GUN SLINGER DOMINATES RACING IN BILOXI

It’s a great feeling when you can win a racing event. It’s even better when you sweep all three racing events in two days against some of Monster Jam’s best competitors, and that’s just what Scott Hartsock and Gun Slinger accomplished this past weekend in Biloxi, Mississippi at the Advance Auto Parts Monster Jam inside Mississippi Coast Coliseum.

Grave Digger, Spiderman, Escalade, Advance Auto Parts Grinder, and Destroyer were no competition against the Florida native who received his World Finals XI qualifying flag last weekend in Jacksonville. Scott swept the house in racing claiming all three victories over stiff competition.

We’ll post the results straight from MonsterJamOnline.com, enjoy!

Friday 7:30

A Star Studded field was on hand ready to do battle in the historical Mississippi Coast Coliseum. Five of the six Trucks that are here tonight have qualified for the World Finals the newest truck to be selected was Spider man. Wit Tarlton accepted the flag on behalf of the Spider man Team.

The night started off with the wheelie contest and George Balhan skied Escalade to the win with a near perfect score of 29. Grinder was second with a 26 followed by Grave Digger with a 20. Gun Slinger was fourth with a solid wheelie and a score of 17 as Spider Man and Destroyer rounded out the field with scores of 17 and 16.

Racing was close all night long as each race had to be revued by the officials. Gun Sling was on his game and the Horse power shows through on that mighty Ford Monster Truck. Hartsock defeated the field in racing to take the racing Trophy and he did it with wins over Escalade in round one Spider man in the semi finals and Grinder in the finals. Lupe Soza was also fast all night as he defeated Spider man in round one and Grave Digger in the semi finals. Grave Digger did have a victory over Destroyer in his round one of racing.

Freestyle was nothing but spectacular! Grave Digger flew the Black and Green Wrecking machine to new heights and a solid score of 27 for the win. Escalade was close behind with some sick doughnuts on the very tacky floor and a score of 23. Spider man was third for the night with a score of 20 followed up by Grinder who scored a 19. Dan Evans in Destroyer was sick all day but with stood the loud noises and smell of fuel to perform for the awesome fans of Biloxi and scored a 17 for his freestyle effort. Gun Slinger had problems in his freestyle as he was unable to fill the clock when he cut a right rear tire that ended his night. Hartsock would score an 11 for last.

I can’t wait to see what tomorrow brings as there is still to more shows to go. See you then!

Saturday 2:00

As you can see the same Monster Trucks won the same events as they did last night. Surprised? For me its yes and no. Escalade has been known for huge wheelies, Gun Slinger has always been known for racing and Grave Digger is known for freestyle. But with this caliber of trucks on hand for these three competitions you would think there would be a different winner. The cool thing about this is that these three trucks did not get these wins with out a fight and that is true competition!

Escalades wheelie win came with a huge skie wheelie that took out the back bummper of the big black beast scoring him a 27. Grinder came in second with a score of 22 that on any given day could of been scorerd just as high as Escaldes score. Grave Digger was next in line with a 20 followed by Spider Man with a 17. Destroyer and Gun Slinger rounded out the field with scores of 17 and 16.

In racing Gunslinger was the truck to beat but no one could knock him out of the hot seat. Hartsock took wins over Destroyer in round one and a photo finish in the semi finals over grinder. In the main event Gunslinger dove across the Ford finish line by inches over Spider Man . Again not an easy task but it shows why after five years that5 Gunslinger is returnin g to the world finals. In other racing action Grave Digger defeated Spider man in round one only to get beat by him in the semi finals as fast looser. Grinder also took a win in round one over Escalade.

Freestyle was again awesome as all six trucks were competitive. The biggest move of the day was the start of Destroyers freestyle as Evans did the biggest and longest ski wheelie of the weekend giving him a 21 for the start. Gun Slinger and Spider Man couldn’t match the score leaving Dan in the hot seat for the first three trucks. Grinder was next and Lupe Soza knew he had to step it up. When the clock expired the fans were on their feet for more as Grinder took the lead with a 23. From there things got bigger and better. Escalade would jump into the hot seat with some sick air moves and score of 25 before Grave Digger would match the score for a tie. The tie breaker point went to Grave Digger and The crowd erupted sending us into tonights competition.

In the quad war competition team Texas surprised the Mississippi crowd and won the second and final heats of racing to take home this afternoons trophy. See you tonight.

Saturday 7:30

Wow! What a night it was in Biloxi Mississippi. The fans were awesome and again the same Monster Trucks were your winners. Escalade stole the show in wheelies and Hartsock was on his game in racing. Grave Digger again had the fans on there feet in freestyle as he three peated for the weekend. Watch out though for Grinder and Spiderman at the world finals because they weree also tremendous tonight.

Here are the results for wheelis, Racing and Freestyle

Racing round one: Grave Digger def. Destroyer, Grinder def. Spiderman Gun Slinger bye run (Escalade broke)

Semi finals. Gunslinger def. Grave Digger, Grinder def Spiderman (fast looser)

Finals: Gun Slinger def. Grinder

Photo courtesy of: David Kranak / MonsterTruckCollectors.com