Monster Jam: Path of Destruction Tour

Volume 1
Issue 1
April 29, 2012
Special points of interest:

Monster Jam: Path of
Destruction

Path of Destruction Lineup announced

Summer Heat Tour Rocks
Florida

Wildwood, NJ Line-up
Announced

“Miss Tool Box” and
Steve talk about Fiberglass

Northeast Promoters
ready to Thrill the Fans
Inside this issue:
Grinder, Grave Digger, 2
and Mohawk Warrior
are on top in Florida
Thunder on the Beach
Line-up announced
2
“Miss Tool Box” Fiber- 2
glass edition.
Promoter shows ready
to thrill Northeast fans
3
Meet the Writers
4
Monster Jam presents the Path of Destruction Tour
Recently, Monster Jam announced their 2012 summer stadium tour stops in Baltimore,
Philadelphia, and East Rutherford.
But that is just the beginning. This
is the start of an all new tour.
Monster Jam: Path of Destruction
gets ready to take over the northeast United Sates.
talking about is the inaugural
event at MetLife Stadium on June
16 to finish off the tour.
Not only is this the first time Monster Jam will be performing here, it
will also be taking over the title of
MetLife Stadium, not only will he
be focused on grabbing the double down trophy, but also on a
move that has been mentioned,
but never actually done.
Come June 16, Tom Meents will
try to perform a DOUBLE Backflip
inside of MetLife Stadium.
Starting on June 2, 2012, at M
and T Bank Stadium in Baltimore,
MD, sixteen of the biggest and
baddest superstars in Monster
Jam including Dennis Anderson
and Tom Meents get ready to do
battle on the three week tour.
Many people have argued that
George Balhan did that in March
at the Monster Jam World Finals.
No, he didn’t. He did almost a full
Backflip, and got a very lucky
rebound. That was considered
more of a save than anything.
After the start of the tour in Baltimore, the drivers move north two
hours to rock Philadelphia’s Lincoln Financial Field for the third
time, this time with the biggest
field ever after previous years only
featured twelve trucks.
the Northeast’s biggest Monster
Jam event, but may also be the
site of an incredible move that has
never been performed before.
So with that being said, Look out
Monster Jam fans, because Monster Jam: Path of Destruction is
ready to leave havoc in its wake,
along with thousands of fans and
lots of memories.
When Tom Meents drives Maximum Destruction onto the track in
For more information on the tour,
please visit MonsterJam.com
But the big event that everyone is
Monster Jam: Path of Destruction Tour Competitors Announced
The official field of competitors
has been released for this June’s
Monster Jam: Path of Destruction
tour:
Grave Digger driven by Dennis
Anderson, Maximum Destruction
driven by Tom Meents, Grave
Digger The Legend driven by
Adam Anderson, Ironman driven
by Lee O’Donnell, Spiderman
driven by Bari Musawwir, Wolverine driven by Alex Blackwell, Captain America driven by Chad Fortune, Monster Energy driven by
Damon Bradshaw, El Toro Loco
driven by Marc McDonald,
Madusa, Advance Auto Parts
Grinder driven by Lupe Soza,
Lucas Oil Crusader driven by
Linsey Weenk, Metal Mulisha
driven by Todd LeDuc, Monster
Mutt driven by Charlie Pauken,
Mohawk Warrior driven by George
Balhan, and Team Hotwheels
driven by Dan Evans
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Grinder, Grave Digger, and Mohawk Warrior Dominate Summer Heat Tour
As the weather gets hot down in
Florida, so does the action on the
speedway tracks. Monster Jam
superstars come down to the
Sunshine State, which isn’t so
sunshiny at times as you can see
by the pictures, and puts on two
incredible back-to-back weekends
filled with action. It started off in
Naples, Fl, where it was George
Balhan grabbing lots of wins in the
Wheelie contest and freestyle.
Then Frank Krmel in the Advance
Auto Parts Grinder as well as
Chad Tingler moved their “A”
games to Ocala, FL, with Tingler
and Digger taking home two racing wins and two freestyle wins.
Krmel driving Grinder was able
to grab a racing victory of his
own, as well as a win in freestyle.
Now, the Monster Jam Summer Heat tour gets to take a
break until July 7-9, when it
heads out to Quincy Raceways
in Quincy, Il.
“making his
return for the
first time since
2006, Dan Runte
and Bigfoot!”
Thunder Motorsports Announces 2012 Wildwood Line-up
A few weeks ago, Ney Jersey
Thunder Motorsports was released the official line-up for the
15th annual Thunder on the
Beach Monster Truck Competition.
by Steve Sims, Monster Magic,
GunSlinger driven by Scott Hartsock, and making his return for
the first time since 2006, Dan
Runte and Bigfoot!
The following trucks will be competing:
Also making a return to the beach
will be Kin KJ and the Monster
Bear min-monster truck.
Avenger driven by Jim Koehler,
Brutus, Backdraft driven by Jeremy Slifko, Eradicator driven by
Andy Slifko, Stone Crusher driven
For more information about the
show, please visit
www.thundermoto.com. You
can purchase tickets on the Tick-
ets page listed under the Monster
Truck Competition category.
For any other information or questions/comments/concerns, please
email
Irene: [email protected] or
Mark: [email protected]
WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!!
Steve and Stephanie from Team Scream Talk About Fiberglass
Team Scream is known for big
air, crazy saves, nice wheelies,
and overall spectacular freestyles. Often, these also mean
lots of broken fiberglass panels.
Thankfully, we are one of the few
teams that make their own fiberglass bodies, and we also fix
broken panels not only for our
team, but for other teams as well.
Making a body from scratch, like
the ‘57 Chevrolet, could take a
single person up to a week. You
have to prep the mold with mold
release wax, then apply the gel
coat (there are different colors of
gel coat, for example we apply
green gel coat for Avenger, or
yellow for Wrecking Crew). Once
the gel coat is dry, you can start
laying the fiberglass, after mixing
the resin with the hardener. We
usually do 3 to 4 layers of fiberglass for each panel. It usually
takes a day to dry, and then we
can pop the parts out of the
molds, and start the trimming and
grinding to ensure that the edges
are smooth and that the parts are
ready to be painted.
Final step is the painting, which
we also do ourselves. We use
some stencils for the flames or
for some other details, but other
than that, Steve does it free
hand. The longest body to paint
would be Wrecking Crew, because there is a lot of masking
involved and all the shapes need
to be even.
Photos: Avengerracing.com
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Summertime Promoter Shows Look to Thrill the Northeast Fans
As many of you may know, the Path of
Destruction tour is supposed to contain the biggest shows of the entire
year, by making return appearances
to M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore,
MD and "The Linc" in Philadelphia,
PA, and debuting in MetLife Stadium
in East Rutherford, NJ. But, we focus
too much on the big shows, let's slow
down a bit and focus on the grassroots of monster truck racing: independent promoters. Bloomsburg, Englishtown, Wildwood; these are perfect examples of great, top-notch independent promoters that put on a great
show several times throughout each
year. I'm here to bring you some special coverage from these great independent shows during the summertime. I'll be attending such shows as:
Englishtown, NJ (3 shows), Wildwood,
NJ, Millville, NJ, and Plymouth Meeting, PA. My summer schedule is jampacked with amazing shows! Here is a
little detail about each event:
Englishtown, NJ - Old Bridge Township RACEWAY PARK - Every year,
the great people at Old Bridge Township RACEWAY PARK put on three
great monster truck shows for the
great E-Town fans. This program has
been around for nearly 20 years at ETown, so that track has a history of
great performances. In 2012, it'll be
bigger and badder than ever before!
With three car stacks on each side of
the dragstrip, each of the three big
shows will feature drag racing down
the sides of the track over the car
stacks, and coming back up to finish it
off. Then, after that's all over, the
monsters come back for freestyle.
Usually they'll have two trucks come
out at one time and do a dualfreestyle, then the top 4 performers in
freestyle will come back out for an
encore performance, which is always
loads of fun! This year will feature the
debuts of Avenger, Brutus, Spike
Unleashed, Wrecking Crew, and
Ready-Lift BAD HABIT to E-Town, and
it will be huge! The shows will be on
May 19th, July 18th, and September
15th, so come out to all of them to get
the full and great experience of monsters in E-Town!
Plymouth Meeting, PA - Lulu
Shriner's Arena - This will be my first
year attending this show, but since it
has a great reputation of awesome
performances and since KSR Motorsports is the promoter, I can certainly
guarantee that it will be off-the-charts!
This year, it's a two-show deal, all in
one day, which is May 26th. The two
headliners of the show will be the big
bad monsters Viper and the all-new
XDP Diesel, making its second appearance at that show, right after breaking it
in in Troy, PA. It will a be an allfreestyle show with each truck doing an
exhibition run, thrilling the crowd of just
about a thousand people, and making a
lasting impression on all the great fans!
I'm very excited to be attending another
KSR Motorsports production, and I
recommend you do too!
Millville, NJ - New Jersey Motorsports Park - For the first time
EVER, Nationwide Motorsports will
bring the monster trucks to the worldfamous NJ Motorsports Park! It will be
a very huge deal, as four top-notch,
historical independent trucks will attack
the course in a wheelie, racing, and
freestyle bonanza! The show will feature young gun Jeremy Slifko in Backdraft, Eradicator, Towasaurus Wrex,
and Illuminator! It will be a very fun
time, as the four monsters will go all out
for the awesome southern Jersey fans!
Wildwood, NJ - Thunder on the
Beach - As many of have seen and
heard about, this will be the 15th year
that the big, bad monsters will return to
the historical Wildwood beach for another
incredible edition of Thunder on the Beach!
With the return of many trucks and an 8truck line-up, this year will no doubt be a
memorable one, as it promises to be the
biggest and baddest year ever in T.O.T.B.
history! ThunderMoto will be going all out
to pull out all the stops, bringing Summit
Racing BIGFOOT #18, Avenger, Brutus,
Stone Crusher, Monster Magic, Backdraft,
Eradicator, and Gun Slinger, as well as a
very huge and newer designed course. It's
gonna be big, so be sure to come out and
cheer em' on!
I'm very excited for this summer's independent show line-up. With all the hype
about the Path of Destruction tour, and the
amazing line-up of independent shows
happening in our area, 2012 promises to
be the biggest and the baddest year in
monster truck history, and you can count
on that!
This article was by The Monster Report’s newest writer, Daniel Donnelly.
Dan is your go-to guy whenever you
need news in Monster Jam. Whether
it’s on the day of the show, or months
before or after, Dan is always glad to
help you and answer your questions.
If you have any comments or questions, please do not hesitate to contact
him via Facebook or via his email,
which can be found on Page 4 of this
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In 2012, the lead source of The Monster Report’s information, Monster Truck Collectors, went down and the report was unable to be posted all season long.
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Meet The Writers
Brian Sciro
Mark Albert
Daniel Donnelly
Stephanie Cotnoir
Brian is the creator of The
Monster Report. As the CEO,
he always makes sure everything is running smoothly.
Always at the Northeast US
events, he can usually be
found with Team Slifko. Brian
also makes the trip to the
World Finals in Vegas, and
Detroit every year.
Mark has been into Monster
Jam since it first came on to TV
in 2004. His first show was in
Wildwood 1999, but he doesn’t
remember. He is usually at all
Northeast US events, and is
always talking to fans and answering questions.
Dan is a “legend” in the monster truck world. Always willing
to take time and answer questions, Dan is practically a Monster Truck walking encyclopedia. He is also at most Northeast US events, and loves to
help a fan in need out.
Stephanie is one of the only
female crew members in monster trucks. Running on M&Ms
and Mountain Dew, she is usually found in the pits wrenching
on the Team Scream trucks,
but she is so talented she has
even crewed for Bad Habit and
Bounty Hunter!
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