON!
>>> THE BEST OF THE BEST, THE
CREM DELA CREM ARE READY TO
BATTLE FOR THE WORLD RACING
CHAMPIONSHIP AND THAT IS THE
MAN YOU HAVE TO BEAT.
TOM LOOKS TO EXTEND HIS RECORD
FOR THE FIRST TIME AGAINST 27
OTHER SUPERSTARS.
THE WORLD FINALS IS NEXT.
>>> RAISING THE BAR.
IT IS ONE OF THOSE TERMS THAT
YOU HEAR OFTEN BUT IS RARELY
ACCOMPLISHED.
YET IN 13 PREVIOUS TRIPS TO LAS
VEGAS, THIS AADVISING WORLD --
AMAZING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP HAVE
RAISED THAT BAR EVERY YEAR.
IT HAS NEVER BEEN THIS HIGH
BEFORE.
WELCOME TO MONSTER JAM, THE
FIRST TIME EVER, 28 TRUCKS WILL
RACE IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP
BRACKET AND YOU'LL SEE IT RIGHT
HERE ON STEVE.
I'M MIKE DOUGLAS AND MATT
SCHRADER ALONGSIDE.
AND WE TALK ABOUT NEW
OPPORTUNITIES IN THIS FIELD,
AFTER QUALIFYING LAST NIGHT,
THE NUMBER ONE SEED IS TOM.
>> AS IMPRESSIVE AS ALWAYS, TOM
NAILED IT.
HE WAS THE LAST PAIR TO QUALIFY
LAST NIGHT.
WE WERE WONDERING ON WEDNESDAY
NIGHT IF HE WAS GOING TO
QUALIFY WITH MECHANICAL ISSUES
BUT HE CAME OUT AND DID TWO
QUALIFYING PASSES AND HE WON
THE DOUBLE DOWN TROPHY.
>> HE LOOKS GOOD.
TWO-TIME DEFENDING CHAMPION, ON
THE STREAK OF BEING AT THE
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RACE OR
EARNING A SPOT IN THAT SPACE
FIVE STRAIGHT TIMES.
BUT FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, 28
MONSTER JAM TRUCKS BATTLE FOR
THE TITLE.
IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A FIRST-
TIME CHAMPION, THERE ARE A LOT
OF CON IT TENDERS.
BUT HOW ABOUT TALKING ABOUT
McDONALD AND IRON MAN.
>> IT WAS IMPRESSIVE TO WATCH
LEE ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT.
HE MADE HIS FIRST QUALIFYING
PASS THAT COUNTS AND WENT IN
THE BOOKS AND HE WENT BACK AND
SAID I'M GOOD WITH THAT.
I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE A SECOND
PASS.
I THINK THAT WILL HOLD TRUE.
AND IT DID UNTIL THE VERY END
WHEN TOM TOOK THE NUMBER ONE
SEED IN THE QUALIFIER.
>> TOM COMING FROM BEHIND OR
BEING IN THE LAST PAIR TO BE
THE NUMBER ONE SPOT.
BUT IT IS AN AMAZING LINE-UP
BUT YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE THE
MOST EXCITED PERSON IN IT, AND
THAT IS SAYING SOMETHING, IS A
YOUNG MAN FROM OHIO.
AND I'M TALKING ABOUT JOE
SYLVESTER AND BAD HABITS WHO
EARNED THE FINAL BERTH BY
WINNING LAST NIGHT.
>> I'LL HAVE TO ADMIT, AND I
APOLOGIZE, JOE, I DIDN'T THINK
YOU WERE GOING TO GET THROUGH
AND WIN THE COMPETITION, BUT HE
WAS STEADY ALL THE WAY THROUGH
AND HE WAS CONSISTENT AND HE
WAS REALLY FAST.
>> IT IS A HISTORY-MAKING NIGHT
FOR THE FIRST TIME.
28 MONSTER JAM TRUCKS BATTLE
BUT ONLY ONE WORLD RACING
CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY.
LET'S LOOK THE ATHE GREATEST
FIELD OF TRUCKS EVER.
>> NUMBER 28, HE QUALIFIED AT
THAT NUMBER WITH AN 1:87:33.
NUMBER 25 IN CAPTAIN AMERICA
WITH A 17.75.7.
>> AND BUILDING TOWARD THE
FASTEST IN QUALIFYING.
SEAN DUE HAHN IN ZOMBIE, NOT
BAD.
AND THERE IS BAD HABITSUP GUN
FIRST.
>> GRINER QUALIFIED NUMBER 20
AND FURTHER ON UP, SURPRISINGLY
ENOUGH, WE THOUGHT DAMON BROAD
SHAW WOULD DO BETTER THAN THAT
AT 17 BUT HE IS LOOKING GOOD.
>> AND THERE IS THE WORLD'S
FREE STALE CHAMPION, REIGNING
THAT IS, NOT BAD IN TERMS OF
QUALIFYING.
AND LINDSEY, WE THOUGHT HE
WOULD BE IN THE TOP.
>> ALONG WITH THAT, GOING TO
THE TOP OF THE PACK, SO TO
SPEAK, GEORGE QUALIFIED NUMBER
12 IN MOHAWK WARRIOR.
DENNIS ANDERSON QUALIFIED
NUMBER 9 IN GRAVE DIGGER WITH A
16.6.87.
>> THIS YEAR ONLY FOUR BYES
BECAUSE OF THE EXPANDED 28.
THESE ALL HAVE A LEGITIMATE
SHOT TO RUN THE TABLE TONIGHT.
>> AND THESE ARE YOUR TOP FOUR
QUALIFIERS.
THEY GET THE FIRST ROUND BYE
AND TOM IS YOUR NUMBER ONE
QUALIFIER.
AND IN THE FINAL ROUND OF
PRACTICE AND QUALIFYING AND HE
TAKES DOUBLE DOWN.
>> ALL OF THE TIMES ARE CLOSE,
ALL OF THESE DRIVERS ARE HOT,
IT IS ANYBODY'S GAME OUT THERE.
YOU KNOW WHAT, I'VE NEVER WON A
DOUBLE DOWN TROPHY.
THAT IS PRETTY AWESOME.
BUT THAT WILL MAKE IT EVEN
TOUGHER TOMORROW NIGHT.
THE X STANDS FOR TEN YEARS, BUT
THE TARGET ON MY BACK IS WAY
BIGGER THAN THAT.
>> HE'S THE FAVORITE.
LET'S HEAR FROM OTHER
CONTENDERS.
>> ALL OF THE COMPETITORS ARE
NERVOUS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS WRONG WITH
THEM BECAUSE IT IS NOT A -- IT
IS NOT A NERVOUSNESS ABOUT THE
SHOW, IT IS JUST A LOT OF
EXCITEMENT HERE.
IT IS GOING TO BE A BIG NIGHT.
>> IT IS GOING TO BE GREAT.
IT IS GOING TO BE FUN.
I'M JACKED.
>> I'M PUMPED.
A LOT LESS PRESSURE THAN LAST
YEAR.
AND WE HAVE NORM, IT IS TOUGH
TO TAKE HIM OUT EARLY, BUT I
FEEL CONFIDENT.
>> IT GETS NO BIGGER AND BETTER
THAN THIS RIGHT HERE.
THE WORLD FINALS.
IT IS WHAT I DREAMED ABOUT AS A
LITTLE BOY AND I'M HERE, SO I'M
STILL LIVING THE DREAM TO THE
DAY.
>> THE BEST SHOW ON EARTH,
MONSTER JAM IS ROCKING.
THE MONSTER JAM MONSTER TRUCKS
ARE GOING TO ROCK IT OUT.
>> NERVOUSNESS, FEAR, IT IS ALL
THERE.
WE HAVE TO GO OUT THERE AND
MAKE SOME ROUNDS.
I HAVE A TOUGH PRACTICE BUT IT
WILL MAKE A BETTER CHAPTER IN
MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY WHEN I WIN.
>> AND IT IS ON.
>>> LOOKING OVER LAS VEGAS, AND
NOW WE GO OUTSIDE OF THE CITY.
IT IS SAM BOYD STADIUM AND THE
ADVANCED MONSTER JAM WORLD
FINALS PRESENTED BY MGK SPARK
CLUBS HAS RETURNED.
AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER, ONLY
FOUR TOP SEEDS FROM QUALIFYING
AUTOMATICALLY IN ROUND TWO.
NO DRIVER HAS HAD TO RACE IN
ROUND ONE AND MADE IT TO WIP
IT.
WE MAY SEE THAT BECAUSE THERE
IS MORE CHANCES.
SCOTT BUTTO TAKES ON A VETERAN,
SAM McQUEEN IN NORTHERN
NIGHTMARE.
AND WE ARE UNDERWAY.
THE MOMENT SEEMS TO BE WITH
NORTHERN NIGHTMARE.
McQUEEN OPENS IT UP.
>> HERE IS THE CRITICAL TURN.
THEY BOTH HANDLE IT NOW AND
NORTHERN NIGHTMARE BY ABOUT A
TRUCK LENGTH WILL ADVANCE INTO
ROUND TWO.
>> AND CAM McQUEEN, HE IS A
VETERAN HERE AND HE KNOWS HOW
TO HANDLE TRACK.
SCOTT HAD PROBLEMS COMING OUT
OF THUNDER ALLEY AND THAT IS
WHERE THE PROBLEMS START.
RIGHT HERE YOU SEE HE GETS A
LITTLE BIT SIDEWAYS AND HAS TO
GATHER IT UP AND THROW THE
HOOKS UP.
AMAZINGLY ENOUGH HE JUST ABOUT
CAUGHT CAM McQUEEN.
BUT CAM McQUEEN TAKES THE WIN
IN NORTHERN NIGHTMARE.
>> WE CONTINUE WITH ROUND ONE.
THE YOUNG GUNS SHOOTOUT
CHAMPION, SYLVESTER EARNED
NUMBER ONE SPOT LAST NIGHT.
AND GUESS WHAT HE GETS AS A
REWARD.
HE BOUGHTLES THE WORLD
CHAMPION, DEP IS -- DENNIS
ANDERSON, GRAVE DIGGER.
>> SYLVESTER IS PULLING.
>> THE LEAD OUT OF THUNDER
ALLEY.
>> AND HERE IS WHERE ANDERSON
IS THE MASTER.
BEAUTIFUL TURN BY GRAVE DIGGER
AND JOE SYLVESTER FOLLOWING THE
WHOLE WAY.
>> VERY WELL DONE.
DENNIS ANDERSON, GRAVE DIGGER
TAKES IT WITH A 17.729.
>> THAT'S NOT GOING TO COVER
IT.
LET'S GO WITH OUR ON-BOARD
CAMERA, MARK.
>> WOW!
I'M NOT AN EXPERT DRIVER, BUT
THAT LOOKS CONTROLLED, THAT
WASN'T RAGGED EDGED.
>> NO, NOT AT ALL.
IT WAS VERY CONTROLLED.
THINK IT WAS A CONSERVATIVE
PASS.
>>> DAVID BRADSHAW RUNNER-UP
LAST YEAR AND SQUARES OFF WITH
FREESTYLE CHAMPIONS IN IT THEIR
OWN RIGHT.
DID YOU SEE WHERE ANDERSON
LINED UP.
OVER THE THE JERSEY BARRIER AND
HE ALMOST DID IT AGAIN.
>> AND LOOK AT THE LEGEND.
ADAM ANDERSON IS FLYING.
THAT IS AN IMPRESSIVE RUN.
HE OBLITERATED MONSTER ENERGY.
AND LOOK AT THE TIME.
>> 16.59.
THAT WAS MORE THAN A SECOND
FASTER THAN HIS DAD.
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS HERE.
DAVID BRADSHAW GOING INTO
THUNDER ALLEY AND IT SEEMED
LIKE HE DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE.
LOOK AT THIS, HE IS CLIPPING
THE BANNERS AND PUSHING THE
TRUCK TO THE LIMITS.
>> WE
>>> THE DALMATIAN NATION IS
OUT.
LET'S LOOK AT OUR BRACKET SO
FAR.
NORTHERN NIGHTMARE, GRAVE
DIGGER THE LEM END, LOOKING
REALLY GOOD.
WE HAVE A LOT MORE FIRST ROUND
ACTION TO TAKE CARE OF.
LET'S GET BACK TO THE STARTING
LINE.
WE JUST MENTIONED MONSTER MUTT
AND SHE TAKES ON ONE OF HER
BEST FRIENDS, SHE AND BELL HAVE
SHARED TEAMS FOR A LOT OF YEARS
BUT NOW THEY ARE BATTLING.
CANDICE GRILLS HIM ON THE LINE.
>> ONE OF THE BEST STARTERS IN
THE SPORT, BUT BELLHAN HAS MADE
UP THE GROUND.
AND CANDICE HAS BIG PROBLEMS.
SHE'S ON FIRE.
EASY WIN FOR MOHAWK WARRIOR BUT
YOU CAN SEE THAT IS A BIG FIRE.
>> THAT IS BIG TROUBLE.
>> THAT IS A BIG FIRE.
AND THEY ARE COMING OUT.
AGAIN, MARK, THE SAFETY OF
THESE MACHINES.
LOOK AT HOW QUICKLY SHE GOT OUT
OF THERE DESPITE THE
RESTRAINTS.
>> ONE POP OF THE SEEN -- SEAT
BELT AND SHE IS FINE.
I HAVE TO SAY IT LOOKS LIKE AN
ALCOHOL FIRE.
IT DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF SMOKE
TO IT.
>> YEAH, I ENDED UP LOSING A
FUEL LINE OFF THE BARREL VALVE.
I WAS COMING DOWN THE SHOOT AND
WENT TO MAKE THE CORNER AND THE
MOTOR DIED AND THEN I SAW
FLAMES ALL AROUND AND SO I
DECIDED TO GET OUT.
>> GOOD CHOICE.
>>> BACK AT OUR STARTING LINE
WORLD FINALS VERT CHAD FORTUNE,
CAPTAIN AMERICA BACK AT THE
MONSTER JAM WORLD FINALS WITH A
TOUGH DRAW.
ONE OF THE BEST WAGERS ALL
YEAR.
LINDSY LINK AND THE CRUISADER.
>> A SLIGHT EDGE TO THE LUCAS
OIL.
>> HE HAS PROBLEMS.
>> HE HAD AN EDGE AND IT WENT
AWAY.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, IT IS SHUT
DOWN.
CAPTAIN AMERICA WILL GRAB THE
RACING VICTORY TO ADVANCE TO
ROUND NUMBER TWO.
THAT WAS JUST -- ALL OF A
SUDDEN, THE WORDS WERE COMING
OUT OF MY MOUTH AND LINDSEY HAD
THE LEAD AND THEN IT WAS GONE.
>> WE WERE ON BOARD WITH
LINDYSY -- LINDSEY AND WE CUT
AWAY AND THEN I DON'T KNOW WHAT
HAPPENED.
LET'S SEE WHAT WE CAN HEAR.
LET'S GO THE PITS.
AND KRISTI LEE IS ON THE STORY.
>> LINDSEY, WE JUST SAW YOU OUT
IN ROUND ONE OF RACING.
WHAT HAPPENED IN THE FIRST
TURN?
>> AS SOON AS I GOT ABOUT A
QUARTER WAY DOWN I FELT
SOMETHING POP AND WHEN THAT
HAPPENED, THE REAR DRIVE SHAFT
LET GO.
I HAD A FINE VIBATION BEFORE
AND AT INTRO IT GOT WORSE BUT I
THOUGHT ONCE IT WARMED UP IT
WOULD BE OKAY BUT IT GOT WORSE.
BUT IT HAD MOMENTUM TO TAKE ME
DOWN TO THE END.
>> EVERY YEAR THE STORIES ARE
AMAZING.
HERE IS ANOTHER ONE.
ANOTHER LADY MAKING IT TO THIS
PINNACLE ROUND.
NICOLE JOHNSON IN ***-DOO.
***-DOO HAS MADE UP THE
GROUND AND THEY ARE EVEN.
THE EXPERIENCE OF STONE CRUSHER
ON THAT TURN WILL CARRY THE
STONE CRUSHER INTO ROUND TWO.
>> NICOLE JOHNSON WAS
STRAIGHTAWAY, ALL THE WAY DOWN
TO THE TURN AND THEN AS YOU
SAID THAT EXPERIENCE MADE THE
WIN FOR SIMPSON, STONE CRUSHER.
AN 18.647.
AGAIN, IT WON'T CUT IT WHEN IT
COMES TO FINAL ROUND RACING.
>> BUT RIGHT NOW IT IS COMING.
AND THE STORIES UNFOLD.
THERE IS ONE OF YOUR FAVORITE
>>> AS WE LOOK AT THE BRACKETS,
THE OFFICIALS WERE NOTIFIED
THAT SUPERMAN IS PULLING TO THE
LINE.
THIS IS TWO OF THE MOST
TALENTED IN THE GAME.
JOHN ZIMMER AND WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIPS AND IF YOU THINK
ABOUT MARK ALLEN AND WHAT HE'S
DONE HERE BUT NOT GONE PAST THE
SEMI-FINALS.
>> AND THERE IS A BRAND NEW
METEOR -- MOTOR IN SUPERMAN.
>> THE EL TORO GOT THE JOB DONE
AND MARK McDONALD ADVANCES TO
ROUND TWO.
THAT EL TORO LOCO LOOKING
SPECTACULAR.
>> MARK IS FAST AT ANY TRACK
BUT HE IS FAMILIAR WITH THE
WORLD FINALS HERE IN ALREADY
AND THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED WITH
ZIMMER AND SUPERMAN.
HE COMES INTO THE TURN JUST
HAMMERING ON IT A LITTLE TOO
MUCH AND A LITTLE LESS
EXPERIENCE.
MARK McDOWELL TAKES IT BUT
LET'S HEAR WHAT THEY HAVE TO
SAY ABOUT SUPERMAN.
>> THEY GUYS WORKED SO HARD TO
GIVE ME A GOOD TRUCK.
I WOULD LIKE TO GO FATHER IN
RACING BUT YOU DEAL WITH IT.
WE'LL BE BACK NEXT YEAR WITH 32
TRUCKS, GOOD LORD.
>> AND NOW A VETERAN, A FIXTURE
IN THIS GREATEST EVENT IN THE
SPORT, AND HERE IS ONE OF ONLY
FOUR PEOPLE WHO CAN CLAIM
THEY'VE WOULD BE A WORLD RACING
CHAMPIONSHIP AND FREESTYLE AND
THIS IS ONE OF THEM.
>> LIMITED FIELD OF VISION ON
THAT MONSTER MUTT.
BUT AFTER SEVERAL YEARS OF IT,
USED TO IT, MONSTER MUTT KNOCKS
OFF MEDUSA AND ADVANCES TO
ROUND TWO.
>> THAT IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
PACK HERE.
ASIDE FROM ADAM ANDERSON, YOU
LOOK AT REPLAY.
ONE THING THAT CONCERNS ME IS
THE SQUARE CORNER MADE IN
MONSTER MUTT.
HE CANNOT DO THAT IN ADVANCE OF
THE FINAL ROUND.
IT HAS TO BE SMOOTHER THAN
THAT.
I KNOW HE HAS THAT GOING ON.
IT WON'T BE A PROBLEM FOR HIM.
BUT JUST TAKE NOTE.
>> BACK TO THE STARTING LINE,
THE TRUCK CREATED BY MONSTER
JAM FANS AT MONSTER JAMB.COM,
AND SEAN DU HON IN ZOMBIE.
AND TAKING ON JIM CRETEEN IN
BOUNDY HUNTER.
HUNTER.
>> BOUNDER HUNTER AND JIMMY
CRETEEN WILL ADVANCE TO ROUND
OVER WITH A PETTIVE ADVANTAGE.
>> THE TIMES ARE GETTING LOWER
HERE, WHICH IS GOOD.
TELLING ME EITHER THE TRACK IS
STARTING TO BITE BETTER DOWN AT
THE BOTTOM AND THE FINAL TURN,
AND WE'LL HAVE TO SEE WHAT GOES
ON.
BUT LOOK AT THIS GREAT LOOKING
ZOMBIE TRUCK.
UNBELIEVABLE.
SEAN DUHON OUT THERE.
JIMMY CREATIN MADE A TURN ROO
THERE.
HE PULLED AWAY FROM SEAN DUHON.
>> YOU DON'T HANG YOUR HEAD.
ONE OF THE BEST THE SP
>>> WELCOME BACK TO SAM BOYD
STADIUM IN LAS VEGAS, THE
MONSTER JAM WORLD FINALS, AND
KRISTI LEE IS ALONG, AND AS YOU
MENTIONED, WE'LL SEE A WIDER
MATCH-UP AT THE END OF ROUND
ONE TO GIVE THEM TIME TO FIX
MECHANICAL ISSUES.
AND NOW BATMAN HAS WON THE
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TWICE.
NOW BEHIND THE WHEEL OF THAT,
THE ADVANCED AUTO PARTS NORM
MILLER BATMAN.
AND METAL MULLISHA HAS BEEN
FAST EVERY TIME.
AND A GREAT RACE.
AFTER BEING THE FAST QUALIFIER
A YEAR AGO, I DON'T THINK THAT
WILL HAPPEN THIS YEAR.
METAL MULLISHA HAS THE LEAD.
AND TODD LE DEW WILL ADVANCE
INTO ROUND NUMBER TWO AS THE
GENERAL AND HIS TEAM -- OH, MY,
HELLO.
THAT IS NOT SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN.
>> WELL, SOMETIMES THINGS LIKE
THAT HAPPEN.
>> MARK, LET'S MENTION
SOMETHING REAL QUICK AS WE
WATCH THE END OF THIS.
NEXT YEAR WE EXPAND TO 32
TRUCKS, MONSTER JAM TRUCKS.
WE GO TO TWO NICES.
THE RACE TRACK WILL NOT HAVE
THE FREESTYLE OBSTACLES BECAUSE
THEY WILL REDESIGN IT AFTER
RACING.
>> IT WILL BE FANTASTIC.
AND RIGHT NOW WE HAVE GRINDER
IN THE LEFT LANE.
HE IS GOING UP AGAINST RYAN
ANDERSON AND SON OF A DIGGER,
THAT DROPS HIM DOWN.
HE HAD MECHANICAL ISSUES
EARLIER AS WE SAID, BUT IT
LOOKS LIKE HE IS SET AND READY
TO GO.
A PARTER FOR -- A PROBLEM --
HE'S NOT UP TO SPEED.
AND A BY RUN FOR SON-UVA
DIGGER.
THE OTHER TEAM HAS THE PROBLEM
WITH THE RACE START.
17.32, REALLY STARTING TO DROP
THE NUMBERS AS WE'RE SEEING
THESE COME AROUND.
JOHN, YOU SEE HIS HANDS ARE UP
AND CHECKING EVERYTHING OUT AND
LETTING HIM KNOW EVERYTHING IS
OKAY.
IT JUST SHUTS DOWN RIGHT THERE
AND LOSES POWER.
>> RAIN ANDERSON -- RYAN
ANDERSON DOESN'T KNOW THAT
DIGGER RAN A SOLID LAP.
>> AND INTO THE NEXT ROUND THE
TIMES WILL MATTER AND THAT IS
IMPORTANT.
>> AND THAT SPECTACULAR LOOKING
AVENGER TAKING ON THE 2012
WINNER, VERY DESERVEDLY INVITED
TO THIS EVENT, SPIDERMAN, THE
FIRST AMERICAN TO EVER COMPETE
-- OH, COLOR IS IN TROUBLE
ALREADY.
COLOR -- THAT IS NOT WHAT HE
WANTED AS ALL.
>> NO.
HE DOESN'T KNOW THAT COLOR IS
NOT HERE WITH HIM SO HE IS
RUNNING A SOLID RACE.
>> ANOTHER GOOD TIME.
>> BUT WHAT JUST HAPPENED TO
MR. EXCITEMENT, MR. COLOR.
>> THE TRUCK LIFTED A LITTLE
BIT TO LEFT AND AS HE WAS
COMING DOWN, YOU COULD SEE THE
RIGHT FRONT TIRE CAUGHT THE
RAIL AND IT WAS ALL OVER.
LOOK AT THIS AS HE IS SLIDING
DOWN THE K RAIL, BARREL ROLLS
AND LANDS ON THE BACK SIDE OF
IT.
>> WHAT A SPECTACULAR CRASH AND
WHAT A VIEW.
>> AND AGAIN A TESTAMENT TO THE
SAFETY OF THE MONSTER JAM
TRUCKS.
COLOR IS OUT AND WALKING AROUND
AND HE JUST -- THERE HE IS
RIGHT THAT.
>> THEY ARE GOING WHAT
HAPPENED?
>> THAT IS A DEJECTED FORMER
WORLD STYLE CHAMPION AND THERE
IS HIS BROTHER STEVE COLOR WITH
HIM.
>> FOR THEM IT IS ALL ABOUT
GETTING READY FOR FREESTYLE
WHICH
>>> OUR TOP FOUR SEEDS ARE
COMING BACK.
AND COLOR WAS SPECTACULAR IN
ROUND ONE.
>> I SAT AT THAT GAME SAYING
I'M GOING TO CLIP THAT CORNER,
AND DON'T CLIP THAT CORNER.
AND I CLIPPED THE CORNER.
SO I JUST GOT TO GET THE BAD
THOUGHTS OUT OF MY HEAD AND GET
HER SQUARED AWAY FOR FREESTYLE,
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, MAKE IT
HAPPEN.
>> THAT IS MR. EXCITEMENT.
ROUND ONE IS WRAPPED UP.
AND THEN OUR SECOND FASTEST
QUALIFIER IS DOWN THERE ON THE
BOTTOM, IRON MAN.
SO QUESTION GET STARTED WITH A
MATCH-UP OF THE TWO REIGNING
WORLD CHAMPIONS.
HERE IS THE REIGNING WORLD
FREESTYLE CHAMPION, AND TWO-
TIME DEFENDING WORLD RACING
CHAMPION, 10 TIME CHAMPION,
YOUR FASTEST QUALIFIER, TOM
MEENTS.
>> SPECTACULAR 10th
ANNIVERSARY.
>> EVERYBODY HAS TO GET A
PICTURE.
IT IS JUST AMAZING.
LOOK CAM GOT THE LEAD BUT HE
COULDN'T HOLD IT.
>> NIGHTMARE HAS THE EDGE AND
HE OVERROTATED AND TOM COMES
FROM BEHIND FROM LIKE THE
GAZILLIONTH TIME TO WIN IT.
>> THAT IS THE FASTEST WE'VE
SEEN ASIDE FROM ADAM.
>> HE IS THE LEGEND.
>> HERE IS THE BEGINNING OF THE
END FOR McQUEEN.
HE CUT THE TURN TOO TIGHT.
I THINK HE MIGHT HAVE HAD --
TOM, YOU WANT TOM, HE DRIFTED
OUT BUT IT IS JUST HAMMER DOWN
ALL OF THE TIME.
THERE IS NO THROTTLE PENALTY IN
THERE.
RYAN ANDERSON AND SON-UVA
DIGGER.
THE FREESTYLE IS WHAT WE KNEW
HIM FOR AND NOW THIS YEAR ONE
OF THE BEST RACERS IN THE SPORT
AND LOOK AT HIS OPPONENT.
IT IS' FAMILY FREUD.
ONLY ONE CAN ADVANCE.
THEY ARE EVEN HEADING INTO THE
TURN.
DADDY AND SON BATTLING.
RYAN WITH A SLIGHT EDGE AND SON-
UVA DIGGER WILL ADVANCE TO
ROUND TWO BUT GRAVE DIGGER SHUT
DOWN COMING OFF THE TURN.
>> DENNIS ANDERSON AND GRAVE
DIGGER GOT IN BIG TROUBLE.
17.159, GIST A TICK SLOW THAN
HIS -- SLOWER THAN HIS BROTHER,
THE ANDERSON BOYS, RYAN THE
FASTEST SON SO FAR IN THIS
COMPETITION.
>> WHAT IS GOING ON WITH DENNIS
ANDERSON AND GRAVE DIGGER?
ON BOARD, TAKE A LISTEN.
[ ROARING ENGINE ]
>> IT SOUNDED LIKE SOMETHING
WAS MISFIRING.
LET'S HEAR FROM DENNIS AND SEE
WHAT HE HAS TO SAY.
>> IT'S OKAY, IF AN OFFICIAL
CUT ME OFF, THERE IS NO WAY WE
CAN RERUN IT.
WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IT
IS, IF I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH
THE TRUCK OR NOT.
>> WOW, AND IT IS ALWAYS AT THE
MONSTER JAM WORLD FINALS.
AND BY THE WAY, HE WANTS A
RERUN.
>> NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
>> AND NOW IN ROUND ONE GRAVE
DIGGER WAS IN HIS OWN
STRATOSPHERE.
THE ONLY DRIVER UNDER 17
SECONDS AND NOW HE FACES THE
WARRIOR HERE.
>> AND LOOK AT HOW FAR AHEAD HE
IS.
IS THIS GOING TO BE THE NIGHT?
DESPITE ALL OF THE ISSUES HE'D
HAD OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, IS
GRAVE DIGGER, THE LEGEND,
DESTINED TO GO TO A WORLD
RACING CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE
FIRST TIME SO FAR EARLY ON, AND
HE IS THE MAN.
>> 16.83.
LOOK AT HOW TIGHT HE IS IN THE
TURN.
HE'S ON A THROTTLE A QUARTER OF
THE WAY INTO THE TURN AND
ABSOLUTELY PERFECT.
HE JUST SEEMINGLY GOT IT GOING
ON.
>>> AND NOW WE TIP WITH --
CONTINUE WITH OUR SECOND ROUND.
AND YOU REMEMBER JACKSON OIL
WAS ELIMINATED.
THE FOURTH FASTEST QUALIFIER
WAS BLUE THUNDER, AND HE IS
BACK WITH A BRAND NEW SET OF
DIGS.
>> [ INAUDIBLE DUE TO CROWD
NOISE ]
>> PABLO IS ALWAYS FAST HERE
BUT CAPTAIN AMERICA IS RIGHT
THERE WITH HIM AT THE LINE.
ABOUT THE LENGTH OF THE WHEEL,
IS THE MARGIN OF VICTORY FOR
BLUE THUNDER.
17.88 FOR PABLO AND BLUE
THUNDER, TO MAKE A POINT, HES
HAT DRIVEN THAT -- HE'S NOT
DRIVEN THE TRUCK IN OVER TWO
YEARS.
THEY TOOK THE SEAT OUT AND THIS
IS THE FIRST TIME HE'S DRIVEN
BESIDES PRACTICE.
AND STUMBLED HERE A LITTLE BIT
AND A SQUARE TURN AND THAT IS
WHERE CAPTAIN AMERICA JUST
CAUGHT HIM.
BUT NONETHELESS, PABLO TAKES
THE WIN AND MOVES
>>> WE ARE HEADING TOWARD THE
QUARTERFINAL ROUND.
HALF OF OUR FINAL EIGHT
DETERMINED IN THE ULTIMATE, THE
GREATEST MONSTER JAM EVER.
28 TRUCKS.
ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, THOSE
FOUR GO INTO THE FINAL EIGHT
HAVE BEEN DETERMINED.
ONE ONE MORE SLOT COMING UP.
FOUR MORE RACES HERE AHEAD.
AND LET'S GET BACK TO THE
ADVANCED AUTO PARTS STARTING
LINE.
SIMS AND THE STONE CRUSHER OUT
OF VIRGINIA BEACH WILL COME TO
THE LINE.
AND ANOTHER TOP FOUR SEED,
CAPTAIN KIRK WHO IS ONE OF THE
BEST RACERS.
IF YOU LOOK AT PERCENTAGES,
HE'S BEEN TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND.
END OF THE TURN, A SLIGHT LEAD
FOR CAPTAIN.
>> HE ALMOST SHINED -- SPINED
OUT.
>> OH, MY, STEVE SIMS IS GOING
TO GATHER IT UP QUICKER THAN
ALEX BLACKWELL.
>> THIS COURSE IS UNLIKE ANY IN
THE WORLD AND YOU CAN'T CALL IT
UNTIL THEY CROSS THE LINE.
>> I'M SHOCKED AS STONE CRUSHER
KNOCKS OFF THE THIRD FASTEST
QUALIFIER.
>> HE WAS BEAT AND THEN ON THE
BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN, SAME
PROBLEM FOR CAPTAIN, WHOEVER
GETS THERE FIRST IS THE ONE TO
WIN.
>> I AM SPEECHLESS.
LOOK AT HOW THIS TRACK HELD UP
AND IT JUST WENT AWAY FOR
BLACKWELL.
>> MONSTER MUTT COMES BACK TO
THE ADVANCED AUTO PARTS
STARTING LINE.
WITH A TOUGH DRAW.
MARK McDONALD AND THE EL TORO
LOCO.
AND THE WINNER OF THE RACE
JOINS OUR QUARTERFINALISTS.
>> MONSTER MUTT WITH A
SIGNIFICANT LEAD OVER EL TORRO
LOCO INTO THE TURN.
AT THE FINISH LINE, IT IS A
PHOTO FINISH.
>> WOW.
>> I THOUGHT MONSTER MUTT HAD
EL TORO BEAT.
ONE OF OUR RARE LAPS UNDER 17.
MARK McDONALD IS A PLAYER, BUT
IN THIS REPLAY, MARK, LOOK AT
THIS FINISH LINE.
WITH ELECTRONIC SCORING AND OUR
PHOTO FINISH CAMERA WE HAVE AN
EXPECT LOOK-- EXACT LOOK AT
IT.
LOOK AT THE LINE THEY DID.
THE NOSE OF MONSTER MUTT WAS UP
IN THE AIR.
McDONALD WAS CLOSE TO THE
GROUND AND THE OTHER WAS HIGH.
>> A YEAR AGO WON HIS FIRST
ROUND RACE, SPIDERMAN, AND
WE'LL SEE IF HE HAS ANYTHING
FOR IRON MAN AND LEE O'DONNELL
WHO LOVES RUNNING HERE.
>> SPIDERMAN IS RIGHT THERE.
THE TURN WILL DETERMINE THE
WINNER.
WHAT CAN YOU SAY ABOUT
SPIDERMAN.
THERE IS NO MISTAKE ON IRON
MAN'S PART.
HE RAN A GOOD RACE BUT
SPIDERMAN MAKES IT INTO THE
QUARTERFINALS.
>> HE WAS STRAIGHT UP ALL THE
WAY DOWN.
FAST AND GOES INTO THIS TURN.
LOOK AT HOW HE STANDS RIGHT
THERE, IN THE THROTTLE,
STRAIGHTENS IT OUT AND THREADS
THE NEEDLE SIDE BY SIDE DOOR
HANDLE TO DOOR HANDLE AND THE
POWER OF SPIDERMAN PULLS IT OUT
BY JUST ABOUT HALF A TRUCK
LENGTH.
>> BOY, MARK, STILL AT DEPTH,
YOU POINTED IT OUT, YOU CAN SEE
BARI WAS QUICKER INTO THE
THROTTLE.
AND BOUNTY HUNTER, ONE OF THE
GREATEST ON THE TRACK.
BOUNTY HUNTER TAKES OFF AGAINST
A METAL MULISHA MACHINE AND
TODD LE DUC.
>> LEDUC LOVES THIS SAND.
>> HE HAS A LEAD OVER BOUNTY
HUNTER.
BUT METAL MULLISH YOU SHUTS
DOWN IN THE TURN.
BOUNTY HUNTER HAS SERIOUS
PROBLEMS.
>> NO WAY CRETIN SHOULD HAVE
WON THAT RACE.
THERE WERE SO MANY THAT HE
THOUGHT HE SHOULD HAVE WON BUT
LAST.
BUT SOMETHING GOES ON AND LOOK
AT TODD LE DUC WONDERING WHAT
HAPPENED.
>> HE IS STRAIGHT UP ON IT,
FLAT OUT, WIDE OPEN.
I HAVE TO SAY HE HAS ELECTRICAL
ISSUES AND CRETIN AND HE LOSES
POWER AND STARTED TO STUDDER
AND BACKFIRE.
>> HE JUST HAPPENED TO CARRY
ACROSS THE LINE WHEN MULISHA
SHUT DOWN.
>> WE HAVE OUR FINAL EIGHT AND
LOOKING FOR THE FINAL FOUR AND
WE HAVE A GREAT MATCH-UP TO
START WHEN WE COME BACK.
>>> MONSTER JAM WORLD FINALS,
LEFT HAND SIDE, LOOK AT MATCH-
UPS.
WOW.
SON-UVA DIGGER, AND THEN LOOK
AT THIS SIDE OF THE BRACKET, WE
PAY END UP WITH A SURPRISE
FINALIST.
STONE CRUSHER AND EL TORO IS
STILL ALIVE AND BOUNTY HUNTER
AND SPIDERMAN.
AND RYAN ANDERSON, SON-UVA
DIGGER, CAN HE TAKE IT.
HE WAS WON 19 OF HIS LAST 20
RACES ON THIS COURT.
>> AND LOOK AT HOW FAR MEENTS
IS LINING UP, TO MAKE SURE HE
DOESN'T CLIP THE OUTSIDE OF
THAT RAIL.
>> SON-UVA DIGGER AND AN
ABSOLUTE ROAR.
>> MEENTS WILL WIN BY LESS THAN
A TRUCK LENGTH.
LOOK AT NUMBERS, 16.5, THE
FASTEST WE'VE SEEN ALL NIGHT
LONG.
>> THAT IS WHAT THE PRONSTER
JACK WORLD FINALS IS ALL ABOUT.
YOU SAW IT RIGHT THERE.
TWO TEAMS AND TWO DRIVERS WHO
REFUSED TO LOSE.
AS THAT LITTLE BOBBLE COST RYAN
A CHANCE TO WIN THIS THING.
>> BUT RYAN LOSES WITH THE
SECOND FASTEST RUN OF THE
NIGHT.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
WOW!
TOM MEENTS AND MAX DE ON THE
MONEY FOR THE NIGHT.
HE'S ALWAYS SAVING SOMETHING
FOR LATER ON.
AND NOW PABLO HUFFAKER AND BLUE
THUNDER.
AND ANDERSON IS A LEGEND.
HE IS HERE TO EXERCISE THE
DEMONS OF THE PASS HE'S SEEN
HER AND HE'S ON THE RAIL
TONIGHT.
AGAIN SHOT DOWN THUNDER ALLEY.
ANDERSON GETTING WITHIN INCHES
OF HITTING THAT BARRIER WHICH
WILL ELIMINATE HIM.
BUT BECAUSE HE IS DOING, IT HE
WILL PULL OUT THE VICTORY BY A
LENGTH OVER BLUE THUNDER AND
ADAM ANDERSON AND THE GRAVE
DIGGER, THE LEGEND, WILL GO TO
THE SEMI FINAL ROUND.
TWO TENTH OF A SECOND LOWER,
BUT CONSISTENT ALL NIGHT LONG.
EVERY PASS MADE HAS BEEN IN 16
SECONDS.
ADAM ANDER SON AND GRAVE DIGGER
THE LEGEND ABSOLUTELY MAKING
HIMSELF A REAL CONTENDER IN
THIS COMPETITION.
NOW STONE CRUSHER, AS WE MOVE
TO THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE OF THE
BRACKET, WILL GET A SHOT AT A
SEMI-FINAL.
DONALDSON THIS FAR BEFORE BUT
NEVER MADE IT TO THE
CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND.
THIS IS A HISTORICAL NIGHT.
WE'LL FIND OUT RIGHT NOW.
AND NOW IT IS GREEN.
LOOK AT SIMS HANGING IN THERE.
STONE CRUSHER WITH A GREAT
NIGHT BUT DOES HE HAVE A
FINISHING KING?
NOT THIS TIME.
EL TORO LOCO WILL ADVANCE INTO
THE SEMI FINAL ROUNDS.
AND THE TIME IS COMPETITIVE.
A LITTLE OVER 17 FLAT.
>> IT IS AS CLOSE TO 16 ALL
NIGHT LONG.
>> GOOD LAP FOR EL TORO LOCO.
KIND OF BOUNDED UP IN THE TURN
BUT DIDN'T COST HIM TOO MUCH.
>> THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HIM
AND WHAT WE HAVE SEEN, WHETHER
IT BE RYAN OR ADAM, IS JUST HOW
QUICK THEY ARE IN THE TURN.
AND MARK WAS JUST A SMIDGE
SLOWER.
SPIDERMAN LOOKING TO MAKE
HISTORY BY GETTING TO THE SEMI-
FINALS FOR THE FIRST TIME.
BUT THIS GUY KNOWS HOW TO GET
THROUGH THIS BRACKET.
JIMMY CRETIN, A MULTI-TIME
MONSTER JAM WORLD FINALISTS.
NEVER WON.
>> HE JUST DRILLED THE STARTING
LINE.
>> NOW REMEMBER BOUNTY HUNTER
HAD ISSUES AT THE END OF THE
LAST ROUND.
>> HE STILL HAS THEM.
I HEAR IT POPPING.
>> HE LOST POWER.
HE CAN'T GET IT TO REFIRE.
SPIDERMAN IS INTO THE SEMI-
FINAL ROUND.
BARI IS THE FINAL FOUR.
>> AND JIMMY CRETIN WITH
SERIOUS ELECTRICAL OR MOTOR
ISSUES, POPPING REALLY BAD.
WATCH HIM COME THROUGH THE
THUNDER ALLEY.
YOU CAN HEAR IT RIGHT THERE.
YOU HEAR POP, POP, POP, POP.
>> YEP.
>> HE HAS SERIOUS, SERIOUS
ISSUES THERE WITH THE MOTOR.
IT HAS TO BE SOMETHING IN THE
UPPER VALVE TRAIN.
HE'S BROKEN A ROCKER ARM OR A
PUSH ROD AND
>>> WORLD FINALS IS BROUGHT TO
YOU BY ...
>> WE ARE DOWN TO THE FINAL
FOUR AND IN FABULOUS LAS VEGAS
AT SAM BOYD STADIUM.
AND WHAT A FINAL FOUR IT IS.
TOM MEENTS?
PURSUIT OF A THIRD CHAMPIONSHIP
IN A ROW AND IT GETS TOUGHER AS
IT SHOULD FROM HERE.
AND YOU CAN SEE HOW THE NIGHT
HAS PLAYED OUT TO WHERE WE ARE
NOW.
MAX-D TAKING ON GRAVE DIGGER,
THE LEGEND, BEING THE BEST SO
NIGHT.
AND THEN EL TORO LOCO AND
SPIDERMAN.
THREW OF OUR FINAL FOUR LOOKING
FOR THE FIRST WORLD FINAL EVER
IN RACING.
AND ADAM ANDERSON, GRAVE DIGGER
THE LEGEND.
LAST ROUND HE KNOCKED OFF HIS
BABY BROTHER.
SO THE NAME OF THE FAMILY IS ON
THE LINE.
AND MAX-D, IN THE HISTORY OF
THIS EVENT, HAS WON 37 OF THE
43 RACES ON THIS COURT.
GRAVE DIGGER HAS THE LEAD AND
ENDERSON IS GOING TO PULL IT
OUT.
FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER ADAM
ANDERSON WILL RACE FOR THE
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS WITH THE
FASTEST TIME OF THE NIGHT.
>> OH, MY GOODNESS.
>> 16.378.
NOW HE CLIPS OFF -- CLIPS OFF
ANOTHER TWO-TENTHS OF A SECOND.
I THINK HE'S USING THE K RAILS
TO GUIDE HIM DOWN AND HAMMER
DOWN ON IT.
>> THE MENTAL FOCUS OF HIS TEAM
AND CREW CHIEF COLE MENARD,
THEY ARE IN SYNC AND HE IS
LOCKED INTO THIS VISION TO
BECOME ONLY THE 5th DRIVER EVER
TO WIN BOTH THE FREE STYLE AND
THE WORLD RACING CHAMPIONSHIP.
HE'LL HAVE A SHOT AGAINST ONE
OF THESE TWO GUYSCH WE'LL HAVE
A FIRST EVER -- FIRST TIME EVER
RACING CHAMPION.
BECAUSE THERE ARE THREE STILL
LEFT INCLUDING EL TORO LOCO,
WHO HAS NOT WON IT.
>> HOW EXCITING.
YOU THINK ABOUT THE
ELECTRICITY, WHAT IS GOING ON,
THE FIRST EVER, THE FASTEST
EVER, AND ONE OF THESE TWO IS
GOING ON.
AND IT IS GOING TO BE MARK
McDONALD, SPIDERMAN IS SHUT
DOWN COMING OFF OF THUNDER
ALLEY.
BUT A GREAT RUN FOR MUS OUR IS
OVER.
AND FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER,
THIS TALENTED RACER WILL BE IN
MONSTER JAM'S WORLD CHAMPION
RACE.
WHAT A MATCH-UP, EL TORO, AND
SPIDERMAN.
>> McDONNELL LAYS DOWN A 17.15
PASS HERE.
HE DIDN'T NEED TO PUSH IT.
WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN THE
FINAL ROUND.
>> THERE IS ALWAYS NEXT YEAR.
IF WE GET INVITED BACK, I HOPE
TO BE BACK HERE.
I LOVE THE WORLD FINALS.
IT IS A DREAM COME TRUE TO BE
HERE.
MADE IT TO THE SEMI FINALS IN
RACING.
NOBODY SAW THAT COMING.
BUT THERE IS MORE COMING NEXT
YEAR, YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT.
>> THERE YOU GET A LOOK AT HOW
IT HAS UNFOLDED.
GRAVE DIGGER THE LEGEND AND
ADAM ANDERSON ENDS THE STREAK
OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS AND
HIS OPPOSITION COMES FROM HIS
GOOD FRIEND AND ARCHRIVAL, MARK
McDONALD AND EL TORO LOCO.
FOR YEARS WE'VE TALKING ABOUT
McDONALD, HE SHOULD WAYNE A
CHAMPIONSHIP, OR ANDERSON
SHOULD WIN A CHAMPIONSHIP.
AND HERE IT COMES TODAY.
AND THEY WILL BATTLE FOR THE
WORLD FINALS RACING
CHAMPIONSHIP.
GRAVE DIGGER THE LEGEND IS OUT
BY TWO-LENGTHS OF A TURN.
MORE HISTORY, ADAM ANDERSON IS
THE 5th DRIVER EVER TO WIN BOTH
THE FREESTYLE CHAMPIONSHIP AND
A WORLD RACING TITLE.
>> OH, MY GOODNESS.
>> PAUL MENARD CELEBRATING
THERE.
>> HIGH FIVE FROM MARK COLE IN
THE BACK.
A LOT OF RESPECTCH -- RESPECT.
AND THE FANS ARE DIGGING THIS.
>> HE WAS ON A RAIL ALL NIGHT,
MARK.
SOMETIMES CIRCUMSTANCES HAPPEN.
TONIGHT I THINK THAT THE BEST
TEAM WON THIS CHAMPIONSHIP.
>> HE WON IT HANDS-DOWN, SCOTT.
THERE WAS NO GIVE-ME.
HE WAS STRAIGHT-UP FAST AND
SOLID AND FOCUSED AND
CONSISTENT, HE JUST HAD
EVERYTHING ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
HIS CREW CHIEF HAD THE TRUCK
PERFECT AND ADAM ANDERSON
HIMSELF WAS ABSOLUTELY PERFECT.
>> THE BIGGEST SMILES IN
MONSTER JAM, GRAVE DIGGER THE
LEGEND IS.
AND THERE IS RYAN COMING UP TO
HUG HIS BROTHER RIGHT THERE.
JUST THE EMOTION, JUST THE
SHEER DELIGHT.
ADAM ANDERSON IS THE WORLD
RACING CHAMPION.
>> IT FEELS FREAKING AWESOME.
NOT ONLY IS S THIS MY FIRST
RACING VICTORY, IT IS MY SECOND
ONE.
I'M A TWO-TIME CHAMP NOW.
GET YOU SOME OF THAT RIGHT
THERE.
>> THE MOST EXCLUSIVE CLUB IN
THE WORLD, THOSE WHO HAVE WON
TWO MONSTER JAM CHAMPIONSHIPS.
HE IS PART OF IT.
HOW EXCITED.
ALL I CAN THINK ABOUT IS NEXT
YEAR.
32 TRUCKS RACING IN IT THE NEW
THREE-DAY FORMAT.
RACING ON FRIDAY, CHAMPIONSHIP
ON SATURDAY.
GET TO MONSTER JAM.COM NOW TO
GET THE INFORMATION AND GET
YOUR TICKETS.
PUT LESS FOCUS ON THIS ONE, THE
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FOR ADAM
ANDERSON AND GRAVE DIGGER THE
LEGEND.
AND HOW AMAZING FOR THIS SECOND
GENERATION SUPERSTAR.
I'M SCOTT DOUGLAS, NEXT TIME WE
GO FREESTYLING AT THE MONSTER
JAM WORLD FINALS RIGHT HERE ON
SPEED.
YOU WON'T WANT TO MISS IT.
>> SAM BOYD STADIUM IN LAS
VEGAS, ABSOLUTELY SOLD OUT WITH
FANS IT WILL REAM FROM ALL OVER
THE GLOBE BIGGEST SPECTACLE.
WORLD FINALS FREE STYLE COMP
DECISION, PRESENTED BY MGK
SPARK PLUGS.
IT'S NEVER BEEN THIS BIG.
28 SUPERSTARS READY TO GO.
YEAH.
SUPERMAN IS ONE OF THE
SUPERHEROS, SCOTT DOUGLAS, MARK
SCHRADER ALONGSIDE.
CRISTY LEE WILL BE JUMPING IN
AS WELL BRINGING YOUPO
BEHIND THE SCENES.
MARK, THE SPECTACLE OF FREE
STYLE HAS ALWAYS TAKEN THE
SPORT TO A NEW LEVEL WITH 28
MONSTER JAM TRUCKS.
THIS WILL BE OFF THE HOOK.
YOU CAN SEE WE'LL SEE THE FIRST
HALF OF THE FIELD DURING THIS
HOUR.
TAKE A WHOLE OTHER HOUR
>> WORLD FINALS FREE STYLE IS
ALWAYS SPECTACULAR.
OBSTACLES ARE MORE INCREDIBLE
THAN EVER BEFORE.
WE'VE TALKED TO THE DRIVERS ALL
WEEK.
LET'S HEAR FROM THEM.
>> THE TRACK IS VERY NICE.
IT'S GOT COOL OBSTACLES, A LOT
OF GOOD TRANSITIONS.
>> EVERYONE IS HERE TO HAVE A
GREAT TIME AND IT REALLY
RELAXES A LOT OF MY NERVES
>> WE GREATED10s OF THOUSANDS
OF FANS.
IT'S TIME FOR TO US GO PLAY ON
ONE OF THE BEST MONSTER JAM
TRACKS ON THE PLANET.
>> I'M GOING TO MAKE THE BEST
OF IT.
WHETHER THERE'S 500 OR 50,000,
I'M GOING TO DRIVE LIKE I
ALWAYS DO.
>> THERE'S OTHER STUFF THAT
WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT NOBODY
ELSE HAS TRIED EVER BEFORE.
WE'RE GOING TO OPEN SOME EYES.
>> THIS IS A PLAY GRANT.
DON'T COME BETWEEN US.
>> TAKE A LOOK AT ZOMBIE.
HE'LL BE FIRST UP.
HE WAS A BIG, BIG LINE FOR
BOBBY AND SEAN DUE HAN AT THE
PARTY IN THE HIT.
NOW SHAUN GETS THAT
OPPORTUNITY.
THE RAGING CAGE IN.
ZOMBIE STARTS FREE STYLE.
SEAN DUHON.
WORLD FINALS SPORT.
PRESENTED BY MGK SPARK PLUG.
START WITH THE BIG LEAP.
AND THE COMBO.
FOLLOW IT UP.
YOU KNOW, I GUESS IT SHOULDN'T
SURPRISE ANYBODY, MARK, THIS
FIRST YEAR OF THIS MONSTER JAM
TRUCK AND THE AMAZING
POPULARITY, SINCE THE FANS TOLD
US AT MONSTER JAM.COM, THIS WAS
THE MONSTER JAM TRUCK THEY
WANTED TO SEE CREATED.
STILL FOR A FIRST YEAR TEAM TO
BE AS PROBLEM LAR AS THEY ARE,
SEAN, EVERYWHERE HE GOES AND
HE'S REALLY RESPONDED WELL.
>> NOT ONLY ARE THEY POPULAR
WITH THE MONSTER JAM FANS, HE
HAS DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB
THROUGHOUT ADVANCE AUTO PARTS
MONSTER JAM HERE IN THE LAST
FOUR MONTHS.
>> ON THE CLOCK.
REMEMBER.
90 SECONDS OF REGULATION AND
HERE HE GETS THE ADVANTAGE OF
ADVANCED AUTO PARTS FINALS IN
LAS VEGAS.
YOU KNOW WHAT'S COMING.
>> UH-HUH.
>> THERE ARE SIX JUDGES.
>> FOUL THAT, TOO, BUDDY.
>> AND THAT WILL HELP THE SIX
REGULATION JUDGES.
THE HIGH SCORE AND LOW SCORE
ARE DROPPED.
AGAIN 40 IS THE MOST POINTS YOU
CAN ACCUMULATE IN REGULATION
AND THEN YOU CAN GET THE
CRITICAL FIVE BONUS POINTS WITH
30 SECONDS BONUS TIME, AND THE
CLOCK UP IN OUR UPPER LEFT OF
THE SCREEN SHOWS YOU HE IS 20
SECONDS AWAY FROM FILLING
REGULATION.
ZOMBIE, FIRST EVER MONSTER JAM
WORLD FINALS FREE STYLE.
ONE REAL HIGHLIGHT SO FAR.
THE HUGE LEAP.
THERE'S SO MUCH OF THIS COURSE.
>> THAT IS THE BIG PROBLEM IN
MY EYE, IS THAT THERE'S SO MUCH
TO DO.
AND RIGHT THERE THAT'S
INDICATIVE OF WHAT CAN BE DONE
AND FOLLOWED UP AGAIN BY
ANOTHER COMBO MOVE.
IT'S NONSTOP PER PERTINENT
ACTUAL MOTION HERE -- PERPETUAL
MOTION.
THEY DON'T HAVE A CHOICE.
THEY LAND AND GO AGAIN.
>> MAGNA FLOW BONUS TIME IS
UNDER WAY FOR SEAN DUHON AND
ZOMBIE.
AND THIS WILL SET THE BAR IN
THE BATTLE FOR THE 14th
ADVANCED AUTO PARTS MONSTER JAM
WORLD FREE STYLE CHAMPIONSHIP.
SEAN'S GOT A TOUGH DRAW HERE,
BEING THE FIRST ONE OUT.
THE OBSTACLES ARE FRESH.
IT'S ALSO EXCITING FOR HIM THAT
HE'S ABLE TO GET OUT AND HIT
THE FRESH OBSTACLES, AND TEST
THAT TRACK.
TEST THAT TRUCK AND REALLY WOW
THESE FANS.
>> JUST TO SHOW YOU, THOUGH,
YOU CAN WIN FROM ANYWHERE.
REMEMBER, IT WAS TWO YEARS AGO
CAM MCQUEEN CAME OUTFITTER AND
EVENTUALLY TIED FOR THE WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIP LOSING THE TIE
BREAKER.
BUT HE SAT FRONT THE WHOLE
NIGHT.
>> HE WON'T SIT THERE TONIGHT.
HE IS LAST IN THE DRAW AS THE
DEFENDING WORLD CHAMPION.
>> ZOMBIE'S WRAPPED UP BONUS
TIME.
NICE START ON HIS VEGAS DEBUT.
THIS IS AFTER THE SCORES, WHO
CARES.
LET HIM SEE YOU.
SPIN CYCLE, BABY.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> WELL DONE.
SEAN DUHON IN ZOMBIE.
>> CROWD REACTS WITH A HUGE
ROAR ON AN IMPRESSIVE DEBUT.
FOR A RISING STAR IN THE SPORT,
SEAN DUHON AND ZOMBIE.
AND BOY, THIS MAY HAVE COME
AFTER THE SCORES WERE IN, BUT
YOU KNOW, WHO CARES?
THE FANS DUG IT.
>> THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.
>> IT'S AWESOME.
FROM THE FIRST TO THE LAST.
THE ZOMBIE NATION WAS OUT
THERE.
AND I KNEW THEY WERE CHEERING.
I COULD HEAR THEM OVER THE
TRUCK.
IT WAS CRAZY.
>> SO ZOMBIE IS PUT ON A 23.
>> GOOD SCORE.
>> THE TREK TO THAT WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIP IS JUST GETTING
STARTED.
YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS ANY OF
THE ACTION.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
RUBS UP ON YOUR SHIRT.ND T
IT'S A GREAT TIME YOU SEE.
[ Male Announcer ] YESIREE.
EVEN IF THERE WERE BODYBUILDERS ON BIKES?
[ Male Announcer ] EVEN IF THEY BROUGHT THAT GUY THAT NOBODY LIKES.
EVEN IF YOU SEE YOUR GIRL WITH YOUR BEST FRIEND JUAN...
AND THE GROUND OPENED UP AND THEN YOU WERE GONE.
GUESS I'LL TALK TO YOU NOW, SORRY ABOUT YOUR FRIEND.
MIKE'S IS GREAT ANYTIME, THERE'S LANDAU AGAIN.
IT'S NEVER NOT A GOOD TIME FOR A REFRESHING MIKE'S.
>> ADVANCED AUTO PARTS SPONSOR
WORLD FINALS FREE STYLE BROUGHT
TO YOU BY ADVANCED AUTO PARTS,
SERVICE IS OUR BEST PARTS.
AND BROUGHT TO YOU BY TRAXXAS.
THE FASTEST NAME IN RADIO
CONTROL.
WE ARE UNDER WAY AT SOLD-OUT
SAM BOYD STADIUM IN LAS VEGAS.
THE MOST LOYAL AND DARE I SAY
MOST RABID FANS.
THEY'RE FIRED UP.
SEAN DUHON AND ZOMBIE GOT US
OFF TO A GOOD START.
HERE IS ANOTHER MAKING HIS
DEBUT.
HE EARNED IT BY BEING THE YOUNG
GUN SHOOT-OUT CHAMPION A NIGHT
GO.
JOE SYLVESTER DRIVING BAD
HABIT.
THERE'S NOBODY MORE THRILLED TO
BE IN THIS COMPETITION THAN
THIS GUY.
>> YOU ARE SO RIGHT ABOUT THAT.
HE'S REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
NEVER PLAY ON A TRACK THIS BIG
WITH OBSTACLES THIS BIG.
SURELY IT HAS TO BE AND I'M
DATING BUT KNOW --
INTIMIDATING.
KNOWING JOE THE WAY I DO I
DON'T THINK HE'S CONCERNED AT
ALL.
>> AS WE DO WHEN WE GET A BREAK
AND GET ON THE MONSTER JAM PAGE
ON FACEBOOK AND TWITTER, IT'S
JUST BUZZING ABOUT BAD HABIT.
THE FANS ARE EXCITED ABOUT JOE.
IT'S REALLY A GREAT STORY.
NOBODY FIGURED HE'D BE IN THIS
COMPETITION.
HE GETS THE OPPORTUNITY IN THE
YOUNG GUNS SHOOTS-OUT AND GRABS
IT BY THE SHOW AND GETS HIS
SPOT ON THE BIGGEST SHOW ON THE
PLANET.
>> GOOD FREE STYLE ALREADY.
HE'LL STEP IT UP I AM SURE.
>> MAYBE NOT.
JUST GOT IT UP THERE.
23 IS THE SCORE TO BEAT.
ZOMBIE IS THE LEADER.
WE'RE HALFWAY THROUGH
REGULATION TIME.
RISING STAR, JOE SYLVESTER, AND
BAD HABIT.
AND YOU KNOW, THE GREAT THING
HERE FOR JOE, HOW MANY FIRST
TIMERS ON THIS TRACK?
YOU CAN'T PREPARE FOR THESE
OBSTACLES.
HOW MANY FIRST TIMERS GET EATEN
UP RIGHT OFF THE BAT?
DIDN'T HAPPEN TO DUHON AND NOT
HAPPENING TO JOE.
GIVE THESE YOUNGSTERS CREDIT.
>> HE'S ONLY 13 SECONDS AWAY
FROM REGULATION TIME.
HE WILL HIT SOME BIG OBSTACLES
GET SOME NICE AIR.
>> NICE FLOW.
HE'S KEPT IT MOVING.
HE HAS NOT MATCHED DUHON IN THE
SERIOUS ELEVATION DEPARTMENT.
>> NOT YET.
NOT YET.
COMING UP TO STEP UP.
WELL DONE THERE AS WELL.
GOING INTO WHAT APPEARS TO BE A
DONUT.
HOPEFULLY INTO A SPIN CYCLE AS
HE JUMPS INTO N. TO PULL BONUS
TIME.
JUST 30 SECONDS HE IS GOING TO
MAXIMIZE YOUR CHANCE TO GRAB UP
TO 5 EXTRA POINTS FOR THE BONUS
JUDGES.
WITH 28 MONSTER JAM TRUCKS AT
THE LEVEL OF THESE MACHINES AND
DRIVERS, IT'S GOING TO BE HARD
TO DO ANYTHING WITHOUT GETTING
SOME BOBS POINTS.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
WITHOUT QUESTION, SCOTT.
NICE JOB ON HIS DEBUT, JOE
SYLVESTER, AND BAD HABIT FILLS
ALL OF THE CLOCKS.
GOT PRETTY NEAT AIR ON THAT
LEAP RIGHT THERE.
>> PRETTY GOOD AIR.
COMBO MOVES.
WELL DONE.
>> JOE SYLVESTER IS NOW A
MONSTER JAM WORLD FINALIST.
>> I THINK WE HEADED OUT PRETTY
GOOD.
UNFORTUNATELY ENDED A LITTLE
BIT EARLY.
SOMETHING WAS UP WITH THE
MOTOR,' QUITE SURE WHAT BUT
HOPEFULLY THE FANS DIDN'T GO
AWAY UNHAPPY TONIGHT.
PRETTY PUMPED UP JUST TO BE
HERE.
>> JOE, THEY'RE HAPPY AND YOU
KILLED THE CLOCK.
>> HE JUST WANTED TO DO MORE.
>> I DON'T MEAN ZIMMER AND
SUPERMAN.
SUPERMAN SHOULD FLY AND THAT'S
HOW YOU START THE CLOCK MR.
ZIMMER.
BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU WANT TO
SEE HOW.
A HUGE LEAP FROM THE TRUCK AND
IT'S SHUT DOWN.
REMEMBER THIS CREW HAS BATTLED
IT.
THEY HAD TO CHANGE ENGINES
AFTER QUALIFYING NIGHT BEFORE
TONIGHT'S ACTION IN RACING.
WELL, FIRE IT BACK UP.
>> I THINK WHAT HAPPENED THERE
SCOTT IS WHEN HE LANDED SO HARD
WITH THAT BIG AIR.
LIKE THIS BIG AIR RIGHT HERE.
HE FLAT LANDED IT AND I THINK
THE POWER SWITCH JUST SHUT OFF.
YOU SEE THAT HAPPEN A LOT AT
ADVANCED AUTO PARTS MONSTER
JAM.
>> ZIMMER HAS ALWAYS BEEN KNOWN
AS A GREAT RACER.
SHOCK THERAPY AND ALL THOSE
FOLKS.
BUT SINCE HE'S JOINED THIS TEAM
THIS YEAR, IN MY OPINION HE IS
THE MOST IMPROVED FREE STYLER
IN THE GAME.
MAYBE SOMETHING ABOUT THE
BLACK.
YOU'RE SEEING IT CARRY THROUGH
THE SUPERMAN.
HE IS FLYING THIS BAD BOY RIGHT
NOW.
>> NO DOUBT.
>> CROSS TO IMPRESS THE JUDGES.
>> HANG ON.
>> ANOTHER SAVE.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> AND SHUTS THE BODY PART
IMPRESSES THE FANS.
I THINK THAT'S COMING, TOO.
YOU CAN SEE THAT A LOT.
>> THAT CAPE IS FLOPPING, YES,
SIR.
>> JOHN ZIMMER.
PART OF TEAM GRAVE DIGGER.
>> LEFT TIRE.
RIGHT REAR'S GONE DOWN.
>> HE IS DRIVING THE SUPERMAN
MACHINE, 10 SECONDS IN
REGULATION.
THAT RIGHT REAR ISN'T SLOWING
HIM DOWN.
>> IT WON'T SLOW HIM DOWN MUCH
BUT JUST THE WAY THE TRUCK
LANDS AND HIS ABILITY TO
CONTROL THE TRUCK THE WAY HE'D
LIKE TO BE ABLE TO DO.
YOU CAN SEE WHEN HE COMES INTO
THAT TURN THE TIRE IS OFF THE
BEAD ON THE INSIDE.
MAKES IT MORE DIFFICULT BUT HE
HANGS IT UP THERE.
>> THAT COUNTS ON REGULATION.
>> YOU SAW THAT LOW BONUS TIME
COME UP, BUT THAT WILL IMPRESS
THE SIX-JUDGE PANEL.
>> ABSOLUTELY WILL.
HIS LEFT FRONT TEARING KNUCKLE
IS COMPLETELY BROKE OFF.
THE AXLE HOUSING.
HE WILL KEEP RIGHT ON GOING
THERE.
HE'S JUST HAMMERING ON IT.
CARNAGE, NO MATTER.
>> I GOT TO SAY, SCOTT --
>> WELL MAYBE NOT.
MAYBE HE'S NOT DONE.
>> MUSIC TO QUIT.
JOHN ZIMMER AND SUPERMAN, 23 IS
THE SCORE TO BEAT.
AND HE MAY HAVE JUST DONE IT.
LISTEN TO THIS CROWD.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> JOHN ZIMMER AND SUPERMAN
HERE AT SAM BOYD STADIUM.
A LOT OF HIGHLIGHTS.
WE MAY HAVE A NEW LEADER.
>> THAT LEAP RIGHT OUT OF THE
BOX SHUT THE POWER SWITCH OFF.
LOOK AT THIS.
CLEARS THE SICK AIR JUMP ON THE
LEAD SIDE OF THE STEP-UP AND
JOHN ZIMMER, SCORES A 28 GOING
UP TO THE HOT SEAT.
>> HE WILL TRY AND HANG ON TO
IT FOR A LONG TIME.
YOUR NEW LEADER, SUPERMAN AND
JOHN ZIMMER.
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