SEMI-FINALS FINISH, ROLLOVER IN ORLANDO

It was just last week Scott Hartsock driving Gun Slinger brought home a well deserved freestyle win in his home state of Florida at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, and again this past weekend he tried to dominate the competition and bring home another Monster Jam trophy.

During racing Scott piloted Gun Slinger into Round-1 Joe Sylvester in Bad Habit. Fast acceleration and experience allowed Hartsock to knock out Joe Sylvester, advancing Gun Slinger into Round-2.

Randy Moore and War Wizard paired up against Gun Slinger. Good buddies outside of monster truck racing, both wanted the win to show who’s boss. Hartsock raced hard and took advantage of Randy Moore’s driving ability to fly past the finish line with a victory, advancing Gun Slinger into the Monster Jam semi-finals.

Semi-Finals came down to Maximum Destruction defeating Black Stallion, and Gun Slinger taking on veteran Dennis Anderson and Grave Digger. Dennis, on a winning streak all night, was too tough to tame in Orlando and scored a win over Scott in a very close finish that was fast paced. Both drivers were gunning for the win, and wanted to go into the finals, but it would be Anderson narrowly defeating Hartsock, scoring Hartsock 3rd place overall in racing competition.

Tampa rocked for Scott in freestyle, and he was hoping for the same in Orlando. Starting his only a few trucks into freestyle, Scott knew he had to work hard to clinch another freestyle win. After several jumps the right front tire would blow, making it very difficult for Scott to perform at a level that would be competitive against the big dogs. A high-velocity donut finished up his run, but not before tipping the good ole’ Gun Slinger over on her lid in front of a sold out crowd.

This coming weekend the team prepares to invade Tampa once again at Raymond James Stadium to rip it up in front of tens of thousands of fans. We’ll have a full report early next week!