Pontiac 2001

Pontiac 2001 was the tenth event of the 2001 Monster Jam season and was held at the Pontiac Silverdome. This event marked the shortest amount of freestyle time in total: 15 minutes.

Field of Trucks
Avenger - Jim Koehler

Blue Thunder - Lyle Hancock

Bulldozer - Eldon DePew

Madusa - Madusa

Grave Digger 14 - Dennis Anderson

Goldberg - Tom Meents

Gunslinger

Little Tiger - Chad Christian (racing only)/Brian Barthel (freestyle only)

Spider-Man - Charlie Pauken

Wolverine - Brian Barthel

Round 1 Racing
Grave Digger 14 vs. Madusa

This was the opening race.

Winner: Grave Digger 14

Avenger vs. Wolverine

Winner: Wolverine

Blue Thunder vs. Gun Slinger

Winner: Gun Slinger

'''Spider-Man vs. Goldberg'''

After Spider-Man and Goldberg cross the finish line, Spider-Man fails to stop in time and crashes into one of the dumpsters, thus damaging one of its parts and it couldn't return for freestyle.

Winner: Goldberg

Little Tiger vs. Bulldozer

Winner: Bulldozer

Round 2 Racing
Grave Digger 14 vs. Avenger

Winner: Grave Digger 14

Wolverine vs Gun Slinger

Winner: Wolverine

Bulldozer vs. Madusa

Winner: Bulldozer

Blue Thunder vs. Goldberg

Winner: Goldberg

Semi Finals Racing
Grave Digger 14 vs. Wolverine

Winner- Grave Digger 14

Bulldozer vs. Goldberg

Two powerful Fords head to head in this matchup High Roller leaded until the final turn when Blue Thunder was able to sneak by for the win.

Winner- Blue Thunder

Finals Racing
Grave Digger 14 vs. Goldberg

In the turn, Grave Digger 14 had trouble and knocked down one of the turning poles (which lead to a five-second penalty) and Goldberg wins.

Winner- Goldberg

Freestyle
Blue Thunder

Lyle Hancock would start his run off by flying over the set of blue crush cars, but blew the right-rear tire upon landing. After spinning around a few times, its rear axle was also overturned. Despite being really short, Blue Thunder earned a 15.

Score: 15

Little Tiger

Brian Barthel would take over Chad Christian in this truck and perform several sky wheelies.

Score: 15 (tied with Blue Thunder)

Madusa

Madusa had a good run, but just like Blue Thunder, its right-rear tire was blown.

Score: 21

Gun Slinger

Scott Hardsock would start off by flying over the set of white crush cars, but things go wrong when he tries to do a stunt.

Score: 4

Avenger

After driving over the blue van, Jim Koehler would turn around and try to do a sky wheelie on the set of blue crush cars in the opposite direction, but ends up landing on one of its sides.

Score: 14

Bulldozer

Eldon DePew would fly over the blue van but landed on its front end and ended up on one of its sides. Despite this run being really short, it had a somewhat high score and was considered one of the best freestyle runs of this event.

Score: 20

Wolverine

Brian Barthel tries to put on a great freestyle run again, but after driving over a few obstables, he blew its right-front tire.

Score: 9

Grave Digger 14

Dennis Anderson starts off by flying over the set of blue crush cars, but lands at an unusual angle and Dennis injures himself, so he was unable to continue his run.

Score: 6

Goldberg

Tom performed awesomes jumps and, after driving over a blue car, he ends up rolling on one of its sides.

Score: 27

Damage Report
Blue Thunder: Blown right-rear tire and overturned rear axle

Gun Slinger: Broken rear axle shaft and engine failure

Madusa: Blown right-rear tire

Spider-Man: Damaged from racing crash

Wolverine: Blown right-front tire