NTNT RACE 8-World Finals 1
Sixteen monsters once again showed up to do battle at one of the most famous tracks in monster truck racing, the Monster Jam World Finals in Las Vegas. With attendance like this from the members, we may just break the record! Let's meet our field of trucks:
-Robby Haught (Skitso 4)
-Bill Haught (Freak of Nature)
-John Everett (Blue Thunder)
-Josh Rhodes (Half Breed 3)
-Josh Rhodes (XFA Racer, subbing for Curtis Wagner)
-Cory Schwab (Bigfoot T-Wrecks)
-Pure Adrenalin (Dustin Hart)
-Robbie Milburn (Demolition Man)
-Eric Thiele (Grave Digger 20th Anniversary)
-Corey Davis (Reptoid)
-Mike Alston (Goldberg)
-David Stewart (Hot Shoe)
-Halid Kurtic (The Rock)
-Alex Weber (Bear Foot)
-Eddie Carmichael (Bigfoot X)
-Brandonscr (El Toro Loco)
RACING:
There were a couple storylines coming into Vegas. First, Mike Alston rolled in loaded for bear and sporting a retro body in the spirit of World Finals 1, tonight he put the old Goldberg body on. Robby Haught won his first racing portion of a show in Skitso 4 last week, but he had some trouble in qualifying and seemed off his game tonight. Also, Eddie Carmichael and Bigfoot X and Alex Weber in Bear Foot made their returns after missing last week's event. BrandonScr made his debut in the El Toro Loco tonight also. It would be interesting to see how all these stories shook out; let's get down to the action on the track.
ROUND 1 HIGHLIGHTS
Round 1 saw Mike Alston getting a bye run in Goldberg, Bill Haught pulling out a surprise victory over Halid Kurtic's The Rock, and Alex Weber making an incredible run to upset Robby Haught in Skitso 4. Robby would lose some points tonight for sure, as he was put on the trailer early. John Everett and Josh Rhodes would take advantage of that opportunity, winning their matchups and gaining points over him. Cory Schwab was smooth as usual in Bigfoot T-Wrecks, taking out newcomer Brandonscr and El Toro Loco.
ROUND 2 HIGHLIGHTS
Bill Haught made round 2 for the second straight week in racing, showing how much he's learned since the season's start, and he would match up against Alex Weber in Bear Foot. Weber would take the victory and move on to the next round with another strong run.
Other highlights included John Everett's win over Eddie Carmichael in Bigfoot X, Josh Rhodes defeating Curtis Wagner's XFA Racer, and the battle of the Coreys, with Cory Schwab taking the measure of Corey Davis to move on to the semis.
SEMI-FINALS HIGHLIGHTS
FINALS
Cory Schwab has been amazing since coming into NTNT, and he made his fourth trip in a row to the racing finals. If you'll remember, when he made his debut at Ford Drag 2003, he lost to Mike Alston in the finals. Tonight he would have none of that though. He led going into the turn even though he brushed the barriers on the turn coming into the stadium, and edged Mike by about half a truck to take the victory. Bigfoot T-Wrecks is your winner here in Vegas! Cory celebrated with a huge jump over the vans after the race.
