Jacksonville 2004

Jacksonville 2004 was a Monster Jam event held on February 28th 2004 at Alltell Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida. This event would be the first televised event filmed in a month, with the last one being Orlando back in late January. This would be the tenth stop of the 2004 Monster Jam TV season.

Field of Trucks
Blue Thunder- Tony Farrell

Bounty Hunter- Jimmy Creten

Grave Digger- Dennis Anderson

Gunslinger- Scott Hartsock

Hot Wheels- Phil Foster

Madusa- Madusa

Maximum Destruction- Tom Meents

Obsession- Steve Reynolds

Power Forward- Chad Fortune

Predator- Allen Pezo

Prowler- Ron Nelson

Reptoid- Jim Jack

Scarlet Bandit- Dawn Creten

Round 1 Racing
Bounty Hunter vs. BYE

As the number one qualifier Jimmy Creten would get an easy pass into round 2

Hot Wheels vs. Power Forward

Phil Foster would be behind until the last turn when by just a truck length was able to pass Fortune to advance

Blue Thunder vs. Grave Digger

Tony Farrell would spin out in the second turn giving the easy victory to Dennis in Digger

Prowler vs. Gunslinger

In a surprising twist, Gunslinger spinning out in the turn would cost him the race as the big cat moves on

Obsession vs. Madusa

Madusa started off strong but a bad second turn was all Reynolds needed to advance into the second round

Scarlet Bandit vs. Predator

Dawn struggling slightly in the turns would give a close win to Predator

Maximum Destruction vs. Reptoid

Meents messing up in the first turn would let the smooth and consistent Reptoid move on

Controversy
After the race Tom Meents drove up onto the wheel of Reptoid, the wheel slipped damaging the custom lit eye and several custom teeth on the truck, making Jim Jack very irate

Round 2 Racing
Bounty Hunter vs. Scarlet Bandit (FL)

Husband vs. wife in this race, and despite Dawn doing a solid job Jimmy Creten would be dialed in with Bounty Hunter

Hot Wheels vs. Grave Digger

Foster would continue to struggle as Anderson looked smooth and consistent

Prowler vs. Obsession

Both trucks were even but in the first turn Prowler lost power giving the easy win to Obsession

Predator vs. Reptoid

Both trucks kept even until the very final turn where Predator was able to dig deep and dispose of the Florida native

Semi Finals
Bounty Hunter vs. Grave Digger

Anderson with a bit too much power kept sweeping wide in the turns whereas Bounty Hunter stayed tight and controlled and would get the win

Obsession vs. Predator

Despite a couple mistakes, Pezo's powerplant would be enough to smoke Obsession and head to the finals

Finals
Bounty Hunter vs. Predator

Pezo hung strong with Creten, but in the final turn by half a truck length Bounty Hunter would be able to sneak past Predator and win in Jacksonville

Freestyle
Obsession

A very slow and steady run save for one bus hit would make another typical Reynolds run

Score- 5+5+4= 14

Reptoid

Jim Jack delivering a run full of gusto and momentum with a couple big bus hits to fill the clock

Score- 6+6+5= 17

Scarlet Bandit

Dawn delivering with big hits over the car stacks and attacking both the bus and the dirt hill to fill the 90 seconds

Score- 7+7+6= 20

Hot Wheels

A surprisingly slow run for Foster only hitting the car stacks albeit hard, but then a broken rear steering sent his run to a halt

Score- 4+3+5= 12

Predator

Pezo carried tons of momentum sailing over the cars and the dirt hill with lots of speed. His final hit would send the truck sideways, he would clip a dirt roller which snapped the right front tire off, sending him on his nose over and then falling back on the wheels.

Score- 7+7+8= 22

Gunslinger

Hartsock much like Pezo hit the track with tons of air including over the dirt hill. His final move would be on the bus leaning as close as he could without falling off and rolling over at almost 90 degrees.

Score- 9+8+8= 25

Power Forward

Fortune would carry solid momentum, but lacked any major wow factors to compete with Hartsock or Pezo

Score- 7+7+7= 21

Madusa

Madusa came strong with big air and even a sky wheelie. But the move of the night would be a slap wheelie over the bus, hitting the van jump and landing on her side only to come back on all four wheels.

Score- 9+10+9= 28

Blue Thunder

Farrell would come out revving that Ford power including two massive leaps over the dirt hill and a slap wheelie that would combo into that hill

Score- 8+9+9= 26

Bounty Hunter

Creten would come out and leap over the bus, but would break the tire ending his run as soon as it began

Score- 3+3+5= 11

Maximum Destruction

Meents would get the biggest air over the racing stack to open the run, then launch over the dirt hill. A bad pogo on the bus would cause the entire rear end to rip out and slide sending him at an odd sideways position.

Score- 8+9+8= 25

Grave Digger

Anderson came out hard charging with big air but electrical problems would end his night right there

Score- 8+6+8= 22